RE: Building an RPM from a compiled application

[Phillip Neiswanger <pneiswan evolving com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Mortimer [mailto:ian@physics.uq.edu.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 5:24 PM
> To: rpm-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Building an RPM from a compiled application 
>
>   o You can test the rpm after it's built by installing it and testing
>     it on the build machine.  If you don't use a build root you'd have
>     to install it and test it on a second machine for a valid test.

Is this really the case?  Would I not also accomplish the same thing by
simply making the package relocatable?
--
phil