buildroot requirement? (formerly Re: rpmbuild -ba builds source but not binary RPM)

[Josh Miller <joshua itsecureadmin com>]

Josh Miller wrote:
> Josh Miller wrote:
> > Jos Vos wrote:
> > > > I have an issue where I build an RPM using 'rpmbuild -ba <spec file>'
> > > > and it builds the packages and writes a source RPM, but there are no
> > > > binaries written out and no errors.  Any idea what would cause this?  I
> > > > also tried with rpmbuild -bb with no luck.  
> > > >         
I'm continuing to troubleshoot this issue without a lot of success.  Can 
somebody give me a good summary of the proper way to define and use a 
buildroot variable?  I am not having a lot of luck finding that 
information in various documents online and I believe it is not a 
requirement.

TIA,

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Joshua M. Miller - RHCE,VCP