On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:35:39 -0400 Michael MacIsaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christian, > > Thanks for your help. I think I "got" it :)) > > -) I was able to install some of the missing RPMs via zypper: > # zypper install openssl-devel curl-devl sgml-skel > ... > > -) I got the git tar file from > http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.0.2.tar.gz > > -) I built from source but got an error on asciidoc - one of the missing > RPMs. Hopefully that is just needed for documentation: > # ./configure --prefix=/usr > # make all doc From that trace you need an asciidoc installed to build the asciidoc rpm because its building its own docs without using the binary it just generated Go spank your vendors asciidoc packager :) > -) I was able to build just the commands: > # make install And I suspect after that remaking the rpm will work. > If any of the SuSE and Red Hat distro developers are listening, "git" > would be a good package to add to s390x. Its in Fedora ("yum install git") and its an EPEL built package for RHEL http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL but EPEL currently doesn't build S/390 packages as part of its standard build, I guess because S/390 isn't the most common box on the planet ;) Alan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
