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Description of problem:
rpm --rebuild cvs-1.11.1p1-2.src.rpm fails

build platform is i686 RH7.1 with updates 

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. (as user not root) rpm --rebuild cvs-1.11.1p1-2.src.rpm
2.
3.
	

Actual Results:  ...
...
FAIL: basic2-27
make[2]: *** [check-local] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/chrismcc/redhat/BUILD/cvs-1.11.1p1/src'
make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/chrismcc/redhat/BUILD/cvs-1.11.1p1/src'
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
error: Bad exit status from /home/chrismcc/redhat/tmp/rpm-tmp.43849 (%build)


RPM build errors:
    Bad exit status from /home/chrismcc/redhat/tmp/rpm-tmp.43849 (%build)



Expected Results:  success :)

Additional info:

Tried this also:
[chrismcc@dev rsync]$ diff -u ~/redhat/SPECS/cvs.spec
~/redhat/SPECS/cvs-pg.spec 
--- /home/chrismcc/redhat/SPECS/cvs.spec	Mon Jun 25 11:25:46 2001
+++ /home/chrismcc/redhat/SPECS/cvs-pg.spec	Thu Aug  2 07:50:42 2001
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@
 aclocal
 automake
 autoconf
-
+mkdir tmp
+export TESTDIR=`pwd`/tmp
 %build
+export TESTDIR=`pwd`/tmp
+unalias -a
+
 %{!?nokerberos: CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/kerberos/include"; export CPPFLAGS}
 %{!?nokerberos: CFLAGS="-I/usr/kerberos/include $RPM_OPT_FLAGS"; export
CFLAGS} %{!?nokerberos: LIBS="-L/usr/kerberos/lib -lkrb4 -ldes425
-lk5crypto -lcom_err"; export LIBS}

The export TESTDIR should probably be added to the spec file anyway

The dist version was probably built as root.  according to the spec file,
when built as root the 'make check' is skipped