Hi,

I tried to set the following in ~/.rpmmacros:

%__cc /path/to/compiler-gcc

and when I did rpmbuild -bc hello.spec, it shows:

$ rpmbuild --showrc | grep cc
rpmlib(ConcurrentAccess) = 4.1-1
-14: __cc /path/to/compiler-gcc
-14: __cpp gcc -E

But, when I use rpmbuild -bc hello.spec, the configure script still
takes cc as /usr/bin/gcc from /usr/lib/rpm/macros. Why is it so?

Only when I do something like, CC=/path/to/compiler-gcc rpmbuild -bc
hello.spec, does the new CC used for building the package. Why isn't
~/.rpmmacros overriding the default macros?

Appreciate any inputs,

Thanks!

SK

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On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 06:13:51PM +0530, Shakthi Kannan wrote:

> I tried to set the following in ~/.rpmmacros:
>
> %__cc /path/to/compiler-gcc
>
> and when I did rpmbuild -bc hello.spec, it shows:
>
> $ rpmbuild --showrc | grep cc
> rpmlib(ConcurrentAccess) = 4.1-1
> -14: __cc /path/to/compiler-gcc
> -14: __cpp gcc -E
>
> But, when I use rpmbuild -bc hello.spec, the configure script still
> takes cc as /usr/bin/gcc from /usr/lib/rpm/macros. Why is it so?
>
> Only when I do something like, CC=/path/to/compiler-gcc rpmbuild -bc
> hello.spec, does the new CC used for building the package. Why isn't
> ~/.rpmmacros overriding the default macros?
>
> Appreciate any inputs,

Why do you think the configure script uses the %__cc macro?
Look how %configure is defined (with macros substitued):

rpm --eval '%configure'

If your path is not listed there, it will not be used, as the
configure script internally will only refer to environment
variables.

Changing the spec file so that you set

export CC=/path/to/compiler-gcc

at the beginning of %build might do what you want.

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Hi,

--- On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Jos Vos <jos@xos.nl> wrote:
| Look how %configure is defined (with macros substitued):
|
| * rpm --eval '%configure'
|
| If your path is not listed there, it will not be used, as the
| configure script internally will only refer to environment
| variables.
--

I see.

---
| Changing the spec file so that you set
|
| * export CC=/path/to/compiler-gcc
--

This worked. I am wondering if it is possible to export CC, AS, LD and
any other variables without having to patch the .spec file? Sourcing a
file listing all the variables is one option. Is there something that
rpmbuild can import in its environment before starting the build,
perhaps?

Thanks for your reply,

SK

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On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 06:46:03PM +0530, Shakthi Kannan wrote:

> This worked. I am wondering if it is possible to export CC, AS, LD and
> any other variables without having to patch the .spec file? Sourcing a
> file listing all the variables is one option. Is there something that
> rpmbuild can import in its environment before starting the build,
> perhaps?

Well, you can export in a script in which you at the end call "rpmbuild"
of course, but that's about it. Yes, you could redefine %configure etc.
but that would become too dirty to even mention.

In general, RPM is designed for getting predictable results, so what
you want to do is in fact against the normal RPM way of working.

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Replying to my own post (for reference):

--- On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Shakthi Kannan
<shakthimaan@gmail.com> wrote:
| Is there something that
| rpmbuild can import in its environment before starting the build,
| perhaps?
--

I just checked that ~/.rpmmacros (at user-level) does override macros,
and /etc/rpm/macros* for system-wide.

Sorry for the noise!

SK

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