Re: [BUGS] 7.0.2 source rpm failed to compile

Thomas Lockhart wrote:
>
> > Short Description
> > 7.0.2 source rpm failed to compile
> > Long Description
> > I'm running RedHat 6.2 SPARC, two processors, 128 MB RAM
> > I downloaded postgresql-7.0.2-2.src.rpm from your main FTP site and tried 'rpm --rebuild postgresql-7.0.2-2.src.rpm', it ran fine for a long time but then exited abnormally.
> > This is the output from when it exited:
> > ***********************************************************
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/postgresql-7.0.2/src/pl/tcl'
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/postgresql-7.0.2/src/pl'
> > All of PostgreSQL is successfully made. Ready to install.
> > + pushd interfaces/python
> > /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/postgresql-7.0.2/src/interfaces/python /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/postgresql-7.0.2/src /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/postgresql-7.0.2
> > + cp /usr/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile.pre.in .
> > cp: /usr/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile.pre.in: No such file or directory
> > Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.46557 (%build)
> > ****************************************************************
> > A check in the rpm database showed that these python modules are installed:
> > python-1.5.2-13
> > pythonlib-1.23-1
> > rpm-python-3.0.4-0.48
> > So, what gives?
>
> Y'all are missing the python-devel RPM. Install it and try again. It may
> be an RPM issue, with python-devel a required package for the source
> RPM. Not sure how that works; it may be that things failed just as they
> should, since afaik "required packages" are specified for the binary
> RPMs, but not for the src RPMs. Lamar?

Fixed in the latest stuff from RedHat in RH 7. Will shortly be fixed on
our server, as the RH 7 RPM's won't rebuild smoothly on 6.2 as yet.
There will be an error issued complaining about the lack of python-devel
as part of the build if python-devel isn't there.

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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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