On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:49:19 -0400
Michael MacIsaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> A developer told me I could "git" his code at a certain URL. Not wanting
> to admit that I've never used git, I decide to try it.
> -) I log onto a SLES 10 SP2 s390x Linux (with application development RPMs
> installed) and look for git => not found
> -) I search for git through yast => not found
> -) I google the Web and find a source RPM and try to build it using my
> limited knowledge of how to do that ==>
> # rpmbuild -bb git.spec
> error: Failed build dependencies:
> asciidoc is needed by git-1.5.6.5-9.1.s390x
> curl-devel is needed by git-1.5.6.5-9.1.s390x
> sgml-skel is needed by git-1.5.6.5-9.1.s390x
> xmlto is needed by git-1.5.6.5-9.1.s390x
> openssl-devel is needed by git-1.5.6.5-9.1.s390x
>
> So, using git is harder than I hoped it would be. Has anyone used git on
> s390x? Is there an easier way? Thanks.
You need to dig out the listed packages and install them first (and
their dependancies). RPM packages have a list of things they need to be
present to compile correctly and that is what your errors are.
Alan
--
"we humans seem to wait until someone is dead to tell each other how
great that person was. Maybe we need to be telling each other how great
we think each other is now while we are alive........."
-- Loren Snyder
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