bdist_rpm target breaks with rpm 4.1

[malcolmt]

BPO	630195
Nosy	@akuchling
Files	build.diff: Patch to fix build problem

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[malcolmt]

In order to make the bdist_rpm target in distutils work
with a broader range of rpm versions, it is necessary
to use the 'rpmbuild' command, rather than 'rpm' to
build rpms.

Using 'rpm -ba ...' has been deprecated for a couple of
years and is no longer part of rpm 4.1 (which is
distributed by default with Red Hat 8.0 a.o.).

The attached patch fixes this.

[akuchling]

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Fixed in CVS by Sean Reifschneider; his patch is safer, using rpmbuild if present and falling back to rpm. Thanks!