change "build prefix" to "build root"

CVS patchset: 818
CVS date: 1996/07/14 16:14:01

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/docs/buildroot b/docs/buildroot
index 2c5a0deab..dd55a0404 100644
--- a/docs/buildroot
+++ b/docs/buildroot
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-BUILD PREFIX
-============
+BUILD ROOT
+==========
 
-The build prefix is very similar to Root: (which will be depricated
-soon).  By using Buildprefix: in your spec file you are indicating
+The build root is very similar to Root: (which will be depricated
+soon).  By using Buildroot: in your spec file you are indicating
 that your package can be built (installed into and packaged from)
 a user-definable directory.  This helps package building by normal
 users.
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ The Spec File
 
 Simply use
 
-  Buildprefix: <dir>
+  Buildroot: <dir>
 
-in your spec file.  The acutal buildprefix used by RPM during the
+in your spec file.  The acutal buildroot used by RPM during the
 build will be available to you (and your %prep, %build, and %install
-sections) as the environment variable RPM_BUILDPREFIX.  You must
+sections) as the environment variable RPM_BUILD_ROOT.  You must
 make sure that the files for the package are installed into the
-proper buildprefix.  As with Root:, the files listed in the %files
-section should *not* contain the buildprefix.  For example, the
+proper buildroot.  As with Root:, the files listed in the %files
+section should *not* contain the buildroot.  For example, the
 following hypothetical spec file:
 
   Name: foo
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ would be changed to:
 
   Name: foo
   ...
-  Buildprefix: /tmp
+  Buildroot: /tmp
   
   %prep
   ...
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ would be changed to:
   ...
   
   %install
-  install -m755 fooprog $RPM_BUILDPREFIX/usr/bin/fooprog
+  install -m755 fooprog $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/fooprog
   
   %files
   /usr/bin/fooprog
 
-Building With a Build Prefix
-----------------------------
+Building With a Build Root
+--------------------------
 
-RPM will use the buildprefix listed in the spec file as the default
-buildprefix.  There are two ways to override this.  First, you can
-have "buildprefix: <dir>" in your rpmrc.  Second, you can override
-the default, and any entry in an rpmrc by using "--buildprefix <dir>"
+RPM will use the buildroot listed in the spec file as the default
+buildroot.  There are two ways to override this.  First, you can
+have "buildroot: <dir>" in your rpmrc.  Second, you can override
+the default, and any entry in an rpmrc by using "--buildroot <dir>"
 on the RPM command line.