$RPM_BUILD_ROOT != %{buildroot} (was:Re: Prelink success story :))

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:14:33 -0500 (EST), Mike A. Harris wrote:

> I'm kindof rather amused by people arguing over "Which should be
> used $RPM_BUILD_ROOT or %{buildroot}?" so violently. 

I don't see any violence here. You should not have skipped the messages.
if want to build an opinion.

> The likelyhood of that major of a change happening to rpm *ever*, 
> is very unrealistic IMHO, and so it really makes no difference 
> which people use, so arguing vehemently about which one is more 
> "correct" is a sheer and utter waste of time.  ;o)

Which matches what I've written much earlier. But then the thread
has drifted into a general fedora.us policy debate.

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