[NTLUG:Discuss] Relocating rpm's

[Brian]

I'm trying to install an rpm of binaries that insists on using /usr/lib/
as the install directory (the rpm --prefix option results in a
"nonrelocatable" error message).  The box I'm on imports its /usr
directory via NFS, so I can't just temporarily 'umount /usr', and I
really don't feel like copying the entire /usr directory tree to the
local drive just so I can install this thing.

Is there any way to get around this?  I usually stay away from rpm's for
this very reason, having found them to be very inflexible.  Is there any
way to strip away the rpm wrapper so I can simply get at the files?

  --Brian