RPM ??'s

[Bradley J. Bartram]

I agree.  The RPM will install as it is defined in the spec file that is 
created by whom ever compiles the rpm.

To change it, grab the src.rpm and modify the spec file, rebuild and create 
the binary.  It should install where you want it to.

That, of course is the very brief, get my $.02 into the discussion response, 
but I'm sure you get idea.

As an aside, going through the src.rpm spec file is like a journey unto itself 
if you read some of the comments about version changes and so forth.  Some of 
the files are not a pretty sight.

brad

On Monday 07 October 2002 02:04 pm, Cyber Source wrote:
> I believe the rpm will install to where it's internal instructions tell
> it too, or so I've always believed. I installed Mandrake 9.0 and it did
> not install my cd-rom drive correctly in the /etc/fstab file, a quick
> fix but was a little annoying, I went on to install RedHat 8.0 over it
> in the end, RH is just becoming a  personal preference at this point.
> On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 13:55, JJ Neff wrote:
>
>     What is the syntax to install an RPM to a location I want it to go to ,
> ie in SUse (as well as other distros) they recommend that you place
> non-distro RPM's in /usr/local or /opt or someplace other than where the
> distro specific one may go.  I tried root and prefix but got errors so I'm
> either using the wrong switch or messing up syntax.
>
>     any help?
>
>     JJN
>
>     PS  Im downloading the isos for 9.0 Mandrake at the moment, Hope no one
> on my network complains too loud!..  Anyone instll it yet (or upgrade) how
> was upgrade, smooth, any gotchas found yet?  etc etc
>
>     PPS  : Philosophical discussion:  I want to switch to Linux exclusively
> (and would if I wasnt so ingrained in M$ money.  I realized to support
> Linux I should support it financially as well since there is perfectly good
> commercial software.  StarOffice, Mandake and Suse, Codeweavers Wine and
> Officereaders, all this I've been using for free.  I've considered
> "purchasing" some of these services and being a real user.  For example I
> could Buy a boxed verison of mandrake or suse, StarOffice and Codeweavers
> wine, and crossover plugins then I could demand support as a loyal cutomer
> and expect good performance, plus I would be ensuring that commercial
> software for Linux is produced in the future.
>
>     Thoughts comments ideas, rants speak up (this was triggered by the
> Mandrake article about Wesley Crusher - or the actor who plays him
> switching to Mandrake exclusively) and my own thoughts about Suse's and
> mandrake's business models.
>
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