Off topic, but to build rpms as you, you can do this: $ cat ~/.rpmmacros %_topdir /home/nagler/tmp/rpm %_tmppath /home/nagler/tmp/rpm/tmp In your spec file, put something like this: %define _sourcedir . %define _topdir . %define _srcrpmdir . %define _rpmdir /home/nagler/tmp/b-release/build %define _builddir . Rob