Re: [hypermail] configure problem in shared environment

Here's what my ISP says about my lack of access to /dev/null. (Sorry, I'm just not a UNIX guy, so very little of this makes sense to me. - I discovered there is a PERL version of hypermail - should I give up on the c version and try the Perl? At least that I can understand.)

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----- Original Message -----
From: kent landfield <kent_at_hypermail.org> To: Scott Hochberg <scott_at_savepostage.com> Cc: <hypermail_at_hypermail.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [hypermail] configure problem in shared environment

> Scott Hochberg writes:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Trying to install hypermail-2.1.5 on linux server in a shared "virtual
host"
> > environment where I don't have access to very top level directories.
> >
> > Configure fails, with:
> >
> > loading cache ./config.cache
> > ./configure: /dev/null: Permission denied
> > ./configure: /dev/null: Permission denied
> > configure: error: can not run ./config.sub
> >
> > Tech support at the host told me:
> >
> > >In researching your ticket I found that because telnet is not set as a
> > changeroot enviroment you >will need to specify the absolute path the
your
> > dev/null file as follows:
> > >./configure: /vs6/vs6/scotthoc/dev/null
>
> ???? Seems your ISP is confused. Check the permissions on /dev/null.
> On any system /dev/null should not be restricted. It is a bit bucket.
> If you are connected via a non-chrooted environment then you will already
> need to access to /dev/null. Something is fishy.
>
> Configure is only using /dev/null during compilation. Have the ISP
configure
> it if that is the only system problem.
>
> > My hunch is there are other places that a similar substitution must be
made,
> > but have no clue how to systematically find them or enter a command line
> > parameter to get make the appropriate changes.
> >
> > Can anyone help??
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> > Scott Hochberg
> > Postage $aver Software
> > savepostage.com
>
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>
Received on Tue 31 Dec 2002 06:50:45 AM GMT