MailScanner install problem

[Scott Silva]

on 12/4/2007 5:34 PM Patrick spake the following:
> Hi,
>  
> I am facing MailScanner installation problem.
>  
> I am using Fedora 8 and planning to install MailScanner latest version 
> 4.65.3-1
> However, install error occurs:
>  
> 
> # install.sh
>  
> (skipped)
>  
> + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh 
> /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.32
> find: debug: No such file or directory
> + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
> /var/tmp/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.32-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed 
> into: /var/tmp/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.32-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8>
> Found '/var/tmp/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.32-1-root' in installed files; 
> aborting
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.4906 (%install)
>  
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.4906 (%install)
>  
> (skipped)
>  
> + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/IO-stringy-2.108
> find: debug: No such file or directory
> + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
> /var/tmp/perl-IO-stringy-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed 
> into: /var/tmp/perl-IO-stringy-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8>
> Found '/var/tmp/perl-IO-stringy-root' in installed files; aborting
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.22440 (%install)
>  
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.22440 (%install)
>  
>  
>  
> Missing file /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/perl-IO-stringy-2.108-1.noarch.rpm.
> Maybe it did not build correctly?
>  
> (skipped)
>  
> Now to install MailScanner itself.
>  
> NOTE: If you get lots of errors here, run the install.sh script
> NOTE: again with the command "./install.sh nodeps"
>  
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         perl-MIME-tools >= 5.412 is needed by mailscanner-4.65.3-1.noarch
>  
>  
> 
 From the list chatter, Fedora 8 might have changed the root users default rpm 
build tree, or has a bad .rpmmacros file. Does the 
/usr/src/redhat/[BUILD|RPMS|SOURCES|SPECS|SRPMS] directory structure exist?


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You hope everybody uses it, and
you notice quickly if they don't!!!!