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[Julian Field]

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Richard Siddall wrote:
> Julian Field wrote:
>> Try the attached RPM. I have attached the spec file too for you.
>> Am I going to have to update this for every single beta version? Or 
>> just every stable version?
>>
>
> Thanks.  The VPS I tried it on doesn't have yum, but it looks like the 
> RPM doesn't actually require mailscanner, despite being listed in the 
> Requires section in the .spec file.  The other problem is that four of 
> the required Perl modules are provided by the main Perl RPM on that 
> distro (CentOS 5); I think that will cause yum to complain.
In which case you have a problem. CentOS 4's main Perl RPM will provide 
a different list of modules from that in CentOS 5.
>
> Not sure what that /tmp/motd is doing...
It insisted on having a file to play with, so I gave it one. It wouldn't 
generate an RPM that didn't have a file in it.
>
> As far as version numbers go, I don't know whether the meta-RPM should 
> have the same number as the main MailScanner RPM and require at least 
> that version of the main RPM, or whether you can just do a new version 
> of the meta-RPM whenever the requirements change.  There are probably 
> pros and cons to both approaches.
>
> Regards,
>
>     Richard Siddall

Jules

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