[Rpm-maint] Re: compiling rpm tool from source and default directory settings...

[Pazzo Da Legare]

Thank you very  much Marc and Tom "spot"!

pazzo

2008/1/18, Marc Haisenko <haisenko at comdasys.com>:
> On Friday 18 January 2008, Pazzo Da Legare wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I tried  to configure the rpm library with --prefix=/  and then change
> > at installation time:
> > (say BUILDDIR=/foo/bar/path)
> >
> > $ ./configure --prefix=/
> > $ make
> > $ make install --prefix=($BUILDDIR)
> >
> > but at the end some files go on /usr ....and _not_ in /foo/bar/path/usr....
> >
> > I hope someone will give me the clue....
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > pazzo
>
> You've got the syntax wrong. Try this:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
> make install DESTDIR=$BUILDDIR
>
>
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