Actually it doesn't - I was fooled by the "#" I used to comment out the 
"%define" line. Once I deleted it the build failed even with the 
"buildrhel3".
You might already know it but just in case you don't this is how the "#" 
fooled others previously:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/rpm-list/2003-April/msg00074.html


----------  On Monday 24 April 2006 2:06 pm, Viorel Tabara 
<viorel at athabascau.ca> wrote:  ----------

Subject: Re: [Slony1-general] slony1-1.1.5 and rhelas3 build issues
Date: Monday 24 April 2006 2:06 pm
From: Viorel Tabara <viorel at athabascau.ca>
To: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim at commandprompt.com>
Cc: slony1-general at gborg.postgresql.org

Right on - that did it.
Thanks for getting back on it.

---------- On Saturday 22 April 2006 4:52 am, Devrim GUNDUZ
<devrim at commandprompt.com> wrote:----------

> Subject: Re: [Slony1-general] slony1-1.1.5 and rhelas3 build issues
> Date: Saturday 22 April 2006 4:52 am
> From: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim at commandprompt.com>
> To: Viorel Tabara <viorel at athabascau.ca>
> CC: slony1-general at gborg.postgresql.org
>
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 18:56 -0700, Viorel Tabara wrote:
> > I needed to add the following lines to the original spec file in order
> > to successfully build:
> >
> > %define kerbdir /usr/kerberos
> > (I don't know why Devrim's fixes did not work)
>
> Sorry for the delay in response.
>
> Did you try with enabling buildrhel3 ?
>
> Regards,

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