Dave Bachmann wrote: > I had tried that earlier but it had other errors - just can't recall the > details right now, but on one of my attempts there was a message at the > end that configure.pl did not replace config.pl despite the fact that
I think Les wasn't asking about a package that requires "configure.pl", which implies you're building it yourself. I think the question was more along the lines of, why didn't you do "apt install backuppc"? paul > there was no existing config.pl at that time. > I have since been using BackupPC-4.4.0.tar.gz. Before unpacking and > installing it I deleted all files owned by backuppc that had been > previously installed. There remains the possibility that there is a config > file somewhere that has a pointer or values from my previous attempt, but > I'm not sure how to identify them. > > ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ > > From: Les Mikesell <lesmikes...@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2022 13:13 > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support > <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Setuid problem > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 2:57 PM Dave Bachmann <davebachm...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > This reinforces my fear that the latest install may not have run > properly and that there are other problems lurking. I expect that > index.cgi should have been created by configure.perl, but don't understand > why it wasn't. What's involved in creating it post-hoc? > > > > Is there some reason you don't use the packaged version for your linux > distribution? > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikes...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: [1]https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: [2]https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: [3]https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > References > > Visible links > 1. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > 2. https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > 3. https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ =---------------------- paul fox, p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 65.8 degrees) _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
