Description of problem:

[notting@nostromo: ~/prog/mash]$ rpmbuild -ta dist/mash-0.3.7.tar.gz 
error: File /home/notting/prog/mash/mash-0.3.7.tar.gz: No such file or directory
Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.8rOepO
+ umask 022
+ cd /home/notting/prog/rpm/build/
+ LANG=C
+ export LANG
+ unset DISPLAY
+ cd /home/notting/prog/rpm/build
+ rm -rf mash-0.3.7
+ exit 0
Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.ph4RAT
+ umask 022
+ cd /home/notting/prog/rpm/build/
+ cd mash-0.3.7
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.ph4RAT: line 24: cd: mash-0.3.7: No such file or directory
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.ph4RAT (%build)

Doing rpmbuild -ta $(pwd)/dist/mash-0.3.7.tar.gz  works.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rpm-4.5.90-0.git8426.9.x86_64