The Makefile contains steps that will build RPMs using the locally-configured rpmbuild environment.
However, a better approach is to use mock which ensures all packages are built in a standard, reproducible environment, and also allows building for targets other than that of the local machine.
The steps to build RPMs with mock are:
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Create tarball + generate spec file from template
cd packaging/rpm make clean && make buildtargz
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Create SRPM from tarball and spec file
mock -r epel-7-x86_64 --buildsrpm --spec qpsmtpd.spec --sources build mv /var/lib/mock/epel-7-x86_64/result/*.src.rpm build
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Build RPMs from SRPM
mock -r epel-7-x86_64 build/*.src.rpm mv /var/lib/mock/epel-7-x86_64/result/*.rpm build
This builds packages named using the content of the PACKAGE, VERSION, and RELEASE files in the packaging/rpm directory.
These can be overridden on the command-line when building the tarball.
For example, to append the local git commit hash to the RELEASE:
make clean && make buildtargz RELEASE="$(<"RELEASE").$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"This will produce a tarball named something like qpsmtpd-0.96-1.83b6aaf.tar.gz