Re: List of installation problems for 1.2
Thank you for your response.
On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Scott Barker wrote:
> Nicely summarized list, Dale. But, I've a few notes to add:
>
> Dale Scheetz said:
> > 1. Already reported as a bug: Can't find xlib6 so file.
> > Add /usr/X11R6/lib to ld.so.conf and run ldconfig.
>
> I did not have this problem. My /etc/ld.so.conf still contains /usr/X11R6/lib
> after my upgrade.
Correct. This only happens with a new install.
>
> > 4. New sendmail fails to use old .cf file
> > One report indicates re-installation fixes the problem.
>
> I could not get sendmail to use my old .cf file, nor a new one I generated.
> Re-installing sendmail did not help. It always complains about the line:
>
> Kdequote dequote
>
> saying "file does not exist". My only solution was to down-grade to 8.7.6-1
>
I will forward you comments tothe sendmail maintainer.
> > 5. Cron dies. (actually never starts)
> > Run "update-rc.d cron defaults"
>
> cron died for me, but the symlinks remained. All I had to do was
>
> /etc/init.d/cron start
>
> I did not have to use 'update-rc.d'
>
If you don't update rc.d you will probably have to manually start cron
every time you reboot. Does it still have a cron entry?
> > 11. xbase can't remove xdm and xfs
> > Remove by hand using dpkg --purge.
>
> Again, I did not experience this problem during the upgrade.
>
Great!
> > 17. Adduser depends on perl-suid, not in base.
> > Install by hand using --force-depends
>
> On a philosophical note, I don't believe that a required base package should
> depend on a program which is an inherent security risk (perl-suid).
>
Almost everyone here agrees. This is currently being fixed.
>
> As a final note, 'elm' is still broken when reading mail from a nfs-mounted
> spool dir. It fails to restore the correct permissions (should be 660, ends up
> being 600). This makes it impossible for the remote sendmail to deliver the
> mail (not sure exactly why -- the sendmail on the remote in this case is AIX's
> sendmail). I had to restore my hacked version of elm (which is "fixed" for my
> situation only).
As the elm maintainer I would be pleased to see a diff of your "hacked"
version. I have no way to test an nfs mount, so I will rely heavily on
your feedback.
Again, Thanks for the input.
Luck,
Dwarf
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