On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 01:01 +0500, Asrai khn wrote: > Hi am trying to build postfix-2.3.3-2.src.rpm with Mysql support on > FC6 but each time it fails and during build process it gives millions > of lines scrolling ... > > (..) > postsuper.c:112:1: warning: "/*" within comment > postsuper.c:113:1: warning: "/*" within comment > postsuper.c:114:1: warning: "/*" within comment > postsuper.c:115:1: warning: "/*" within comment > postsuper.c:116:1: warning: "/*" within comment > postsuper.c:117:1: warning: "/*" within comment > (..) > These are just warnings and are harmless - it's just the way Wietse (Postfix's author) uses comments in the code. > And in end it exit with error .. > > + exit 1 > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.651 (%install) > > > RPM build errors: > Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.651 (%install) > > I have tried to build it on two different hosts but faced with same > problem. > > Any idea please ? > The problem isn't with Postfix itself, just part of the specfile that uses "ed" to manipulate the "postfix-files" file (which contains the file list + ownership and permissions for Postfix core files, used in turn by the "postfix check" command) to suit Fedora's alternatives setup. It seems the version of ed supplied in FC6 updates ( 0.3, not the original ed 0.2 package in core) I worked around this by forcing "ed = 0.2" in the spec file's BuildRequires line and rebuilt. Someone with better knowledge of ed's internals or usage may have a better fix, but if you're reading this message it works ;-) > Thanks. No problem :-) Michael. -- Michael Fleming <mfleming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in Brisbane, Australia "Be master of your mind, not mastered by mind"
