diff --git a/redhat/rpmmacros b/redhat/rpmmacros
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+%_tmppath       /tmp/asterisk
+%_topdir        %{_tmppath}/redhat
+%_rpmfilename   %%{ARCH}/%%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}.rpm
diff --git a/redhat/rpmrc b/redhat/rpmrc
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+#############################################################
+macrofiles:     /usr/lib/rpm/macros:/usr/lib/rpm/%{_target}/macros:/etc/rpm/macros:/etc/rpm/%{_target}/macros:~/.rpmmacros:/tmp/asterisk/rpmmacros
+#############################################################