[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Trouble with the Mandrake RPM (PR#321)

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Chaz Brown <Paradox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> submitted
a Freeciv bug report:

> Version: 1.10.0
> Distribution: Mandrake binary
> OS: Mandrake 7.0 (CD 2 the fixed one :-) )

> I installed 1.9.0 (came as an RPM with the OS) I tried to connect to a 
> server, saw that they were all running 1.10.0, and came here to get the 
> new version. I d/led it and put it in the same directory I used to install
> other downloaded RPMs, and fired up RPMDrake. After refreshing RPM data and
> uninstalling 1.9.0 I got 2 entries freeciv (1.9.0) and freeciv-2 (1.10.0)
> I clicked on freeciv-2 and hit install, nothing happened. I closed RPMDrake
> and opened again, the freeciv-2 entry was back and none of the files were 
> installed....I can't figure it out. I rebooted and tried everything I could, 
> but it just refuses to install.

Hello Chaz,

The Freeciv binaries packages at http://www.freeciv.org/download.phtml 
are generally not created by the main Freeciv developers, but rather 
are contributed by third parties.  Binary packaging-specific problems 
are better reported to the creator of the package, if you can work out 
who that is.  

From an entry in http://www.freeciv.org/news/y2000/news_2000.phtml
it appears that the creator of the Mandrake package is
Jan Dittberner <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (CC'd).

Regards,
-- David