Re: Converting shell script to RPM

[Timur Tabi <ttabi interactivesi com>]

Mike A. Harris wrote:

> $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
>
> In your install stage, you should be installing to a buildroot,
> not to the actual system in use.
I don't understand that.    What's a buildroot?  I read the 
documentation on it, but it just makes absolutely no sense to me.

"The buildroot tag is used to define an alternate build root. The name 
is a bit misleading, as the build root is actually used when the 
software is /installed/ during the build process."

Which build process?  The build process for the rpm-file itself?


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Timur Tabi
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