<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.17098" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=181381709-06072011>Dear list,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=181381709-06072011> I submitted a Bugzilla report on our issue with the latest perl update [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717565] but RedHat have responded with</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=181381709-06072011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>"</FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for<BR>inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.<BR>Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated<BR>in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to<BR>address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to<BR>ask your support representative to propose this request, if<BR>appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat<BR>Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an<BR>exception in the current release, please ask your support<BR>representative."</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=bz_comment_text dir=ltr><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=bz_comment_text dir=ltr><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Is this par for the course? The perl package is trying to chown folders in /usr/local which I don't think it should be touching, and this is stopping installation on any machines that don't have root rw access to /usr/local/. Is this not a bug? </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=bz_comment_text dir=ltr><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=bz_comment_text dir=ltr><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>[I know I can allow root rw access, apply the patches and remove rw access but that isn't the point.]</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>We have an Academic subscription so don't have a support representative. Is there anything else I can do? It looks like this relatively simple installer bug is never going to be fixed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>I'm a bit disappointed with the RedHat response.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=181381709-06072011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>iain</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR><BR>Iain Morrison<BR>IT Manager<BR>MRC Epidemiology Unit<BR>Institute of Metabolic Science<BR>Box 285<BR>Addenbrooke's Hospital<BR>Hills Road<BR>Cambridge<BR>CB2 0QQ<BR>Tel 01223 769200<BR></FONT></P> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>