How do I change the tmppath

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How do I change the tmp path that RPM uses? I am trying to build the RPM in my local user account but bases it off of root ('/'). With my own macros, I change the tmp path, during the build process, I can echo the tmp path and see that I changed it but it always adds '/' in the front. For example, if I set the path to ./my_temp, it becomes /./my_temp.

One reason for the change, is I did a build and it put it in /tmp (not ./tmp). Well it failed and left the structure in /tmp/package-1.0.3. A co-worker started a build on the same computer but was prevented from doing the build since I owned /tmp/package-1.0.3. He had to wait until I deleted the directory tree in /tmp

Kyle