[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] rpmbuild/rpm not reading macros from the the rcfile (Discussion #2030)

[rmehtacs]

I am learning rpm/rpmbuild and I see strange behavior difference in RPM v4.4.2.3 and RPM v4.14.
I created an **rpmrc** file which has below content

> macrofiles:/home/rmehta/rpmtest/rpmmacros

and **rpmmacros** has below contents

> %_name Rakesh

When I execute `rpmbuild --rcfile /home/rmehta/rpmtest/rpmrc --eval %_name` it gives different output for both RPM versions For 

> RPM version 4.4.2.3 (SLES-15) it prints **Rakesh**
> For RPM version 4.14.3 (SLES-11) it prints **%_name**

Also tried  ` --eval  '%{_name}'` and it has same result.

My question is why this difference and why for RPM v4.14.3 its not reading the rcfile.

I tried same with RPM v4.11(openSUSE) and its behaviour is same as RPM v4.14.3.
 


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