Problems installing Mailscanner

[Julian Field]

In which case, take a look in your Linux distribution and find the
"rpm-build" rpm and install that first so you get the directory structure
required for a) rebuilding RPMs and (b) installing .src.rpm files.

At 14:46 22/10/2002, you wrote:

> > What did you do with the /usr/src/redhat tree? It comes as part of the
> > "rpm-build" rpm in case you haven't got that installed. I never
> > realised it
> > was possible to *not* install that one :-)
>
>I guess I never installed it. Up until now there was never a need for it.
>Upon RedHat install I alsways take Custom and install only what I need.
>
> > Assuming you are in the dir /home/spiroe/MailScanner-4.01-5, then just
> > rpm --rebuild perl-IO-stringy*src.rpm
> > should be able to work, as that file should be in the dir you are in.
>
>Tried it but it does not work:
>[root at splx001 MailScanner-4.01-5]# pwd
>/home/spiroe/MailScanner-4.01-5
>
>[root at splx001 MailScanner-4.01-5]# rpm --rebuild perl-IO-stringy*src.rpm
>perl-IO-stringy-2.108-1.src.rpm: No such file or directory
>
>RPM --rebuild only also gives same message. That surprises me.
>[root at splx001 MailScanner-4.01-5]# rpm --rebuild
>--rebuild: No such file or directory
>
>The version of rpm I use is:
>[root at splx001 MailScanner-4.01-5]# rpm -q rpm
>rpm-4.0.3-1.03
>
>
>Roel.
>
>
> > At 08:15 22/10/2002, you wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I started looking at Mailscanner recently. I have tried to install both
> > >4.01-3 and 4.01-5 but I am either doing something wrong or missing
> > something.
> > >
> > >My environment is RedHat 7.2 with most recent patches. I downloaded the
> > >tar files, unpacked it. After that I tried to run the install.sh script
> > >which gives messages like:
> > >
> > >[root at splx001 MailScanner-4.01-5]# ./install.sh | more
> > >
> > >Rebuilding all the Perl RPMs for your version of Perl
> > >
> > >Missing file /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/perl-IO-stringy-2.108-
> > 1.noarch.rpm.
> > >Maybe it did not build correctly?
> > >
> > >Missing file /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/perl-MIME-Base64-2.12-
> > 1.i386.rpm.
> > >Maybe it did not build correctly?
> > >
> > >Missing file /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/perl-TimeDate-1.1301-
> > 2.noarch.rpm.
> > >Maybe it did not build correctly?
> > >
> > >I am probably doing something wrong. /usr/src exist but no
> > subdirectories
> > >underneath it. The directory I unpacked the tar file in is:
> > >/home/spiroe/MailScanner-4.01-5
> >
> > What did you do with the /usr/src/redhat tree? It comes as part of the
> > "rpm-build" rpm in case you haven't got that installed. I never realised
> > it
> > was possible to *not* install that one :-)
> >
> > >When I try to rebuild one of the files manually I get:
> > >[root at splx001 MailScanner-4.01-5]# /bin/rpm --rebuild
> > >/home/spiroe/MailScanner-4.01-5/perl-IO-stringy-2.108-1.src.rpm
> > >/home/spiroe/MailScanner-4.01-5/perl-IO-stringy-2.108-1.src.rpm: No
> > such
> > >file or directory
> > >
> > >Can somebody point me into the right direction?
> >
> > Assuming you are in the dir /home/spiroe/MailScanner-4.01-5, then just
> >          rpm --rebuild perl-IO-stringy*src.rpm
> > should be able to work, as that file should be in the dir you are in.
> > --
> > Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
> > jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
> > Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
> >                              Southampton SO17 1BJ

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Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
                             Southampton SO17 1BJ