This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go
to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/
and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

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On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:26:19 -0300, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:

This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go
to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/
and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

My guess is because the site released it for Mageia 4, and Mageai is
only supporting Mageai 7.

Feel free to become a Mageia contributor and learn how to package and
maintain packages.

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On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 10:25:28 -0500, Bit Twister wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:26:19 -0300, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:

This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go
to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/
and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

My guess is because the site released it for Mageia 4, and Mageai is
only supporting Mageai 7.

Feel free to become a Mageia contributor and learn how to package and maintain packages.

Sorry, forgot to add that I suggest that you download the archive package
and do the compile/install on your system. That gets you all the latest
bug fixes and may improve application usability.

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On 6/7/20 1:34 am, Bit Twister wrote:

Sorry, forgot to add that I suggest that you download the archive package
and do the compile/install on your system. That gets you all the latest
bug fixes and may improve application usability.

To be on the repositories, the RPM needs a maintainer. The last time I recommended a package, I was told to be the maintainer. There is a list
of "unmaintained packages" that the whole team have to look after; they
don't want another one. There is more to it than just updating the
package. You have to deal with the effect of an updated dependency,
etc. Some training is involved. So, as BitTwister said, you will need
to join the team.

The recommendation quoted above is very appropriate.

Doug.

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Bit Twister wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 10:25:28 -0500, Bit Twister wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:26:19 -0300, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:

This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go >>> to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/ >>> and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

My guess is because the site released it for Mageia 4, and Mageai is
only supporting Mageai 7.

Feel free to become a Mageia contributor and learn how to package and
maintain packages.

Sorry, forgot to add that I suggest that you download the archive package
and do the compile/install on your system. That gets you all the latest
bug fixes and may improve application usability.

Compiling programs can be very time consuming and once installed it is
very difficult to remove. It is also very frustrating to wait for the
build for hours and end with an error message.


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On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 15:10:12 -0300, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:

Bit Twister wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 10:25:28 -0500, Bit Twister wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:26:19 -0300, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:

This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go >>>> to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/ >>>> and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

My guess is because the site released it for Mageia 4, and Mageai is
only supporting Mageai 7.

Feel free to become a Mageia contributor and learn how to package and
maintain packages.

Sorry, forgot to add that I suggest that you download the archive package
and do the compile/install on your system. That gets you all the latest
bug fixes and may improve application usability.

Compiling programs can be very time consuming

I can agree on the compile/time especially if it is a kernel. Small applications not as much.

and once installed it is very difficult to remove.

That depends on the developer/designer. A good developer/designer would
have a make file where you could do a make uninstall which would remove
it.

If nothing else it is possible for you to script the removal, assuming
you have some sort of intrusion detection software installed. You would
run a check before and after application install, and use the difference
to get everything that was changed.

Intrusion Detection Environment​ apps
unhide, aide, osiris, ossec-hids, samhain, tripwire, snare, integrit, rkhunter, chkrootkit...

I happen to use aide which was easy enough to customize on what I wanted monitored or ignore.

It is also very frustrating to wait for the
build for hours and end with an error message.

Very true, but in this case I would much rather have all bug fixes and
knowing if it fails, I can open a bug report that has a vastly greater
chance of getting fixed.



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On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 10:26:19 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go
to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/
and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

Checking bugzilla, no-one has ever asked for it to be added. If you would like it added, please file a bug report. If a packager takes interest, it will be added. Packages that require a lot of maintenance due to frequent security issues are less likely to be added than packages that are more stable.
Also, if there is a similar (in terms of functionality) package already in Mageia, it's unlikely a new package will be added.

Mentioning rexx brings back memories. :-) I used it on IBM mainframes back in the 1980's.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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On 2020-07-05, Gilberto F da Silva <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

Bit Twister wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 10:25:28 -0500, Bit Twister wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:26:19 -0300, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:

This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go >>>> to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/ >>>> and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

My guess is because the site released it for Mageia 4, and Mageai is
only supporting Mageai 7.

Feel free to become a Mageia contributor and learn how to package and
maintain packages.

Sorry, forgot to add that I suggest that you download the archive package
and do the compile/install on your system. That gets you all the latest
bug fixes and may improve application usability.

Compiling programs can be very time consuming and once installed it is
very difficult to remove. It is also very frustrating to wait for the
build for hours and end with an error message.

?? certainly cdrecord does NOT take hours to compile. Maybe a couple of minutes.
And as mentioned you can download the OpenMandriva version which should
have no trouble with Mageia.





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David W. Hodgins wrote:

On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 10:26:19 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva
<gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go
to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/
and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

Checking bugzilla, no-one has ever asked for it to be added. If you
would like
it added, please file a bug report. If a packager takes interest, it
will be
added. Packages that require a lot of maintenance due to frequent security issues are less likely to be added than packages that are more stable.
Also, if there is a similar (in terms of functionality) package already in Mageia, it's unlikely a new package will be added.

Mentioning rexx brings back memories. :-) I used it on IBM mainframes
back in
the 1980's.

Before Linux I used OS/2, it already had REXX but I never did anything
with it other than running existing scripts.

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On 7/5/20 5:11 PM, Gilberto F da Silva wrote:

David W. Hodgins wrote:

On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 10:26:19 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva
<gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go >>> to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/ >>> and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

Checking bugzilla, no-one has ever asked for it to be added. If you
would like
it added, please file a bug report. If a packager takes interest, it
will be
added. Packages that require a lot of maintenance due to frequent
security
issues are less likely to be added than packages that are more stable.
Also, if there is a similar (in terms of functionality) package
already in
Mageia, it's unlikely a new package will be added.

Mentioning rexx brings back memories. :-) I used it on IBM mainframes
back in
the 1980's.

Before Linux I used OS/2, it already had REXX but I never did anything
with it other than running existing scripts.

And I had Arrex on the Amiga, I didn't write scripts but rewrote
them for local paper available to run and print out calendars for each
month. The ones I bought were too pretty to markup. We also had
scripts that let us format text processor text and I worked on
these to change the width of the output.

bliss

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David W. Hodgins wrote:

On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 10:26:19 -0400, Gilberto F da Silva
<gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:

This interpreter is not on the list of Mageia repositories. I need to go
to https://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/files/regina-rexx/3.9.1/
and download the rpm packages. There is a specific rpm for Mageia, I
don't know why it is not in the official repositories.

Checking bugzilla, no-one has ever asked for it to be added. If you
would like
it added, please file a bug report. If a packager takes interest, it
will be
added. Packages that require a lot of maintenance due to frequent security issues are less likely to be added than packages that are more stable.
Also, if there is a similar (in terms of functionality) package already in Mageia, it's unlikely a new package will be added.

I have a friend who is an IT professional. He had already packaged for Slackware and considered packing for Mageia. He found packaging for
Mageia difficult.



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