[CentOS] rpmbuild annoyance

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On 22/03/16 20:20, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> I'm building a package (rasmol, if you must know) from an srpm. It's an
> FC20 pkg, nothing older, but the software itself hasn't changed. So... I
> try the build, and it fails, telling me:
> gcc: %__global_ldflags: No such file or directory
> make: *** [rasmol] Error 1
>
> Now, this isn't a brand-new package, so I'm puzzled by the error. Is there
> supposed to be something I need to add to the rpmbuild command line,
> or...?
>
> Clues for the poor.
>

You didn't mention which version of CentOS you are trying to build on.

The %__global_ldflags macro was introduced in RHEL7. It's provided by 
redhat-rpm-config. If you're attempting to build on an older version 
then you'll need to fix that.