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Re: Problem with Genhdlist
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Bohn)
Thu Dec 3 18:01:35 1998
From: "Eric Bohn" <ebohn@apci.net>
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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 13:33:27 -0600
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Matt, didn't you do a mini-HOWTO on this subject recently? If so could you
please post the URL? Thanks,
- Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Housh <jaeger@morpheus.net>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: Problem with Genhdlist
>> I am trying to run a new genhdlist so I can include the upgraded rpms
>> from the update redhat site. I can make a good cdrom with the normal
>> files but the genhdlist crashes with a segment fault when I try to
>> generate the new list.
>
> I had the same problem when the distribution was downloaded
>without retaining the correct file permissions. You might check the
>ownership and permissions of the files in a pristine distribution (such as
>redhat's, naturally :)) against the ones you've downloaded. If you have
>trouble downloading them with the correct perms, try tarring the directory
>when you retrieve it from the server... Once I re-downloaded the dist,
>this problem never occurred again, and I've been using the resulting CDs
>with no trouble.
>
>Matt
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Matt Housh email: mhoush@utulsa.edu
>Microcomputer Specialist The University of Tulsa
>Engineering and Natural Sciences
>
> "Preserving the right to arm bears..."
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