Description of problem: The --macros flag is not documented in man rpmbuild. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RPM version 4.9.1.3 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. man rpmbuild 2. 3. Actual results: incomplete docs Expected results: --macros gets mentioned, without it is not possible to build outside ~/rpmbuild Additional info: I understand that this might not be the perfect place to report this issue but www.rpm.org has a private bug trac system that the public are not allowed to enter bugs in. RPM is obviously pretty core to Fedora. I'll be happy to submit a doc patch if you can tell me where the code is. BTW rpm and rpmbuild man pages have no BUGS section.
--macros is something you practically never want to mess with. The default location for builds has preciously little to do with --macros either: %_topdir defaults to ~/rpmbuild these days but its always been overridable by simply setting it in ~/.rpmmacros: %_topdir /some/path Or alternatively pass --define "_topdir /some/path" on the cli.
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