Execution of yum and rpm command gives Macro error.

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Issue

  • Execution of "rpm" or "yum" command always display an error message "error: Macro % has illegal name (%define)".

    Eg:
    
    [root@example ~]# yum clean all
    error: Macro % has illegal name (%define)
    
    [root@example ~]# rpm
    error: Macro % has illegal name (%define)
    RPM version 4.3.3
    ....
    
    [root@example ~]# rpm -q rpmdb-redhat
    error: Macro % has illegal name (%define)
    rpmdb-redhat-4-0.20060803
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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