Re: [opensuse] building RPMs

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The Monday 2007-04-30 at 09:20 +0200, Pascal Bleser wrote:

Carlos E. R. wrote:

No, I mean it: use /usr, not /usr/local

So, you make a package "foo" yourself, e.g. with checkinstall.
You prefix it to /usr/local because you don't redistribute it, because
it's a "local package" (whatever that means: a package is either in the
RPM database or not, there is no "local RPM database").

I know there is no local rpm database. So what?

For one thing, I always update the system, so the database remains. I
still keep packages I installed five years ago, listed in the rpm list.

And even if I don't, I will still have my programs; orphaned from the
database, but still there. If they sit in /usr, I loose them, which is
worse.



and hence, the files of your package in /usr/local won't be in the RPM
database (which is the same as having installed it with "make install"
in the first place).

Ie, SuSE does not use "/usr/local" because it is reserved for *you*. ;-)

No, I stick with what I said: /usr/local is for what you install with
"make install", not for RPMs (including RPMs built with checkinstall).

And I stick with my opinion of using /usr/local - we agree to disagree :-)


If you worry about conflicts, then leave the local paths last. The non
local version will be used.



One more detail: you will see that users may have the /usr/local/bin first
in their path, but often root does not even have it included - on purpose
so as to execute "official" programs only.

Define "official". Packages redistributed in the openSUSE Build Service,
Packman, Guru, suser-*, etc... are all prefixed to /usr and not /usr/local.

Well, let's say packagers that provide official or semioficial packages.
Whatever. Notice the "quotes", meaning the meaning of "official" is not
strict.

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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.

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