Re: Use of rpm --root to build a cross root filesystem: pre/post/preun/postun scripts problem

[Frank Cusack <fcusack fcusack com>]

On May 16, 2006 10:32:48 AM -0700 David Lim <David Lim Sun COM> wrote:
> But supposing I want to use --root to be able to install two independent
> installations of an RPM? I think that might be a valid use of --root. I.e.
> I'm not going to run the installed rpm in a chroot environment, I just
> want two independent installations of the same version of the software.

Then you probably want --prefix.

> So my question is, is it possible to access the arg to --root
> in the %post script of my rpm?

Not as such.  You can do the standard stuff to tell if you are in
a chroot, however.

-frank