in rpm.8, under "Building:" the last option includes: rpm [--tarbuild] [tarredsource]+ Checking rpm --help and noticing --tarbuild doesn't work would indicate this should be -tb instead (or --tarbuild should be added to the rpm source as the long version thereof) # rpm --help|grep tarball -t<stage> <tarball> - build package, where <stage> is one of:
Fixed in CVS (and the next rpm-3.0.4-0.16 package in Raw Hide). Thanks for noticing.