Steve,

As far as source goes, there should be an SRPM that corresponds to the
binary RPM you have installed.  So, whatever media you have that you got the
RPM from, should have an SRPM on it.  In the case of SuSE, the call them
.spm files, but they are source RPMs.

Mark Post

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 1:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: raw/rawio problem


Hello from a new subscriber

I find that the 'raw' command (bind a block i/o device to a raw
device node [major 162]) doesn't work on my Suse/s390
distribution;

2.4.7-SuSE-SMP #1 SMP Wed Apr 3 16:16:11 CEST 2002 s390 unknown

Any and every attempt to use the command simply returns the
'usage:' message; even 'raw -qa', which simply queries the
current bindings.

Anyone else seen this behaviour?

I found this snippet on the net;

===
> > When I try to make a raw device for my DVD player, I issue
> > the command "raw /dev/raw1 /dev/hdc", and I simply get the
> > usage message.
> > Even "raw -qa" just gives me the usage message.
>
> Does the `raw' command work if you compile it with
> -fsigned-char?
> If yes, they (incorrectly) assume a `char' is signed,
> causing getopt() to fail, and you should file a bug report.

Yes that was the problem and I have filed a report with the
maintainers of util-linux.
===

Could it be that the 'raw' command is failing because of
compilation options?

Anyone know where to get the source for 'raw'
(from rawio-2-29);

l0002d01:/proc # rpm -ql rawio-2-29
/usr/sbin/raw
/usr/share/man/man8/raw.8.gz


Thanks, and regards

Steve Jones

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