Re: %{buildroot} vs $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

[James Olin Oden <joden lee k12 nc us>]

> 
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 10:18:21PM -0400, Konstantin Riabitsev wrote:
> > Hello:
> > 
> > Just a quick question -- I'm wondering which is considered "more
> > proper": %{buildroot} or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT? I tend to use %{buildroot} as
> > it is shorter and more consistent with the rest of the spec file, but
> > I'd like an official opinion. :)
> 
> $RPM_BUILD_ROOT is the official, supported, mechanism for getting the
> value of the configured build root in a build scriptlet.
> 
> %{buildroot} may be changed in the future w/o warning. Not that I'm planning
> on that, but you've been warned.
> 
> Otherwise, the two have identical values and uses, and it really doesn't
> matter at all.
>
Don't the macros get evaluated before the script is ran and the value of 
$RPM_BUILD_ROOT is evaluated in the script?

...james