Hello-
I am familiar with packaging for other *nixes but this is my first RPM attempt and I have a couple of questions. I have read the various packaging docs on the Fedora Project site, but have been unable to find a precise answer. If there is another document to read or another list where I should be directing these questions, please let me know.
1. The Makefile sets PREFIX to /usr/local. In %install, is it ok to use:
make install PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
2. The Makefile also attempts to install and set user/group ownership and permissions, i.e. it does 'INSTALLBIN= install -g bin -o root -m 555'. Is it ok to address this by patching the line so it reads 'INSTALLBIN= install' seeing as how ownership and permissions are later set in %files?
3. Similarly, the Makefile also hardcodes the manpage directory, i.e. in install, it has: '$(INSTALLDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/man/man1. Again, is it ok to patch this line so it reads '$(INSTALLDIR) $(DESTDIR)$PREFIX/share/man/man1'? This package has no ./configure stage and just uses make and make install, and does not appear to respect MANDIR.
I have done all these in my draft spec file and the package clears rpmlint and builds fine with mock, but I wanted to know if what I did followed convention.
Thanks!