Which man page describes the usage of the top-level RPM spec file macros that are defined in RPM source files directly? I mean, %setup, %buildroot and the like, which are not in /usr/lib/rpm. Looking up the %setup options in a tutorial at rpm.org or searching through the source code isn't best of convenience.
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As far as I am aware no such documentation exists within the man pages. Even if you review all the items available in the rpmbuild and rpm man pages it does not detail those directives. |
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The Fedora Project hosts the best documentation on RPM out there in html format: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html-single/RPM_Guide/index.html See also: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package Prior to these resources, my go to guide was Maximum RPM (which you also found): |
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