Till Maas wrote : > A lot of specs and the template specs from rpmdev-newspec use following: > > %install > rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT > # racing time > mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/bla/foo > > The solution is to make the following mandatory: > %install > rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT > mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT # this fails when $RPM_BUILD_ROOT already exists Other solutions : - Use mach or mock - Use a _tmppath inside your $HOME (thus buildroot will be too) We all do one or the other, or even both, right? :-) Matthias -- Clean custom Red Hat Linux rpm packages : http://freshrpms.net/ Fedora Core release 6 (Zod) - Linux kernel 2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 Load : 0.07 0.20 0.32 -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging