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  • Why are you running rpmbuild as root? Commented Nov 20, 2019 at 14:27
  • I get No such file or directory when I run it as non-root too. error: File /home/centos/rpmbuild/SOURCES/myFOO_rc1.tar.gz: No such file or directory Commented Nov 20, 2019 at 14:40
  • I’m not asking if it works any better when running as a user; I’m asking why you’re running rpmbuild as root. Commented Nov 20, 2019 at 14:57
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    (I’m being curious, really; trying to understand what suggests that running rpmbuild is either needed or a potentially good idea.) Commented Nov 20, 2019 at 15:04
  • Because we develop as root. And because it didn't work as a regular user. But I don't see how that's relevant here, but feel free to ask more questions so long as they're related to this problem. Commented Nov 20, 2019 at 15:14