Not evil, perhaps, but not trivial. I'm trying to build the rpms for the latest courier release version, on a SUSE 7.2 system, following all the instructions I have managed to track down so far...
I need to modify the install directories by editing the spec file because, for example, the apache home directory is actually at /usr/local/httpd Then I start to hit problems - the faq doesn't make clear exactly how you "use that spec file to build your RPMs" - I have successfully overwritten my changes now several times. Should I be using the -ta option to rpm, or -tb, or something else? Oh - and there was a message on the mailing list suggests using ~ in the .rpmmacros file; this doesn't work too well (on SuSE at least) - you need to use either $HOME, or hard-code the value. Otherwise you see odd messages about inability to copy locale files to courier.spec, which is obviously nonsense. Second, if I try and build the RPMs as non-root, I can't actually complete the process because /sbin/chkconfig is in the sbin directory, and ordinary users don't have access to that directory, which is reasonable, since stuff goes in the sbin directory, rather than bin, for a reason. So; if building RPMs is the recommended way to install courier, but anyone not building for RedHat will have to use a custom .spec file in addition to xflags, could the FAQ (or even INSTALL) be updated with simple instructions on how to do this, instructions that actually work? -- Bill Michell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randall Shaw Sent: 17 July 2002 23:23 Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [courier-users] Allow relay from any IP if authenticated Juha Saarinen wrote: >Despite what you might have been told, RPM packages are not evil, >especially when you can build them yourself very easily. They cut down >the amount of troubleshooting and system admin time required a lot. I dont think they are evil... its just the machine I chose to install courier on doesn't (or hasn't yet) do well with RPMs... its the trouble with yellowdog linux on a mac. I dont want to run an email server on our RH box, so its the YDL box for courier. I would PREFER to use rpms. Coming from a background of easy installers and life on macs... I would love to do easy installs on linux ;-) Hehehe. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
