Re: RPM: File relocation help...

[Brian Strand <bstrand switchmanagement com>]

Mike A Burns wrote:

> I have a list of files located under:
>
>   /opt/project_src/root/etc/.......
>   /opt/project_src/root/var/.......
>   .
>   .
>
> and would like to relocate these such that:
>
>  /opt/projects_src/root   becomes   /
>
>
> I've tried using the 'Prefix: /opt/projects_src/root' tag expecting
> the prefix to drop-off leaving '/etc/...', but when the package is
> built, the 'rpm -qpl <filename>' query shows the file paths have not
> changed.  Apparently I'm missing something.  Can someone please help?
You probably want BuildRoot: /opt/projects_src/root instead.  Prefix is 
install-time, BuildRoot is build time.

Regards,
Brian