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Dan Widyono wrote: > > > > One thing I've run into fairly often, if I mix RPMs and source installs, > > is that the install paths will not match for the two installs. > > Best way I've found to keep this to a minimum is to try compiling a src.rpm, > and see what comes out of the configure line. This is what I ended up with > amanda, for instance (I removed the amanda-specific lines). This "standard > Red Hat stuff" is from the system's built-in rpm macros, which are the > essential ingredients. I'm sure Mandrake has their own standard rpm macros. > Where can you find them without compiling a src.rpm? I dunno, check the > sources or docs for rpmbuild. > Haha... Well, good advice would be just just build the RPM, if you have a src rpm and you're on a RPM system. But I was avoiding getting into best practices and just giving some ideas how to resolve the issue. :) -- Kevin ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug