[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] RFE: optional one-shot/cached macro expansion (#1155)

Michal Domonkos notifications at github.com
Mon Apr 20 08:14:40 UTC 2026


dmnks left a comment (rpm-software-management/rpm#1155)

> Basically: there's nothing wrong with declaring a one-shot macro in the global scope. That's where they normally are, the only exception is inside parametric macros. It's the one-shot macro getting double-expanded with %global that's just ... weird. It becomes rather apparent when trying to explain it in the docs 🤪

Indeed, "one-shot" somehow makes you think of the (peculiar) `%global` expansion semantics while being a separate thing, which is confusing for sure.

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