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RPM-MACROFILE(5) File Formats Manual RPM-MACROFILE(5)
rpm-macrofile - rpm macro file format
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Rpm macro files are used to define rpm-macros(7) in the global
macro context. The two primary uses of macros are assisting
packaging work, and configuring rpm behavior. A pre-determined set
of macro files is read upon rpm library initialization as
described in rpm-config(5) but they can also be loaded via the
%load macro separately.
The format of a macro file is: the macro NAME prefixed with %,
followed by whitespace and then the macro body, each new
definition separated with a newline. The syntax is exactly the
same as when using %define. See rpm-macros(7) for details on the
macro syntax.
A trailing \ indicates line continuation, but can be omitted
inside macro bodies wrapped in a %{macro:...} block.
Lines starting with # or consisting solely of whitespace are
ignored.
Reading a macro file is always fully declarative: no macros are
ever expanded when reading a macro file.
Example 1. Simple macro
%mytool /usr/bin/mytool-with-annoying-name
Example 2. Multiline macro with a preceding comment
# Trailing %{nil} is handy for ensuring a newline at the end
%mycmd %{mytool} \
--one \
--with \
--too \
--many arguments \
%{nil}
Example 3. Multiline parametric Lua macro:
%myhelper() %{lua:
function dostuff(arg)
return 'do stuff to '..arg
end
print(dostuff(arg[1]))
}
rpm-config(5) rpmbuild-config(5) rpm-macros(7)
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RPM 6.0.90 2026-01-16 RPM-MACROFILE(5)
Pages that refer to this page: rpmbuild-config(5), rpm-config(5), rpm-dependency-generators(7), rpm-macros(7), rpm-common(8)
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