Re: Replacement spec file for Red Hat

[Kenneth P. <sh...@we...>]

On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:25:44 +1000, Jamie Cameron wrote:

>> I believe so, but $RPM_BUILD_ROOT is guaranteed to be defined. Jeff
>> seemed to indicate that the shell variable was guaranteed but the RPM
>> macro name might change at whim.
>
>Oddly, on my Caldera 3.1 system it isn't set at all :(
>Guess I'll have to stick with %{BuildRoot} ..

What version of RPM? Sounds like a bug. Looking at /usr/lib/rpm/macros,
it looks like RPM constructs %{buildroot} as a side effect of parsing
the "BuildRoot:" directive. If you define %{buildroot}, explicitly,
then that overrides both the directive and any directory the packager
has configured in his .rpmmacros file.

The %_preScriptEnvironment macro in /usr/lib/rpm/macros defines
$RPM_BUILD_ROOT and its siblings at the top of any scriptlet (those
things in /var/tmp/rpm.$$). Perhaps your system macro file is broken?

Ken
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