New rpm builder here, so please point me in the right direction if I'm
posting to the wrong group, etc.
I'm attempting to build some packages, but I would like the initial build
made with the rpmbuild command to go to, say, /usr/local, and then have
the "rpm -i" command put it where ever it defaults.
The problem is, there seems to be only one default. For example, if I do
this in the SPEC file:
Prefix: /usr/local
%install
%makeinstall
Then the files will go into /usr because that is the default:
% rpm --eval %{_prefix}
/usr
Of course, that builds fine, and I could then:
rpm -i --prefix=/usr/local package.rpm
Now, I can force it to go to /usr/local in the build by doing this:
%define _prefix /usr/local
Prefix: /usr
%install
%makeinstall
But, then it isn't relocatable (well, it thinks it is, but --prefix has no
effect).
So, is there a way to get it to build in /usr/local but then default
correctly when installing? Or I am I just trying to do something that I
shouldn't be doing?
Thanks for any hints (hope that this is clear),
-Doug
