Description of problem: It's sometimes useful to leave the resultant $RPM_BUILD_ROOT in place, especially so one can check the contents of manufactured files via sed scripts, or ownership, permissions, etc. Skipping the %clean phase would allow this. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm-build-4.9.1.2-1.fc16 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Reassigned to rpm which is where rpm-build is built from. However, is there a reason that something like rpmbuild -bi is not sufficient for you?
(In reply to comment #1) > Reassigned to rpm which is where rpm-build is built from. However, is there a > reason that something like rpmbuild -bi is not sufficient for you? Because we'd also want the -bb phase done (the actual binary packaging). There's a --clean option... why not a --noclean option?
Implemented upstream now.
rpm >= 4.10.1 in rawhide and F18 supports --noclean (and --nocheck). I've no plans to backport anything new to 4.9.x though, so closing.