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[Matthew Saltzman]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Monday 04 December 2006 07:51, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>>> Now what the heck do I do?
>>
>> Usually, you delete /var/lib/rpm/__db.* and then rpm --rebuilddb.
>
> Just did that, and now the rebuild is actually running, eating
> considerable amounts of cpu.  Now its done, and there are NO __db.00x
> files.  But yumex seems to be running ok.
>
> Back to the original quest, to get jdk1_5_10 installed, I now have the
> non-rpm'd version unpacked in /usr/src, but I'm not seeing any
> installation instructions so I need assistance with this.
>
> I believe it was my trying to install their rpm package, which was packed
> with rpm-4.0.4, and which caused rpm-4.4.3 to segfault & exit, is what
> hosed my database in the first place.  Is this a known gotcha with
> rpm-4.4.3?

Not sure.

>
>>>> So now I'm back to get the other package to see what falls out of the
>>>> regular linux.bin file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok, that unpacked, now where can I find a .spec file so that I can
>>>> pack it with the newer rpm & then install it?  Or is that not the
>>>> correct procedure now?
>
> I'd like to do this, so its a valid part of the rpm database, can I get
> the .spec file somewhere?  Or, maybe even better, get it in the right
> format from the OpenJava site, but the propaganda all reads like its
> source only & doesn't seem to say if it will build with the current gcc.

As I (sort of) pointed out in another post, the best bet is the NOSRC rpms 
for Sun Java from jpackage.org.  You grab the .nosrc.rpm from jpackage and 
the .bin installer from Sun and follow the instructions on the jpackage 
site.

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 		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs