to build an rpm from a tar.gz?

[J Hall]

> >>I have downloaded "checkinstall" that allows you to create an rpm
> >>installer out of a tar-gz file, you just type "checkinstall" after
> >>"./configure" and "make" and it builds and install an rpm. So far so
> >>good, it did installed the rpm but I was not able  to  "see" it to save
> >>it someplace else. Has anyone used this or  done in a different way, I
> >>mean" to build an rpm from a tar.gz?
> >>tommie
> >>

If you used checkinstall to create an rpm, it creates it in the build 
directory. 
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