... That is up to the packager. You can start at: 0.0.0.0.0.0.1 if you like, or even use: 344lalkdjflaksdjfoaifjpoef It is pretty arbitrary. ... Mike A....
Mike A. Harris
mharris@...
Feb 21, 2001 11:37 am
12978
... This is much a personal taste thing, and depends on your experience. If something doesn't work, you change it until it does what you and your customers...
Mike A. Harris
mharris@...
Feb 21, 2001 11:36 am
12977
... you have to install rpm-python. -- MandrakeSoft Inc http://www.chmouel.org --Chmouel _______________________________________________ ...
Chmouel Boudjnah
chmouelb@...
Feb 21, 2001 10:33 am
12976
... Did you "rpm --rebuilddb"? If not try that. John _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@... ...
John Aldrich
john@...
Feb 21, 2001 3:10 am
12975
I upgraded rpm 3.0.5 to 4.0 and after doing that rpm -qa doesnt return anyhing............... need help very badly ..... Information ... OS: REDHAT 6.2 ...
Macky
macky@...
Feb 21, 2001 2:52 am
12974
Mea culpa... I was working on the wrong box... you're right, Trond, it was v6.2, not 7. Thanks for your assistance anyway. ... From: teg@......
Kern, Rhonda
KernR@...
Feb 21, 2001 1:53 am
12973
RE: RPM v3/v4Pardon me for the silly question. How do you "just do an upgrade" to RH7? ... From: rpm-list-admin@... [mailto:rpm-list-admin@...]On...
Ladd Angelius
ladimus@...
Feb 21, 2001 12:59 am
12972
I **really** don't want to do that. I'd lose too much... surely there's a better way? ... From: teg@... [mailto:teg@...] Sent: Tuesday, February...
Kern, Rhonda
KernR@...
Feb 21, 2001 12:40 am
12971
Well, I would recommend removing autogenerated dependencies from a "production" spec file, anyway. I would recommend filling in the proper Requires (and...
Ian Alexander
Ian.Alexander@...
Feb 21, 2001 12:00 am
12970
... You'd bump the %{RELEASE} "number" just because this is a different "release" of the package. For example, do you really want the RedHat release of: ...
Mark Amidon
amidon@...
Feb 20, 2001 11:56 pm
12969
... The book most likely pre-date the fhs... For a program like yours, the /opt is probably better. /usr/local is more for local custom packages. I like to...
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel@...
Feb 20, 2001 11:44 pm
12968
Hi have some pbs to run rpmlint. Found no doc or howto about it. Is there any one available ? rpmlint package.rpm or path.package.rpm says: File...
Eric MC.D
eric.m.c.declerck@...
Feb 20, 2001 11:29 pm
12967
What is the standard installation directory for Linux applications? I package a compiler which ships with an installation script with a default installation...
Koegler, Eric E
eric.e.koegler@...
Feb 20, 2001 10:56 pm
12966
... [snip] ... Why would you bump the release number (4) when re-building for another RPM distro? There's nothing in the spec files that I change to rebuild ...
Gregory Leblanc
gleblanc@...
Feb 20, 2001 10:53 pm
12965
I did install RH7. The only updates I had done, before today, was bind-8.2.3-1.i386.rpm, bind-utils-8.2.3-1.i386.rpm, pam-0.72-37.i386.rpm. I don't remember...
Kern, Rhonda
KernR@...
Feb 20, 2001 10:46 pm
12964
On Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:25:11 -0600, Ian Alexander <Ian.Alexander@...> wrote: +----- ... +--->8 2.5.1 doesn't have snprintf, and it probably...
Brandon S. Allbery KF...
allbery@...
Feb 20, 2001 10:36 pm
12963
... I've often wished for some kind of "style guide" like this. It seems reasonable to me, to only reset the release number when re-writing the spec file AND...
Wil Cooley
wcooley@...
Feb 20, 2001 10:35 pm
12962
... "Standards"?! It's a good thing you put that in the plural. I was under the impression that one "should" use the Version of the Source Code (and/or...
Mark Amidon
amidon@...
Feb 20, 2001 10:20 pm
12961
I have recently installed RH7. Everything went [seemingly] smoothly. Today, I tried to update a package. I got the message: only packages with major numbers...
Kern, Rhonda
KernR@...
Feb 20, 2001 10:20 pm
12960
... Uh. Yes. Brain said "one", fingers said z-e-r-o. Dunno what's up with that. Sorry. -- Matthew Miller --->...
mattdm@...
Feb 20, 2001 9:20 pm
12959
... Doesn't 'Release' normally start at 1? -Ian _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@... ...
Ian Alexander
Ian.Alexander@...
Feb 20, 2001 9:18 pm
12958
... Version is for the version number of the packaged app, which you describe above. Release is for the the release number of the RPM itself, and should start...
mattdm@...
Feb 20, 2001 9:12 pm
12957
Philosophy 101 Question: Does anyone know what standards might exist on generating Version and Release numbers for RPM spec files. ie. Version 1.2.3 Release...
Michael J. Donahue
mdonahue@...
Feb 20, 2001 9:06 pm
12956
I'm having trouble compiling rpm on solaris 2.5.1. I'm getting the following error: gcc -Wall -I/usr/nfs/gnu/samurai/include -o test1 -static test1.o ...
Ian Alexander
Ian.Alexander@...
Feb 20, 2001 5:37 pm
12955
... Maybe a trigger script is the solution. It's executed only if MySQL is installed. -- Stefan Tichy <sat@...> ...
Stefan Andreas Tichy
sat@...
Feb 20, 2001 5:16 pm
12954
... I compiled a rpm 4.0 on a Solaris 2.6 system. Not without problems (location of the BerkleyDB files and missing stpcpy function), but it is compiled and...
Stefan Andreas Tichy
sat@...
Feb 20, 2001 5:15 pm
12953
Hi, when relocatable packages are installed I get strange directories. somepkg.rpm contains a directory /prefix/subdir and is installed using: rpm...
Stefan Andreas Tichy
sat@...
Feb 20, 2001 5:15 pm
12952
... from "man rpm" --force Same as using --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and --oldpackage. --ignorearch This allows installation or upgrading even if the ...
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel@...
Feb 20, 2001 4:55 am
12951
I supplied an RPM to a consulting customer using the i686 so that it would only install on a PIII. That works fine... However, an attempt was made to install...
Tony Preston
apreston@...
Feb 20, 2001 4:47 am
12950
from 3.0.5.x i installed 4.0.6x everything seems to be ok but whenever i install rpm-build,rpm-devel,rpm-phyton,popt it causes error .. # rpm -Uvh...