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[Refdb-users] Toward a Working Reference Database

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

   I'm working here with the -pre7 version. Postgres reports that the
correctly populated refdb exists, and an empty references database (which I
unimaginatively named 'scirefs') also exists. Having been suitably chastised
by Markus for not following the handbook sufficiently far in my last attempt,
I'm doing so now.

   Page 51: Section 5.5 (Add, edit, or delete bibliographic styles). Currently
there are:

refdba: liststyle
Eur.J.Pharmacol.
J.Biol.Chem.
bibtex-abbrev
bibtex-full
999:4 retrieved:0 failed
refdba:

and the manual tells me to use 'addstyle' for more. Where are these located
and described? The above are what I find in
                      /usr/local/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/styles
so I assume that there are more somewhere on my system. The note on that page
tells me to 'grep STYLENAME', but not where to do so.

Thanks,

Rich

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[Refdb-users] main database is too old or corrupt

[<J.I...@uv...>]

Hi.

My name is Ignasi. I am new here. I'd like to be a new user of refdb. I
have installed it in my box. The OS is Ubuntu 6.0.6., and the database
engine will be sqlite. The "main database is too old or corrupt" error
appears each time I type "viewstat" (or any other command) in the refdba
prompt. I know you have been discussing about that error, and it seems
that Dan O'Donell could solve the problem by changing the default
database and user name in the config files. It didn'n work for me. I'm
sorry to ask for help about that error again. I would be grateful if
someone could help me. I'm not skilled in programming, and I have no
idea where the problem can be. Anyway, here you are some details about
the installation process I followed:

- I got libdbi0, libdbi-dev and libdbi-sqlite (sqlite drivers for
libdbi) packages with the "synaptic" package manager, and I built from
sources all other libraries and perl modules.

- I used the following configuration options: ./configure
--with-docbook-xsl=3D/usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/xsl/nwalsh
--with-tei-xsl=3D/usr/local/lib/sgml/stylesheet/xsl
--with-db-server=3Dsqlite --with-refdb-url=3Dfile:///refdb

- As I don't know which directory should contain the HTML files, I
specified that simple URL direction (file:///refdb), that my browser may
understand. I'm not sure if it is correct.

- I made a copy of each example configuration file in the default
directory and I customized them.

- I created the database successfully and run refdbd and refdba without
problems. And then the error appeared.

Thank you very much.=20

Ignasi

Re: [Refdb-users] make error

[<ste...@jo...>]

Daniel O'Donnell a =C3=A9crit :
> Since we are testing the pre-build and instructions (and since I was th=
e
> dummy that caused the need for the new way of doing the examples), I'll
> pass this on, though I'm sure the problem is with me:
>=20
> When I try the make after ./configure, I get the following error (I'm
> assuming this is where things go wrong; I'll append the full results at
> the end):
>=20

I'm not completely sure, but try doing a make distclean before=20
compliling, it seems you have a mixed previous compilation/newer...

St=C3=A9phane

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tch.org
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Re: [Refdb-users] make error

[<ste...@jo...>]

Daniel O'Donnell a =E9crit :
> On Wed, 2006-14-06 at 17:31 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
>=20
>>On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Daniel O'Donnell wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Since we are testing the pre-build and instructions (and since I was t=
he
>>>dummy that caused the need for the new way of doing the examples), I'l=
l
>>>pass this on, though I'm sure the problem is with me:
>>>
>>>When I try the make after ./configure, I get the following error (I'm
>>>assuming this is where things go wrong; I'll append the full results a=
t
>>>the end):
>>
>>Dan,
>>
>>   No problems here with gcc-3.3.6 on a Slackware-10.2 box.
>>
>>   I used to see build errors like that when I ran Red Hat; that's one =
of the
>>reasons I switched several years ago. No more dependencies hell that wo=
uld
>>take a day to resolve.
>=20
>=20
> And here I am using wonderful Ubuntu 6.06 which is supposed to solve it
> all!
>=20
> -d
>=20
>=20
>>Rich
>>

There's not build problem also on Mandriva ;-)

Markus, that's nice, you've got a large panel of testers ;-)

St=E9phane

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r/mig
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Re: [Refdb-users] make error

[Daniel O'D. <dan...@ul...>]

On Wed, 2006-14-06 at 17:31 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Daniel O'Donnell wrote:
> 
> > Since we are testing the pre-build and instructions (and since I was the
> > dummy that caused the need for the new way of doing the examples), I'll
> > pass this on, though I'm sure the problem is with me:
> >
> > When I try the make after ./configure, I get the following error (I'm
> > assuming this is where things go wrong; I'll append the full results at
> > the end):
> 
> Dan,
> 
>    No problems here with gcc-3.3.6 on a Slackware-10.2 box.
> 
>    I used to see build errors like that when I ran Red Hat; that's one of the
> reasons I switched several years ago. No more dependencies hell that would
> take a day to resolve.

