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Bug 76326

Summary: --prefix/--relocate not working in 8.0
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Jesse Keating <jkeating>
Component: rpmAssignee: Jeff Johnson <jbj>
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Version: 8.0CC: chris.ricker, jim.fisher, jkeating
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Sample SPEC file. RPM build from this file on 7.2 handles --prefix fine, build on 8.0, not so fine. none

Description Jesse Keating 2002-10-20 02:42:10 UTC 
Description of problem:
Trying to use --prefix or --relocate when installing a relocatable package does
not work.  The package always uses the default prefix in the spec file.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Create a spec file for an rpm that is relocatable
2.  rpm -ivh --prefix=/foo file.rpm
3.  observe the package igorning the --prefix option and defaulting to the
prefix in the spec file.
	

Actual Results:  The rpm seems to install to the prefix that is defined in the
.spec file, totally ignoring the command line argument.

Expected Results:  The rpm would install to the prefix issued.

Additional info:

I can take the same package and install it on a 7.2 system.  On the 7.2 system,
the --prefix argument is followed, and my package installs to  my prefix.  Not
so on 8.0
Comment 1 Jesse Keating 2002-10-20 02:49:08 UTC 
Created attachment 81164 [details]
Sample SPEC file.  RPM build from this file on 7.2 handles --prefix fine, build on 8.0, not so fine.
Comment 2 Jason Merrill 2002-11-05 05:21:34 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75550 ***