Added --with-rpmdir configure option so that user can set location of RPM build root.

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 38a9c1d..598173f 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SHELL = /bin/sh
 @SET_MAKE@
 
 srcdir = @srcdir@
+abs_srcdir = @abs_srcdir@
 VPATH  = @srcdir@
 
 # ========== USER CONFIGURATION SECTION ==========
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ etcdir      = @sysconfdir@
 # location of man pages
 mandir      = @mandir@
 
+# RPM build root
+rpmdir      = @rpmdir@
+
 # location of incoming mail
 mailspool   = @mailspool@
 
@@ -198,15 +202,15 @@ nmhrelease:
 
 # Create binary and source RPMs.  Assumes that configure had already
 # been run.  Otherwise, there wouldn't be a Makefile.
-# _topdir puts build area in the RPM/ directory below the current one.
-# _tmppath uses the specified local TMP.
-# srcdir is this current, top level nmh directory.
+# _topdir is the specified RPM build root.
+# _tmppath is TMP below _topdir.
+# srcdir is the top level nmh source directory.
 # tarfile and version are as specified in this file.  rpmbuild does
 #   not allow Version to contain any dashes.
 rpm: all nmhdist
-       @rpmbuild --define '_topdir '`pwd`'/RPM' \
+       @rpmbuild --define '_topdir $(rpmdir)' \
           --define '_tmppath %{_topdir}/TMP' \
-          --define 'srcdir '`pwd` \
+          --define 'srcdir $(abs_srcdir)' \
           --define 'tarfile $(tarfile)' \
           --define 'version '`echo $(VERSION) | sed "s/-/_/g"` \
           -ba nmh.spec

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e93e173..3bba22c 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -659,6 +659,18 @@ else
   AC_SUBST(NDBM_LIBS)
 fi
 
+dnl ------------------
+dnl Set RPM build root
+dnl ------------------
+dnl nmhrpm is used in the final summary, see below.  The default value is
+dnl reported there as ./RPM, consistent with the reporting of the default
+dnl source code location as ., but its absolute path is used in the Makefile.
+AC_ARG_WITH(rpmdir,
+  AS_HELP_STRING([--with-rpmdir=RPMDIR], [RPM build directory @<:@RPM@:>@]))
+  AS_IF([test x"$with_rpmdir" = x], [rpmdir='$(abs_srcdir)/RPM'; nmhrpm=./RPM],
+          [rpmdir="$with_rpmdir"; eval "nmhrpm=${rpmdir}"])
+AC_SUBST(rpmdir)
+
 
 dnl --------------------
 dnl CHECK FOR CYRUS-SASL
@@ -978,6 +990,7 @@ eval "nmhbin=${bindir}";         eval "nmhbin=${nmhbin}"
 eval "nmhsysconf=${sysconfdir}"; eval "nmhsysconf=${nmhsysconf}"
 eval "nmhlib=${libdir}";         eval "nmhlib=${nmhlib}"
 eval "nmhman=${mandir}";         eval "nmhman=${nmhman}"
+eval "nmhrpm=${nmhrpm}";
 
 pop_kinds=no
 if test x"$enable_pop" = x"yes"; then
@@ -1004,6 +1017,7 @@ binary install path        : ${nmhbin}
 library install path       : ${nmhlib}
 config files install path  : ${nmhsysconf}
 man page install path      : ${nmhman}
+RPM build root             : ${nmhrpm}
 backup prefix              : ${backup_prefix}
 transport system           : ${MTS}
 file locking type          : ${LOCKTYPE}

diff --git a/nmh.spec b/nmh.spec
index 57c6d2f..35de0c8 100644 (file)
--- a/nmh.spec
+++ b/nmh.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Assumes that rpmbuild was invoked in main nmh directory using "make
-# rpm".  Therefore, configure must already have been run.  "make rpm"
-# uses an RPM directory below the current directory.
+# rpm".  Therefore, configure must already have been run.
 #
 # This file is intended to be zero maintenance, that's why it relies
 # on the Makefile (and specifically on the nmhdist target).  If you
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT ! -type d -print | sed "s#^$RPM_BUILD_ROOT##" > nmh_files
 
 
 %clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/%tarfile nmh_files doc
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT doc $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/%tarfile nmh_files
 
 
 %files -f nmh_files