MS on a RHEL rebuild, perl modules problem?

[Peter Peters]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:07:38 +0200, you wrote:

>> >Not all perl modules installed during install. Don't know if this is
>> >because the module is alrteady present in the perl installation or
>> >because there may be a problem building the rpms.
>> >
>> >Why can't I install the rpms after building them and wouldn't it be nice
>> >if MailScanner would report any missing (vital) modules on startup or in
>> >the maillog?
>>
>> It won't even start up if there is much missing, it can't try to run code
>> that doesn't exist.
>
>OK, thanks! I guess that means that the mdoules that refused to install
>are already there even though they do not show up with a rpm -qa?

The the modules aren't installed "as the modules".

>> >These are missing:
>> >perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-1.src.rpm
>> >perl-File-Spec-0.82-1.src.rpm
>> >perl-File-Temp-0.12-1.src.rpm
>> >perl-MIME-Base64-2.12-1.src.rpm
>> >
>> >These rpms all build without problems but when I try to install them rpm
>> >bombs out with an error message (i limited the below to one line per rpm):
>> >
>> >file /usr/share/man/man3/ExtUtils::MM_OS2.3pm.gz from install of
>> >perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.05-1 conflicts with file from package
>> >perl-5.8.0-88.4.TL1

I looks like the relevant modules are part of a bigger perl install and
not installed separatly.

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