Re: Deciphering Spec files

["j.travis" <skynet psinode com>]

I figured out that the stuff with a % comes from '/usr/lib/rpm/macros'
but I have yet to figure out where the other variables with the $
(e.g. $RPM_BUILD_ROOT) get set.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "j.travis" <skynet linuxscape net>

> Can someone tell me how to determine the variable values for a spec
> file?
> 
> So that if there is a line like:
> 
> BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-buildroot
> or
> /bin/rm -rf   $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> 
> How do I figure out what %{_tmppath} or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT will be?