Bug 2670 – prefix option doesn't work

Bug 2670 - prefix option doesn't work

Summary:	prefix option doesn't work

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Erik Troan
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Reported:	1999-05-08 16:03 EDT by jmbastia
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-06-01 15:31:40 EDT
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Description jmbastia 1999-05-08 16:03:59 EDT

When attemption to use the --prefix option with rpm in
RedHat Linux 6.0, it reports that only one prefix option may
be used, even if only one option is used.  For example:

# rpm -ivh --prefix /opt/zip zip-2.1-8.i386.rpm
rpm: only one of --prefix or --relocate may be used

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-05-09 15:42:59 EDT

You can work around this problem by using --relocate. Assuming
that the package wants to install in /usr and you wish to install
in /opt/zip, the command would be

	rpm -ivh --relocate /usr=/opt/zip zip-2.1.8.i386.rpm

Comment 2 Erik Troan 1999-06-01 15:31:59 EDT

fixed in rpm 3.0.1

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