On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 10:31:06AM -0700, Joshua M. Miller wrote:
> If I understand what you're saying correctly, does this mean I can build
> an RPM and specify the files in the %files section relative to their
> final destination, without actually having them in the final destination
> on the build host, but keeping them in the buildroot?
Yes. That's exactly what buildroot is for. Put this line or something
similar in your spec file:
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
(Eventually, this will be standardized properly as predefined and you won't
have to include this line, but for now, it's important to have.)
and then install your package's files underneath %{buildroot}. If you're
lucky, "make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}" will work for the program
you're packaging. If that doesn't work, try "%makeinstall".
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Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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