Re: when using --prefix tag

[Mark Hatle <fray mvista com>]

Phil Conan wrote:
> Hello.
>
> is there any way to determine whether a user has used the --prefix tag.
> What I want to do is sed a file with the prefix information if the user
> choses to relocate the package.
>
> this is using redhat 7.3 and rpm 4.0.4
>
> thanks,
> Phil

Are you refering to in a post (pre) install script?  Or after the user 
has installed?

If you are refering to a post install script, this little scriptlet 
might be what you need:

if [ "${RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX}" = "%{prefix}" ] ; then
  # User has not use --prefix
else
  # User has used prefix
fi

(or you can just always use RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX if you are doing 
something like setting up configuration files.)

--Mark