More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
If you can follow this conversation, could someone tell me why the file 'wx-config' immediately becomes an orphan as soon as it is installed? What am I missing THIS time? # ls /usr/bin/wx-config /usr/bin/wx-config # rpm -e wxGTK-devel-2.4.2-1 wxGTK-2.4.2-1 # ls /usr/bin/wx-config ls: /usr/bin/wx-config: No such file or directory # rpm -q -f /usr/bin/wx-config error: file /usr/bin/wx-config: No such file or directory # rpm -i wxGTK-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm wxGTK-devel-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm # ls /usr/bin/wx-config /usr/bin/wx-config # rpm -q -f /usr/bin/wx-config file /usr/bin/wx-config is not owned by any package # rpm -q -f /usr/bin/aspell aspell-0.33.7.1-21 (That last one just to be sure I'm typing the command right.) It's a conspiracy, I tell you, a conspiracy! They're out to make me feel stupid. Well, stupider. Michael ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Hipp wrote: | If you can follow this conversation, could someone tell me why the file | 'wx-config' immediately becomes an orphan as soon as it is installed? | What am I missing THIS time? | | # ls /usr/bin/wx-config | /usr/bin/wx-config | # rpm -e wxGTK-devel-2.4.2-1 wxGTK-2.4.2-1 | # ls /usr/bin/wx-config | ls: /usr/bin/wx-config: No such file or directory | # rpm -q -f /usr/bin/wx-config | error: file /usr/bin/wx-config: No such file or directory | # rpm -i wxGTK-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm wxGTK-devel-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm | # ls /usr/bin/wx-config | /usr/bin/wx-config | # rpm -q -f /usr/bin/wx-config | file /usr/bin/wx-config is not owned by any package | # rpm -q -f /usr/bin/aspell | aspell-0.33.7.1-21 | | (That last one just to be sure I'm typing the command right.) | | It's a conspiracy, I tell you, a conspiracy! They're out to make me feel | stupid. Well, stupider. | | Michael | Sounds like your rpm isn't built for the distro you're trying to install it on, but something altogether different. Can you properly query the package with rpm -qpl packagename.rpm and list the fileset? - -- Andrew Mathews - - ~ 5:15pm up 7 days, 22:35, 9 users, load average: 1.09, 1.09, 1.10 - - Many people are secretly interested in life. - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Netscape - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/hJtbidHQ0m/kEssRAu9sAJ93Un+1/c5Q3k5XsV2z5EKEuRLzygCfR8/5 9SlA86WiXc1cb8+ACyhcVKY= =S+u6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
Andrew Mathews wrote: Sounds like your rpm isn't built for the distro you're trying to install it on, but something altogether different. Can you properly query the package with rpm -qpl packagename.rpm and list the fileset? It's the RPM that came in RH9 as far as I know. I don't recall upgrading it unless it came via up2date. I have installed 'checkinstall', but I don't think that upgrades RPM. Yes, rpm -qpl will list the files, but oddly enough when I 'grep config' the output 'wx-config' does not appear in the list from either of the two packages. But I know the 'devel' package is installing it. Michael ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
First off, what Linux distro are you using, and secondly, do you need 2.4.2 or would 2.4.0 work? If you are running SuSE, check out: http://packman.links2linux.de/?action=312 On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:46:23 -0500 Michael Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can follow this conversation, could someone tell me why the file 'wx-config' immediately becomes an orphan as soon as it is installed? What am I missing THIS time? # ls /usr/bin/wx-config /usr/bin/wx-config # rpm -e wxGTK-devel-2.4.2-1 wxGTK-2.4.2-1 # ls /usr/bin/wx-config ls: /usr/bin/wx-config: No such file or directory # rpm -q -f /usr/bin/wx-config error: file /usr/bin/wx-config: No such file or directory # rpm -i wxGTK-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm wxGTK-devel-2.4.2-1.i386.rpm # ls /usr/bin/wx-config /usr/bin/wx-config # rpm -q -f /usr/bin/wx-config file /usr/bin/wx-config is not owned by any package # rpm -q -f /usr/bin/aspell aspell-0.33.7.1-21 (That last one just to be sure I'm typing the command right.) It's a conspiracy, I tell you, a conspiracy! They're out to make me feel stupid. Well, stupider. Michael ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems * Network Server Appliances * Network Consulting, Integration Support * Web Integration and E-Business ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Hipp wrote: | Andrew Mathews wrote: | | Sounds like your rpm isn't built for the distro you're trying to install | it on, but something altogether different. Can you properly query the | package with rpm -qpl packagename.rpm and list the fileset? | | | It's the RPM that came in RH9 as far as I know. I don't recall upgrading | it unless it came via up2date. I have installed 'checkinstall', but I | don't think that upgrades RPM. Sorry, I wasn't clear, I meant the package you're trying to install, not rpm itself. | Yes, rpm -qpl will list the files, but oddly enough when I 'grep config' | the output 'wx-config' does not appear in the list from either of the | two packages. But I know the 'devel' package is installing it. | | Michael | - -- Andrew Mathews - - ~ 6:32pm up 7 days, 23:52, 9 users, load average: 1.10, 1.15, 1.14 - - Knock, knock! Who's there? Sam and Janet. Sam and Janet who? Sam and Janet Evening... - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Netscape - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/hK0IidHQ0m/kEssRAic0AKCDCekn/eiklo5k+BpE8strDXfaFwCfQrAO BikQRoe6ivX9lFhRuz+FqN4= =uK1a -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
Quoth Michael Hipp: If you can follow this conversation, could someone tell me why the file 'wx-config' immediately becomes an orphan as soon as it is installed? What am I missing THIS time? Is wx-config a symlink to another file that *is* installed by the RPM? Kurt -- It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
