Why rpmbuild command wipes out source files? Is there any way to prevent it and keep the source files?
Issue
- Why
rpmbuildcommand wipes out source files? Is there any way to prevent it and keep the source files? - This can be called manually using the --rmsource flag, however without using this flag,
rpmbuildis automatically clearing the source directory. - This happens whether or not the target package is actually built
- How to prevent rpmbuild from deleting the source files?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- rpmbuild
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