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RPM – Fixing ‘Ancient’ Source Rebuilds..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 12, 2015 by RGFebruary 12, 2015

I had occasion to install an ancient GTK+ app, recently, and had to use # rpmbuild –rebuild xxxxx.src.rpm to (re)create some old RPMs from source.. I got the following error: /home/rgadsdon/rpmbuild/BUILD/php_gtk-1.0.2/main/php_gtk_object.c: In function ‘php_gtk_args_from_hash’: /home/rgadsdon/rpmbuild/BUILD/php_gtk-1.0.2/main/php_gtk_object.c:410:4: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security] php_error(E_WARNING, buf); ^ So, I needed to remove the –Werror=format-security parameter … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, Opinion | Tagged -Werror=format-security, fix, gtk+, rpm, rpmbuild fail, success | Leave a reply

Dreamplug and Yum – Still Problems, after all these Years..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 18, 2013 by RGMarch 18, 2013

Ever since first running yum on the Dreamplug, over a year ago, I have had intermittent problems with yum/rpm ‘hanging’ for no apparent reason.    There were no errors reported, and – for a time – everything just seemed to work OK.. Now I have just attempted to do an install of xfce4 on the system, with approximately … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Dreamplug, Fedora | Tagged arm, clean up duplicates, db errors, dreamplug, fedora 18, remove unfinished transactions, rpm, workaround, yum hang | Leave a reply

Turbo-Pi? – Not so Fast, Now…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 20, 2012 by RGSeptember 20, 2012

Well, the ‘Turbo’ Pi overclocking might be great for playing games (Quake 3, anyone?) but regular apps don’t like it. After applying the Turbo 1GHz overclock, I immediately had problems with yum / rpm segfaulting when run, so reverted to the standard 700MHz again, and all is well..     Maybe a little less overclock, might be more stable? … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., Hacks, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance, Raspberry Pi | Tagged 1ghz, overclock, raspberry pi, rpm, segfault, turbo, yum | 1 Reply

Fedora 17 on the Pi!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 22, 2012 by RGApril 22, 2012

After applying the SD Card disk formatting and ‘optimisation’ mentioned previously, I decided to attempt to bring the version of Fedora (14) up to date.. The Fedora 17 Pi ‘respin’ is due sometime in May, but I decided – based on my experiences with Fedora 17 on the Dreamplug – to try to ‘hack’ F17 from the … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged fedora 17, hack, raspberry pi, rpm, testing, update, yum | Leave a reply

Another Essential Kernel Config..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 15, 2012 by RGApril 15, 2012

Another kernel configuration option that used to be just that – optional – but is now essential for ‘newer’ Fedora systems.. If you see Error unpacking rpm package glibc-common-n.n-nn.xxxx error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/libexec/pt_chown: cpio: cap_set_file On some yum/rpm updates (with httpd, as well) this can cause the actual update to fail, but yum/rpm … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, kernel | Tagged cap_set_file, compile, fail, fedora, kernel, rpm, update, yum | Leave a reply
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