And here I am using wonderful Ubuntu 6.06 which is supposed to solve it
all!

-d

> 
> Rich
> 
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Re: [Refdb-users] make error

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Daniel O'Donnell wrote:

> Since we are testing the pre-build and instructions (and since I was the
> dummy that caused the need for the new way of doing the examples), I'll
> pass this on, though I'm sure the problem is with me:
>
> When I try the make after ./configure, I get the following error (I'm
> assuming this is where things go wrong; I'll append the full results at
> the end):

Dan,

   No problems here with gcc-3.3.6 on a Slackware-10.2 box.

   I used to see build errors like that when I ran Red Hat; that's one of the
reasons I switched several years ago. No more dependencies hell that would
take a day to resolve.

Rich

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[Refdb-users] make error

[Daniel O'D. <dan...@ul...>]

Since we are testing the pre-build and instructions (and since I was the
dummy that caused the need for the new way of doing the examples), I'll
pass this on, though I'm sure the problem is with me:

When I try the make after ./configure, I get the following error (I'm
assuming this is where things go wrong; I'll append the full results at
the end):

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/src'
if gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=3D\=
"\"
-DPACKAGE_STRING=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE=3D\"refdb\"
-DVERSION=3D\"0.9.7-pre7\" -D_GNU_SOURCE=3D1 -DREADLINE42=3D1 -DHAVE_ICONV=
=3D1
-DSTDC_HEADERS=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=3D1
-DHAVE_STDLIB_H=3D1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=3D1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=3D1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_=
H=3D1
-DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=3D1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=3D1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=3D1
-DHAVE_SOCKLEN_T=3D1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=3D1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=3D1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=
=3D1
-DHAVE_SYS_FILE_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=3D1
-DHAVE_SYSLOG_H=3D1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=3D1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=3D1
-DRETSIGTYPE=3Dvoid -DHAVE_STRFTIME=3D1 -DHAVE_MKFIFO=3D1 -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAM=
E=3D1
-DHAVE_SELECT=3D1 -DHAVE_SOCKET=3D1 -DHAVE_STRCSPN=3D1 -DHAVE_STRSTR=3D1
-DHAVE_STRTOLL=3D1 -DHAVE_ATOLL=3D1  -I. -I.  -DSYSCONFDIR=3D\"/etc/refdb\"
-DULLSPEC=3D\"%llu\"   -I/usr/lib -MT refdbdref.o -MD -MP -MF
".deps/refdbdref.Tpo" -c -o refdbdref.o refdbdref.c; \
        then mv -f ".deps/refdbdref.Tpo" ".deps/refdbdref.Po"; else rm
-f ".deps/refdbdref.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
refdbdref.c: In function =E2=80=98read_ris_data=E2=80=99:
refdbdref.c:667: warning: passing argument 2 of =E2=80=98iconv=E2=80=99 fro=
m
incompatible pointer type
refdbdref.c: In function =E2=80=98is_journal=E2=80=99:
refdbdref.c:2370: error: =E2=80=98DBI_ROW_ERROR=E2=80=99 undeclared (first =
use in this
function)refdbdref.c:2370: error: (Each undeclared identifier is
reported only once
refdbdref.c:2370: error: for each function it appears in.)
refdbdref.c: In function =E2=80=98getref=E2=80=99:
refdbdref.c:4592: warning: passing argument 2 of =E2=80=98iconv=E2=80=99 fr=
om
incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [refdbdref.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/src'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1


My ./config options were:

 CFLAGS=3D"-I/usr/lib" ./configure --sysconfdir=3D/etc
--with-refdb-url=3Dhttp://refdb.kakelbont.homelinux.net/refdb

iconv shows up fine in the output of ./config

-d

(complete ./config and make outputs):


