rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/28/2009 11:13:40 AM: > Hi, > > I have used the rpmbuild to build a binary rpm archive. But when > I tried to > extract it, it did not install to the directory that I intend it to > be. Instead it installed > to the directory but relative the the directory that the rpm was sitting on. > > My spec file looks like > Summary > Prefix: /opt/mydir > > %files > %{Product_root_d}/bin/* > %{Product_root_d}/lib/* > %{Product_root_d}/script/* > > > And the rpm was generated in /usr/src/Packages/RPMS/i586/my.rpm > but when my.rpm is extracted, it generates the directory /usr/src/ > Packages/RPMS/i586/opt/mydir instead of > /opt/mydir could you put the whole spec file? You probably just need to adjust your %install and %files sections -greg _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list