Macros in Fedora Packages

R-rpm-macros

blender-rpm-macros

moby-rpm-macros

pyproject-rpm-macros

cargo-rpm-macros

cmake-rpm-macros

cmake-rpm-macros

erlang-rpm-macros

fedora-rpm-macros

flatpak-rpm-macros

folly-rpm-macros

fonts-rpm-macros

gap-rpm-macros

ghc-rpm-macros

go-rpm-macros

kernel-rpm-macros

lua-rpm-macros

magicmirror-rpm-macros

ocaml-rpm-macros

python-rpm-macros

rpmautospec-rpm-macros

rocm-rpm-macros

sgx-rpm-macros

systemd-rpm-macros

zig-rpm-macros

cargo-rpm-macros

epel-rpm-macros

kde-apps-rpm-macros

qt6-rpm-macros

build2-rpm-macros

build-constraints-rpm-macros

kf5-rpm-macros

kf6-rpm-macros

postgresql-test-rpm-macros

qt5-rpm-macros

go-rpm-macros-epel

python-pyqt6-rpm-macros

postgresql17-test-rpm-macros

python-qt5-rpm-macros

romc-rpm-macros7.2

the srpm ones I don't feel like listing rn

Other

This is a non exhaustive list of macros that non *-rpm-macros packages in Fedora provide

%vimfiles_root 🔢🔦🛠️

Provided by the vim-filesystem package. Expands to %{_datadir}/vim/vimfiles

%_vpath_srcdir

Provided by the redhat-rpm-config package. Expands to .

Yes, it juse expands to .. It is described as "directory where CMakeLists.txt/meson.build/etc. are placed."

%_vpath_builddir

Provided by the redhat-rpm-config package. Expands to %{_vendor}-%{_target_os}-build

described as "directory (doesn't need to exist) where all generated build files will be placed"

Language Provided Macros

If your language / buildsystem is not listed here, go to https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ and find them on the navigation rail on the left.

C and C++

%configure

Expand to ./configure with the correct flags and arguments. If you need to execute ./configure, in most cases you should use this macro instead.

In some cases where ./configure is not directly available, you may need to run autoreconf -fi or -fiv.

You SHOULD use this macro within the %conf section.

%make_build 🔰

⇒ %__make -O -j${RPM_BUILD_NCPUS} V=1 VERBOSE=1, where %{__make} ⇒ /usr/bin/make. Further arguments to make can be attached.

%make_install 🔰

⇒ %__make install DESTDIR=%?buildroot INSTALL="%__install -p".

%makeinstall 🚸

Deprecated. Use %make_install instead.

%cmake 🔰

Expand to %{__cmake} (⇒ /usr/bin/cmake) with the correct flags, such as -B "%__cmake_builddir" (⇒ -B "redhat-linux-build").

%cmake_build 🔰

⇒ %__cmake --build "%__cmake_builddir" %?_smp_mflags --verbose.

%cmake_install 🔰

⇒ DESTDIR="%buildroot" %__cmake --install "%__cmake_builddir".

%meson 🔰

≈ %__meson setup with correct flags.

%meson_build 🔰

⇒ %__meson compile -C "%_vpath_builddir" -j %_smp_build_ncpus %{?__meson_verbose:--verbose}

⇒ /usr/bin/meson compile -C redhat-linux-build -j 20 --verbose (on my machine).

%meson_install 🔰

⇒ DESTDIR=%buildroot %__meson install -C %_vpath_builddir --no-rebuild. Used in %install.

%meson_test 🔰

⇒ %__meson test -C %_vpath_builddir --no-rebuild %{!?__meson_verbose:--quiet}. Used in %check.

%ninja_build

⇒ %__ninja %__ninja_common_opts

⇒ %__ninja -v -j${RPM_BUILD_NCPUS}.

%ninja_install

⇒ DESTDIR=%buildroot %__ninja install %__ninja_common_opts.

%ninja_test

⇒ %__ninja test %__ninja_common_opts.

%build_cflags 🏷️

Flags to be passed to the C compiler.

⇒ %{__build_flags_lang_c} %{?_distro_extra_cflags}

%_distro_extra_cflags 🏷️

For example, if the compiler is emitting errors that could be disabled with some -Wno-… flags, you can define this macro with extra flags.

This macro is not defined by default on Fedora.

%build_cxxflags 🏷️

Flags to be passed to the C++ compiler.

⇒ %{__build_flags_lang_cxx} %{?_distro_extra_cxxflags}

%_distro_extra_cxxflags 🏷️

For example, if the compiler is emitting errors that could be disabled with some -Wno-… flags, you can define this macro with extra flags.

This macro is not defined by default on Fedora.

D

%ldc_arches

%_d_optflags

Java

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/java-packaging-howto/

Nim

This section is only applicable to Terra (because Fedora does not ship Nim).

%nim_prep

Set mold as the linker and run nimble setup -y.

%nim_build

Same as %nim_c.

%nim_c

⇒ nim c -d:release -t:"%nim_tflags" -l:"%nim_lflags".

Python

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Python/

Rust

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Rust/

%rustflags_debuginfo 🏷️

If gdb crashes in find-debuginfo, you might want to lower the value to 1 or even 0.

The default value is 2.

https://github.com/terrapkg/packages/blob/2df55dad60a58ecf5f8fbe962f877f2834bdfa25/anda/devs/zed/nightly/zed-nightly.spec#L14

%bcond_with check

# Exclude input files from mangling
%global __brp_mangle_shebangs_exclude_from ^/usr/src/.*$

%global crate zed
%global app_id dev.zed.Zed-Nightly

%global rustflags_debuginfo 0