rpm  5.4.14
Rpmspec Class Reference

A python rpm.spec object represents an RPM spec file set. More...

Detailed Description

A python rpm.spec object represents an RPM spec file set.

The spec file is at the heart of RPM's packaging building process. Similar in concept to a makefile, it contains information required by RPM to build the package, as well as instructions telling RPM how to build it. The spec file also dictates exactly what files are a part of the package, and where they should be installed.

The rpm.spec object represents a parsed specfile to aid extraction of data.

For example

* import rpm
* rpm.addMacro("_topdir","/path/to/topdir")
* ts = rpm.ts()
* s = ts.parseSpec("foo.spec")
* print s.prep()
*

Macros set using add macro will be used allowing testing of conditional builds


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