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rpmdefine

(PECL rpminfo >= 1.2.0)

rpmdefineDefine or change a RPM macro value

Description

rpmdefine(string $text): bool

Define or change a RPM macro value.

This can be used to select the database path and backend to use instead of system default one.

Parameters

text

Macro name, options, body.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 A rpmdefine() example

<?php
// use an old database (bdb) from an EL-8 chroot
rpmdefine("_dbpath /var/lib/mock/almalinux-8-x86_64/root/var/lib/rpm");
rpmdefine("_db_backend bdb_ro");
print_r(rpmdbinfo("almalinux-release")[0]["Summary"]);

// use a new database (sqlite) from a Fedora-41 chroot
rpmdefine("_dbpath /var/lib/mock/fedora-41-x86_64/root/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm");
rpmdefine("_db_backend sqlite");
print_r(rpmdbinfo("fedora-release")[0]["Summary"]);
?>

The above example will output:

AlmaLinux release file
Fedora release files

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