Re: Problems with building an rpm

[Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> wow!!!!
>
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > > thanks for replying.
> > >
> > > R P Herrold wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I followed the setup instructions from
> > > > > http://www.owlriver.com/tips/non-root/
> > > >
> > > > ... the author is known to me ;)
> > > >
> > > > > Assuming that you are in /etc/sudoers!!!!
> > > > > And then asked for a password.
> > > > > Which password? My userid or root's? I tried both and after 3 tries 
> > > > > got:
> > > >
> > > > > me is not in sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
> > > > > removing '/home/me/rpmbuild/BUILD/hipl--main--2.6/hipl-1.0.4'
> > > >
> > > > The end user account password is what sudo is looking for ... as 
> > > > noted, it seems you had not configured /etc/sudoers to include you.
> > > >
> > > > > So I look at /etc/sudoers and do not understand what I am suppose 
> > > > > to do there.
> > > >
> > > > A sample entry which permits a single user machine to do root 
> > > > operations when needed, but to stay in its non-priv'd mode most of 
> > > > the time looks like something as simple as:
> > > >
> > > > [herrold@new ~]$ sudo grep herrold /etc/sudoers
> > > > Password: [here, the end user 'herrold's password]
> > > > herrold ALL=(ALL) ALL
> > > > [herrold@new ~]$
> > > >
> > > > ... We need root rights to read /etc/sudoers, or else it would have 
> > > > not been needed except for teaching reasons.
> > > >
> > > > > A bit of help would be greatly appreciated!
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps .. I wonder a bit at your description of untarring, 
> > > > ./configure'ing, etc ... that is not part of rpm building from .spec 
> > > > or SRPM.
> > > Here is what I was told to do:
> > >
> > > wget http://hipl.hiit.fi/hipl/hipl.tar.gz
> > >
> > > you can build on CentOS by executing:
> > >
> > > tar xvzf hipl.tar.gz
> > > cd hipl--main--2.6
> > > ./autogen.sh
> > > ./configure
> > > make rpm
> > >
> > > ("make install" works too, but installs to /usr/local by default)
> > >
> > > Software requirements are listed here:
> > >
> > > http://infrahip.hiit.fi/hipl/manual/ch02.html
> >
> > OK ... after several changes to the spec file, I got this to build.  
> > The process was rather intense, so rather than trying to document it I 
> > will post a good SRPM after I verify that all the build requirements 
> > are there and it will also build the same in mock.
> >
> > So, in a couple minutes expect a link to download a GOOD SRPM for this 
> > package that builds on centos-5 i386 and x86_64
>
> I am SOOOO thankful.

No problem

> You will definitely get a line of recognition for my IETF presentation 
> on SIP over HIP over Teredo in two weeks!   I should not have been sooo 
> schrunched for time.  I waited for management to get me the hardware for 
> this 'experiment', and 4 months later it is finally ordered; I have had 
> to cobble gear together....

look here:

http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/hipl/

You should be able to build that on CentOS-5.x with no problems.  Now, 
whether it does everything you need, I don't know.

Also be advised that 1.0.3 is the latest stable release from them, and 
1.0.4 seems to be something from SVN and not a normal release.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes

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