RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-07 Thread William L. Maltby
On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 23:46 -0600, Joseph L. Casale wrote: If it won't wok, you'l have to cook up something. :-) YUK, YUK! Now that's ironic (you'l):P Yeah, but not as good since it doesn't lend itself easily to punning. snip sig stuff -- Bill

RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Why don't you try it and see what happens. I did, which is what lead me to believe it only checks the db:) jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-06 Thread Tony Molloy
On Sunday 06 July 2008 07:20:33 Joseph L. Casale wrote: Why don't you try it and see what happens. I did, which is what lead me to believe it only checks the db:) jlc Sorry, Tony Then you have a problem ;-) ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-06 Thread William L. Maltby
On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 06:52 +0100, Tony Molloy wrote: snip The problem would be if yum checks it's db to see if it has previously installed /usr/bin/false and find that it hasn't. In that case it won't wok. If it won't wok, you'l have to cook up something. :-) YUK, YUK! snip -- Bill

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-06 Thread Tony Molloy
On Sunday 06 July 2008 11:39:50 William L. Maltby wrote: On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 06:52 +0100, Tony Molloy wrote: snip The problem would be if yum checks it's db to see if it has previously installed /usr/bin/false and find that it hasn't. In that case it won't wok. If it won't wok,

RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
If it won't wok, you'l have to cook up something. :-) YUK, YUK! Now that's ironic (you'l):P ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-05 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I am trying to install perl-Digest-Perl-MD5 from rf and it is failing suggesting it needs /usr/bin/false. #yum whatprovides /usr/bin/false yields nothing. My CentOS 5.1 machines don't have this, and this is the same list of yum install items I always use when setting up assp. Any idea what to

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-05 Thread Tru Huynh
On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 09:09:36AM -0600, Joseph L. Casale wrote: I am trying to install perl-Digest-Perl-MD5 from rf and it is failing suggesting it ^^^ needs /usr/bin/false. #yum whatprovides /usr/bin/false yields nothing. false in /bin/false

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-05 Thread Jay Leafey
Joseph L. Casale wrote: I am trying to install perl-Digest-Perl-MD5 from rf and it is failing suggesting it needs /usr/bin/false. #yum whatprovides /usr/bin/false yields nothing. My CentOS 5.1 machines don't have this, and this is the same list of yum install items I always use when setting up

RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-05 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Wierd, I just confirmed the issue. There is not a /usr/bin/false, but there IS a /bin/false on a stock 5.2 install. You might check in the rpmforge forums/list archives for some mention of this problem. I thought I might be able to symlink /bin/false to /usr/bin/false (a kludge, I admit) or

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-05 Thread Tony Molloy
On Saturday 05 July 2008 16:47:03 Jay Leafey wrote: Joseph L. Casale wrote: I am trying to install perl-Digest-Perl-MD5 from rf and it is failing suggesting it needs /usr/bin/false. #yum whatprovides /usr/bin/false yields nothing. My CentOS 5.1 machines don't have this, and this is the

RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-05 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I had no trouble copying it or linking it. Yes, but how does that satisfy yum? jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

2008-07-05 Thread Tony Molloy
On Sunday 06 July 2008 05:07:38 Joseph L. Casale wrote: I had no trouble copying it or linking it. Yes, but how does that satisfy yum? jlc If the dependancy is purely on /usr/bin./false then when you copy it I think yum should find it. The problem would be if yum checks it's db to see if