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 do?
jlc
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
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needs /usr/bin/false. #yum whatprovides "/usr/bin/false" yields nothing.
false in /bin/false on CentOS-5
This is the wrong list for the bug report, even if rpmforge's people are around ;) It's a rpmforge issue, not CentOS.
Tru
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 assp.
Any idea what to do?
jlc
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 copy /bin/false to /usr/bin/false, but neither seems to work for me. Like I said, probably best to check with rpmforge.
Sorry!
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 copy /bin/false to /usr/bin/false, but neither seems to >work for me. Like I said, probably best to check with rpmforge.
Sorry!
Hrm, anyone know a way to get a hold of the listadmin, the posted email yields no reply. I cant subscribe... Thanks, jlc
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 same list of yum install items I always use when setting up assp.
Any idea what to do?
jlc
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 copy /bin/false to /usr/bin/false, but neither seems to work for me. Like I said, probably best to check with rpmforge.
Sorry!
I had no trouble copying it or linking it.
ln -s /bin/false /usr/bin/false
ls -al /usr/bin/false lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 5 17:47 /usr/bin/false -> /bin/false
So that's a quick workaround
Tony
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 it has previously installed /usr/bin/false and find that it hasn't. In that case it won't wok.
Why don't you try it and see what happens.
Tony
On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 06:52 +0100, Tony Molloy wrote:
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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>
On Sunday 06 July 2008 11:39:50 William L. Maltby wrote:
On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 06:52 +0100, Tony Molloy wrote:
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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>
Very funny. I'll have to check for typos in future. Of course that one wouldn't have been cought ;-)
Tony
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