RE: Gnome/Linux Application Installer

[Gleef <dzol virtual-yellow com>]

On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Fox, Kevin M wrote:
> Hmm, Nonrelocatable rpms (I think) are a result of how the program inside
> the rpm was made. I have seen paths hardcoded into programs before. This
> meens a binary RPM cant be relocated. 

To make an RPM relocatable, the spec file needs to specify a prefix, and
every file listed in the %files section must be a subdirectory of that
prefix.  Binary RPMs most certainly can be relocatable, provided the spec
file follows those rules.

Some binary files shouldn't be relocatable, if the binary has hardcoded
file locations like you mention.  But whether an RPM is relocatable or not
depends on the spec file, not the program itself.

To my knowledge, none of the GNOME RPM files are currently relocatable.
It might make sense to see if they could be safely made relocatable now.

-Gleef