On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, David Emerson wrote:
> Thanks for your help with blockread. Giving the blocksize with reset (myfile, 1) > fixed it! > > >> Incidentally, fpc 1.0.10 rpm failed to install on redhat. I struggled with it for > >> a good hour. Any tips? Does the gz work better than the rpm? > > > >What error do you get ? What version of rpm do you use ? > > Installation worked fine with the tar + script, so I'm set for now. Re: rpm error... > The installer prompted me for a root password, and then brought up a little box that > said "calculating package dependencies". Then the box disappeared, without any error > message or indication of status. Inspection revealed that it had not installed > anything. Now that I think about it, I realize I couldn't have spent nearly an hour > on it. > > I don't really know what version of rpm I use... if you're really curious, and can > tell me where to look for the version info, I'll get it for you. I'm really an > amateur with linux. The best answer I can give you right now is: "whatever comes > with the RedHat 8.0 that the computer manufacturer pre-installed for me" :-) Open a shell window and type 'rpm --version', this should give something like: obelix ~# rpm --version RPM version 3.0.6 It's possible that the version with which the distribution was built is newer than the version installed on your system, that could lead to errors.... Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
