> Alexey Loukianov wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> Not a big deal, hope you got what you needed to taken care of.  I just
>>> performed a minimal install of Centos 4.4, downloaded the install
>>> scripts
>>> from the QT site, and followed the installation instructions
>>> line-by-line.
>>>  Only, I executed each script command by itself to watch, see and learn
>>> from the results.
>>
>> Got it. Well, in this case I'm isn't the best adviser you may find. I
>> used to build and install QT RPMS myself, slightly modifying them to
>> suit my needs. Installing using scripts it the thing implemented by
>> Eric, and I suppose he can aid you to overcome problems.
>
> I've done qtp-newmodel, but the installation scripts were there when I
> came
> on board (I think Nick put them together). I'd like to consolidate the
> other
> scripts at some point (so there isn't a separate script for each distro)
> and
> incorporate them all into qtp-newmodel.
>
Eric /Shubes/,  I have qtp-newmodel installed, and the scripts are great.
>
> Thanks for the list, Alexey.
> I'm not very knowledgable about perl. If some of these modules are already
> installed using CPAN, what are the considerations of changing them to
> rpm-based? Will it be ok to simply yum install them?
>
>> Most of them are from rpmforge repository, you can learn more about it
>> here: http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php#B
>
> Thanks for the link too!
>
>>> However, the HTML-Parser issue is really perplexing me. I've looked
>>> over
>>> the list, and cannot really find anyone else having this issue (or
>>> maybe
>>> everyone just yum'ed it like I did and went on with the install).  Do
>>> you
>>> think this is a Centos 4.4 issue?? I'm going to grab a copy of 4.3 and
>>> try
>>> again to see if the same type things happen.
>> I don't thing that this issue is anyhow related with the CentOS 4.x
>> release version. More likely cause is the minor differences in package
>> selection during install of OS. But in any case, it seems to me that
>> install scripts should be smarter and check for required dependencies
>> before starting the build process. IMHO, of course :-),
>
> I agree. A comprehensive minimal list of required rpms would be nice to
> have. Easy to automate at that point.

Certainly what I (think) we are after.  An install with minimal
intervention, sane defaults, yet a customizable kick butt mail server.
(IMHO) ;)
>
> (IMHO) It'd be great if everything was rpm based, so CPAN wouldn't be
> necessary. I think EE might be working on that.

Anything I can do to help, count me in.  Removing CPAN, or turning CPAN
mod's into rpms would be great.


Robert Van Dresar
Airplexus, Inc.
>
>



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