Re: [expert] Lots of things broken in 9.0....
David Guntner wrote on Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 01:11:23PM -0700 : /usr/bin/mailq and /usr/bin/newaliases don't exist anymore. When I do a ls command, I see that they are now links pointing to /etc/alternatives/mta-mailq and /etc/alternatvies/mta-newaliases. Unfortunately, when looking in /etc/alternatives, neither of those files exist. Ugh. Read the man page for 'update-alternatives'. The important commandline options are --auto, --display, and --config. You can also do it manually with --install. [todd@fiji ~]$ urpmf newaliases postfix:/usr/bin/newaliases.postfix snip [todd@fiji ~]$ rpm -q --scripts postfix snip postinstall scriptlet (through /bin/sh): snip update-alternatives --install /usr/sbin/sendmail mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix 30 --slave /usr/lib/sendmail mta-in_libdir /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix --slave /usr/bin/mailq mta-mailq /usr/bin/mailq.postfix --slave /usr/bin/newaliases mta-newaliases /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix --slave /usr/bin/rmail mta-rmail /usr/bin/rmail.postfix --slave /usr/share/man/man1/mailq.1.bz2 mta-mailqman /usr/share/man/man1/mailq.postfix.1.bz2 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/newaliases.1.bz2 mta-newaliasesman /usr/share/man/man1/newaliases.postfix.1.bz2 --slave /usr/share/man/man5/aliases.5.bz2 mta-aliasesman /usr/share/man/man5/aliases.postfix.5.bz2 --slave /etc/aliases mta-etc_aliases /etc/postfix/aliases That one command is supposed to make all those symlinks for you. Blue skies... Todd -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com Mandrake: An amalgam of good ideas from RedHat, Debian, and MandrakeSoft. All in all, IMHO, an unbeatable combination. --Levi Ramsey on Cooker ML Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.0-0.3mdk Kernel 2.4.19-16mdk msg58974/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Lots of things broken in 9.0....
Todd Lyons grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote on Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 01:11:23PM -0700 : /usr/bin/mailq and /usr/bin/newaliases don't exist anymore. When I do a ls command, I see that they are now links pointing to /etc/alternatives/mta-mailq and /etc/alternatvies/mta-newaliases. Unfortunately, when looking in /etc/alternatives, neither of those files exist. Ugh. Read the man page for 'update-alternatives'. The important commandline options are --auto, --display, and --config. You can also do it manually with --install. I appreciate the information, Todd, although by now I've painfully figured out and put in all the links by hand :-/ No offence, but *who* is going to think that they need to run update- alternatives after installing a Mandrake-supplied rpm? I did my install from the CD image created HD directories, and had no reason to think I was going to need to run anything manually to get those links in place (for that matter, it's now a system which creates a link pointing to a link pointing to a link??? That's not very efficient). I'll bet virtually no one else would, either. From the rest of your message, it looks like there's supposed to be a script automatically executed when the rpm is installed, but that *didn't* happen, just so you know. Please let the programmers know about it, if you would. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lots of things broken in 9.0....
David Guntner wrote on Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 01:29:45PM -0700 : From the rest of your message, it looks like there's supposed to be a script automatically executed when the rpm is installed, but that *didn't* happen, just so you know. Please let the programmers know about it, if you would. Exactly. Did you do an install or an upgrade? If upgrade, from which version to which version? I had something like that happen to me sometime during Cooker about 3 months ago. You can search the list archives and look for my post about postfix symlinks gone missing (I actually replied to another guy who mentioned it, and I said Yeah, me too) Blue skies... Todd -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Security is like an onion. It's made | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | made up of several layers and makes | | http://www.mandrakelinux.com | you cry. --Howard Chu| Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.0-0.3mdk Kernel 2.4.19-16mdk msg58990/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[expert] Lots of things broken in 9.0....
Having finally installed 9.0, I'm finding things that aren't working like they should. The msec problem I described in a message that hasn't turned on up the list yet that I could see, and now this: /usr/bin/mailq and /usr/bin/newaliases don't exist anymore. When I do a ls command, I see that they are now links pointing to /etc/alternatives/mta-mailq and /etc/alternatvies/mta-newaliases. Unfortunately, when looking in /etc/alternatives, neither of those files exist. Ugh. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
