Index: python-rpm-spec-0.14.1/pyrpm/spec.py
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--- python-rpm-spec-0.14.1.orig/pyrpm/spec.py
+++ python-rpm-spec-0.14.1/pyrpm/spec.py
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class Spec:
         return spec
 
 
-def replace_macros(string: str, spec: Spec) -> str:
+def replace_macros(string: str, spec: Spec, max_attempts: int = 1000) -> str:
     """Replace all macros in given string with corresponding values.
 
     For example, a string '%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz' will be transformed to 'foo-2.0.tar.gz'.
@@ -552,10 +552,12 @@ def replace_macros(string: str, spec: Sp
 
         return match.string[match.start() : match.end()]
 
-    # Recursively expand macros
+    # Recursively expand macros, respecting the limit imposed by 'max_attempts'
     # Note: If macros are not defined in the spec file, this won't try to
     # expand them.
-    while True:
+    attempt = 0
+    while attempt < max_attempts:
+        attempt += 1
         ret = re.sub(_macro_pattern, get_replacement_string, string)
         if ret != string:
             string = ret