Re: [rdiff-backup-users] spec changes for librsync on Rh 7.3

[Joe Cooper]

Ben Escoto wrote:
> > > > > > "JC" == Joe Cooper <address@hidden>
> > > > > > wrote the following on Fri, 27 Sep 2002 02:32:00 -0500
>
>   JC> Hi Ben and all, I've just had to rebuild the librsync-0.9.5.1
>   JC> RPM on my Red Hat 7.3 box, and ran into autotools
>   JC> incompatibilities.  I thought I'd share my changes in case
>   JC> anyone else hit it and didn't know about the incompatible
>   JC> changes in newer versions of the autotools.
>
> Thanks very much, I think some other users were having the same
> problems you were, but I'm not very familiar with the GNU build tools.
> Does librsync-0.9.5 at:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/librsync
>
> have similar problems?  If so, I can inform the librsync people (if
> not I suppose I have to figure out what the problem is).

I'll look into it.  But it isn't really a problem with librsync, it is a 
problem of incompatible changes made to both automake 1.5 and 1.6 from 
1.4.  In some circumstances, it seems, something that builds 
successfully using 1.4 won't build with 1.5/1.6 and vice versa, so in 
order to make the move up to later revisions Red Hat has included all 
three with version tags at the end of the executables.  I reckon 
everyone is just doing their best not to break existing software while 
allowing new software to build.  (Squid went through this debate 
recently, which is the only reason I was aware of the incompatibilities.)

I did find problems in building 0.9.5.1 on Solaris that I didn't have 
with 0.9.5.0.  I haven't had time to look into it yet.  More on that 
next week, probably.

>   JC> BTW-Ben, the RPM of librsync on the website has an extraneous
>   JC> dependency, I think, for 'libgdk...something-or-other'.  Not
>   JC> sure where it came from.  I couldn't install the package without
>   JC> errors on either a 7.2 or 7.3 machine without a rebuild.
>
> If someone has a system less eccentrically linked and would like to
> contribute rebuilt rpms (rdiff-backup and/or librsync), I can replace
> the ones currently on the web page.  Earlier I was worried about the
> fact that they wouldn't be signed with my GPG key, but this is a minor
> point compared to their not installing.

I can provide packages built against clean, fully erratified, RH 7.2 and 
7.3 systems.  I've also got 7.1 and 6.2 build environments, but they are 
a bit old and hairy and might run into similar issues.  Anyway, I'll get 
some packages built this coming week, signed by me.
--
Joe Cooper <address@hidden>
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