In the "Briefer Build Instructions" above the last line is
rpmbuild -bb openssl.spec 1>e1 2>e2 &
The "&" at the end of the command means that the compile process is sent to the background.
That means you get your prompt back while the compile is still running.
You can pull the job to the foreground using the
fg command.
The stdout and stderr messages are sent to files e1 and e2 respectively.
You can watch the stdout and stderr output during the compile with the following:
tail -f e1
tail -f e2
At the end of the compile, all status and error messages are saved in files e1 and e2.
You can browse them with
less -i e1
less -i e2
While browsing with less, you can use search, for instance type /error to search for "error" text.