It looks like the 4.1.3-13 is built against/dependant on OpenLDAP 2.2. IIRC, RH8 comes with OpenLDAP 2.0.x.
-Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne.Bourgeois Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [autofs] Newbie Question Jeff, My apologies. I should have included more info in my original post. Please see my answers below... Jeff Moyer wrote: >==> Regarding [autofs] Newbie Question; "Anne.Bourgeois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds: > >anne> I am pretty new to the list, and I have a very basic question. How >anne> do I install the kernel patch so that I can install the autofs rpm? > >What distribution are you running? Do you want to patch a kernel from that >distribution (recommended), or run a vanilla kernel from kernel.org? > > > We are currently running RedHat 8.0 with the 2.4.20.20-8smp kernel. We are looking to go to Enterprise 3 in the near future, but are dependent on some software vendors, so we are holding back at the moment. We are seeing several autofs issues, which is the reason that I am trying these updates. >anne> When I tried to just install the new autofs rpm, I got a dependency >anne> error: > >anne> liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by autofs-4.1.3-13 >anne> libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by autofs-4.1.3-13 > >If you're running Fedora, I'd suggest upgrading your current system with >yum. > > > I'd prefer not to change the basic system that I'm running, as I have several users on the current system. Running on a large network, we see the automount map caching as a big problem right now. I am hoping to find a way to fix it without too much upgrading, re-kicking of machines, etc. >anne> I already have autofs-4.1.3-9 installed and didn't see any dependency >anne> errors when I installed that. > >Well, there should be no added dependency requirements. You _could_ try >doing an rpm -i --force of the autofs package. > > # rpm -ivh autofs-4.1.3-13.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by autofs-4.1.3-13 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by autofs-4.1.3-13 # rpm -ivh autofs-4.1.3-13.i386.rpm --force error: Failed dependencies: liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by autofs-4.1.3-13 libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by autofs-4.1.3-13 # rpm -ivh autofs-4.1.3-13.i386.rpm --nodeps --force Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:autofs ########################################### [100%] Finally worked when I used the "--nodeps" flag. Is this OK, though? >anne> Is there information somewhere that I can go find about installing >anne> the kernel patch? > >Certainly, but let's figure out which kernel you want to build, first. > >-Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
