Re: Deciphering Spec files

[Ian Mortimer <ian physics uq edu au>]

> 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.

%{buildroot} seems to be preferred these days over $RPM_BUILD_ROOT.

The value comes from either the spec file header:

   BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-buildroot

or from the command line:

   rpmbuild  --buildroot DIRECTORY ...

or you could set it in ~/.rpmmacros.

Common practice is to set it in the spec file.

-- 
Ian