Make URPM::add_macro expand literal \n to \\\n in macro definitions.

add URPM::add_macro_noexpand to get the old (rpmlib like) behaviour

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/URPM.pm b/URPM.pm
index 3271c3c..74dc776 100644
--- a/URPM.pm
+++ b/URPM.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use URPM::Resolve;
 use URPM::Signature;
 
 our @ISA = qw(DynaLoader);
-our $VERSION = '1.26';
+our $VERSION = '1.27';
 
 URPM->bootstrap($VERSION);
 
@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ sub traverse_tag {
     $count;
 }
 
+sub add_macro {
+    my ($s) = @_;
+    #- quote for rpmlib, *sigh*
+    $s =~ s/\n/\\\n/g;
+    add_macro_noexpand($s);
+}
+
 package URPM::Package;
 our @ISA = qw(); # help perl_checker
 
@@ -634,11 +641,16 @@ Expands the specified macro.
 
 =item add_macro($macro_definition)
 
+=item add_macro_noexpand($macro_definition)
+
 Define a macro. For example,
 
     URPM::add_macro("vendor Mandrakesoft");
     my $vendor = URPM::expand("%vendor");
 
+The 'noexpand' version doesn't expand literal newline characters in the
+macro definition.
+
 =item del_macro($name)
 
 Delete a macro.