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

Package

Justification

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

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

openssl

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

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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