question re perl and stuff

[Julian Field]

At 01:58 23/10/2002, you wrote:
>Do I need Perl 5.8 to install Mailscanner version 4?  (Im running Redhat 7.2)

No, you need to install the "patch" command.

I advise you install "patch" and then wait for me to release -9 as it has a
more clever install.sh script.


>Here is the error I get
>
>Installing perl-MIME-tools-5.411-pl4.2.src.rpm
>Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.61102
>+ umask 022
>+ cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
>+ cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
>+ rm -rf MIME-tools-5.411
>+ tar -xf -
>+ /bin/gzip -dc /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/MIME-tools-5.411.tar.gz
>+ STATUS=0
>+ '[' 0 -ne 0 ']'
>+ cd MIME-tools-5.411
>++ /usr/bin/id -u
>+ '[' 0 = 0 ']'
>+ /bin/chown -Rhf root .
>++ /usr/bin/id -u
>+ '[' 0 = 0 ']'
>+ /bin/chgrp -Rhf root .
>+ /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,g-w,o-w .
>+ echo 'Patch #0 (mime-tools-patch1.txt):'
>Patch #0 (mime-tools-patch1.txt):
>+ patch -p1 -s
>/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.61102: patch: command not found
>error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.76046 (%prep)
>
>
>RPM build errors:
>     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.76046 (%prep)
>
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