Exactly. I'm running Mandrake 8.0, have reloaded from scratch
over a half dozen times, double checked and triple checked the
permissions, etc. The compile does run. But when it's over
with the /var/qmail directory is as empty as the bottom of a dry
well.
-Steve
> so you ran "make setup check" and nothing was in /var/qmail ?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Reed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 4:47 PM
> To: Charles Cazabon; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: RE: RE: Problem with VAR directory during install
>
>
> The compile runs, but when it's all over with there is nothing
> in the /var/qmail directory to work with.
>
> -Steve
>
>
> > Steve Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I've checked everything except the phase of the moon and
my
> white blood cell
> > > count. I've probably memorized the docs by now. qmail
will
> simply NOT
> > > compile correctly on the latest Mandrake.
> >
> > You said earlier that the problem was "nothing ends up
> in /var/qmail/".
> > Now you say it doesn't compile. Which is true? If it
doesn't
> compile, you
> > should expect anything to end up in /var/qmail/, because
> that's the "setup"
> > (install) step, which comes after compiling is complete.
> >
> > If you want further help, please run the following script.
> Make sure
> > qmail-1.03.tar.gz is in /usr/local/src/ first. Adjust the
> path to bash as
> > necessary. This will do a vanilla compile & install of
> unpatched qmail 1.03.
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > (
> > mv /var/qmail /var/qmail.old
> > rm -rf /usr/local/src/qmail-1.03
> > cd /usr/local/src
> > gunzip -c qmail-1.03.tar.gz | tar -xf - qmail-1.03.tar.gz
> > cd qmail-1.03
> > make setup check
> > ) >/tmp/qmail-setup-log.txt 2>&1
> >
> >
> > Then post /tmp/qmail-setup-log.txt on the web somewhere, and
> send a URL to
> > this list. We need to see all of the output of the build
> process, I think, to
> > find what your problem is.
> >
> > Charles
> > --
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> --------
> > Charles Cazabon
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > GPL'ed software available at:
> http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
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> >
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