> Quoting Jeff Squyres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: Open MPI rpmbuild fails in OFED-1.2 > > On Feb 7, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > >> My $0.02: This is another in a growing list of issues reflecting the > >> whole "build everything in DESTDIR" is a problematic approach. > > > > I don't know much about RPM, and I am not exactly sure why are > > our source RPMs so complicated. > > It's a combination of two things: > > 1) similar to what you said below, we have lots of software packages > that are all dependent upon each other > --> this leads to a conglomeration of rpath's and shared library > dependencies that are incorrect > > 2) we're trying to *use* the software when it is installed in the > DESTDIR > --> this means that you have to put special-case in the software so > that they look for support files in both the DESTDIR *and* the final > installation directory
How do you mean, use? Hmm. I guess my question is - this works fine when I run OFED's configure script, why is SRPM so much more difficult? -- MST _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list openib-general@openib.org http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general