rpm-plugins - Plugins for the RPM Package Manager

       Some plugins can be configured by specific macros or influenced by command line parameters.  But most can
       only be turned on or off.  See the plugin's man page for details.

       Plugins  are  controlled  by a macro %__transaction_NAME which is set to the location of the plugin file.
       Undefining the macro or setting it to %{nil} will prevent the plugin from being run.

       This can be done on the RPM command line e.g. with --undefine=__transaction_syslog.  To disable a  plugin
       permantently drop a file in /etc/rpm/ that contains

       __transaction_NAME %{nil}

       Another option is to remove the plugin from the system if it is packaged in its own sub package.

       For  some  operations  it  may  be desirable to disable all plugins at once.  This can be done by passing
       --noplugins to rpm(8) at the command line.

       RPM  plugins  provide  functionality  that is not suited to be used everywhere.  They may not be built or
       shipped on some platforms or may not be installed or be disabled on some systems.

       This allows plugins to interface with systems that may not acceptable as a  dependency  for  RPM  and  to
       provide functionality that may be unwanted under some circumstances.

       For now the plugin API is internal only.  So there is a limited number of plugins in the RPM sources.

       rpm-plugins - Plugins for the RPM Package Manager

rpm(8),   rpm-plugin-audit(8),   rpm-plugin-ima(8),    rpm-plugin-prioreset(8),    rpm-plugin-selinux(8),
       rpm-plugin-syslog(8), rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit(8)

                                                   29 Jan 2020                                    RPM-PLUGINS(8)