> root@caedmon:/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7# CFLAGS=3D"-I/usr/lib" =
./configure --sysconfdir=3D/etc --with-refdb-url=3Dhttp://refdb.kakelbont.h=
omelinux.net/refdbchecking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... no
> checking for mawk... mawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
> checking for openjade... no
> checking for jade... no
> checking for bash... /bin/bash
> checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
> checking for xsltproc... /usr/bin/xsltproc
> checking for xmlcatalog... /usr/bin/xmlcatalog
> checking for dtdparse... no
> checking for dtdformat... no
> checking for sgrep... no
> checking for tidy... no
> checking for batik-rasterizer... no
> checking for tputs in -ltermcap... yes
> checking for readline in -lreadline... yes
> checking for libreadline version... new
> checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
> checking for shared library run path origin... /bin/sh: ./conf/config.rpa=
th: No such file or directory
> done
> checking for iconv... yes
> checking for library containing dlopen... -ldl
> checking for library containing lt_dlopen... no
> checking for dbi_initialize in -ldbi... yes
> checking for library containing compress... no
> checking for library containing setsockopt... none required
> checking for library containing gethostbyname... none required
> checking for XML_ParserCreate in -lexpat... yes
> checking for bt_initialize in -lbtparse... yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for egrep... grep -E
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for string.h... yes
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for strings.h... yes
> checking for inttypes.h... yes
> checking for stdint.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking for socklen_t... yes
> checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
> checking fcntl.h usability... yes
> checking fcntl.h presence... yes
> checking for fcntl.h... yes
> checking limits.h usability... yes
> checking limits.h presence... yes
> checking for limits.h... yes
> checking sys/file.h usability... yes
> checking sys/file.h presence... yes
> checking for sys/file.h... yes
> checking sys/time.h usability... yes
> checking sys/time.h presence... yes
> checking for sys/time.h... yes
> checking sys/ioctl.h usability... yes
> checking sys/ioctl.h presence... yes
> checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes
> checking syslog.h usability... yes
> checking syslog.h presence... yes
> checking for syslog.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
> checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
> checking for pid_t... yes
> checking for size_t... yes
> checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
> checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h
> checking return type of signal handlers... void
> checking for strftime... yes
> checking for working mkfifo... yes
> checking for gethostname... yes
> checking for select... yes
> checking for socket... yes
> checking for strcspn... yes
> checking for strstr... yes
> checking for strtoll... yes
> checking for atoll... yes
> checking for http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/fo/docboo=
k.xsl... no
> checking for XML file http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/=
fo/docbook.xsl... checking for /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/fo/=
docbook.xsl... yes
> XML file found
> checking for http://www.tei-c.org/Stylesheets/p4/fo/tei.xsl... no
> checking for XML file http://www.tei-c.org/Stylesheets/p4/fo/tei.xsl... c=
hecking for No entry for SYSTEM http://www.tei-c.org/Stylesheets/p4/fo/tei.=
xsl No entry for URI http://www.tei-c.org/Stylesheets/p4/fo/tei.xsl... no
> XML file not found
> checking for Perl version... 5.008007
> checking for Perl module RefDB::Prefs... RefDB::Prefs
> checking for Perl module XML::Parser... XML::Parser
> checking for Perl module MARC::Record... MARC::Record
> checking for Perl module MARC::Charset... MARC::Charset
> checking for Perl module Text::Iconv... Text::Iconv
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating src/Makefile
> config.status: creating scripts/Makefile
> config.status: creating etc/Makefile
> config.status: creating doc/Makefile
> config.status: creating dtd/Makefile
> config.status: creating declarations/Makefile
> config.status: creating examples/Makefile
> config.status: creating styles/Makefile
> config.status: creating phpweb/Makefile
> config.status: creating dsssl/Makefile
> config.status: creating dsssl/refdb/Makefile
> config.status: creating dsssl/refdb/html/Makefile
> config.status: creating dsssl/refdb/print/Makefile
> config.status: creating dsssl/refdb/lib/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/common-refdb/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/docbk-refdb-xsl/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-fo/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-html/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-xhtml/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-lib/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/tei-refdb-xsl/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/tei-refdb-xsl/tei-fo/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/tei-refdb-xsl/tei-html/Makefile
> config.status: creating xsl/refdb/tei-refdb-xsl/tei-lib/Makefile
> config.status: creating man/Makefile
> config.status: creating Makefile
> config.status: executing depfiles commands
>=20
> Please check the above output for missing Perl modules. It is safe
> to make and make install anyway, but some of the Perl scripts will
> fail to run if the required modules are not installed. Please consult
> the manual where to get the modules from.
>=20
> Your configuration:
> will build clients
> will build server
> will build docs
>=20
> What you should do next
> - run "make" to build RefDB.
> - run "make install" as root to install everything.
> - create the main database and the configuration files. Either run the
>   refdb-init.sh shell script as root, or peruse the handbook if you
>   prefer a manual installation.
>=20
> root@caedmon:/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7#
>=20



