Mandrake RPMs - good source

[Michael Baird]

Same here, I just install from the tar, MailScanner's install script
checks for redhat perl dependancy names, Mandrake has renamed their perl
packages for some reason.

Regards
Mike
> Just rejoined the list after a couple of months absence, so thought I'd
> make my first post a positive one instead of a request for assistance
> (for a change ;-)
>
> An issue I find each time I attempt to install a new version of
> MailScanner on the Mandrake based server is that the src rpms will not
> build.  Others work, but there is obviously something "different" about
> the way Mandrake is set up that I don't understand and that doesn't
> correspond to the spec files used in MS src rpms.
>
> Anyway, this always resulted in frustrating cpan sessions.  Some modules
> would fail to install from there as well, so I'd be googling all over
> the place to get the required perl modules in place.
>
> But now I have discovered: http://rpmpan.sourceforge.net/
>
> All the modules required in binary rpm form that install easily.  Cuts
> my install time on MailScanner by about 90%.
>
> Hope it helps someone else too.
>
> cheers
> Brian
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