Re: Netscape rpm won't install?
On Thu 27 Jan 2000, Ron Farrer wrote:
> I tried to install the resently released netscape rpm and here is what
> happens:
>
> # rpm -i netscape-4.7-1.alpha.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> /bin/sh is needed by netscape-4.7-1
>
> # ls -ls /bin/sh*
> 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 15 11:56 /bin/sh ->
> bash
rpm doesn't know about deb, hence doesn't know that /bin/sh exists.
Why that silly dependency is in there is a mystery to me (you can be
fairly sure that your system won't be doing much without /bin/sh
installed anyway).
I used some force flag on rpm, i.e. rpm -i -<something> ...
I forget what it was but it's in the manpage.
> P.S. Has anyone installed it yet? How well does it work?
It works fine after you take the ,yp stuff out of /etc/svc.conf (?)
> P.P.S Has anyone made a deb of it yet?
I was thinking of doing that (making a package that'll fit with the
netscape-47 stuff already in debian), but I'm not clear on the legality;
the license for the OSF libs is a bit vague, and I don't see that the
rpm is legal either. If it _would_ be legal, I'd do it...
Maybe Chris can talk to his Compaq contacts about this?
Paul Slootman
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