Re: %files directive with relocation in %install

[Wesley Leggette <wleggette cleversafe com>]

Michael Jennings wrote:
> On Tuesday, 27 June 2006, at 10:20:31 (-0600),
> Bob Proulx wrote:
>
> > If not then probably defining _prefix is better.
> >
> >   %define _prefix /usr/local
> >
> > In which case change prefix to _prefix throughout the file.
> >
> >   s/%{prefix}/%{_prefix}/g
>
> No, don't do this.  Packages which (misguidedly) go in /usr/local
> should not redefine %{_prefix}.  In fact, no package should redefine
> %{_prefix}.

Okay. So should I stick with 'Prefix: /usr/local' and %{prefix}?

Also, can you elaborate on the 'misguidedly'. I was originally going to 
set the prefix to /usr but someone on my team told me that /usr/local is 
where non-system installed packages should go.

I originally thought that /usr was for ANY managed package, and 
/usr/local was for things compiled from source. Is that the correct 
interpretation.


Wesley