> Making all in declarations
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/declara=
tions'
> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/declarat=
ions'
> Making all in dsssl
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl'
> Making all in refdb
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/r=
efdb'
> Making all in html
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/r=
efdb/html'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/re=
fdb/html'
> Making all in lib
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/r=
efdb/lib'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/re=
fdb/lib'
> Making all in print
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/r=
efdb/print'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/re=
fdb/print'
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/r=
efdb'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/re=
fdb'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl/re=
fdb'
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dsssl'
> Making all in dtd
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dtd'
> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/dtd'
> Making all in styles
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/styles'
> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/styles'
> Making all in xsl
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl'
> Making all in refdb
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db'
> Making all in common-refdb
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/common-refdb'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/common-refdb'
> Making all in docbk-refdb-xsl
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/docbk-refdb-xsl'
> Making all in docbk-fo
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-fo'
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-fo'
> Making all in docbk-html
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-html'
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-html'
> Making all in docbk-xhtml
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-xhtml'
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-xhtml'
> Making all in docbk-lib
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-lib'
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/docbk-refdb-xsl/docbk-lib'
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/docbk-refdb-xsl'
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/docbk-refdb-xsl'
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/docbk-refdb-xsl'
> Making all in tei-refdb-xsl
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/tei-refdb-xsl'
> Making all in tei-fo
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/tei-refdb-xsl/tei-fo'
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/tei-refdb-xsl/tei-fo'
> Making all in tei-html
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/tei-refdb-xsl/tei-html'
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/tei-refdb-xsl/tei-html'
> Making all in tei-lib
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/tei-refdb-xsl/tei-lib'
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/tei-refdb-xsl/tei-lib'
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db/tei-refdb-xsl'
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/tei-refdb-xsl'
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b/tei-refdb-xsl'
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/ref=
db'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl/refd=
b'
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/xsl'
> Making all in etc
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/etc'
> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/etc'
> Making all in examples
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/example=
s'
> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/examples=
'
> Making all in scripts
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/scripts=
'
> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/scripts'
> Making all in src
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/src'
> make  all-am
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/src'
> if gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=
=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE=3D\"re=
fdb\" -DVERSION=3D\"0.9.7-pre7\" -D_GNU_SOURCE=3D1 -DREADLINE42=3D1 -DHAVE_=
ICONV=3D1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=3D1 -=
DHAVE_STDLIB_H=3D1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=3D1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=3D1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=
=3D1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=3D1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=3D1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=3D1 -DHAVE_S=
OCKLEN_T=3D1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=3D1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=3D1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=3D1 -DHA=
VE_SYS_FILE_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYSLO=
G_H=3D1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=3D1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=3D1 -DRETSIGTYPE=3Dvoid -D=
HAVE_STRFTIME=3D1 -DHAVE_MKFIFO=3D1 -DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME=3D1 -DHAVE_SELECT=3D=
1 -DHAVE_SOCKET=3D1 -DHAVE_STRCSPN=3D1 -DHAVE_STRSTR=3D1 -DHAVE_STRTOLL=3D1=
 -DHAVE_ATOLL=3D1  -I. -I.  -DSYSCONFDIR=3D\"/etc/refdb\" -DULLSPEC=3D\"%ll=
u\"   -I/usr/lib -MT refdbdref.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/refdbdref.Tpo" -c -o re=
fdbdref.o refdbdref.c; \
>         then mv -f ".deps/refdbdref.Tpo" ".deps/refdbdref.Po"; else rm -f=
 ".deps/refdbdref.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> refdbdref.c: In function =E2=80=98read_ris_data=E2=80=99:
> refdbdref.c:667: warning: passing argument 2 of =E2=80=98iconv=E2=80=99 f=
rom incompatible pointer type
> refdbdref.c: In function =E2=80=98is_journal=E2=80=99:
> refdbdref.c:2370: error: =E2=80=98DBI_ROW_ERROR=E2=80=99 undeclared (firs=
t use in this function)refdbdref.c:2370: error: (Each undeclared identifier=
 is reported only once
> refdbdref.c:2370: error: for each function it appears in.)
> refdbdref.c: In function =E2=80=98getref=E2=80=99:
> refdbdref.c:4592: warning: passing argument 2 of =E2=80=98iconv=E2=80=99 =
from incompatible pointer type
> make[2]: *** [refdbdref.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/src'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7/src'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> root@caedmon:/home/dan/downloads/refdb-0.9.7-pre7#
>=20

