Keith Owens wrote:
>
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:40:14 -0700,
> Ric Tibbetts <ric@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >There isn't even an e2fsprogs-devel package available for intel. At
> >least not that's included on the CDs.
> >A check at rpmfind turns up several of them, from lots of distributions,
> >but not Mandrake. At least not at the correct revision level, and
> >platform.
> >I did manage to find one that looked close. So I grabbed it.
> >The result of installing it via:
> >
> >> rpm -ivh e2fsprogs-devel-1.19-1.i586.rpm
>
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:42:15 -0700,
> Ric Tibbetts <ric@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Ok... the build just died on:
> >
> >gcc: /usr/lib/libuuid.a: No such file or directory
> >make[1]: *** [xfs_db] Error 1
> >make: *** [default] Error 2
> >
> >So we're back to the uuid problem. Any thoughts?
>
> Do not install binary rpms from other distributions. Get the ext2
> source rpm for mandrake then build from source. Remove all the
> existing ext2 packages and install from your just compiled binary rpms.
> There is no point in guessing what some other distribution has done for
> uuid.
<grin>
did that, and this problem went away. It was just a matter of figuring
out what package Mandrake hid it in. With that done, and the proper
package installed, everything build fine.
So that part is cured. THANK YOU to everyone who responded.
Now if I can just fingure out the console problem... :(
(the line you're typing on "at the console" flickers & dissapears...
Really strange. Makes it impossible to use.).
Any thoughts on that one?
Ric
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