-# This is overridden when we call rpmbuild in the Makefile so you
-# don't need to set it here (unless you are not using the Makefile).
-#global vddkdir /some/path
+# You must set this to the directory where you downloaded VDDK.
+# NB. DO NOT PUT A TRAILING ‘/’ or you will get the error
+# ‘canonicalization unexpectedly shrank by one character’ on RHEL 7.
+%global vddkdir /home/rjones/tmp/vddk/vmware-vix-disklib-distrib