RE: %files directive with relocation in %install

["Wichmann, Mats D" <mats d wichmann intel com>]

>> Okay. So should I stick with 'Prefix: /usr/local' and %{prefix}?
>
>Only if you're going to use /usr/local.  But you shouldn't.
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>If your package is not relocatable, don't use Prefix: at all.
>
>> 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.
>
>Yes, you are correct.  Your teammate is wrong.

If you're not a distribution provider, you should not be
putting things in the distribution provider's space (/usr).

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