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 de-
tails.
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 manu-
al 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>
29 October 2010 RPMSPEC(8)
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