-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 23/08/12 10:07, Andrey Y. Shevel wrote: > > Did you check the content of the directory /etc/smrsh ? > I don't have that directory - and I don't ever recall seeing one. What package creates it?
Anne > Andrey > > > > On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Anne Wilson wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:33:09 +0100 From: Anne Wilson >> <[email protected]> To: Gerald Waugh >> <[email protected]>, SL Users >> <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Procmail problem >> > On 21/08/12 20:02, Gerald Waugh wrote: >>>> >>>> On 08/21/2012 01:50 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: >>>>> For reasons not relevant to this list, I've been using >>>>> GMail to read my mail for a while, so I hadn't noticed that >>>>> my local mail server now has big problems. >>>> >>>>> I see mail arriving there in maillog, and my .forward file >>>>> passes it to procmail - but procmail appears to be not >>>>> doing its stuff - the messages aren't being delivered at >>>>> all. >>>> >>>>> What could be wrong? >>>> >>>>> Anne >>>> What is in your .procmailrc $HOME/.procmailrc >>>> > Thanks for answering. .procmailrc is a restored file that worked > perfectly before - I'll give you the details if you still want to > see it after reading this. > > Digging around in logs I found that there have been some problems > with perl updates - and I assume that procmail is a perl app. It > seems likely that I messed things up when setting repo priorities, > so I set out to clean things up. > > First I removed the packages that wouldn't update, keeping a list > so that I can restore them as soon as I have the problem sorted, > and tweaked the priorities of rpmforge, since that seems to be the > one that was missing out. At first I thought that had done it, as > I got a clean list of updates about to perform. Unfortunately, I > then got a transaction error - > > file /sbin/extlinux from install of syslinux-4.05-1.el6.rfx.x86_64 > conflicts with file from package > syslinux-extlinux-4.02-4.el6.x86_64 > > If I try to update the remaining packages as they stand at present > I get > > Error: glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.i686 (sl) Requires: glibc-common = > 2.12-1.25.el6 Installed: glibc-common-2.12.1.47.el6_2.5.x86_64 > (@sl-security) glibc-common = 2.12.1.47.el6_2.5 Available: > glibc-common-2.12-1.25.el6.x86_64 (sl) glibc-common = > 2.12-1.25.el6 > > I thought of removing glibc, again, to instantly re-install, to > ensure I got the right version, but that promises to remove > hundreds of packages, so I abandoned that idea. > > By now I am completely out of my depth. Is it possible to repair > this system, or would be simpler to just abandon it, and try a > clean install, setting up everything afresh? I hate to be beaten, > but a broken system is a liability. > > Anne >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlA2AZIACgkQj93fyh4cnBf96wCfZfZ+4Ds2K3RDiIsnMAMu8rMs sR8AnRTndtUIJ0c4qoWsSlyofrEsCStk =36CI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
