how to keep rpmbuild directory clean

[Maxim Burgerhout]

You can embed rpm macros, like %name, in your .rpmmacros file. That
way, you can create a directory per package containing SPECS, RPMS,
SRPMS, etc. directories. I use it like this (out of the back of my
head):

%_topdir /home/maxim/rpmbuild
%_specdir /home/maxim/rpmbuild/%name/SPECS
%_rpmdir /home/maxim/rpmbuild/%name/RPMS
%_srcrpmdir /home/maxim/rpmbuild/%name/SRPMS
%_sourcedir /home/maxim/rpmbuild/%name/SOURCES

Maxim