Frustration making an RPM package

[Greg_Swift at aotx.uscourts.gov]

> > you really should search google and/or the archives.
> >
> > Found this in thread of first result for "rpmbuild getOutputFrom":
> >
> > http://osdir.com/ml/linux.redhat.rpm.general/2002-10/msg00342.html
>
> I know this gets frustrating to you when users chime in but I did in
> fact google my issue and the answers were sparse and confusing. For
> example, I did read that exact thread but I don't understand why the
> file check would fail at all. I don't want to remove a possible valid
> check but rather fix my package if I've made a mistake.

wasn't frustrated, just thought it was enough information.  The issue
seemed to stem from not utilizing %{buildroot}, which was backed up by the
next issue, and addressed in my response on that thread.

> > > Also, the rpmbuild procedure seems to copy the files to their
> destinaion
> > > folders during the build process (e.g. "binary" actually ends up in
> the
> > > /usr/bin folder on the build machine when I run "rpmbuild -vv
> -bb").
> > >
> > > Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong here?
> >
> > Try reading through the previous thread entitled "How do I install an
> > entire directory under /var with rpm"
>
> I'll try to find this.

this should help:

http://lists.rpm.org/pipermail/rpm-list/2008-November/thread.html

-greg