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 ...

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
            ...

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>

Red Hat, Inc                                     29 October 2010                                      RPMSPEC(8)