> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:58:06PM -0500, Kenneth Illingsworth wrote: > > The last package that I needed to install Postfix onto a RH v7.2 i > > virtual s390 machine was something called 'alternatives'. I was unable > > to find anything on my favorite MCS mirror, and likewise was unable to > > find any s390 RPMs. I did managed to find a src.rpm for 'alternatives', > > and performed an RPM --Rebuild on it without any apparent incident > > after which it appeared to install nicely. However, when I tried to > > install Postfix once again, it failed because it still needed > > /usr/sbin/alternatives. > > > > I did notice that the rebuild of 'alternatives' produced a noarch.rpm > > file rather than the expected s390.rpm file. The rebuild on the db4 > > src.rpm file produced a corresponding s390.rpm file which installed > > very nicely and paved the way for an equally successful rebuild of > > the Postfix src.rpm file. So, I suspect that I have an issue with the > > 'alternatives' src.rpm file. And this is where I bacame stuck. I > > cannot seem to locate any other 'alternatives' src.rpm file. > > The "alternatives" mechanisms was invented by debian and adopted by > Mandrake (do you use their packages? Or is it a later version or RH?) >
Red Hat also has this scheme now: [EMAIL PROTECTED] summer]$ ls /etc/alternatives/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 27 Jun 11 2002 mta -> /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 41 Jun 11 2002 mta-aliasesman -> /usr/share/man/man5/aliases.sendmail.5.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 23 Jun 11 2002 mta-mailq -> /usr/bin/mailq.sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 39 Jun 11 2002 mta-mailqman -> /usr/share/man/man1/mailq.sendmail.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 28 Jun 11 2002 mta-newaliases -> /usr/bin/newaliases.sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Jun 11 2002 mta-newaliasesman -> /usr/share/man/man1/newaliases.sendmail.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 23 Jun 11 2002 mta-rmail -> /usr/bin/rmail.sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 18 Sep 20 19:10 print -> /usr/bin/lpr.LPRng lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 21 Sep 20 19:10 print-cancel -> /usr/bin/cancel.LPRng lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 37 Sep 20 19:10 print-cancelman -> /usr/share/man/man1/cancel-LPRng.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 17 Sep 20 19:10 print-lp -> /usr/bin/lp.LPRng lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 19 Sep 20 19:10 print-lpc -> /usr/sbin/lpc.LPRng lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 34 Sep 20 19:10 print-lpcman -> /usr/share/man/man8/lpc-LPRng.8.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 33 Sep 20 19:10 print-lpman -> /usr/share/man/man1/lp-LPRng.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 18 Sep 20 19:10 print-lpq -> /usr/bin/lpq.LPRng lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 34 Sep 20 19:10 print-lpqman -> /usr/share/man/man1/lpq-LPRng.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 19 Sep 20 19:10 print-lprm -> /usr/bin/lprm.LPRng lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 34 Sep 20 19:10 print-lprman -> /usr/share/man/man1/lpr-LPRng.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 35 Sep 20 19:10 print-lprmman -> /usr/share/man/man1/lprm-LPRng.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 21 Sep 20 19:10 print-lpstat -> /usr/bin/lpstat.LPRng lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 37 Sep 20 19:10 print-lpstatman -> /usr/share/man/man1/lpstat-LPRng.1.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED] summer]$ rpm -qif /etc/alternatives/ Name : chkconfig Relocations: (not relocateable) This is RHL 7.3. I don't have a 7.2 box to check. I suggest you take a look at the latest RHL 7.3 sendmail package and see how that's constructed and make your postfix compatible. Assuming, of course, that the src.rpm on Rawhide isn't alreadu. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
