Re: /usr/bin/raw does not exist after installing Fedora Core 3

From: Bob (bbourg_at_sdf.freeshell.org)
Date: 11/14/04

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    Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 05:54:54 GMT

    On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:44:11 -0800
    "Valentin Minzatu" <v.a.l.e.n.t.i.n.-.m.i.n.z.a.t.u.@.y.a.h.o.o.c.o.m> wrote:

    > I was root when doing all of that (I had to be root in order to run
    > losetup as well). The thing is: there is no such file as
    > /usr/bin/raw. I could find it in the util-linux rpm, but not on the
    > harddrive.

    Raw--or rather util-linux source--can be found at:

      http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

    Warning: The following could be inflamatory. Read at your own risk.

    Years ago I gave up trying to fill in missing stuff with rpms and the
    like. In the long run it's as easy to just use a distribution as a
    skeleton and fill in the gaps from source. With source you're at the
    mercy of the program developer, which is acceptable. With rpm you're,
    often, at the mercy of someone other than the developer who has some
    other agenda. Things get dropped, put in strange places, and
    forgotten.

    Later, Bob 

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