On 08/06/18 15:54, lejeczek wrote: > hi > > how do you pass vars to rpmbuild for definition? eg > > rpmbuild --define \'"${_definition2}"\' > > I've been fiddling with ways to escape, but none is fricking working.. > I mean, rpmbuild rushes to work(no errors nor failure) so if you try > just the command line do not believe it, because later as it executes > %if you will see process does not see these definitions. > > many thanks, L I'm not sure what you are trying to define above. Normal convention where one wishes to define _foobar as "foo" for example would be: rpmbuild --define '_foobar foo' or generically rpmbuild --define 'SomeVariable SomeValue' Hope that helps