NAME

       rpmspec - RPM Spec Tool

SYNOPSIS

   QUERYING SPEC FILES
       rpmspec {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options] SPEC_FILE ...

   PARSING SPEC FILES TO STDOUT
       rpmspec {-P|--parse} SPEC_FILE ...

   INVOKING MACRO SHELL
       rpmspec {–shell} [SPEC_FILE ...]

DESCRIPTION

       rpmspec  is  a tool for querying a spec file.  More specifically for querying hypothetical packages which
       would be created from the given spec file.  So querying a spec file with rpmspec is similar to querying a
       package built from that spec file.  But is is not identical.  With rpmspec you  can't  query  all  fields
       which  you  can  query  from  a built package.  E. g.  you can't query BUILDTIME with rpmspec for obvious
       reasons.  You also cannot query other fields automatically generated during a build  of  a  package  like
       auto generated dependencies.

   select-options
       [--rpms] [--srpm]

   query-options
       [--qf,--queryformat QUERYFMT] [--target TARGET_PLATFORM]

   QUERY OPTIONS
       The general form of an rpm spec query command is

       rpm {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options]

       You may specify the format that the information should be printed in.  To do this, you use the

       --qf|--queryformat QUERYFMT

       option, followed by the QUERYFMT format string.  See rpm(8) for details.

   SELECT OPTIONS
       --rpms Operate on the all binary package headers generated from spec.

       --builtrpms
              Operate only on the binary package headers of packages which would be built from spec.  That means
              ignoring  package  headers  of  packages  that  won't  be built from spec i.  e.  ignoring package
              headers of packages without file section.

       --srpm Operate on the source package header(s) generated from spec.

EXAMPLES

       Get list of binary packages which would be generated from the rpm spec file:

                      $ rpmspec -q rpm.spec
                      rpm-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
                      rpm-libs-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
                      rpm-build-libs-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
                      ...

       Get summary infos for single binary packages generated from the rpm spec file:

                      $ rpmspec -q --qf "%{name}: %{summary}\n" rpm.spec
                      rpm: The RPM package management system
                      rpm-libs: Libraries for manipulating RPM packages
                      rpm-build-libs: Libraries for building and signing RPM packages
                      ...

       Get the source package which would be generated from the rpm spec file:

                      $ rpmspec -q --srpm rpm.spec
                      rpm-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64

       Parse the rpm spec file to stdout:

                      $ rpmspec -P rpm.spec
                      Summary: The RPM package management system
                      Name: rpm
                      Version: 4.14.0
                      ...

       Run interactive macro shell for debugging macros:

                      $ rpmspec --shell
                      > %define foo bar
                      > %foo
                      bar
                      > %(date)
                      Tue Apr 13 03:55:37 PM EEST 2021
                      > %getncpus
                      8

       Run interactive macros shell in spec context:

                      $ rpmspec --shell popt.spec
                      %name
                      popt
                      %version
                      1.18

SEE ALSO

       popt(3), rpm(8), rpmdb(8), rpmkeys(8), rpmsign(8), rpm2cpio(8), rpmbuild(8)

       rpmspec --help - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt aliases it's  impossible  to  guarantee
       that what's described in the manual matches what's available.

       http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>

AUTHORS

              Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
              Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
              Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
              Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>

                                                 29 October 2010                                      RPMSPEC(8)