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+Using Lua macros in an RPM specfile
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+:date: 2015-07-12
+:tags: hint,lua,rpmbuild,rpm,specilfe
+:fcategory: hints
+:author: Jude N
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+I've found using Lua macros in rpm spec files to be pretty useful.  I haven't found many examples of their use online, so here's how I ended up using them.
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+I had a situation where I needed to make a subpackage from all the files in a number of different subdirectories.  The structure of the files in the subdirectories was fixed, 
+but the number of subdirectories could change over time, and I didn't want to have to update the spec file each time a new subdirectory was added or removed.
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+.. _lua macros in rpm spec files: http://www.rpm.org/wiki/PackagerDocs/RpmLua