Installation question

[Julian Field]

At 14:34 29/08/2003, you wrote:
>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?

That's odd. Very odd. It should create the entire path (assuming there
isn't already a file i386-linux in the 5.00503 directory).
I have never seen this behaviour before!

>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??

That certainly sounds like it is the problem.


>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
> >
> > --
> > Julian Field
> > www.MailScanner.info
> > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support

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