Hi,

I am very new to rpm packaging (new learner ).
Please find below mentioned spec file (apache-tomcat-5.5.35-src.spec) content:
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Summary: Apache Tomcat source to bytecode compiler
%define version 5.5.35
Group: Development/Languages
Name: ApacheTomcat
Prefix: /usr
Provides: ApacheTomcat
Release: 1
Source: apache-tomcat-5.5.35-src.tar.gz
URL: http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi
Version: 5.5.35
Buildroot: /root/ApacheTomcat/ApacheTomcat-5.5.35
License: /apache-tomcat-5.5.35-src.tar.gz/apache-tomcat-5.5.35-src/LICENSE
%description
This is the top-level entry point of the documentation bundle for the Apache Tomcat Servlet/JSP container. Apache Tomcat version 5.5 implements the Servlet 2.4 and JavaServer Pages 2.0 specifications from the Java Community Process, and includes many additional features that make it a useful platform for developing and deploying web applications and web services.

%prep
%setup -q

%build
./configure CXXFLAGS=-O3 --prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr
make

%install
rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
make install

%clean
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%files
%defattr(0444,root,root)
/usr/bin/ApacheTomcat
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while building rpm using the command 'rpmbuild -bb spec_file_name ' it displayed :

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Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.78993
+ umask 022
+ cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
+ LANG=C
+ export LANG
+ unset DISPLAY
+ cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
+ rm -rf ApacheTomcat-5.5.35
+ /usr/bin/gzip -dc /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/apache-tomcat-5.5.35-src.tar.gz
+ tar -xf -
+ STATUS=0
+ '[' 0 -ne 0 ']'
+ cd ApacheTomcat-5.5.35
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.78993: line 36: cd: ApacheTomcat-5.5.35: No such file or directory
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.78993 (%prep)


RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.78993 (%prep)
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Please help me to resolve this and let me know why this happened.... Thanks in advance...

Please don't build packages as root but as unprivileged user.



Please use lowercase directive, file and directory names in .spec files except where required (like BestCrypt or BCWipe .src.rpms).


Also:
- License is a type (GPL, MIT, BSD) and not a file.
- Name may be "tomcat", RHEL5(-like) ship tomcat5-* packages (tomcat5, tomcat5-admin-webapps, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc, tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api, you get the idea).
- %files section looks odd, it most likely doesn't contain only "/usr/bin/ApacheTomcat". Best read some basic RPM-packager docs, Fedora has a good one.

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