Bug 54995 - rpm -i --prefix not working right
Summary: rpm -i --prefix not working right
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 53999
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 6.2J
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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Reported: 2001-10-24 01:14 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-10-24 01:14:22 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2001-10-24 01:14:18 UTC
Description of Problem:

When I install a relocatable package:

$ rpm -qpl log-triggers-4.0.6_2855-1.noarch.rpm 
/opt/foo/store/trigger
/opt/foo/store/trigger/AlertTrigger.py
/opt/foo/store/trigger/CritTrigger.py
/opt/foo/store/trigger/EmergeTrigger.py

with

# rpm -i --prefix=/var/tmp/foo log-triggers-4.0.6_2855-1.noarch.rpm 

I get:

$ rpm -ql log-triggers
/var/tmpfoo
/var/tmp/foo/AlertTrigger.py
/var/tmp/foo/CritTrigger.py
/var/tmp/foo/EmergeTrigger.py

I think the first one (/var/tmpfoo) is broken.

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

4.0, 4.0.2

How Reproducible:

Very.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. 
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Actual Results:

/var/tmpfoo

Expected Results:

/var/tmp/foo

Additional Information:

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2001-10-24 02:03:50 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 53999 ***


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