-exclude-source-files with build_rpm

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In setuptools, the bdist_egg command has an -exclude-source-files option that is missing in the bdist_rpm command.
So what’s the selfish sod to do if he wants to keep from distributing his source in an RPM ?
Including the install script below worked for me.

python setup.py bdist_rpm –install-script=install.sh

where install.sh is

python setup.py install –root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT –record=INSTALLED_FILES
 
#goodbye py source
find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name [...]