Re: Building an RPM from a compiled application

[Ian Mortimer <ian physics uq edu au>]

Hi Phil

> >   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?

I was thinking about installing and running the software to test that 
it's fully functional.  You couldn't be sure it's not using something 
from the install that's not included in the package.

There are ways you could do this - chroot into the relocated file 
system for example - to make a valid test but using a build root 
seems a lot easier. 


Ian