[tbox-l] Installing rsync-2.5.4-3 fails with libpopt.a dependancy

[Pierre H. <pi...@ca...>]

Hello...

I'm trying to install the latest rsync package on a AIX 5.1 system:

root@pierreh(/tempspace)$ rpm -Uvh rsync-2.5.4-3.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
        libpopt.a(libpopt.so.0) is needed by rsync-2.5.4-3

and yet:

root@pierreh(/tempspace)$ ls -l /opt/freeware/lib/*pop*
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Jun 22 14:35 
/opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so -> libpopt.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Jun 22 14:35 
/opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so.0 -> libpopt.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     system        53386 Sep 08 2003 
/opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           11 Jun 22 14:35 
/opt/freeware/lib/rpmpopt -> rpm/rpmpopt

After some digging, it looks like the libraries are delivered in rpm.rte. 
I'm running with 3.0.5.36.

Am I missing something here? Is it simply a matter of a missing link 
between libpopt.a and libpopt.so.0? I noticed that this doesn't occur with 
rsync-2.5.4-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm, but happens with 
rsync-2.5.4-?.aix5.1.ppc.rpm.

Thanks in advance,

Pierre


Pierre Hildebrand B.Eng                                       514-938-6144
Technical Sales Specialist - pSeries e-servers
IBM Canada Ltd.
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