>
> > stefan maybe in your scripts you can add
>
> > cat foo.spec | sed -e 's|/usr/bin|%{_bindir}|' > foo.spec.new ;mv -f
> > foo.spec.new foo.spec
> > same goes for /usr/sbin, /usr/info, etc.
> > you can find a list in /usr/lib/rpm.
>
> yup... this could be made... a script that combs through a spec file
> and fixes this.
>
i suggest:
make a script to un-rpm a src rpm file, cd to theSPECS dir, do the sed -e
's|/usr/bin|%{_bindir}|', dump the spec somewhere, then require human
intervention to add changelog?
> > in your rebuild scripts on alpha and i586.
> hmmm... my scripts are based on rebuilding (rpm --rebuild), the stuff
> you mentioned above will require updating the rpm (working off of the
> ..spec file, raise the mdk number, do the changes (script), add
> changelog, upload src.rpm, mailto cooker list with diff). This is
> a bit too much I think.
>
> However, when someone is in the process of upgrading / updating a
> package,
> they could use the script to get most of the work done (manual check
> afterwards is required).
>
> > just remember that some are already partly prefix-ized, that imeans some
> > have %{_prefix}/bin or %{prefix}/bin so you will need to
> consider those case
> > as well.
> yup...
>
