Am 17.02.22 um 17:47 schrieb Arun Persaud:

spec-cleaner (v1.2.1) changes

%python_libalternatives_reset_alternative

to

%{python_libalternatives_reset_alternative}

I think that %python_libalternatives_reset_alternative takes an argument, i.e. it should be something like %python_libalternatives_reset_alternative foo How do we know? Well, "rpm -E %python_libalternatives_reset_alternative" produces something with an argument placeholder %1. Since it takes an argument, it's not the same [1] as %{python_libalternatives_reset_alternative} foo which is the expansion with %1 still there, followed by foo, instead of %1 being replaced by foo. You could write %{python_libalternatives_reset_alternative foo} though according to my understanding. Now we don't see an argument in your example, perhaps that argument is on the next line? Then perhaps spec-cleaner thinks it's a macro without argument and suggests the braces? That would be my guess. Perhaps you can just try to have the argument on the same line. Is that a bug in spec-cleaner? I'd guess that spec-cleaner doesn't look into your local rpm macros, so it probably doesn't know that this has an argument and guesses based on some conventions. Breaking before arguments seems rather unconventional to me. But I'm not an expert, so feel free to file a bug. Best regards, Aaron [1] <https://rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/macros.html#using-a-macro>