rpm getting generated in diff directory

[manjusk]

Hello

When I build my software with rpmbuild command, the rpms are not getting
generated in the directory specified in rpmmacros file(%_rpmdir)

This is what I am doing..

rpmbuild -bb -vv --buildroot <build root path> --target=x86_64 --rcfile /tmp/rpmrc /tmp/mySpecfile.spec

# cat /tmp/rpmrc
macrofiles: /tmp/rpmmacros

# cat /tmp/rpmmacros
%_arch {$ARCH}
%_builddir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/temp/install
%_buildshell /bin/sh
%_rpmdir /home/manju/build/mysoftware/dest/ix86_linux24/images/
%_rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.{$ARCH}.rpm
%_tmppath /home/manju/build/mysoftware/install/tmp

So I expect the rpms to be present under the directory specified by %_rpmdir
but instead they are going to /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64 directory.

How do I address this ? Anyone has faced the same problem?

regards,
manju

[Irithori]

You forgot the "."
and also the .rpmmacros file needs to be in your $HOME, not in /tmp
aka: ~/.rpmmacros

Also, judging from this:

..but instead they are going to /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64 directory.

You are building as root, which is not advised and also not neccessary.

Why?
*DONT* try this

%clean
    %{__rm} -rf /

Executed as root, it will wipe your disk.
And the "/" is just a bad variable expansion away

In fact, I use a dedicated and easily replaceable VM for building RPMs.

[manjusk]

Hello Irithori

I use the same command on another system
which is 32bit. There is copies the files to correct directory mentioned in rpmmacros
files.

Btw. with --rcfile option, specifies my rpmrc file
--rcfile FILELIST

Each of the files in the colon separated FILELIST is read sequentially by rpm for configuration information. Only the first file in the list must exist, and tildes will be expanded to the value of $HOME. The default FILELIST is /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc:/etc/rpmrc:~/.rpmrc.

so --rcfile /tmp/rpmrc is valid.

Also rpmrc contents specify the name of rpmmacros file that I am using. Here also
I can specify the absolute path of the rpmmacros file.

[Irithori]

You are right, I didnt see --rcfile.

Hmm, in theory --rcfile should be used.
But maybe you have a .rpmacros file in your home, that (strangely) overrides?

Other than that I can only think of typos or permission issues.

You can try and copy the content of /tmp/rpmmacros into ~/.rpmmacros
and then drop --rcfile.