On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Darrell May wrote:
> > Charlie Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > STEP2: Get this rpm from me: > > > > kernel-headers-2.2.19-7.0.8.noarch.rpm > > > > NOTE: _DO_NOT_ use a kernel-headers rpm from any other source > > > > Where does this RPM come from, and why shouldn't we get it from anywhere > > else? > > Ok, good point to ask Charlie. > > One of the rpms (I can't remember which one) had a dependency on > kernel-headers. However I could not find an actual > kernel-headers-2.2.19-7.0.8 rpm. For reasons I have never managed to fathom, RedHat around 7.0 stopped unbundling the headers and source RPMs. You only get the headers if you installed the (huge) kernel source RPM. > I tried using --nodeps which of course worked to install the rpm but then > I found things did not work correctly compiling and using the make > command. > > I dove deeper and found that a key link was required for everything to > work smoothly that the kernel-headers rpm provided. Since the actual > kernel headers where installed from kernel-source-2.2.19-7.0.8.i386.rpm I > decided to fix this situation by building a 'dummy' > kernel-headers-2.2.19-7.0.8.noarch.rpm. This achieves two purposes. It > solves the dependency issue as the rpm shows that kernel-headers is > installed and creates the missing link. OK, so you are saying that your kernel-headers RPM only contains a symlink. > Might be a brute force solution but works like a charm. Well, so far, for you. I can envision this causing some problems. > And remember, if you were interested in peaking into the rpm yourself, > the source files for all my contribs may be found here: > > http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/ I still can't find any links to this URL anywhere on your web site. [Note, I do not and will not enable Java and Javascript in my browser.] -- Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lead Product Developer Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com/ Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ Phone: +1 (613) 368 4376 or 564 8000 Fax: +1 (613) 564 7739 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
