[osiris-devel] Easier RPM Conversation

[David M. Fetter]

I would like to suggest/comment on two things regarding the tarball.  

1.  I think that while it's nice to have an rc script included with the
tarball, it probably shouldn't be installed automatically.  Instead make
it so the command "make install rc" be required to install them, but
they won't install with just "make install" or "make install all".  The
problem (and it's only minor because RPM continues on anyway) is that by
doing this you get errors when trying to turn it into an rpm such as
this:

==> installing rc startup for daemon(s).
./install.sh: /etc/init.d//osirisd.tmp: cannot create
./install.sh: /etc/init.d//osirisd.tmp: cannot open
/usr/local/bin/chmod: cannot access `/etc/init.d//osirisd': No such file
or directory
/usr/local/bin/rm: cannot lstat `/etc/init.d//osirisd.tmp': No such file
or directory
/usr/local/bin/ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/rc2.d//S95osirisd' to
`/etc/init.d//osirisd': Permission denied
./install.sh: /etc/init.d//osirismd.tmp: cannot create
./install.sh: /etc/init.d//osirismd.tmp: cannot open
/usr/local/bin/chmod: cannot access `/etc/init.d//osirismd': No such
file or directory
/usr/local/bin/rm: cannot lstat `/etc/init.d//osirismd.tmp': No such
file or directory
/usr/local/bin/ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/rc2.d//S95osirismd' to
`/etc/init.d//osirismd': Permission denied
==> Skipping permission setting.
==> Skipping post install.

2.  It seem that it doesn't detect the user specified if they are in
NIS.  I would suspect the same is true for ldap.  What happens is that
even though I have the generic user account existing in NIS, when
installing osiris it doesn't see it and tries to create the account in
the local files.  This should probably have better checking.

Otherwise, we're quite pleased with this.  It is very simple and does
what we need. Thanks.

-- 
David M. Fetter - UNIX Systems Administrator
Portland State University - www.oit.pdx.edu
"Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible."
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