[ic] ghettoforge rpms

[Peter]

On 24/01/25 21:13, Peter via interchange-users wrote:
> On 24/01/25 04:44, DB via interchange-users wrote:
>> I've been unable to get Interchange to work using the Ghettoforge 
>> repos. I've tried on fresh installs of Alma 8 and 9, and Rocky 8 and 
>> 9, using the appropriate rpms. The rpms install OK including the main 
>> IC rpm, strap, and the bundle/kitchensink rpms. However I can't get 
>> either a new catalog from makecat to run, nor a catalog copied from an 
>> older working Centos system. The error I get is what I mentioned in 
>> emails last month
>>
>> Use of uninitialized value $from in string eq at
>> /usr/share/perl5/File/Copy.pm line 66.
>> Use of uninitialized value in stat at /usr/share/perl5/File/Copy.pm line
>> 104.
>> Use of uninitialized value $from in open at
>> /usr/share/perl5/File/Copy.pm line 151.
>>
>> Just curious if others have been able to get things working using 
>> these repos, and if so, what I may be missing.
> 
> I've been using them for a while but I'll fire up a VM and see if I can 
> reproduce the issue from scratch.  Hopefully I'll get to it tonight.

I was able to reproduce.  Makecat does work, mostly.  It creates the 
catalog fine, I did not test creation of the db, though.  What it does 
not do right now is update the interchange.cfg file and it also does not 
copy the vlink script properly, but this is expected because vlink is 
already in it's proper place and is expected to be used without being 
copied again.

It, of course, also outputs the error messages you reported.

It is usable if you update the interchange.cfg file yourself for now but 
I will fix it so that it works with the file locations and differences 
in the rpm packages as soon as time allows.


Peter