i am getting it as text! not source...i mean it does this when i get
precompiled binarys.... and it doens't make sence because i know what
your talking about and if it was in ASCII the rpm wouldn't even work
properly...(at least i wouldn't think...)
Paul A. Bernicchi wrote:
> Are you downloading files as SOURCE or TEXT? I know Netscape
> Communicator gives you the option, I forget if kfm does. This owuld
> be the equivalent of GETting a .ZIP binary from an FTP with ASCII mode
> set. Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Clay
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thursday, March 04, 1999
> 11:18 AMSubject: Re: [newbie] installing RPM all files are
> treated like documents?!?
> no i meant all files are treated like text files instead of
> executeables
> ...sorry was in hurry when writing this
>
> Steve Philp wrote:
>
> > Clay wrote:
> > >
> > > when i install a file from an rpm or tar.gz it seems
> that all the files
> > > in the rpm or tar.gz are treated like text files instead
> of executables
> > > like they should be! what gives?! i downloaded these
> files under windows
> > > 98 then mounted my fat 32 partition under linux got the
> files from the
> > > fat 32 partition put them on my linux partition and
> tried to install
> > > them and it extracts them ok and everything just none of
> the files are
> > > treated correctly they are all treated like
> executeables! someone please
> > > help me!
> >
> > What do you mean by "they're treated like executables"?
> Are you able to
> > install them?
> >
> > It's possible that the permissions on the files are being
> munged because
> > you're putting them on a FAT32 partition that has no idea
> about file
> > permissions or ownership. I've noticed that when using my
> FAT32
> > partition under Linux all files are listed as executable.
> >
> > I doubt that it's going to cause a problem for you, since
> even if you
> > ATTEMPTED to execute them nothing would happen. If it
> bothers you,
> > simply chmod them to be non-executable (chmod -x
> <filename>) and you're
> > all set.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp "Oh Lord, I go for penguins.
> 'Cause penguins are
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] so sensitive to my needs..."
> --Lyle Lovett
>
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