[resolved] creating rpm for two different hardware systems

[nsh12345]

Hello,

I am trying to build rpm that will be installed in two different hardware devices.
For each hardware , there are different files and commands that need to be done, I want the rpm to auto-detect the hw according to its main-board type.
The changes are in install, post and files sections.
I am trying to set one global variable that will check the main board at the beginning and all the other sections use this variable in if statements to determine what to install.
I am aware that variables are normally not passed between sections , but I like think there is a workaround.

What I tried:
Set the variable from pre section with %global , the value doesn't pass to other section.
Set macro at the beginning of the spec file to read the main board (cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_name) but it appears empty in the other sections.

Thanks,

[doktor5000]

What you are trying to do, sounds like you want to do at install-time of the package when the various %post scripts are being executed, where the hardware of the target system differs. But a %global macro or something defined in %pre is expanded during build-time of the package, you cannot query the target hardware there.
Does that make sense to you ?

[nsh12345]

Thank you
Yes, you are right
Anything before post is showing me the hardware of the buildsystem I am using.
But this way , I have to add all the files for both systems instead of separating them as I want.

[doktor5000]

Yes, you would have to add all files for all target systems to the package, and then distinguish during installation time.
Or you can distinguish during build-time and produce separate sub-packages, but you would need to know all variables and queries beforehand.

[nsh12345]

Thank you , this answers my question.