Subject: Re: Can't make rpm-2.5.4
To: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/27/1999 13:28:14
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> This sort of thing is a common sort of user-error with pkgsrc.
>
> patch-ab (as well as patch-ac, patch-ae, and patch-af) were deleted a
> while ago.
>
> By default, sup does not delete files which have been deleted from the
> sup server; you need the -o flag to enable local deletion of dead
> files..
The sample sup files in /usr/share/examples/supfiles/ have
delete enabled - you may want to check the sup notes on:
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html#setting_up_pkgsrc
(Additions/changes welcomed :)
David/absolute
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