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)