ELN Macros

The ELN buildroot defines the %{rhel} macro as the next major version of RHEL (currently, 11), and does not define the %{fedora} macro. For almost all cases, this is sufficient for differentiating build behavior between Fedora and ELN.

Request Permission

To avoid unnecessary divergence between ELN and the next version of RHEL, the ELN SIG must approve each request for use of the %{eln} macro.

To request permission, create an ELN Issue.

Be sure to include why you need to distinguish ELN from RHEL and/or CentOS Stream, and why use of the %{fedora}, %{rhel}, and/or %{centos} macros does not suffice.

Approved Uses of the %{eln} Macro

Package Justification

anaconda

Package is partly provided in CS/RHEL and partly in EPEL, but ELN and ELN Extras are not that separated

fedora-eln-backgrounds

ELN-specific package, not imported into CS/RHEL

fedora-logos

Fedora-specific package, not imported into CS/RHEL

fedora-release

Fedora-specific package, not imported into CS/RHEL

fedora-repos

Fedora-specific package, not imported into CS/RHEL

freeipa

RHEL-specific branding, does not exist in Fedora/ELN

gpsd

Package is partly provided in CS/RHEL and partly in EPEL, but ELN and ELN Extras are not that separated

grub2

Secure boot signing differs between CS/RHEL and Fedora/ELN

kernel

Secure boot signing differs between CS/RHEL and Fedora/ELN

libreoffice

RHEL-specific branding, does not make sense for Fedora/ELN

libreport

ELN bugs are to be reported to Fedora infrastructure, not CS/RHEL

libxcrypt

Package is partly provided in CS/RHEL and partly in EPEL, but ELN and ELN Extras are not that separated

lorax-templates-rhel

Downstream repo used as Source URL

lynx

RHEL-specific branding, does not exist in Fedora/ELN

mock-core-configs

ELN has separate mock configs from CS and RHEL

ncurses

Package is partly provided in CS/RHEL and partly in EPEL, but ELN and ELN Extras are not that separated

openssl

FIPS certification is for RHEL only, not for CS/ELN/Fedora

python-build

Package will be partly provided in CS/RHEL and partly in EPEL, but ELN and ELN Extras are not that separated

python-novaclient

Package is built differently for OpenStack than for EPEL, and ELN Extras is mimicking the latter

python-oslo-utils

Package is built differently for OpenStack than for EPEL, and ELN Extras is mimicking the latter

python-rpm-macros

CS/RHEL support multiple Python versions, ELN only supports latest (#73)

python-requests

Package is partly provided in CS/RHEL and partly in EPEL, but ELN and ELN Extras are not that separated

python-urllib3

Package is partly provided in CS/RHEL and partly in EPEL, but ELN and ELN Extras are not that separated

scap-security-guide

RHEL-specific subpackage does not exist in CS/ELN/Fedora

virt-v2v

CS/RHEL-specific dependency does not exist in Fedora/ELN

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