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Re: [pS-dev] RPMs - exist 1.1.1 problem


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  • From: Jason Zurawski <>
  • To: Maciej Glowiak <>
  • Cc: Perfsonar Development <>
  • Subject: Re: [pS-dev] RPMs - exist 1.1.1 problem
  • Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:23:42 -0500
  • Openpgp: id=B94D59A6; url=http://people.internet2.edu/~zurawski/key.txt
  • Organization: Internet2

Maciej;

> But installing exist db 1.1.1 I am getting error:
>
> =========================================================
> mac@reed:/home/perfsonar$
> sudo rpm -i --nodeps --force
> perfsonar-exist-1.1.1-1.i386.rpm
> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.10624: 7: Syntax error: Bad substitution
> =========================================================
>
> Have anyone had the same problem or there is something specific to my
> machine?

Just a guess, but I have had issues like this when /bin/sh is really
just a sym link to something else such as bash. There may a command
that sh should be able to interpret but the substitute shell handles
differently.

-jason



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