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  • From: "Christian Oyarzun" <oyarzun AT wilmington.net>
  • To: "TDS Development Group" <freetds AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Packaging FreeTDS for Debian
  • Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 07:59:53 -0500



> Thanks, this nearly seemed to get there up until I ran rpm -ba .. etc
> openldap one it's last couple of lines were:
>
> + mv -f /tmp/slurpd.8 /tmp/openldap-1.2.7-root/usr/man/man8/slurpd.8
> + chmod og-rwx /tmp/openldap-1.2.7-root/etc/ldap/slapd.conf
> chmod: /tmp/openldap-1.2.7-root/etc/ldap/slapd.conf: No such file or
directory
> Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.55547 (%install)

I'm not sure why the make install is not copying over the slapd.conf... Did
it copy it to /etc/ldap by chance?



>
> and then mysql is ok but php4 ends with:
>
> + tar xfy /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gd-1.7.3.tar.bz2 -C
/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/php-4.0b3
> tar: invalid option -- y
> Try `tar --help' for more information.
> Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89201 (%prep)

They -y option is to use bzip2 commpression. In RH 6.1 I think that option
is -I instead.

>
> quite soon after starting.
>
>
> Christian Oyarzun wrote:
>
> > You will have to rebuild the rpms. You can either do a rpm --rebuild
filename.rpm or install first
> > rpm -ivh filename.rpm then cd to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS and do a
rpm -ba --clean --rmsource
> > filename.spec. You would need to build and install the apache first.
Then you would need to build
> > and install the libraries (freetds,iodbc,pdflib,openldap,mysql). If you
don't need/want some of
> > these you can edit the mod_php spec file to not compile that
functionality. --CO
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Francis Smit
> > To: TDS Development Group
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:52 PM
> > Subject: [freetds] Re: Packaging FreeTDS for Debian
> > Ummm how do I use these they are source, do I need
> > special parameters in the con figure's.
> > I basically want to set php up with ODBC (and pretty
> > much everything else) Loaded and working.
> > But I lack the know how, sorry to be a bother,
> > and thanks for the help
> >
> > Christian Oyarzun wrote:
> >
> > > I just put my src rpms at http://staff.wilmington.net/oyarzun/rpms
I used a
> > > mandrake 6.1 machine, but the should work fine on RH 6.1. I've
used the
> > > freetds support to connect to a MSSQL 7
> > > server to do simple queries. It works fine except for small money
give the
> > > dollar amount correct,
> > > but not the cents. I would guess it has something to do with the
php code
> > > since it works fine
> > > with sqsh and DBD::Sybase. I've messed around the php code to see
if I could
> > > fix it, but have
> > > yet to find a solution.
> > >
> > > --CO
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Francis Smit" <francis AT oztel.com>
> > > To: "TDS Development Group" <freetds AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 7:24 PM
> > > Subject: [freetds] Re: Packaging FreeTDS for Debian
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I've tried on and off to get freeTDS to run in PHP
> > > > connecting to a MSSQL Server 7.0 DB, and failed,
> > > > is there a rpm available?
> > > > If not could could some one tell me exact ./configure
> > > > command lines that have worked?, I'm building PHP4.0b3
> > > > as an apache module on Red Hat Linux 6.1.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help.
> > > >
> > > > p.s. I did once get it to work going to a sybase db
> > > > across the web, but I need to hook up to a NT server
> > > > with MSSQL server, also am I only supposed to put
> > > > software on the linux box, or is there something I need to
> > > > do on the NT end as well??
> > > >
> > > > Andreas Tille wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > when I announced to build a Debian-Package from FreeTDS-JDBC I
was
> > > > > asked to do it with FreeTDS as well. No I'll possibly use it
> > > > > myself and I'm considering to package it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now I have some questions:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) What is the purpose of the file
> > > > >
> > > > > /usr/interfaces
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried to check the sources but didn't found a place,
where it
> > > > > is really needed.
> > > > > The reason for this is that it conflicts with the Debian
policy
> > > > > for placing files. If it is really needed it should go
anywhere
> > > > > under /usr/share (because it is a plain ASCII-file and so
it
> > > > > is architecture independent). I'd like to suggest to place
it
> > > > > in
> > > > > /usr/share/freetds/interfaces
> > > > > and I'd like to know, if this change would require any
changes to
> > > > > the source.
> > > > > May be you could think about such kind of location for your
> > > > > distribution or you could make the location configurable at
> > > > > compile time.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) *How* usable is the ODBC driver. While reading the README
file,
> > > > > I wonder if this should/could go into a Debian package.
However,
> > > > > ODBC would be the real clue in the FreeTDS package.
> > > > >
> > > > > 3) I was not able to run the samples from the samples
dircetory.
> > > > > It would be really helpfull for me if someone could give me
a
> > > > > hint, what to fill into the connection data. I run
FreeTDS-JDBC
> > > > > successfully and perhaps somebody could tell me what I have
to
> > > > > write in the configuration section of the three examples,
if
> > > > > I could successfully access my database with the following
> > > > > JDBC-connection:
> > > > >
> > > > > Class.forName("com.internetcds.jdbc.tds.Driver");
> > > > > Class.forName("com.internetcds.jdbc.tds.SybaseDriver");
> > > > >
> > > > > String url = "jdbc:freetds://sql03/db";
> > > > > String user = "TestUser" ;
> > > > > String password = "password";
> > > > >
> > > > > Connection cx = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user,
> > > password);
> > > > >
> > > > > I have certain problems with the items I have to fill in
the
> > > > > C files.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kind regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Andreas.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Grisly . oo
> > > > `oO
> > > > Francis Smit
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Knowledge By Design/OzTel
> > > > Suite 201, 683 George st
> > > > Sydney 2000 NSW
> > > >
> > > > mailto:francis AT kbd.com.au
> > > >
> > > > Tel: +61 2 9212 1399
> > > > Fax: +61 2 9212 5727
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> > Francis Smit
> >
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> >
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> Francis Smit
>
>
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> Sydney 2000 NSW
>
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>
> Tel: +61 2 9212 1399
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