[Rpm-maint] rpm --root doesn't work or I am doing something wrong?

[Neo Jia]

hi,

sorry, I don't find any other mailing list to submit my questions.

I am trying to setup a build root so I need to install rpm package to
a different root directory.

> rpm --root=/home/cjia/workareas/rpm_root/fc8_root/ -ivh setup-2.6.10-1.fc8.noarch.rpm
warning: setup-2.6.10-1.fc8.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature:
NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:setup                  ########################################### [100%]
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/aliases;47d1b91c:
cpio: open failed - Permission denied

Why it is still trying to write to /etc/... ?

Thanks,
Neo
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