From d302f506aaaf18674b10bee90dceba9a33b0308a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 16:14:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] change "build prefix" to "build root" CVS patchset: 818 CVS date: 1996/07/14 16:14:01 --- docs/buildroot | 34 +++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/buildroot b/docs/buildroot index 2c5a0de..dd55a04 100644 --- a/docs/buildroot +++ b/docs/buildroot @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -BUILD PREFIX -============ +BUILD ROOT +========== -The build prefix is very similar to Root: (which will be depricated -soon). By using Buildprefix: in your spec file you are indicating +The build root is very similar to Root: (which will be depricated +soon). By using Buildroot: in your spec file you are indicating that your package can be built (installed into and packaged from) a user-definable directory. This helps package building by normal users. @@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ The Spec File Simply use - Buildprefix: + Buildroot: -in your spec file. The acutal buildprefix used by RPM during the +in your spec file. The acutal buildroot used by RPM during the build will be available to you (and your %prep, %build, and %install -sections) as the environment variable RPM_BUILDPREFIX. You must +sections) as the environment variable RPM_BUILD_ROOT. You must make sure that the files for the package are installed into the -proper buildprefix. As with Root:, the files listed in the %files -section should *not* contain the buildprefix. For example, the +proper buildroot. As with Root:, the files listed in the %files +section should *not* contain the buildroot. For example, the following hypothetical spec file: Name: foo @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ would be changed to: Name: foo ... - Buildprefix: /tmp + Buildroot: /tmp %prep ... @@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ would be changed to: ... %install - install -m755 fooprog $RPM_BUILDPREFIX/usr/bin/fooprog + install -m755 fooprog $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/fooprog %files /usr/bin/fooprog -Building With a Build Prefix ----------------------------- +Building With a Build Root +-------------------------- -RPM will use the buildprefix listed in the spec file as the default -buildprefix. There are two ways to override this. First, you can -have "buildprefix: " in your rpmrc. Second, you can override -the default, and any entry in an rpmrc by using "--buildprefix " +RPM will use the buildroot listed in the spec file as the default +buildroot. There are two ways to override this. First, you can +have "buildroot: " in your rpmrc. Second, you can override +the default, and any entry in an rpmrc by using "--buildroot " on the RPM command line. -- 2.7.4