Bug 132636 – documentation uses topdir, but rpm does not accept the option

Bug 132636 - documentation uses topdir, but rpm does not accept the option

Summary:	documentation uses topdir, but rpm does not accept the option

Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Jeff Johnson
QA Contact:	Mike McLean
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URL:	http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-any...
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Reported:	2004-09-15 07:52 EDT by Need Real Name
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:10 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2004-09-15 08:49:02 EDT
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Description Need Real Name 2004-09-15 07:52:33 EDT

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Description of problem:
The documentation explains to use

topdir: <path>

to set a different top directory, but rpm does not understand this, it
complains with

error: bad option 'topdir' at /home/hat/.rpmrc:356


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rpm-4.2-0.69

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. echo "topdir: /home/blabla/mydir" > ~/.rpmrc
2. rpm -i <something>
3. Observe the output of the rpm command
    

Actual Results:  it does not work !!
:-)

rpm switches to the default /usr/src/redhat but I have no write access
there, so the install fails

Expected Results:  It should have used /home/blabla/mydir as top
directory for the rpm command

Additional info:

There is no entry for reporting bugs in documentation in this bugzilla
instance

Comment 1 Paul Nasrat 2004-09-15 08:37:57 EDT

This has already been fixed in CVS.  Unfortunately the site hosting
the newer copy is down atm.  I'll update www.rpm.org with the latest
working copy also.

Comment 2 Paul Nasrat 2004-09-15 08:49:02 EDT

http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/s1-rpm-anywhere-different-build-area.html

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