Thanks. In the meantime, I'm almost finished downloading the
very latest ISOs for Mandrake 8 (dated 6-19). I'll reload the
box and try again.
> I have that on my workstation.. Give me a few as I don't have
any mailer
> installed on it at all right now.. I'll copy the setup files
over to it and
> give it a try and let ya know.
>
> I just built that workstation tuesday and have not had time to
do anything
> on it so it is as basic and completely void as you can get I
dare say.
>
> --JT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "System Administrator"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Steve Reed"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: RE: RE: Problem with VAR directory during install
>
>
> > I'm running Mandrake 8.0.
> >
> > > I'm Running Linux Mandrake 7.2 and actually have 6 seperate
> > qmail installs
> > > running on that machine and have been running on it for
over a
> > year. The OS
> > > actually started out as Mandrake 7.0 then upgraded to 7.1
and
> > then 7.2 and
> > > have not had any problems. Now I thought maybe it was the
> > latest Mandrake
> > > you might be having problems with so I edited my files and
> > installed a 7th
> > > qmail service on my machine and it compiled just fine.....
> > Then I deleted it
> > > and did it again.. Still compiled just fine.. I have no
idea
> > what is going
> > > on with your system but it is not an OS level issue unless
> > there is
> > > something physically wrong with your OS installation
> > itself.... I sugest
> > > doing a recopilation of the OS and try qmail again..
> > >
> > > Side note I use the gz download of qmail not the RPM so if
> > your using the
> > > RPM package ignore this message then ;)
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > --JT
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steve Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:47 PM
> > > 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
> > > > > --
> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------
----
> > ----
> > > > --------
> > > > > Charles Cazabon
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > GPL'ed software available at:
> > > > http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/
> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------
----
> > ----
> > > > --------
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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