[ic] makecat fails to create usable catalog 4.8.3-1 noarch

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On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Fred Pope wrote:

> - Perhaps it is not a bug, but rather just your configuration. I think
> that you will find, that when you present a real situation to this list,
> that the good ol' boys at RH come running to the cause. Mike Heins has
> saved me once before. I also have a support contract with RH and I never
> really use it, just thought I would sign up to help support the cause
> since IC cost me nothing and the alternatives are expensive in both
> price and config /setup time. Maybe you should pursue a support
> contract. You can buy them for only a few hours at a time, and the guys
> are really nice, and very professional. 

This sounds encouraging...  Thanks!

> 
> Check your variables.txt file. ....delete the variables.gdbm, and
> restart the deamon. You have something messed up in the path. You should
> check where the URL is pointing. 

Hmmm  variables.txt.  I don't seem to have a file by that name anywhere on 
my filesystem.  Perhaps a leftover from a prior release?

Note that the foundation demo works without that file being present....

I notice from reading the list archives that most people arrive at 4.8.3 
by upgrading from an old release...  Has anyone tried installing 4.8.3 
from scratch?

W/RT tarball vs. RPM.  On redhat system I try to use rpm's.  It is a 
Redhat OS, and a Redhat app (IC) and RPM is the preferred Redhat 
distribution media...

Thanks again for your response!  Any help is greatly appreciated!

> 
> Sounds like this is not being configured correctly. This is a good place
> to start digging.
> 

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