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Re: [Refdb-users] refdb-init.sh update

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Rich Shepard writes:
 >    It looked like it was working correctly all the way through. When the
 > script asked for the name of a reference database I entered 'scirefs.' At the
 > end of the script it apparently bombed:
 > 

This doesn't look like a user error. Could you send me some debug
info? Please check whether /var/log/refdbd.log contains something
useful, and maybe you can get hold of a PostgreSQL log file (or the
relevant entries in /var/log/messages) as well.

regards,
Markus

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Re: [Refdb-users] Call numbers in RIS/MARC/RefDB

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Hi Dan,

Daniel O'Donnell writes:
 > Is this what you mean?
 > 

Yes, this gave me a clue. I've added experimental support for the 050
and 082 fields to the marc2ris script. Currently the script puts the
050 subfields a and b into the AV field, separated by a space, and the
082 subfields a and 2 into the U1 field, separated by a space. Please
let me know if the output format is usable, or if I should do
something else (just concatenate w/o a space, use a different
separator, add other fields?).

Unless you build from the Subversion sources, use this link to
retrieve the updated script input file:

http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/refdb/refdb/trunk/scripts/marc2ris.in?view=markup&rev=36

(the previous line should be one link, concatenate it as needed)

Put the marc2ris.in file into the scripts subdirectory of your sources
and run make && make install.

regards,
Markus

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Re: [Refdb-users] refdb-init.sh update

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Rich Shepard wrote:

> ===
> Create scirefs as reference database
> 209:scirefs
> 999:0 created:1 failed
>
> ===
> Grant rshepard access to the reference database scirefs
> could not open main database

Markus,

   Cue the music for The Twilight Zone. Look at this:

[rshepard@salmo ~]$ psql -l
           List of databases
     Name     |   Owner    | Encoding 
-------------+------------+-----------
  aesi        | sql-ledger | LATIN1
  contacts    | rshepard   | SQL_ASCII
  eiabusiness | rshepard   | SQL_ASCII
  postgres    | postgres   | SQL_ASCII
  refdb       | postgres   | UTF8
  scirefs     | rshepard   | SQL_ASCII
  template0   | postgres   | SQL_ASCII
  template1   | postgres   | SQL_ASCII
  webcollab   | rshepard   | SQL_ASCII
(9 rows)

[rshepard@salmo ~]$ psql scirefs 
Welcome to psql 8.1.3, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
        \h for help with SQL commands
        \? for help with psql commands
        \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
        \q to quit

scirefs=#

   So, the database _was_ created and I can access it via PostgreSQL. Hmm-m-m.
The script lied to me.

   I have to make a bunch of telephone calls this afternoon, and I have a
meeting this evening, so it may be tomorrow before I configure the
appropriate clients in ~/.

Many thanks -- again,

Rich

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Re: [Refdb-users] refdb-init.sh update

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Markus Hoenicka wrote:

> Please find attached a fixed version of the script. As with the previous
> iteration, please copy it into the scripts subdir of your pre7 sources and
> run make && make install before testing.

Markus,

   It looked like it was working correctly all the way through. When the
script asked for the name of a reference database I entered 'scirefs.' At the
end of the script it apparently bombed:

===
Create scirefs as reference database
209:scirefs
999:0 created:1 failed

===
Grant rshepard access to the reference database scirefs
could not open main database

   User error on my part?

Thanks,

Rich

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Re: [Refdb-users] refdb-init.sh update

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Hi,

Rich Shepard writes:
 >    Extreme testing. As it is written, if it doesn't kill ya', it'll make ya'
 > stronger.
 > 

:->

 > > I'll post another update of the script tonight which fixes the sed problem.
 > > If you run as root then, the setup will hopefully work.
 > 

Please find attached a fixed version of the script. As with the
previous iteration, please copy it into the scripts subdir of your
pre7 sources and run make && make install before testing.

regards,
Markus

Re: [Refdb-users] refdb-init.sh update

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Markus Hoenicka wrote:

> I'm afraid the script won't work unless you're root. You need to create or
> modify files which are read-only for regular users.

