diff -p -up checkinstall/checkinstall.buildroot checkinstall/checkinstall
--- checkinstall/checkinstall.buildroot	2009-01-28 12:09:46.000000000 +0100
+++ checkinstall/checkinstall	2009-01-28 12:11:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -2361,7 +2361,6 @@ Release:   $RELEASE
 License: $LICENSE
 Packager:  checkinstall-$CHECKINSTALL_VERSION
 Group:     $PKG_GROUP          
-BuildRoot: $BROOTPATH
 Provides:  $PROVIDES
 Requires:  $REQUIRES,/bin/sh
 %define _unpackaged_files_terminate_build      0
@@ -2426,7 +2425,7 @@ if [ $REVIEW_SPEC -gt 0 ]; then
    $VISUAL "$SPEC_PATH" 
 fi
 
-BUILDROOT=`egrep '^[Bb]uild[Rr]oot' < "$SPEC_PATH" | cut -f2 -d:| sed 's/^ *//g'| sed 's/ *$//g'` # The sed commands remove leading/trailing whitespaces
+BUILDROOT=$BROOTPATH
 
 # We make sure that we have a valid RELEASE number
 
@@ -2449,7 +2448,7 @@ cd "$DIRECTORIO_FUENTE"
 
 echo
 echogn "Building RPM package..."
-$RPMBUILD -bb ${RPM_TARGET_FLAG}${ARCHITECTURE} "$SPEC_PATH" &> ${TMP_DIR}/rpmbuild.log
+$RPMBUILD --define "buildroot $BROOTPATH" -bb ${RPM_TARGET_FLAG}${ARCHITECTURE} "$SPEC_PATH" &> ${TMP_DIR}/rpmbuild.log
 okfail
 
 if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then