Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC-4.4.1rc1 Build Error

[Robert H. <rih...@gm...>]

On 12/26/25 8:01 AM, jbk wrote:
> On 12/21/25 9:22 AM, G.W. Haywood wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> On Sun, 21 Dec 2025, jbk wrote:
>>
>>> With BackkupPC-XS-0.63rc1 installed building BackupPC-4.4.1rc1
>>> stalls at this point in the build process:
>>>
>>> ...
>>> + cd BackupPC-4.4.1rc1
>>> + /usr/bin/perl configure.pl --batch --backuppc-user=backuppc ...
>>> ...
>>> ... --no-set-perms --uid-ignore
>>> You need to run makeDist first to create a tarball release that
>>> includes an updated configure.pl.? After you unpack the tarball,
>>> run configure.pl from there.
>>> ...
>>> So the answer is there but I'm not sure how to fix.
>>
>> The Perl script makeDist has some documentation at the top which might
>> help you.  ...........
> ..................
>> I believe you're trying to create a Red Hat RPM.  It's decades since I
>> used a Red Hat system so I'm not sure what's necessary to create a RPM
>> package from the BackupPC source.  I'd like to refresh myself but just
>> now I can't spare the time as I'm up to my ears in rsync-bpc. I'll be
>> happy to make any changes in the BackupPC repository in Github if it's
>> found to be necessary to support the creation of a particular package.
>>
>> Richard (see the thread 'BackupPC-XS 0.63 RC1 test failure') is the
>> person who will probably know best.  ........
> Ged,
> Correct, I am trying to build within the distro packaging system.
> I did get further on the BackupPC-4.4.1rc1 build but I am now choking 
> on a new dependency "perl-SCGI" that does not exist in the RH and 
> derivatives src.rpm system.
> I've copied Richard on this so If he progresses to this point, and I 
> don't expect him to in the near future, he might share some 
> advancement with me.
> I did find a source rpm from an obscure distro "alt linux" but it's 
> spec is incompatible with RH.
> I do appreciate your efforts to advance the code.
>
> I am curious as to why perl-SCGI is being introduced into the code 
> base now as it was avoided in prior releases of BackupPC. It hasn't 
> been advanced since 2006. I'm assuming some of the SCGI functionality 
> was written into the base BackupPC code and is now being separated.
>
If you look at the GIT history you will see that perl-SGCI has been in 
the code since at least May 16, 2016 so it is not new. It is used by  
the module  "backuppc/bin  /BackupPC_Admin_SCGI"

In Mageia, SUSE and Fedora perl-SCGI is packaged as perl-CGI-Simple. As 
RedHat is now behind a paywall I do not have access to their list of 
packages.but it may have  the package perl-CGI-Simple.

In Debian it is packaged as libcgi-simple-perl.

Just because some code is old does not mean it is of no value.

R.H.