[SOLVED] executables in yptools package installed in different directory from what's specified in /var/yp/Makefile

alex14641 · 04-26-2016, 09:40 PM

The executables are installed in /usr/lib64/yp, but the make file expects them to be in /usr/lib/yp. I noticed this when I tried to build the NIS databases. Any reason for the directory mismatch?

kikinovak · 04-27-2016, 01:10 AM

This is a bug in Slackware64 that's been around for ages. I've reported it a long time ago, and I don't know why it hasn't been fixed yet. Here's a workaround:

Code:

# cd /usr/lib
# ln -s /usr/lib64/yp .

Cheers,

Niki

slacker1337 · 04-27-2016, 07:51 AM

I've seen the same issue and just modified /var/yp/Makefile at line 66 to read "YPBINDDIR = /usr/lib64/yp", but I've never been successful at actually getting yp to work, so take my advice at your own risk :P

willysr · 04-27-2016, 11:32 PM

This is fixed in the latest update in current

alex14641 · 05-04-2016, 09:01 AM

When upgrading yptools using slackpkg, I was not offered the option to overwrite the existing files with the .new files. Shouldn't I have been given that option?

bassmadrigal · 05-04-2016, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex14641

When upgrading yptools using slackpkg, I was not offered the option to overwrite the existing files with the .new files. Shouldn't I have been given that option?

If the files have the same MD5 hash, doinst.sh will automatically delete the .new versions during the upgradepkg process. It will check the following new files to see if they match with the existing files. If they don't match, then the .new files will remain in place.

Code:

/etc/nsswitch.conf-nis.new
/etc/netgroup.new
/etc/yp.conf.new
/etc/rc.d/rc.yp.new
/var/yp/nicknames.new
/var/yp/Makefile.new
/var/yp/securenets.new

I am not familiar enough with slackpkg to know when it will prompt for config files. It might occur on any slackpkg upgrade [package-name] or it might only occur when running slackpkg upgrade-all.

Either way, you can verify whether those .new files exist by running slackpkg new-config at any time.

alex14641 · 05-04-2016, 08:06 PM

I checked the file /usr/libexec/slackpkg/functions.d/post-functions.sh, which is run by slackpkg --new-config, and I noticed that only the /etc directory is searched for .new files: if I change the find command on line 125 from '... find /etc ..' to '... find /etc /var/yp ...', install-new then sees all the .new files in the yptools package.

bassmadrigal · 05-05-2016, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex14641

I checked the file /usr/libexec/slackpkg/functions.d/post-functions.sh, which is run by slackpkg --new-config, and I noticed that only the /etc directory is searched for .new files: if I change the find command on line 125 from '... find /etc ..' to '... find /etc /var/yp ...', install-new then sees all the .new files in the yptools package.

Good catch! Might be worth mentioning on the stickied "Requests for -current" thread. Otherwise these might be missed if people do the upgrades with slackpkg or just assume that all .new files only occur within /etc.

alex14641 · 05-09-2016, 07:50 PM

The original issue in this thread has been resolved: YP/NIS is working. Marking this issue as Solved. Thanks all for the help.