I just upgraded my old RH6.1 server to 7.2 and now I've got multiple copies of some packages, such as both the old and new Samba. Anybody else seen this? Did...
Kenneth Porter
shiva@...
Jan 1, 2002 10:05 am
16058
ok, given the number of people who emailed me to correct my thinking, i think i've just about got this licked, but there's still a question i have regarding...
rpjday
rpjday@...
Jan 1, 2002 1:08 pm
16059
... Yeah, I got this on another upgrade to 7.2, but I thought it was something that I'd screwed up by upgrading from some "bad bits" (as in, not upgrading from...
Gregory Leblanc
gleblanc@...
Jan 1, 2002 7:16 pm
16060
... There are a couple of cases I know of where this can happen, notably (IIRC) samba, apache and one or two other servers. Cause is a broken trigger on the...
Jeremy Katz
katzj@...
Jan 1, 2002 7:22 pm
16061
... That must be it. I saw the broken trigger messages but didn't connect that with the duplicate packages. Yet another reason to kill linuxconf once and for...
Kenneth Porter
shiva@...
Jan 1, 2002 9:02 pm
16062
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I've undertaken to freshen the RPM website at: http://www.rpm.org/ http://www.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/rpm-ed -- and...
R P Herrold
herrold@...
Jan 1, 2002 11:12 pm
16063
... Unhappily, the seeming depth of coverage is due to clock skew of senders and MailMan/PiperMail formatting. This archive runs only to Aug 2000 -- Russ ...
R P Herrold
herrold@...
Jan 2, 2002 12:34 am
16064
... Hmm.... true for the large mbox, but the per-month ones at least seem to be intact further back, just can't grab them all as one huge mailbox. Cheers, ...
Jeremy Katz
katzj@...
Jan 2, 2002 1:03 am
16065
Hello Jeff, I installed rpm-4.0.4-0.4.src.rpm from rawhide. Here's what I'm getting when building a package: rpm -bc -vv --nodeps --target i586-younameit-linux...
Sergey Ostrovsky
sostrovsky@...
Jan 2, 2002 7:06 am
16066
... Once again, using "rpm" for package building is not the preferred way anymore, and yes, the "compatibility" given is quite buggy. You should try to use...
Matthias Saou
matthias@...
Jan 2, 2002 10:02 am
16067
i just noticed that doing a file check of the spec file %files section against the actual build root will *not* flag missing %doc files -- that is, specified...
rpjday
rpjday@...
Jan 2, 2002 11:20 am
16068
i just want to make sure i understand this feature before filing a bugzilla report. after using the %doc directive in a spec file, i can add some doc files to...
rpjday
rpjday@...
Jan 2, 2002 11:33 am
16069
Sorry for the late reply, but look for apache mod_ssl RPMs on falsehope ftp://ftp.falsehope.net/home/gomez/apache-mod_ssl/ /m ... ...
Magnus Stenman
stone@...
Jan 2, 2002 2:47 pm
16070
... rpm-4.0.3 is the latest "officical" release. rpm now has "production" (aka rpm-4.0.4) and "development" (aka 4.1) branches. I'll copy you on roadmap...
Jeff Johnson
jbj@...
Jan 2, 2002 3:50 pm
16071
... you and me both -- rpm -4.1.x appeared and then disappeared on Raw Hide, and has not debuted at ftp.rpm.org yet ... I'll have to set a cron process to...
R P Herrold
herrold@...
Jan 2, 2002 4:43 pm
16072
... From: Matthias Saou <matthias@...> Reply-To: rpm-list@... Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:00:34 +0100 <--- snip ... <--- snip Do you mean 'rpm'...
Serguei Ostrovskii
sostrovsky@...
Jan 2, 2002 6:31 pm
16073
... The build modes of rpm moved from /bin/rpm to a /usr/lib/rpm/rpmb helper binary over a year ago. What's left is legacy compatibility provided by something...
Jeff Johnson
jbj@...
Jan 2, 2002 6:42 pm
16074
I have RPM 3.0.4 installed and running. When I try to upgrade my RPM version (i.e.: rpm -Uvh rpm-4.0.2-7x.i386.rpm) I have this message only packages with...
José Manuel Sán...
gwyllor@...
Jan 2, 2002 7:06 pm
16075
Hello, When building and installing RPM-4.0.[1-4] straight from the tar ball the broken symlink ${prefix}/lib/rpmpopt created. The patch to fix : ...
Sergey Ostrovsky
sostrovsky@...
Jan 2, 2002 9:54 pm
16076
in some of the newer RPMs, i've noticed the following macros that aren't explained in the docs: %build %configure <--- %make <--- %install ...
rpjday
rpjday@...
Jan 2, 2002 10:47 pm
16077
You need to get rpm-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm (note the 6x instead of 7x). 6x packages are in v3 format, but 7x packages are in v4 format (so you already need rpm v4...
Aaron Gaudio
prothonotar@...
Jan 2, 2002 10:50 pm
16078
... With appropriate settings for all of the prefix, sysconfdir, etc, etc ... They're all defined in /usr/lib/rpm/macros. HTH, Jeremy ...
Jeremy Katz
katzj@...
Jan 2, 2002 10:54 pm
16079
... Look at the 'macros' file, probably in /usr/lib/rpm/macros. That has the definitions of those macros... and no, they aren't all _that_ simple. HTH, Eli ...
Eli Carter
eli.carter@...
Jan 2, 2002 10:58 pm
16080
Read <-prefix-where-you-have-RPM-installed>/lib/rpm/macros. You did not ask the more interesting question - Where's %setup defined ?... I would be interested...
Sergey Ostrovsky
sostrovsky@...
Jan 2, 2002 11:22 pm
16081
Dear folks, My friend has an RPM problem I have never encountered. We welcome any suggestions. I believe he is using Red Hat 7.2 (please correct me if I'm...
Nick Urbanik
nicku@...
Jan 2, 2002 11:22 pm
16082
... Semi-random rashes that report a signal 11, from my experience, are often due to hardware problems. I usually try to compile a kernel and see if it fails...
Matthias Saou
matthias@...
Jan 3, 2002 12:08 am
16083
Doesn't '%setup -q' just unpack the source tar(s) without displaying the files in the tar? ... -- Aaron Gaudio...
Aaron Gaudio
prothonotar@...
Jan 3, 2002 1:08 am
16084
... Yes, the -q just removes the -v option from the tar command. Greg -- Portland, Oregon, USA. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list...
Gregory Leblanc
gleblanc@...
Jan 3, 2002 1:19 am
16085
... on the other hand, once you have the source, *everything* is simple. :-) rday _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list ...
rpjday
rpjday@...
Jan 3, 2002 1:52 am
16086
... ah, now *that* i did run across, it's explained in the online maximum rpm book, chapter 13, the section on "macros", which shows that the %setup macro is...