title: RPM without staging area
body: <p>At some point in the past I used to be able to make rpms with a very small spec file, like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Name: php-gd
  Version: 1
  Release: 1
  Summary: gd extension for PHP 5.3
  Group: PHP
  License: TM
  
  %description
  gd extension module for PHP 5.3.3
  
  %files
  /etc/php.d/gd.ini
  /usr/local/lib/php/20090626/gd.so
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This grabbed the two files from the filesystem and stuffed them into an rpm. It looks like things have changed so I have to use a staging area, which means that I have to make sure all the paths exist in the staging area, copy the files, etc. Sometimes I just want to jam one or two files in an rpm. Is there no way to avoid the staging area?</p>