Markus,

   I saw that coming. What I didn't see clearly was running refdb-init.sh as
root still created the postgres database owned by the postgres superuser.
That'll work.

> Rest assured that you have picked the most difficult combination to set up,

   Extreme testing. As it is written, if it doesn't kill ya', it'll make ya'
stronger.

> I'll post another update of the script tonight which fixes the sed problem.
> If you run as root then, the setup will hopefully work.

   Thank you very much.

Rich

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Re: [Refdb-users] refdb-init.sh update

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Rich Shepard <rsh...@ap...> was heard to say:

> sed: invalid option -- E

Oh dear. This is another BSDism. I'll have to rewrite this using the basic
regular expressions.

>    Running as a mere user, I have no write permissions to /usr/local/etc/.
> That's why refdbdrc could not be created. Root has such write permissions,
> but I don't want to create the working bibliographic database under root's
> account.
>

I'm afraid the script won't work unless you're root. You need to create or
modify files which are read-only for regular users. Regarding the root account,
there are two (almost) orthogonal concepts at work here. The first is your
authentication against the OS, the second is the authentication against the
database engine. Creating the database as OS user root does not mean that you
cannot access it from database engine user rich. RefDB will grant a regular
database engine user the appropriate permissions to work with the database. You
cannot delete a database as a regular database engine user though, that's why
you usually set up refdba to connect with the database engine superuser name.
The only link between the two concepts is that PostgreSQL can be set up to
allow connections to the database engine superuser only from a particular OS
login account. E.g. Debian uses this trick to enhance security. You have to su
postgres before you can connect as the database engine user postgres.

Rest assured that you have picked the most difficult combination to set up, but
I think we'll get this done eventually. I'll post another update of the script
tonight which fixes the sed problem. If you run as root then, the setup will
hopefully work.

regards,
Markus

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Re: [Refdb-users] refdb-init.sh update

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Markus Hoenicka wrote:

> I've fixed the bugs that Rich discovered and hope the script will now offer
> a smoother experience. I've appended the input file for your convenience.
> Copy it into the /scripts subdir of your pre7 sources and run make and make
> install before trying again.

Markus,

   So close ... but not fully there yet.

   Running /usr/local/bin/refdb-init.sh as a user (me), it ran well until the
last step (or two). I was asked several times for the postgres superuser's
password (which I dutifully entered each time), then saw this:

===
I've finished collecting all required information, and the checks look ok.
If you don't want to touch your existing installation, answer with 'n'.
Shall I proceed and set up RefDB [y/n]?
y
When asked for a password, provide the password used to log in as
the database superuser.
y - postgres!!!
Password: 
When asked for a password, provide the database superuser password
Password: 
DROP DATABASE
Could not remove existing main database
Password for user postgres: 
DROP ROLE
Could not remove existing database user group
Password: 
CREATE DATABASE
Password for user postgres: 
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "citstyle_id_seq" for
serial column "citstyle.id"
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
"citstyle_pkey" for table "citstyle"
CREATE TABLE
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "positions_id_seq" for
serial column "positions.id"
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
"positions_pkey" for table "positions"
CREATE TABLE
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "refstyle_id_seq" for
serial column "refstyle.id"
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
"refstyle_pkey" for table "refstyle"
CREATE TABLE
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "separators_id_seq" for
serial column "separators.id"
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
"separators_pkey" for table "separators"
CREATE TABLE
CREATE TABLE
INSERT 0 1
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
"t_journal_words_pkey" for table "t_journal_words"
CREATE TABLE
INSERT 0 1
INSERT 0 1
   ... <many lines of the above deleted in this message>
INSERT 0 1
CREATE ROLE
GRANT
Could not create main database
sed: invalid option -- E
Usage: sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]...

   -n, --quiet, --silent
                  suppress automatic printing of pattern space
   -e script, --expression=script
                  add the script to the commands to be executed
   -f script-file, --file=script-file
                  add the contents of script-file to the commands to be
executed
   -i[suffix], --in-place[=suffix]
                  edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied)
   -l N, --line-length=N
                  specify the desired line-wrap length for the ' command
   -r, --regexp-extended
                  use extended regular expressions in the script.
   -s, --separate
                  consider files as separate rather than as a single
continuous
                  long stream.
   -u, --unbuffered
                  load minimal amounts of data from the input files and flush
                  the output buffers more often
       --help     display this help and exit
   -V, --version  output version information and exit

If no -e, --expression, -f, or --file option is given, then the first
non-option argument is taken as the sed script to interpret.  All
remaining arguments are names of input files; if no input files are
specified, then the standard input is read.

