How to compile cups?

[Michael Sweet]

Retep Grubanov wrote:
> Michael Sweet wrote:
> 
>> Retep Grubanov wrote:
>>> Michael Sweet wrote:
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>>>> Retep Grubanov wrote:
>>>>> Michael Sweet wrote:
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>>>>>> Retep Grubanov wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm sure that's a faq but I couldn't find an answer. I try to compile
>>>>>>> cups, but I can not find ./configure in the distribution directory as
>>>>>>> it is documented in INSTALL.txt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I get the kit this way:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # svn co https://svn.easysw.com/public/cups/branches/branch-1.1 cups
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can some one help me?
>>>>>> You need to run autoconf first if you are compiling from the
>>>>>> Subversion repository.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you, it works fine with autoconf.
>>>>>
>>>>> You made a 'lpc status' fix (#2069) for me, also thanks for that.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought, that I can get the last version of 1.1 branch, compile the
>>>>> whole thing and then extracting lpc from that build. Is that possible?
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried that but the 'lpc status' error still remains. Is your fix only
>>>>> valid for cups1.3? Do I have to upgrade?
>>>> The fix is in trunk (1.3svn) and branch-1.2.  If you want the fix in
>>>> 1.1.x, you'll have to backport the change from trunk.
>>>>
>>> It seems that I have to upgrade. I have no idea about backporting changes
>>> from trunk.
>>>
>>> Can I download the latest version 1.2 bz2 or gz archive to build a rpm
>>> package with the incorporated fix? Or to I have to compile from a
>>> subversion extract?
>> I'll be rolling 1.2.6 today, so you can grab that...
>>
> Thanks.
> 
> Some problems remains:
> 
> # rpmbuild -ta cups-1.2.6-source.tar.gz \
>            --without dbus --without php --without pam
> 
> Results in:
> 
> Requires: cups = 1:1.2.6
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found: /tmp/cups-root/etc/pam.d
>     File not found by glob: /tmp/cups-root/etc/pam.d/*
> 
> Do you have a hint?

There is no "--without pam" option for the RPM spec file.  PAM is
required for LSB conformance, and if you don't have PAM then you
can't use the RPM spec file we supply.

More than likely you don't have the pam-devel package installed.

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