[Fedora-packaging] Re: cmake rpm macro(s):
Kevin Kofler
kevin.kofler at chello.at
Tue Mar 20 13:48:45 UTC 2007
Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm <at> ATrpms.net> writes:
> > Won't setting %{_prefix} make the package relocatable?
>
> At build time? No, it won't, and for truly being relocatable the
> package needs to support this at runtime, e.g. the build should not
> hardwire /usr and friends anywhere. Being relocatabale needs a lot of
> work at the source level.
No, my question was if it will make RPM _think_ the package is relocatable,
even if it actually is not, which of course will screw up badly if the user
really tries to relocate the package.
Kevin Kofler
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