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Re: [PATCH] git-pasky spec file

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PDPaul Dickson <paul@permanentmail.com>
Date
Apr 25, 2005, 21:24 UTC
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:48:34 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
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> * Petr Baudis (pasky@ucw.cz) wrote:
> > Dear diary, on Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 03:55:21AM CEST, I got a letter
> > where Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org> told me that...
> > > Here's a simple spec file to do rpm builds.  It's against the
> > > latest Makefile (which has the s/BINDIR/bindir/ change).  I've used
> > > DESTDIR, although it's not clear it's meant to stay in the Makefile.
> > > For now, there's no dynamic (git.spec.in, for example) update to the
> > > Version, so it's set against 0.6.3 (expecting it to be forthcoming
> > > shortly).  It installs to /usr/local/bin, and expects the tarball to be
> > > named git-pasky-0.6.3.tar.bz2.  Creates a package named git, which seems
> > > fine since Linus' isn't likely to be packaged directly.  Enjoy.
> > 
> > Thanks, applied. I'll gladly yet you maintain this file, but...
> 
> No problem...
> 
> > > --- /dev/null	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
> > > +++ git-pasky-0.6.3/git.spec	2005-04-21 18:42:18.000000000 -0700
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
> > > +%install
> > > +rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> > > +make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/ bindir=bin/ install
> > 
> > I doubt this is actually what you want. I suppose you want
> > 
> > make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT prefix=/usr/local install
> 
> Yup, that makes more sense.  Feel free to update if you're so inclined.

If you're building an RPM, it should go in /usr not /usr/local. /usr/local is for unmanaged (non-RPM) installs.

	-Paul
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Message 4 of 8 in “git-pasky spec file”
  1. git-pasky spec fileChris Wright, Apr 22, 2005
  2. Petr BaudisApr 22, 2005
  3. Chris WrightApr 22, 2005
  4. Paul DicksonApr 25, 2005
  5. Chris WrightApr 25, 2005
  6. Eliminate use of mktemp's "-t" optionDavid A. Wheeler, Apr 22, 2005
  7. Kevin SmithApr 22, 2005
  8. Chris WrightApr 22, 2005

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