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How to pass user defined parameters to rpmbuild to fill variables

is it possible to pass parameters to rpmbuild to fill user defined variables that are called inside the spec file?

Example: The user defined variable %{foobar} which is called in the .spec file (but empty) should be filled with the variable which is passed when executing the rpmbuild command

rpmbuild -bb --foobar="Foo" somespecfile.spec
Solution 
  • rpmbuild -bb --define '_foobar Foo' somespecfile.spec

    and refer it within the spec as %{_foobar}

    (the _ is a convention, not a must)