I have a spec file. I need to %define a spec variable that gets its value from a one line file on the system.
For example
%define path `cat /home/user/path_file`
and in path_file is one line
/var/www/html/hosts
This partially works. I say that begins in the RPM BUILD output sometimes the value of ${path}
is literally my command cat /home/user/path_file
and sometimes the value is the line in the path_file (/var/www/html/hosts) as it should be?
You can define rpmbuild variables with %(cmd)
at the top of the spec file. Notice the command is in parenthesis, not curly brackets. An example:
%define whoami %(whoami)
And elsewhere in the spec file, such as a script or the build/install sections, use the variable as normal in the curly brackets like this:
echo "The user that built this is %{whoami}"
The cmd
can be anything, including your cat command. Be careful - when another user rebuilds the spec file it may not find the file. So it'll be preferable to use the %{sourcedir} macro like this:
%define path %(cat %{sourcedir}/path_file)
And make sure that path_file
is in the source directory and included as a source in the spec file.