Bug 4152

Summary:	--prefix does not work when installing source rpm
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	kestes
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Jeff Johnson <jbj>
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Description kestes 1999-07-22 01:49:38 UTC

I tried running this command

rpm -U --prefix /data1/builds/1 \
htdocs-redirect-emc-2.48-2.src.rpm


I have a topdir setup in /data1/builds/1 and the
files did not go into /data1/builds/1/SOURCES and
/data1/builds1/SPECS


I use RPM version 2.5.6 so this may be fixed in your sources
already.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-07-22 13:59:59 UTC

The --prefix option supplies a new leading path for a tag in a binary
rpm containing that contains the old leading path and absolute
path names. Since src.rpm's contain relative not absolute paths
and do not contain a prefix tag at all it's unclear whether the
effort involved in implementing --prefix is worth the effort.

Meanwhile, try
	rpm --define '_topdir	/data1/builds/1' -U ...
which should have the desired effect.