Re: Regarding installation of GNATS

On 03/23/2004 12:43 AM, [email protected] submitted:
> My directory name is gnats-4.0
> I have run the following commands successfully....
> 1)  ./configure
> 2) make
> 3) make install
> 4) I go into gnats directory. There is a file named "mkdb"
>      In this directory I run "mkdb default".........  I encounter the
> following
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>     mkdb: No proper entry for default in /usr/local/etc/gnats/databases
>     grep: /usr/local/etc/gnats/databases: Is a directory
>    grep: /usr/local/etc/gnats/databases: Is a directory

It appears that you've installed GNATS under /usr/local. The odd thing
in your case is that /usr/local/etc/gnats/databases is a directory,
instead of a file.

If you install GNATS under /usr/local, the GNATS binaries expect to find
the file /usr/local/etc/gnats/databases which contains a list of database
entries. At a minimum, this file should contain a single entry for the
'default' database which is mandatory.

I'm not sure why you have a directory named /usr/local/etc/gnats/databases.
Perhaps this is something from a previous install of GNATS?

In any case, if you wish to have your GNATS server installed under /usr/local,
you'll need to move the /usr/local/etc/gnats/databases directory aside,
and replace it with a file, containing something like:

default:Bug database:/usr/local/com/gnatsdb.

Alternatively, you can use the '--with-gnats-dblist-file' configure option to
specify a different location for your databases file.

--
Mel Hatzis

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