SOLVED: rpmbuild -ba builds source but not binary RPM

[Josh Miller <joshua itsecureadmin com>]

Josh Miller 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.
>   
It turns out that the problem with my SPEC file was that I had an errant 
% that was not doing anything constructive.

ie:
install -d %(buildroot}/usr/share/%{pkg_name}

which should have been:

install -d %{buildroot}/usr/share/%{pkg_name}

Note that in the first line, there is a '(' just after the '%'.  This 
caused the build to bail on the install portion of the build.  I caught 
this after reviewing the Fedora RPM guide and seeing a note about errant 
percent signs.

Regards,

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Joshua M. Miller - RHCE,VCP