On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 02:34:13PM -0400, Bill Tangren wrote:
> I am attempting to install MailScanner 4.22-4 RedHat RPM package on a RH 
> 9 system, but it is not installing without errors.
> 
> The README file says to execute ./install.sh, however it says that I 
> don't have directories /usr/source/redhat /usr/source/RPM and 
> /usr/source/package. I don't.

The answer is actually fairly simple - just go and ahead and create the
directories.  They're in standard locations, and they should be there
anyway in case you ever install a source rpm.
mkdir /usr/src/redhat
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/RPMS
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/athlon
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i486
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686
mkdir /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch
 
> What are these directories? Are they where the kernel source is located? 

Not just the kernel source, but all SRPMS, by default, go here (it can
be changed, but mailscanner doesn't like it if it's changed)

        .../Ed
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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