Bug 46890 - rpm Can't install a product on an other place
Summary: rpm Can't install a product on an other place
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-07-01 21:12 UTC by Luis Panozzo Saavedra
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:34 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-07-02 01:42:23 UTC
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Description Luis Panozzo Saavedra 2001-07-01 21:12:54 UTC 
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Description of problem:
When I try to install a program in an other directory rpm send me an error

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.rpm -i --prefix /home/installdir program.rpm
2.rpm -i --relocate /opt/installdir=/home/installdir program.rpm
3.
	

Actual Results:  * error; can't unlink /homeinstalldir-RPMDELETE: Is a 
directory
* can't rename /homeinstalldir to /homeinstalldir-RPMDELETE: Is a directory
* unpacking of archive failed on fila /homeinstalldir: cpio: unlink failed 
Is a directory.

Expected Results:  Installed program

Additional info:

Note that I told rpm that install directory will be /home/installdir and 
the error told me /homeinstalldir
Comment 1 Michael Schwendt 2001-07-02 01:42:20 UTC 
# rpm -i --relocate /usr/=/usr/local package.i386.rpm 
file /usrlocal from install of package-1.0-1rh71 conflicts with file from
package filesystem-2.0.7-1
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2001-07-02 14:43:10 UTC 
Relocations are fixed at
	ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/test-4.0.3
as well as in recent rpm-4.0.3 packages.
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