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6 rpmdev-spectool - manual page for rpmdev-spectool 1.1.0
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9 usage: rpmdev-spectool [-h] [--list-files] [--get-files] [--version]
10 [--all] [--sources] [--patches] [--source SOURCE] [--patch PATCH]
11 [--define DEFINE] [--directory DIRECTORY] [--sourcedir] [--dry-run]
12 [--force] [--debug] specfile
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14 Spectool is a tool to expand and download sources and patches from
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17 If you experience problems with specific specfiles, try to run
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19 rpmbuild --nobuild --nodeps <specfile>
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21 on the file which might give a clue why spectool fails on a file (ig‐
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29 options:
30 -h, --help
31 show this help message and exit
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33 Operating mode:
34 --list-files, --lf, -l
35 lists the expanded sources/patches (default)
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37 --get-files, --gf, -g
38 gets the sources/patches that are listed with a URL
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40 --version, -V
41 Print the version and exit
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43 Files on which to operate:
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45 all files, sources and patches (default)
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53 --source SOURCE, -s SOURCE
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60 --define DEFINE, -d DEFINE
61 defines RPM macro 'macro' to be 'value'
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63 --directory DIRECTORY, -C DIRECTORY
64 download into specified directory (default '.')
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67 download into rpm's %{_sourcedir}
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69 --dry-run, --dryrun, -n
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