Re: new dependency in 5.61TEST4

["DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest () gmail com>]

It's available, but I don't have a username for it.

[jdepriest@host ~]$ sudo rpm -vHU --nodeps
http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.61TEST4-1.x86_64.rpm
[sudo] password for jdepriest:
Retrieving http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.61TEST4-1.x86_64.rpm
Preparing packages for installation...
nmap-5.61TEST4-1
[jdepriest@host ~]$ nmap-update

The Nmap Updater is currently only available to a small set of users
for testing purposes. We hope to expand it in the future.

Authentication realm: <https://svn.nmap.org:443> svn.nmap.org
Username:

I didn't install subversion-devel so I just turned off dependencies
while installing it.

-Jason

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Duarte Silva <> wrote:
> Hmm strange. Can you install nmap and verify if nmap-update was also
> installed?
>
> I said that about the nmap-update because I remember it was already in the
> build configuration scripts.
>
> On Tuesday 03 January 2012 09:52:22 DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
> > Based on the release notes in Fyodor's email, I thought nmap-update
> > would only be available to certain users.
> >
> > [quote]
> > o Nmap now includes a nmap-update program for obtaining the latest
> >  updates (new scripts, OS fingerprints, etc.)  The system is
> >  currently only available to a few developers for testing, but we
> >  hope to enable a larger set of beta testers soon. [David]
> > [/quote]
> >
> > I didn't realize it was included for everyone but just not functional
> > unless you had an account.
> >
> > That explains the new dependency though.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Duarte Silva <> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > the new version has the nmap-update utility which requires SVN. The RPM
> > > needs to be updated [?].
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Duarte
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 03 January 2012 09:39:24 DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
> > > > Installing the new test release on
> > > > Linux version 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 (mockbuild () builder10 centos org) (gcc
> > > > version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-51)) #1 SMP Tue Sep 6 20:13:52
> > > > EDT 2011
> > > >
> > > > sudo rpm -vHU http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.61TEST4-1.x86_64.rpm
> > > > Retrieving http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.61TEST4-1.x86_64.rpm
> > > > error: Failed dependencies:
> > > >         subversion-devel is needed by nmap-5.61TEST4-1.x86_64
> > > >
> > > > I haven't needed subversion-devel for any other versions.
> > > >
> > > > Is this a real needed dependency or just an oops?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Jason
> > > > _
_______________________________________________
Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list
http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev
Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/