Packaging guidelines: buildroot

[Rex Dieter]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> So, in the guidelines, it states that all packages should use:
> %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-%{%{__id_u} -n}
> 
> What does this have to do with the package? Nothing.
...
> Why isn't this the default for RPM, either patched into the default
> RPM package, or in redhat-rpm-config?

Setting a good/default %buildroot in redhat-rpm-config makes a lot of sense.

-- Rex