rpm spec file prevent macros from expanding

[Domen Vrankar]

2016-07-19 0:42 GMT+02:00 Orion Poplawski <orion at cora.nwra.com>:
> On 07/18/2016 03:27 PM, Domen Vrankar wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to prevent a macro in spec file from expanding and I've
>> read that rewriting %{dist} (and probably %{?dist}) to %%{dist} in
>> comments would do the trick.
>>
>> I was surprised that it doesn't seem to work outside comments so my
>> question is if there is a different way of preventing certain defined
>> macros from expanding?
>> (not all of the instances of that macro but only one instance that I'd
>> wish to treat as normal text and not as a macro)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Domen
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>
> Works for me:
>
> %prep
> echo %%{dist}
>
> Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /tmp/rpm/rpm-tmp.dxASqM
> + umask 022
> + cd /export/home/orion/redhat/test-0.1
> + echo '%{dist}'
> %{dist}
>
>
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You're right... It seems to work on different locations in spec file
except when it is part of %files section.

Is there a way to suppress the expansion in file/directory names?
Also is there a way to escape other special characters such as * or
%%% in file/directory names?

I know that it's a bad idea to use such characters in names in the
first place but I'm still curious if this is possible.

Thanks,
Domen