diff --git a/gdb/gdb.spec b/gdb/gdb.spec
index b08626c358..9b3ddff126 100644
--- a/gdb/gdb.spec
+++ b/gdb/gdb.spec
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 ##
 
 #   package version
-%define       V_tarball 8.3.1
-%define       V_subdir  8.3.1
+%define       V_tarball 9.1
+%define       V_subdir  9.1
 
 #   package information
 Name:         gdb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Class:        BASE
 Group:        Debugging
 License:      GPL
 Version:      %{V_tarball}
-Release:      20191227
+Release:      20200209
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-%{V_tarball}.tar.gz
@@ -68,13 +68,15 @@ PreReq:       ncurses, libiconv
     %{l_shtool} subst \
         -e 's;-Werror;;' \
         `find . -type f -name configure -print`
+    mkdir build
+    cd build
     CC="%{l_cc} %{l_ldflags}" \
     CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O} %{l_cppflags ncurses .}" \
     CPPFLAGS="%{l_cppflags ncurses .}" \
     LDFLAGS="%{l_ldflags}" \
     LIBS="%{l_ldflags} -liconv" \
     MAKEINFO="true" \
-    ./configure \
+    ../configure \
         --prefix=%{l_prefix} \
         --mandir=%{l_prefix}/man \
         --infodir=%{l_prefix}/info \
@@ -85,7 +87,9 @@ PreReq:       ncurses, libiconv
     %{l_make} %{l_mflags -O}
 
 %install
-    %{l_make} %{l_mflags} install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+    (   cd build
+        %{l_make} %{l_mflags} install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+    ) || exit $?
     rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/lib
     rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/include
     rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/info/dir