./configure command

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 11:16 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 10:55, Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
> > I also nearly always use --prefix, and install into my home
> > directory, not to /usr/local. I've got a /home/jmccarty/usr/... tree.
> > If anything goes bad, I just delete the directories altogether.
> > There is NO UNINSTALL NEEDED.
> 
> This brings up another problem with packaging.  Anything I'd
> be likely to compile myself these days is probably very
> experimental and I might like to have 2 or more versions
> to compare them or to have a known-good version if the
> latest one blows up.  You can do that with many source
> bundles with the --prefix option and using explict paths
> to execute the programs.  How do you do it with RPM packaged
> items?
Exactly as you say. 

By using different installation prefixes - inside of the rpm.spec.

Additionally you'll have to use non-conflicting rpm package names.

Ralf