Le lundi 15 octobre 2007, Tony Earnshaw a écrit : > > Ergo, you haven't installed Courier authlib. Or if you have, you've > installed it to /usr/local, where Courier IMAP isn't looking, without > doing the ldconfig stuff. > > For goodness sake read the docs provided for you in the Courier IMAP > tarball; failure to do so, then complain, is regarded as a hanging > offense in my domain. Even if you only install the RPM, you still have > an rpm BUILD directory with all the documentation in it, so go find it. > > FWIW, I used (years ago) to install everything non-Red Hat as source > code and experienced much. *much* hell. Sam kept on bitching at me about > installing only rpms on Red Hat, in his own sweet manner, until I > finally got the message and now refuse to install *any* Red Hat software > whatsoever if it's not in the form of an rpm. I even learned to write my > own rpm specs for software where there's no rpm available. At the same > time, I *do* always make sure I read *all* the documentation before I > ask any question on any list. Mostly I don't, any longer, ask any > question on any list. > > CentOS is gratis (free as in beer). There's no excuse for a savvy > sysadmin not to upgrade to CentOS5, you're heaping coals on the fire by > continuing with CentOS4. >
Meh. As a trained RPM packager (been doing/managing RPMs for more than 8 years) I can relate to what you say but only partially. Knowing about RPM packaging is NO REASON to blame people about NOT knowing. Give them pointers. Instead of saying RTFM, go a step further and PROVE that you understand the problem by giving insights on what could have gone wrong. The saying goes that you learn more from one error than a thousand reads/courses. I'm sure Vojtek will have learned a lot from his RPM experience. I'm just starting to get used to Gentoo's ebuilds (and some of their decisions are VERY questionable indeed, I won't deny it). But instead of getting bashed upon like I was, I'd have preferred to have pointers. Just like I helped Vojtek sort out his problems. -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ATTENTION - CHANGEMENT D'ADRESSE !] 40 av Raymond Poincaré, 75016 PARIS +33178945570, +33683877875 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list Courier-imap@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
