Re: base directory for files section of spec file

[Paul Heinlein <heinlein cse ogi edu>]

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Hugh Beaumont wrote:

> To clarify, I currently have this in my spec file:
>
> %files
> /home/my_user/template_dir/etc/file1.conf
> /home/my_user/template_dir/usr/local/bin/some_file
> /home/my_user/template_dir/usr/local/doc/some_file.txt
>
> what I want is something like:
>
> %files
> %magic_directive_to_tell_rpm_to_chop_off /home/my_user/template_dir/
> /home/my_user/template_dir/etc/file1.conf
> /home/my_user/template_dir/usr/local/bin/some_file
> /home/my_user/template_dir/usr/local/doc/some_file.txt

You'll probably have to do it in two steps:

%install
# cp -a would probably accomplish the same thing :-)
tar -cC /home/my_user/template_dir . | tar -xC $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%files
...

-- Paul Heinlein <heinlein@cse.ogi.edu>