From owner-freebsd-emulation Mon Dec 21 02:00:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA01067 for freebsd-emulation-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 02:00:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.36.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA01055 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 02:00:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from bragg (bragg [129.127.36.34]) by adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/UofA-1.5) with SMTP id UAA26186; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 20:30:07 +1030 (CST) Received: from localhost by bragg; (5.65/1.1.8.2/05Aug95-0227PM) id AA11121; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 20:30:07 +1030 Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 20:30:07 +1030 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway X-Sender: kkennawa@bragg To: Mike Smith Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux RPM on FreeBSD, anyone doing this? In-Reply-To: <199812210830.AAA50630@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > I'm struggling with the IBM DB2 installer at the moment; they're > wholesale sold on the RPM thing, which isn't necessarily a bad idea, > however it means amongst other things that you need a functional rpm on > your system, as well as a pile of RPMs installed (including some of the > base system ones). > > The rpm binary from RedHat's 5.2 release segfaults on exit, > unfortunately, which upsets the installer no end... > > Any suggestions? /usr/ports/misc/rpm? I've only ever used this to install one RPM package, but it seemed to work. Or am I missing the point? Kris ----- (ASP) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) announced today that the release of its productivity suite, Office 2000, will be delayed until the first quarter of 1901. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message