E-mail bug reports to: bo...@gn... .
Be sure to include the word `sed'' somewhere in the `Subject:'' field.
cp: cannot create regular file /usr/local/etc/refdb/refdbdrc.': Permission
denied

Could not backup existing refdbd configuration file

refdbd-init.sh failed.
refdb-init.sh is finished.

   Running as a mere user, I have no write permissions to /usr/local/etc/.
That's why refdbdrc could not be created. Root has such write permissions,
but I don't want to create the working bibliographic database under root's
account.

Many thanks, Markus,

Rich

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[Refdb-users] refdb-init.sh update

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Hi,

I've fixed the bugs that Rich discovered and hope the script will now
offer a smoother experience. I've appended the input file for your
convenience. Copy it into the /scripts subdir of your pre7 sources and
run make and make install before trying again.

regards,
Markus

Re: [Refdb-users] ANN: refdb-0.9.7-pre7 released

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Hi,

Rich Shepard writes:
 >    I'm walking through the init script and found a bug on line 399:
 > "su $postgres_name -c "/usr/local/bin/refdbd-init-pgsql.sh ${replace_maindb}"
 > In /usr/local/bin there's refdb-init-pgsql.sh, but no file
 > refdbd-init-pgsql.sh.
 > 

Oops. I've renamed both scripts just before releasing them, but
apparently I forgot to update the call. Thanks for catching this.

regards,
Markus

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Re: [Refdb-users] ANN: refdb-0.9.7-pre7 released

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, St=E9phane T=E9letch=E9a wrote:

> I really now need to finish the rpm (but France is playing World Cup toda=
y
> so don't count on it tonight). I'll try do it as fast as possible (its
> builds correctly for the moment).

   83 minutes and it's tied 0-0. You can start coding any time now. :-)

Rich

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Re: [Refdb-users] ANN: refdb-0.9.7-pre7 released

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Markus Hoenicka wrote:

> Yes, you can install it all the same, although there is hardly any benefit
> over pre6. The script simply tries to do what you would do manually if you
> follow the instructions. Running the script will always be optional.

Markus,

   I'm walking through the init script and found a bug on line 399:
"su $postgres_name -c "/usr/local/bin/refdbd-init-pgsql.sh ${replace_maindb}"
In /usr/local/bin there's refdb-init-pgsql.sh, but no file
refdbd-init-pgsql.sh.

Rich

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Re: [Refdb-users] ANN: refdb-0.9.7-pre7 released

[<ste...@jo...>]

Markus Hoenicka a =E9crit :
> Hi Rich,
>=20
> Rich Shepard <rsh...@ap...> was heard to say:
>=20
>=20
>=20
>>   I have only linux here, so I can test only on this OS.
>>
>=20
>=20
> I've had a look at several manpages today, and it seems that ls -al is =
quite
> portable, so I'll go with that.
>=20
>=20
>>   If I correctly understand, I can still manually install the -pre7 by
>>completing the same steps that the script would run. Are the instructio=
ns the
>>same as with the -pre6 version that I followed only part way?
>>
>=20
>=20
> Yes, you can install it all the same, although there is hardly any bene=
fit over
> pre6. The script simply tries to do what you would do manually if you f=
ollow
> the  instructions. Running the script will always be optional.
>=20
> The only differences of the instructions to previous versions are the l=
ack of
> the --with-db-server configure switch and the refdbdrc template. The la=
tter
> used to be /usr/local/etc/refdb/refdbdrc.example, but now there are fou=
r
> refdbdrc.<engine>.example files which are preconfigured for the databas=
e
> engines. Use the template of your choice when creating refdbdrc. Due to=
 this
> change the --with-db-server configure switch is obsolete.
>=20
> regards,
> Markus

Yep, i asked for this feature, and i'm happy to see it included that=20
fast ;-)
I really now need to finish the rpm (but France is playing World Cup=20
today so don't count on it tonight). I'll try do it as fast as possible=20
(its builds correctly for the moment).

Cheers,

St=E9phane

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Re: [Refdb-users] ANN: refdb-0.9.7-pre7 released

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Markus Hoenicka wrote:

> I've had a look at several manpages today, and it seems that ls -al is quite
> portable, so I'll go with that.

