Hello, First thanks for Bigtop!
The client I am currently working for wants to create RPMs to install Hadoop and friends in a custom layout, specifically /app/vscc/pkg/hadoop-0.20.205.2 /app/vscc/pkg/hadoop-0.20.205.2/bin /app/vscc/pkg/hadoop-0.20.205.2/lib /app/vscc/run/hadoop/pid /app/vscc/run/hadoop/log /app/vscc/run/hadoop/conf I note it is possible to reorganize the existing RPM layouts like this: rpm -i hadoop-0.20.205.0.2-1.x86-64.rpm --relocate /usr=/app/vscc/pkg/hadoop-0.20.205.2 --relocate /var/log/hadoop=/app/vscc/run/hadoop/log --relocate /var/run/hadoop=/app/vscc/run/hadoop/pid --relocate /etc/hadoop/conf.empty=/app/vscc/run/hadoop/conf.default --relocate /etc/default=/app/vscc/run/hadoop/default --relocate /etc/security/limits=/app/vscc/run/hadoop/limits However it would be nice to be able to specify this alternative layout at build time, to avoid the complex RPM command at install time. Also, preferably the client should not have to maintain its own internal version of Bigtop. Do you have any thoughts about the best way I could do this, so that the changes could be incorporated back into Bigtop? Not the new layout obviously, just the ability to configure the packages in a new layout? I have some ideas about this but I would be interested to here your thoughts first? best wishes, Mark
