Installation question

[Steve Churcher]

Hi Julian

Not sure if Im getting somewhere with this or not.. however trying to
run manually:

rpm --rebuild perl-IO-stringy-2.108-1.src.rpm

as suggested, and as expected it does indeed bomb out with the
following:

+ mkdir -p
/var/tmp/perl-IO-stringy-root//usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.45481 (%install)

I might be on the wrong tracks but would I be right in saying its around
the mkdir command where its failing.. if so then its this part in the
rpm file:

rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
eval `perl '-V:installarchlib'`
mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/$installarchlib

this deletes the dir structure and then recreates it.. However if I
manually run:

mkdir -p /var/tmp/perl-IO-stringy-root//usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux

It creates the directories up to and including "5.00503" BUT i386-linux
is not created for some reason? Any ideas, or should it not be visible?

I'm wondering if this is indeed the problem, in that its not creating
the dir and therefore bombing out as it can't find it??

Regards

Steve




> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Julian Field
> Sent: 29 August 2003 09:07
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Installation question
>
> It didn't even manage to build IO-stringy, which is the first (and one
of
> the simplest) RPMs.
>
> The command it is trying to do is this:
>          rpm --rebuild perl-IO-stringy-2.108-1.src.rpm
> Try and get this command to run by hand, then you will have fixed the
> problem. Quite what cause this, I'm not sure, I've never seen this
happen
> before.
>
>
> At 23:26 28/08/2003, you wrote:
> >Further to my earlier email which I have included below for info, I
have
> >attached a dump of the install.sh script output.
> >
> >For some reason the RPMs don't appear to install, as I'm getting a
> >little out of my league here I am hoping someone might be able to
offer
> >some suggestions.
> >
> >Kind regards
> >
> >Steve
> >Ps this is on a cobalt raq4
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]
On
> > > Behalf Of Steve Churcher
> > > Sent: 28 August 2003 12:19
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Installation on RAQ4
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Hope someone can help, I'm doing my head in! I'm not really an
expert
> >on a
> > > raq but can work my way around..
> > >
> > > Im trying to install Mailscanner, following the instructions at
> > > http://www.qitc.net/support/mailscanner/
> > >
> > > This is a new install, on a patched raq4 with a few other pkgs
also
> > > (webmail, webalizer etc).. I have followed the instructions
installing
> >f-
> > > prot etc but when I run install.sh it runs through and each time
ends
> >with
> > > this:
> > >
> > > ###################
> > > Installing tnef decoder
> > >
> > > package tnef-1.1.4-sizelimit1 is already installed
> > >
> > > Now to install MailScanner itself.
> > >
> > > error: failed dependencies:
> > >         perl-MIME-tools >= 5.411 is needed by mailscanner-4.22-5
> >Please do
> > > not forget to kill your MailScanner version 3 processes before
> >starting
> > > version 4. ###################
> > >
> > > MailScanner is then not installed but Im not sure whats wrong.. Im
> >sure
> > > MIME::Tools is installed but is there a way to check or something
that
> > > needs doing?
> > >
> > > Any advice gratefully received.. many thanks
> > >
> > > Rgrds
> > >
> > > Steve
>
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