[lug] Building RPMs - alternate install directories

[HB]

Kenneth D Weinert wrote:
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> OK, so it's coming along fairly well.
> 
> I am running into a specific problem - I've been told I need to install
> into a separate directory, /tools.
> 
> Under /tools it will have the normal directory structure (bin, lib, etc)
> but I'm having a difficult time sorting out exactly how to do that in
> the spec file.
> 
> I'm building locally, and the install in my Makefile is going to the
> right place, but stuff like the documentation is a problem.
> 
> If I use %doc  then it wants to put the documents in /usr/share/doc/...
> but putting the full path doesn't get stuff installed and I end up with
> errors.
> 
> Part of the spec file:
> 
> %files devel
> %defattr(-,root,root)
> /tools/include/config/config.h
> /tools/include/config/log.h
> /tools/share/doc/%{name}-%{version}/examples
> 
> %files
> %defattr(-,root,root,-)
> /tools/lib/libconfig.so.*
> %doc /tools/share/doc/%{name}-%{version}/AUTHORS
> %doc /tools/share/doc/%{name}-%{version}/ChangeLog
> %doc /tools/share/doc/%{name}-%{version}/COPYING
> %doc /tools/share/doc/%{name}-%{version}/NEWS
> %doc /tools/share/doc/%{name}-%{version}/README
> 
> 
> I don't recall that it made a difference whether or not I use the %doc
> macro.  If I use it this way:
> 
> %doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING NEWS README
> 
> then the files get installed, but into /usr/share/doc/...
> 
> - From rpmbuild -ba config.spec:
> Processing files: config-1.0.0-7
> error: File not found:
> /var/tmp/config-1.0.0-7-root-kenw/tools/share/doc/config-
> 1.0.0/AUTHORS
> error: File not found:
> /var/tmp/config-1.0.0-7-root-kenw/tools/share/doc/config-
> 1.0.0/ChangeLog
> /var/tmp/config-1.0.0-7-root-kenw/tools/share/doc/config-
> 1.0.0/COPYING
> error: File not found:
> /var/tmp/config-1.0.0-7-root-kenw/tools/share/doc/config-
> 1.0.0/NEWS
> error: File not found:
> /var/tmp/config-1.0.0-7-root-kenw/tools/share/doc/config-
> 1.0.0/README
> Processing files: config-devel-1.0.0-7
> error: File not found:
> /var/tmp/config-1.0.0-7-root-kenw/tools/share/doc/config-
> 1.0.0/examples
> Processing files: config-debuginfo-1.0.0-7
> Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files
> /var/tmp/config-1.0.0-
> 7-root-kenw
> error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
>    /tools/lib/libconfig.so
> 
> 
> Note that it's finding the soft linked library (the linking is done in
> the Makefile as the ldconfig doesn't appear to do that, even when I was
> putting it in /usr/local/lib, mainly, I think, because when ldconfig is
> run I get an error:  /usr/lib is not a shared library) which I'll
> probably need to fix at some time as well.
> 
> I'm still very willing to look at references, I'm just not finding
> anything that addresses this situation. A result, I'm sure, of me not
> using the right keywords. I usually end up finding how to *build* in an
> alternate directory (which is working great), or how to make a package
> relocatable, but not anything about using the normal macros and
> installing into an alternate directory.
> 
> So, pointers and other advice are *greatly* appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> - --
> Ken


When I've built packages for use on our systems (that aren't provided by 
the distribution), I've put things in /usr/local via these %define at 
the top of the spec file:

%define _prefix /usr/local
%define _datadir  %{_prefix}/share
%define _mandir %{_datadir}/man
%define _infodir %{_datadir}/info
%define _docdir %{_datadir}/doc

and build and fix when it errors out (usually I'm revamping other packages).

You can also put those define statements in your .rpmmacros file.

Hugh