On 11/5/06, Blubbels
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:...

> YAML-Syck is not an unnecessary dependency

The Debian package I refered to actually is unnecessary when you used
cpan to install YAML::Syck, which I did ;)


CPAN installations are not something that package managers can work
with. This problem is a factor on any Unix.

> mDNSResponder should not be missing

That's only for serving to iTunes, for which I use mt-daapd anyway
(which due to it's smart playlists etc. is a bit more comfortable
there). And the system worked without it for months, so it's not vital
I assume.

I'm not saying it's vital, I'm saying that the fact it's missing is a
sign of a messed up installation.


> and permissions should be available to write things in its own
directory

I don't think /root/ is slimservers own directory? The apt version
actually created a slimserver user account with /usr/share/slimserver
as its home directory. It may feel free to create anything there, but
please not in roots home!


It shouldn't be doing anything in /root, unless you're running as root
and it's reading an environment variable.

> I would start over

At which point? With which version? I've uninstall and manually removed
all traces I could find about a dozen times now, and tried three Debian
packages (6.5.0, 6.5.1 and 7.0a1) as well as three tarballs (nightly
from today, nightly 6.5.x, normal 6.5.0). Or do you want me to
reinstall the whole box?

Not having a Debian/PPC box myself, I can't authoritatively say that
the packages you're using aren't broken at the time you download them;
what I can say is that they're clearly broken at the time that you're
using them. If you're doing something (such as removing mDNSResponder
because you don't need it), I'd recommend not doing it; download and
install works for most people, so the key is to find what is different
about your situation. Are you logged in as root and using sudo -u
slimserver slimserver.pl? That would leave environment variables
pointing to places that the effective user can't write.

--
"I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin,
So across the Western ocean I must wander" -- traditional
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