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

[Neo Jia]

Sorry, I forget to mention that my rpm is RPM version 4.4.2.2 on FC8 x86_64.

Thanks,
Neo

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Neo Jia <neojia at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>  --
>  I would remember that if researchers were not ambitious
>  probably today we haven't the technology we are using!
>



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I would remember that if researchers were not ambitious
probably today we haven't the technology we are using!