I have a small problem, hoping someone running CentOS might be able to help.....
I look after a number of server/gateways for small business, all of which run SME Server 7.5.1 (based on CentOS 4.8 ). For backup purposes, I've been using Synbak (http://www.initzero.it/products/opensource/synbak/). Works well, and is a good deal more flexible than the backup routines provided by SME.
I need to upgrade to a recent version of Synbak, since the 1.2.2 version I have on the SME machines doesn't support DAR, which I need for a couple of them.
When I tried to install the latest version, I ended up with a couple of problems. First were dependancies which I really didn't need, so I tired using rpm with the --no-deps argument, and hit a second problem - an error from CPIO - Bad Magic.
After a bit of hunting, I've discovered that the problem is that the latest Synbak rpms are all built for Fedora, and use LZMA packing, which is not supported by CentOS. So I need to rebuild the rpms on a CentOS system.
Small problem with that - the only machine I can install CentOS on has a number of ext4 partitions, and CentOS blows up every time I try to run the live CD or install it - doesn't like ext4 one little bit.
So I'm wondering if someone running CentOS could run rpm --rebuild on the latest Synbak source and email me the rebuilt package? Or suggest a way that I can force a Fedora install (I have Fedora 12 running on one machine) to rebuild the rpm without using LZMA compression?
Paul.