Re: xorg-x11-twm error cannot rewrite files

[Jason Dravet]

> Something else is causing this problem, because twm does not have any
> rpm scriptlets.  The only thing in xorg-x11 packaging that has
> 'groupdel', is a very old script line in xfs scripts, which has been
> commented out forever, but left there for documentive purposes.
>
> Something else you were installing at the same time must have invoked
> groupdel. 
Thank you for the response.  I am not sure what package caused the message 
other than the fact the error messages occurred after yum printed the 
cleanup statement for xorg-11-twm.  I looked in my /var/log/yum.log file and 
these are some of the packages that yum installed immediately before 
xorg-x11-twm.

Nov 11 09:43:33 Updated: openldap-clients.i386 2.3.11-2
Nov 11 09:43:34 Updated: krb5-auth-dialog.i386 0.5-1
Nov 11 09:43:35 Updated: cyrus-sasl-plain.i386 2.1.21-6
Nov 11 09:43:36 Updated: cyrus-sasl-md5.i386 2.1.21-6
Nov 11 09:43:37 Updated: gnome-python2-gtkhtml2.i386 2.12.1-6
Nov 11 09:43:38 Updated: gnome-python2-bonobo.i386 2.12.1-1
Nov 11 09:43:39 Updated: gnome-python2-canvas.i386 2.12.1-1

Should I put in a RFE for yum to add the ability to track package 
installs/removals/updates/cleanups and any associated error messages so if 
yum does encounter an error we can be 100% sure what package caused said 
error?

Thanks,
Jason

lndir and modular x, could this be a seperate package?

[Paul Wouters]

Hi,

I am using the very useful tool "lndir" regularly in much the same way
as the new hardlink package is used (though I am not sure if hardlinks
can fully replace lndir, since I have managed to wipe out my trees
in /usr/src/kernels by just adding/removing kernel packages, but that
is another issue).

I would like lndir to be installable without pulling in a lot of X,
since it has no X windows dependancy at all. It just happened to come
with X:

[root@uml ~]# rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/bin/lndir
xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2

In fact, I am not even sure why X requires lndir :)

Paul

lndir and modular x, could this be a seperate package?

[Mike A. Harris]

Paul Wouters wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I am using the very useful tool "lndir" regularly in much the same way
>  as the new hardlink package is used (though I am not sure if hardlinks
>  can fully replace lndir, since I have managed to wipe out my trees
>  in /usr/src/kernels by just adding/removing kernel packages, but that
>  is another issue). 
The "lndir" and "hardlinks" tools serve completely different
purposes.
They are not interchangeable, nor intended to be.

>  I would like lndir to be installable without pulling in a lot of X,
>  since it has no X windows dependancy at all. It just happened to come
>  with X:
>  
>  [root@uml ~]# rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/bin/lndir
>  xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 
lndir is used by X developers during development.  It may or may not
be used during the monolithic build of X as well.  It's a utility
that probably should be in GNU coreutils IMHO, but isn't.

X11R7 currently does not contain lndir.  I'm not sure if there are
plans to keep it for X11R7 final release or not.

>  In fact, I am not even sure why X requires lndir :) 
To the best of my knowledge, it doesn't.  xorg(a)lists.freedesktop.org
would probably be the best place to ask about lndir though. ;)

lndir and modular x, could this be a seperate package?

[Brian Gerst]

Paul Wouters wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I am using the very useful tool "lndir" regularly in much the same way
>  as the new hardlink package is used (though I am not sure if hardlinks
>  can fully replace lndir, since I have managed to wipe out my trees
>  in /usr/src/kernels by just adding/removing kernel packages, but that
>  is another issue).
>  
>  I would like lndir to be installable without pulling in a lot of X,
>  since it has no X windows dependancy at all. It just happened to come
>  with X:
>  
>  [root@uml ~]# rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/bin/lndir
>  xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2
>  
>  In fact, I am not even sure why X requires lndir :)
>  
>  Paul
>   
cp -rs should do the same thing as lndir.

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				Brian Gerst