Checkinstall failed with /root/rpmbuild has no source directory

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I am trying to use checkinstall to build a package from source code. However, when i run checkinstall , it ask :

/root/rpmbuild has no source directory, please write the path to the rpm source directory tree.

i am running on fedora 12 and system was installed through kickstart via repository of dvd of fc12. I was not aware of the rpm source directory during the installation.

so how can i check whether rpm source has been installed or not. if not, how to make the rpm source directory so that i can please the checkinstall and build the package successfully. or can i bypass it?

thanks a lot

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