Re: RPM Development as non-root

[Tim Mooney <mooney dogbert cc ndsu NoDak edu>]

In regard to: Re: RPM Development as non-root, Michael Dengler said (at...:

> Michael,
>
> OK...trying mezzanine as per your instructs...
>
> $ make
>
> ...
>
> + /bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/mezzanine-buildroot.15952/usr/bin
> /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/tmp/mezzanine-buildroot.15952':
> Permission denied
>
> ...
>
> when building as non-root.
>
> I added a new %_tmppath and %_topdir that points to my home dir to
> ~/.rpmmacros but alas...no joy.
>
>
> I cannot write to /var/tmp and can't seem to find a place in the mezzanine
> build to modify the path to point to somewhere I can write to.

Then something is screwed up on the system you're building on.  /var/tmp
should be writeable by all users.

In the meantime, it's probably something related to a buildroot that is
selecting /var/tmp.  Try doing

	rpm --showrc | egrep /tmp

and

	rpm --showrc | egrep mezzanine

to see if either of them show you what macro might be involved.

Tim
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