rsync libpopt.sl missing

[Ralph Grothe]

Hi,

I installed a prebuilt SD depot of rsync from the German mirror of HP-UX porting centre
http://hpux.asknet.de/hppd/hpux/Networking/Admin/rsync-2.6.2/

When I ran a "swlist -l fileset -a prerequisites -a corequisites -a exrequiisites -s /path/to/rsync.depot" before installation it reported that it only needed gettext as a corequisite (i.e. must have during runtime).
However I experienced already problems when issueing the swcopy to /var/spool/sw, where it claimed a missing prerequisite, but wouldn't specify which one :-(
Because I knew I had gettext already installed (from the same distributor) I ran swcopy with the enforce_dependencies=false switch.
Albeit the swinstall (without this switch) went without any errors.

When I tried to invoke rsync for the first time I got a core dump and a reported missing libpopt.sl

# /usr/local/bin/rsync -h
/usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't open shared library: /usr/local/lib/libpopt.sl
/usr/lib/dld.sl: No such file or directory
Abort(coredump)

A find over the filesystems didn't discover the missing lib.

# chatr /usr/local/bin/rsync|head
chatr(warning): dl_header_ext.size != sizeof(dl_header_ext). Please update your
version of the chatr tool.
/usr/local/bin/rsync:
shared executable
shared library dynamic path search:
SHLIB_PATH enabled first
embedded path disabled second Not Defined
shared library list:
dynamic /usr/local/lib/libintl.sl
dynamic /usr/local/lib/libpopt.sl
dynamic /usr/lib/libc.2
shared library binding:



This is what is installed with regard to rsync


# swlist -l fileset -a title -a corequisites -a state rsync
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "neptun"...
#
# Target: neptun:/
#

# rsync rsync
rsync.rsync-RUN gettext.gettext-SHLIBS configured

# swlist -l file rsync gettext|grep -c libpopt
0

I also googled for rsync on HP-UX and queried the HP knowledge base.
But with no promissing pointer.

Before I get the rsync sources and dig out the compiler, I would like to know if there are *complete and working* binaries for HP-UX 11.00 available.

Rgds.
Ralph

[Geoff Wild]

This might not help - but you could use the built in rdist instead.

Rgds...Geoff

[Eric Antunes · Accepted solution]

HI Ralph,

Maybe it is the same issue than this one:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=628594

:)

Eric Antunes

[Ralph Grothe]

Eric,

exactly :-)

Looks as if the rsync depot was poorly packaged as it didn't reveal that rsync would rely on popt.
I haven't even heard of popt before.
But having dowloaded it I could verify the missing lib was in that very package.

[root@jupiter:/usr/local/doc/rsync]
# swlist -l file -s /var/spool/sw popt|grep libpopt
/usr/local/lib/libpopt.a
/usr/local/lib/libpopt.la
/usr/local/lib/libpopt.sl

# swlist -l fileset -a state popt
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "jupiter"...
#
# Target: jupiter:/
#

# popt
popt.popt-RUN configured

# /usr/local/bin/rsync --version
rsync version 2.6.2 protocol version 28
Copyright (C) 1996-2004 by Andrew Tridgell and others
<>
Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles,
no IPv6, 32-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums

rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you
are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the GNU
General Public Licence for details.

[Geoff Wild]

Try installing:

http://hpux.ee.ualberta.ca/hppd/hpux/Development/Libraries/popt-1.7/

Rgds...Geoff

[Ralph Grothe]

Geoff,

thanks for the link.
But Erics pointer guided me to the relevant thread.
So installation of popt (which included libpopt) was the remedy.
I don't mind the few extra bytes, even if I never will use popt, as long as rsync is happy.

[Ralph Grothe]

oops, wanted to close this thread as solved
but it looks i need to place a final comment here.
that's it