Hi Martin It does help to understand how this work, but I'm still left puzzled.
I can compile it manually, but work with a life of 6 month on the servers and update and move the data, so it important to me that I get the install process right to make the migration quick ... hence the time spent on this. My reading of the patch documentation says that the utility is working a intended, but the spec files are in error. Or Fedora changes the execution directories when applying the patch. It's is a battle and I have re-initialised the VM Container and am about to start again. I've managed to work out daemontools, that was pretty simple, change the patch from 0 to 1 But then ucspi-tcp-rbltimeout.patch.bz2 of the ucspi-tcp-toaster-0.88-1.3.9.src.rpm has me stumped This is decompressed on the fly and applied - the first line is: --- rblsmtpd.c<>2007-01-14 12:42:22.000000000 +0100 According to "man patch" this should be applied with no switches at all, or read --- ./rblsmtpd.c<>2007-01-14 12:42:22.000000000 +0100 but you can't just take the patch parameters away, fedora substitutes in -p0 as default. There is a path to apply Fedora 14 upgrades to the VM - wonder if parallels will handle a change in kernel .... *David Bray* http://www.brayworth.com.au da...@brayworth.com.au On 16/04/2011 2:55 AM, Martin Waschbüsch IT-Dienstleistungen wrote: > Am 15.04.2011 um 02:17 schrieb David Bray: > >> Did Jake have some thoughts on this - or should I just unpack, adjust the >> patch switch and compile ? - any shortcuts ? >> >> David Bray >> http://www.brayworth.com.au >> da...@brayworth.com.au >> >> On 12/04/2011 12:59 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>> Jake can answer you question best. He manages the patch files. >>> >>> I gotta ask though, why F13? F14 is current, and F15 release is right >>> around the corner (scheduled for 2011-05-24), which means that F13 will no >>> longer be maintained in only a couple months (2011-06-24). >>> See >>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle#Maintenance_Schedule >>> >>> Fedora is generally not a good choice for a production server, due to its >>> relatively short lifetime. CentOS is a more stable platform, and is >>> recommended for production QMT use. CentOS5.6 just came out this past >>> weekend, and will not reach end of life for another 3 years (2014-03-31). >>> By then, Fedora will be up to release 20. >>> >>> I think you get the picture. >>> >>> At the same time, we do appreciate people who install QMT on Fedora, so we >>> can get things like this worked out well in advance of them arriving in >>> CentOS. >>> >>> Thanks. > Hi, > > The problem is not the patch utility itself, but the patch included in the > package. It likely includes some fuzziness and the patch utility in Fedora is > not tolerant when it comes to this. Personally, I think this is a good idea. > The problem happens when you apply a patch that was calculated against e.g. > software version 2 and is now applied to software version 2.1. > If the file to patch has the lines to patch on different line numbers, some > systems allow (by default) applying the patch with the offset (=fuzziness) > while others do not. > > Hope that helps, > > Martin > > -- > Martin Waschbüsch > IT-Dienstleistungen > Lautensackstr. 16 > 80687 München > > Telefon: +49 89 57005708 > Fax: +49 89 57868023 > Mobil: +49 170 2189794 > serv...@waschbuesch.it > http://www.waschbuesch.it > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
