You are correct Mark. I did do to developerWorks and downloaded the tgz file. There is nothing urgent needed, just thought I would load the tools to a development machine and play. I will remove the old and follow your directions. Thanks Mark, again you've saved my bacon. Mace
--- On Mon, 6/23/08, Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: question on s390-tools > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 12:30 PM > >>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:52 AM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, LJ > Mace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I've downloaded the most recent tools package and > have unzipped it. > > Sounds like you downloaded the source tarball from > developerWorks. Did you? > > > I looked through the readme file but didn't find > the install instructions. > > I have gotten use to yast and also have done the rpm > thing(thanks to Mark > > Post) but I am unsure with this product. > > What do I need to do to install this package > > I'm sure you understand that unless you got this from > Novell, it won't be supported. Having said that, I > recommend getting your hands on the source RPM (.src.rpm) > for the current version shipped by Novell, and install > that. Then, look at the .spec file in > /usr/src/packages/SPECS to see how it was done for that > version. Copy the .spec file and modify to work with the > source you just downloaded and do an rpmbuild against it. > > What is in this version of s390-tools that you absolutely > can't wait for? > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
