rpmspec(8) — Linux manual page

RPMSPEC(8)                                                    RPMSPEC(8)

NAME

       rpmspec - RPM Spec Tool

SYNOPSIS

   QUERYING SPEC FILES:
       rpmspec {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options] SPEC_FILE
       ...

   PARSING SPEC FILES TO STDOUT:
       rpmspec {-P|--parse} SPEC_FILE ...

   INVOKING MACRO SHELL:
       rpmspec {–shell} [SPEC_FILE ...]

DESCRIPTION

       rpmspec is a tool for querying a spec file.  More specifically
       for querying hypothetical packages which would be created from
       the given spec file.  So querying a spec file with rpmspec is
       similar to querying a package built from that spec file.  But is
       is not identical.  With rpmspec you can't query all fields which
       you can query from a built package.  E.  g.  you can't query
       BUILDTIME with rpmspec for obvious reasons.  You also cannot
       query other fields automatically generated during a build of a
       package like auto generated dependencies.

   select-options
       [--rpms] [--srpm]

   query-options
       [--qf,--queryformat QUERYFMT] [--target TARGET_PLATFORM]

   QUERY OPTIONS
       The general form of an rpm spec query command is

       rpm {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options]

       You may specify the format that the information should be printed
       in.  To do this, you use the

       --qf|--queryformat QUERYFMT

       option, followed by the QUERYFMT format string.  See rpm(8) for
       details.

   SELECT OPTIONS
       --rpms Operate on the all binary package headers generated from
       spec.  --builtrpms Operate only on the binary package headers of
       packages which would be built from spec.  That means ignoring
       package headers of packages that won't be built from spec i.  e.
       ignoring package headers of packages without file section.
       --srpm Operate on the source package header(s) generated from
       spec.

EXAMPLES

       Get list of binary packages which would be generated from the rpm
       spec file:

                      $ rpmspec -q rpm.spec
                      rpm-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
                      rpm-libs-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
                      rpm-build-libs-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
                      ...

       Get summary infos for single binary packages generated from the
       rpm spec file:

                      $ rpmspec -q --qf "%{name}: %{summary}\n" rpm.spec
                      rpm: The RPM package management system
                      rpm-libs: Libraries for manipulating RPM packages
                      rpm-build-libs: Libraries for building and signing RPM packages
                      ...

       Get the source package which would be generated from the rpm spec
       file:

                      $ rpmspec -q --srpm rpm.spec
                      rpm-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64

       Parse the rpm spec file to stdout:

                      $ rpmspec -P rpm.spec
                      Summary: The RPM package management system
                      Name: rpm
                      Version: 4.14.0
                      ...

       Run interactive macro shell for debugging macros:

                      $ rpmspec --shell
                      > %define foo bar
                      > %foo
                      bar
                      > %(date)
                      Tue Apr 13 03:55:37 PM EEST 2021
                      > %getncpus
                      8

       Run interactive macros shell in spec context:

                      $ rpmspec --shell popt.spec
                      %name
                      popt
                      %version
                      1.18

SEE ALSO

       popt(3), rpm(8), rpmdb(8), rpmkeys(8), rpmsign(8), rpm2cpio(8),
       rpmbuild(8)

       rpmspec --help - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt
       aliases it's impossible to guarantee that what's described in the
       manual matches what's available.

       http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>

AUTHORS

              Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
              Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
              Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
              Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>

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                             29 October 2010                  RPMSPEC(8)

Pages that refer to this page: rpm(8), rpmbuild(8), rpmdb(8), rpmkeys(8), rpmsign(8)

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