Thanks a lot for the info Gordon. That's pretty well made my mind up - going to keep my On-Rev account, and start getting stuck in :)
Gordon - if there is any chance you adding a very brief description of what you managed to compile and the shell commands you used to the On-Rev forum - or just post it here - it would be a great help? 2009/5/4 Gordon Tillman <g...@mindspring.com> > David Bovill wrote: > > Good grief! Looks like the On-Rev hosting is really stripped down to a >> bare >> bones minimum. What happens if you type any of the following at the >> command >> line: >> >> - make --version >> - svn --version >> > David here is the output from those commands: > > # make --version > GNU Make 3.81 > Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. > There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A > PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > This program built for i686-redhat-linux-gnu > > # svn --version > svn, version 1.4.2 (r22196) > compiled Sep 1 2008, 06:37:46 > > Copyright (C) 2000-2006 CollabNet. > Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.tigris.org/ > This product includes software developed by CollabNet ( > http://www.Collab.Net/). > > The following repository access (RA) modules are available: > > * ra_dav : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV (DeltaV) protocol. > - handles 'http' scheme > - handles 'https' scheme > * ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network > protocol. > - handles 'svn' scheme > * ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk. > - handles 'file' scheme > > I think the problems can be traced to the fact that our accounts are using > "jailshell" instead of, say, bash!!! > > # echo $SHELL > /usr/local/cpanel/bin/jailshell > > I was able to compile and install (in my own directory) a couple of > packages. > > --gordon > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution