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+#!/bin/bash
+# we need some sanity here, plus some tests rather than 
+# blindly hitting rpmbuild and cp -a
+
+rpmbuild --define "%_topdir `pwd`" -bp --nodeps SPECS/*.spec
+bpn=$( ls BUILD )
+cp -a BUILD/${bpn} BUILD/${bpn}__orig