need "cheat" to package installed files into RPMS

Paul Johnson pauljohn32 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 15 19:38:31 UTC 2010


On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Andy Helten <andy.helten at dot21rts.com> wrote:
> Why can't you just name the top-level directory in the %files section:
>
> =========================
> %prep
> # Nothing to do here.
>
> %build
> # Nothing to do here.
>
> %install
> # Nothing to do here.
>
> %files
> /usr/share/A
> =========================
>

OMG that's a good idea. I forgot that is how we did it in the days
before BUILDROOT!

pj

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Paul E. Johnson
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