On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 07:37:47 -0700, Carol Anne Ogdin <caogdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <OFFF8865C2.2434357B-ON88256D0C.004E3CB8-88256D0C.00505D66@xxxxxxxxxxxx m>: ..I'm on the netfilter list, so no need to duplicate to my private email for _that_ purpose. ;-) > > On Apr 18, Arnt Karlsen) wrote: > > From arnt@xxxxxxx Fri Apr 18 03:53:40 2003 > > From: arnt@xxxxxxx (Arnt Karlsen) > > Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 04:53:40 +0200 > > Subject: Need for GLIBC 2.3? > > On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:41:04 -0700, > > Carol Anne Ogdin <caogdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > > <OFCE07B0DA.63D2DEA4-ON88256D0C.0002759A-88256D0C.0003C28A@ > > deepwoods.com>: > > > > > Red Hat 7.3 (v2.4.18) supplies iptables v1.2.5, which relies on > > > glibc v2.2.5. I'd like to apply the rpm for v1.2.7a, but the RH > > > distro demands glibc v2.3. > <snip> > > > > > > What would you do? > > > > ..'rpmbuild -ta iptables-1.2.8.tar.bz2' or somesuch, > > should use what you have in your box. > > You _may_ have to chuck in a few *-devel.rpm's etc, > > rpm should whine which to 'rpm -ivh'. > > > <snip> > > Thanks, Arnt, but that doesn't seem to get me where I need to go. > when I run the command you recommend, I get > error: Name field must be present in package: (main package) > error: Version field must be present in package: (main package) > error: Release field must be present in package: (main package) > error: Summary field must be present in package: (main package) > error: Group field must be present in package: (main package) > error: License field must be present in package: (main package) > rpmbuild's -vv option produces nothing more detailed that this. ..no .spec file in the tarball??? Which tarball? (url?) > Not having any experience as a developer in Linux, I'm feeling > overwhelmed by what I don't know. ..I'm no developer. ;-) Except of course in thermochemical gasification, where I _am_ a guru: http://www.crest.org/discussion/gasification/199903/msg00055.html ;-) ..heh, GNU/Linux hurts at first, it _does_ take un-learning the nice and easy bad habits from wintendo. ;-) ..but it is worth it, you get away from letting the wintendo guys and the scriptkiddies have their way with you as _they_ please. > --Carol Anne -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