   Those options are so common I'd be surprised if they weren't in very
version of ls.

> Yes, you can install it all the same, although there is hardly any benefit
> over pre6. The script simply tries to do what you would do manually if you
> follow the instructions. Running the script will always be optional.

   OK. But, I replaced pre6 with pre7 since I had not followed the pre6
installation to the end.

> The only differences of the instructions to previous versions are the lack
> of the --with-db-server configure switch and the refdbdrc template. The
> latter used to be /usr/local/etc/refdb/refdbdrc.example, but now there are
> four refdbdrc.<engine>.example files which are preconfigured for the
> database engines. Use the template of your choice when creating refdbdrc.
> Due to this change the --with-db-server configure switch is obsolete.

   I noticed this when I read the release notes and the end of the configure
file. Probably can get to this later today.

Many thanks, Markus,

Rich

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Re: [Refdb-users] ANN: refdb-0.9.7-pre7 released

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Hi Rich,

Rich Shepard <rsh...@ap...> was heard to say:


>    I have only linux here, so I can test only on this OS.
>

I've had a look at several manpages today, and it seems that ls -al is quite
portable, so I'll go with that.

>    If I correctly understand, I can still manually install the -pre7 by
> completing the same steps that the script would run. Are the instructions the
> same as with the -pre6 version that I followed only part way?
>

Yes, you can install it all the same, although there is hardly any benefit over
pre6. The script simply tries to do what you would do manually if you follow
the  instructions. Running the script will always be optional.

The only differences of the instructions to previous versions are the lack of
the --with-db-server configure switch and the refdbdrc template. The latter
used to be /usr/local/etc/refdb/refdbdrc.example, but now there are four
refdbdrc.<engine>.example files which are preconfigured for the database
engines. Use the template of your choice when creating refdbdrc. Due to this
change the --with-db-server configure switch is obsolete.

regards,
Markus

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Re: [Refdb-users] ANN: refdb-0.9.7-pre7 released

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Markus Hoenicka wrote:

> No, I'm afraid this is my fault. I just found out on my Windows/Cygwin box
> that the stat command is entirely different. I bet it is different on Linux
> too. Therefore my FreeBSD stat test is simply not portable.

Markus,

   I have only linux here, so I can test only on this OS.

> I'll have to figure out something else. Please don't waste your time on further
> tests until I've figured out some portable tests.

   If I correctly understand, I can still manually install the -pre7 by
completing the same steps that the script would run. Are the instructions the
same as with the -pre6 version that I followed only part way?

Thanks,

Rich

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Re: [Refdb-users] ANN: refdb-0.9.7-pre7 released

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Rich Shepard <rsh...@ap...> was heard to say:

>    I may well be mis-reading refdb-init.sh because I'm still a horrible shell
> scripter even after nine years of running linux. So, when I look at the
> script's function starting at line 89, I don't see a success state, only
> failure states for not having the execute bit set in checkFile or refdbctl
> not in the expected location.
>

Shell script logic is a bit weird at times. If grep finds the correct pattern in
the stat output, the checkFile() function returns a success state (functions
return the state of the last command that was executed in the function body).
And if checkFile() returns successfully, the part of the command after || will
not be executed, i.e. the script runs on instead of bailing out. This is your
success state.

>  When I comment out that if test (because I know the file is executable),
> the script fails at line 162 for the same reason.

>   If this is user error here, please hand me a clue stick.

No, I'm afraid this is my fault. I just found out on my Windows/Cygwin box that
the stat command is entirely different. I bet it is different on Linux too.
Therefore my FreeBSD stat test is simply not portable.

I'll have to figure out something else. Please don't waste your time on further
tests until I've figured out some portable tests.

regards,
Markus


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Re: [Refdb-users] ANN: refdb-0.9.7-pre7 released

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Rich Shepard wrote:

> refdbctl is not executable
>
> refdbd-init.sh failed.
> refdb-init.sh is finished.
>
>   However, /usr/local/bin/refdbctl has perms 0755 and is owned by root.

Markus,

   I may well be mis-reading refdb-init.sh because I'm still a horrible shell
scripter even after nine years of running linux. So, when I look at the
script's function starting at line 89, I don't see a success state, only
failure states for not having the execute bit set in checkFile or refdbctl
not in the expected location.

   When I comment out that if test (because I know the file is executable),
the script fails at line 162 for the same reason.

   If this is user error here, please hand me a clue stick.

Thanks,

Rich

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