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)