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  • From: Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT scarlet.be>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] libcap $KVER?
  • Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:09:27 +0200

On Saturday 18 August 2007 15:43:14 Juuso Alasuutari wrote:
> On Friday 17 August 2007 16:22:40 Juuso Alasuutari wrote:
> > I've had libcap 1.97 fail on I think 3 boxes so far already, but on one
> > it succeeded. The reason seems to be that libcap's SOURCE_URL uses a
> > variable called KVER containing the major kernel version.
> >
> > On my other machines `gaze source_urls libcap`
> > yields
> > "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-/libcap
> >-1 .97.tar.bz2", but on the one box that succesfully compiled libcap I get
> > "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.6/lib
> >ca p-1.97.tar.bz2". So where is gaze pulling it from?
>
> Ookay I see it. I don't know _why_ I didn't see this line at the beginning
> of libcap DETAILS yesterday, maybe I was too tired. But:
>
> SPELL=libcap
> KVER=$(installed_version linux | cut -c-3)
> if [[ $KVER == 2.4 ]];then
> VERSION=1.10
> else
> VERSION=1.97
> fi
> SOURCE=$SPELL-$VERSION.tar.bz2
> SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION
>
> SOURCE_URL[0]=http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/ker
>nel-${KVER}/$SOURCE
>
> As you see, that will fail if the linux spell isn't installed.
> installed_version should be replaced with get_kernel_version.

fixed

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Regards, Treeve

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