Subject: Re: postfix (was Package Installation - I must be missing something)
From: Rob Brandt (rbrandt@sbdsl.com)
Date: Sat Jun 23 2001 - 13:33:23 MDT
Actually, I got it installed last night. I haven't done any testing
to make sure it worked, so tell me if I should expect trouble.
I just ran the rpm, and noted the packages and version numbers of
dependencies that it was missing, then went to rpmfind.net and
searched for the rpms. I then attempted to install those packages.
Some were dependent on yet other packages. I found those and
installed them, then worked my way back to postfix and got a
successful installation. One thing worried me - some of the 'most
dependent' packages were labelled as 'md' versions from mandrake
cooker. I worry that packages labelled for a specific distro won't
work on YDL, but I figured "WTH, if it doesn't work, I'll just start
over". But is appeared to have worked.
Rob
>On Saturday 23 June 2001 10:13, you wrote:
>>
>> When I try to install either Postfix or Mailman, RPM reports failed
>> dependencies:
>>
>> For Postfix:
>> Setup >= 2.3.5 is needed by postfix-2.....
>> initscripts >= 5.5.3 is needed ....
>...
>> I had expected that if I got a dist that had postfix
>> on it, that postfix would run on on that dist without having to
>> download anything else from the net. Was I mistaken?
>
>No, that's generally a pretty safe assumption. However, the packages on the
>Tasty Morsels CD were tested less thoroughly than those on the main CD. Which
>isn't to say they all have problems like this; I'm personally using quite a
>few of them with no problems at all.
>
>What you've discovered is a simple bug; I'll look into it. At any rate, that
>rpm won't help you much, so you should try to grab a source rpm from
>postfix.org and rebuild it. ('rpm --rebuild postfix-*.src.rpm' yields
>/usr/src/rpm/RPMS/ppc/postfix-*.ppc.rpm)
>
>-Hollis
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