[PLUG] Another learning opportunity

[Matt Alexander]

Couldn't you just build SSH from source?  Seems like a lot of these issues
would go away...  or maybe I'm missing something.


On Fri, 3 May 2002, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   I know this is silly, but I'll do my best by considering it a learning
> opportunity. Working my way back in the dependencies I need to upgrade or
> install before I can build apache, I was pushed back to 'texinfo'. No big
> deal, I thought. Well, when I try to rebuild the .src.rpm, this is what I
> see:
>
> PreReq: /sbin/install-info /bin/sh /bin/sh
> Requires(interp): /bin/sh /bin/sh
> Requires(post): /bin/sh
> Requires(preun): /bin/sh
> Processing files: info-4.0b-3
> error: File not found: /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/etc/info-dir
> error: File not found: /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/info/dir
> error: File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/info/info.info*
> error: File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/info/info-stnd.info*
> error: File not found: /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/sbin/install-info
> error: File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man1/info.1*
> error: File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man1/install-info.1*
> error: File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man5/info.5*
> PreReq: bash /bin/sh /bin/sh
> Requires(interp): /bin/sh /bin/sh
> Requires(post): /bin/sh
> Requires(preun): /bin/sh
>
>
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/info/texinfo*
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man1/makeinfo.1*
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man1/texindex.1*
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man1/texi2dvi.1*
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man5/texinfo.5*
>     File not found: /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/etc/info-dir
>     File not found: /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/info/dir
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/info/info.info*
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/info/info-stnd.info*
>     File not found: /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/sbin/install-info
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man1/info.1*
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man1/install-info.1*
>     File not found by glob:
> /var/tmp/texinfo-4.0b-root/usr/share/man/man5/info.5*
>
>   And I have no idea (again) what to do about it. bash-2.x is installed;
> so's /bin/sh. I've no idea why these files aren't found. But, I'd sure like
> to learn. I seem to be taking 5 steps back for each step forward I try.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
>
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