Quoth Michael Hipp: Andrew Mathews wrote: Sounds like your rpm isn't built for the distro you're trying to install it on, but something altogether different. Can you properly query the package with rpm -qpl packagename.rpm and list the fileset? It's the RPM that came in RH9 as far as I know. I don't recall upgrading it unless it came via up2date. I have installed 'checkinstall', but I don't think that upgrades RPM. Yes, rpm -qpl will list the files, but oddly enough when I 'grep config' the output 'wx-config' does not appear in the list from either of the two packages. But I know the 'devel' package is installing it. I'm betting that a %post-install script creates a symlink. Perhaps a command like rpm -q --scripts pkg.name.rpm (if memory serves) will tell you what you want to know? You're looking for a command that creates a symlink. It's been awhile since I was intimate with RPM, but symlinks created by a post-install script aren't considered (or weren't at one time) as part of the RPM, although a properly-crafted remove script (executed when you rpm -e pkg.name.rpm) will remove symlinks created when the RPM was installed. Kurt -- Limericks are art forms complex, Their topics run chiefly to sex. They usually have virgins, And masculine urgin's, And other erotic effects. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
Kurt Wall wrote: I'm betting that a %post-install script creates a symlink. Perhaps a command like rpm -q --scripts pkg.name.rpm (if memory serves) will tell you what you want to know? You're looking for a command that creates a symlink. It's been awhile since I was intimate with RPM, but symlinks created by a post-install script aren't considered (or weren't at one time) as part of the RPM, although a properly-crafted remove script (executed when you rpm -e pkg.name.rpm) will remove symlinks created when the RPM was installed. That's it. It is a symlink (no doubt created by a script as you said). Still seems like an erroneous result to say it belongs to no package when in fact it certainly does. Being able to figure out who/what installed a particular file is a basic package management feature, IMHO. Michael ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
Andrew Mathews wrote: Sorry, I wasn't clear, I meant the package you're trying to install, not rpm itself. It's not Red Hat specific in any way, but I've been using the slightly earlier version with no problems. And, in fact, this one is working fine now. Whereas yesterday bash kept telling me it couldn't find that particular file (wx-config). An uninstall, re-install seems to have fixed it. Thanks, Michael ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
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Matthew Carpenter wrote: First off, what Linux distro are you using, and secondly, do you need 2.4.2 or would 2.4.0 work? If you are running SuSE, check out: http://packman.links2linux.de/?action=312 It's Red Hat 9. I've been running 2.4.1 with no problems but thought to upgrade to 2.4.2 as it is a the latest stable and fixes some bugs. I'm developing a couple of apps using wxWindows. Not real deep into it yet, but so far I'm very impressed with wxWindows. Michael ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
Quoth Michael Hipp: Kurt Wall wrote: I'm betting that a %post-install script creates a symlink. Perhaps a command like rpm -q --scripts pkg.name.rpm (if memory serves) will tell you what you want to know? You're looking for a command that creates a symlink. It's been awhile since I was intimate with RPM, but symlinks created by a post-install script aren't considered (or weren't at one time) as part of the RPM, although a properly-crafted remove script (executed when you rpm -e pkg.name.rpm) will remove symlinks created when the RPM was installed. That's it. It is a symlink (no doubt created by a script as you said). Still seems like an erroneous result to say it belongs to no package when in fact it certainly does. Being able to figure out who/what installed a particular file is a basic package management feature, IMHO. Perhaps. RPM's notion of a file list does not include symlinks created outside that list. This constitutes a design flaw, perhaps, but there might be reasons for this decision to which I'm not privy. In any event, I'm glad we worked out the problem. Kurt -- Today is the first day of the rest of your lossage. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: More RPM madness - I'm sure it's just me ...
No, it's most likely because the link is created during a post-install script, not listed in the official file list which RPM uses to populate its database. On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:02:52 -0400 Kurt Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoth Michael Hipp: Kurt Wall wrote: I'm betting that a %post-install script creates a symlink. Perhaps a command like rpm -q --scripts pkg.name.rpm (if memory serves) will tell you what you want to know? You're looking for a command that creates a symlink. It's been awhile since I was intimate with RPM, but symlinks created by a post-install script aren't considered (or weren't at one time) as part of the RPM, although a properly-crafted remove script (executed when you rpm -e pkg.name.rpm) will remove symlinks created when the RPM was installed. That's it. It is a symlink (no doubt created by a script as you said). Still seems like an erroneous result to say it belongs to no package when in fact it certainly does. Being able to figure out who/what installed a particular file is a basic package management feature, IMHO. Perhaps. RPM's notion of a file list does not include symlinks created outside that list. This constitutes a design flaw, perhaps, but there might be reasons for this decision to which I'm not privy. In any event, I'm glad we worked out the problem. Kurt -- Today is the first day of the rest of your lossage. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems * Network Server Appliances * Network Consulting, Integration Support * Web Integration and E-Business ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
