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Thanks guys
Regards, Bobby G. Smith Jr. > Subject: RE: [rpm-list] RPM Help > To: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: Greg_Swift@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 08:13:51 -0600 > > If its happening with all of your software try looking through the output > of 'rpm --showrc' for 'prefix' > > if i grep the output for just 'prefix' I get 16 lines on my RHEL5 system. > > [root@myboxen ~]# rpm --showrc | grep prefix > package payload file(s) have "./" prefix. > %{-C:${_mydir}}%{!-C:.}/configure %{_target_platform} --prefix=%{_prefix} > --exec-prefix=%{_exec_prefix} --bindir=%{_bindir} --sbindir=%{_sbindir} > --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} --datadir=%{_datadir} > --includedir=%{_includedir} --libdir=%{_libdir} --libexecdir=%{_libexecdir} > --localstatedir=%{_localstatedir} --sharedstatedir=%{_sharedstatedir} > --mandir=%{_mandir} --infodir=%{_infodir} %* ; > -14: _bindir %{_exec_prefix}/bin > -14: _datadir %{_prefix}/share > -14: _exec_prefix %{_prefix} > -14: _includedir %{_prefix}/include > -14: _libdir %{_exec_prefix}/%{_lib} > -14: _libexecdir %{_exec_prefix}/libexec > -14: _prefix /usr > -14: _sbindir %{_exec_prefix}/sbin > -14: _sharedstatedir %{_prefix}/com > --program-prefix=%{?_program_prefix} \ > --prefix=%{_prefix} \ > --exec-prefix=%{_exec_prefix} \ > prefix=%{?buildroot:%{buildroot}}%{_prefix} \ > exec_prefix=%{?buildroot:%{buildroot}}%{_exec_prefix} \ > > > One thing thats bugging me about what you are seeing is the $. If its > referencing the macro is really should be a %. > > -greg > > rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/05/2012 12:05:47 AM: > > > > Any package, or even ' rpm --rebuilddb' or 'rpm --initdb', even if > > the packages fails to install. It's makes me think it is a problem > > with the software. It is not exchanging variables. I know that it is > > not the packages fault and I've looked at all of the install rpm > > files that were editable in a text editor but could not find $ > > {prefix} only %[[{prefix]]}} and similar. If I delete the folder > > then type rpm --rebuilddb then it creates a folder > > ${prefix}/var/lib/rpm and puts the data base files, *_db, in it. Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > > > Bobby G. Smith Jr. > > > > > > Subject: RE: [rpm-list] RPM Help > > > To: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > CC: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > From: Greg_Swift@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 08:35:32 -0600 > > > > > > Is this a package you created, or one you downloaded? It sounds like > there > > > is something wrong with the way the spec defines the value, but without > > > looking at the spec it would be hard to go further. > > > > > > -greg > > > > > > rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/02/2012 11:45:00 AM: > > > > > > > > When I type rpm -i dpkg.rpm > > > > It installs the program. > > > > But then I loot at / > > > > And there is an extra folder named "${prefix}" > > > > I installed rpm from source with ./configure --prefix=/usr > > > > I have not tried "rpm -i dpkg.rpm -prefix=" > > > > Is that what you mean? > > > > What information do you need? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Bobby G. Smith Jr. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: jpyeron@xxxxxxxx > > > > > To: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Subject: RE: [rpm-list] RPM Help > > > > > Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 07:54:48 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > > From: dfsd dfd > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:33 > > > > > > Subject: [rpm-list] RPM Help > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I install an rpm, it creates a folder '/${prefix}/var/lib/ > > > > rpm/' and puts > > > > > the package database files in > > > > > > it. I do not use ${prefix} as a code or symbol that is the > > > > literally the name > > > > > of the folder it creates. I > > > > > > have tried to install one packages but I don't have all of its > > > > dependencies. > > > > > > > > > > Going to need a lot more information than that. > > > > > > > > > > > How can I make it use the correct folder? > > > > > > > > > > But have you tried setting prefix to the empty string? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Bobby G. 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