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hi<br><br>thank you very much for your response and spent your valuble time to reply me. i can download the expect and patch from the ftp site.but how can apply the patch to this expect<br><br><br>i extract the expect and follow the steps below<br><br>tar -xzf expect.tar.gz<br><br>./configure<br><br>make <br><br>make install<br><br><br>im new to linux world . so plz be kind enough to tell me the steps to patch the expect ?<br><br>or<br><br>it's just enough to follow the above commnds ?<br><br>your responses are really helpful to me<br><br>tnx<br><br>> Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 08:22:26 -0700<br>> From: heas@shrubbery.net<br>> To: smokeping123@hotmail.com<br>> CC: rancid@shrubbery.net<br>> Subject: Re: patch expect with expect-hack1<br>> <br>> Fri, May 14, 2010 at 01:00:42PM +0600, Smokeping slt:<br>> > <br>> > hi<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > i need to install rancid and experience with it. i feel its really a good software whicn can use in any Network Troubleshooting<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > i install rancid on top of RHEL5 32 bit<br>> > <br>> > re<br>> > <br>> > i pre-installed the following version of expect and tcl using the RPM.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > expect-5.43.0-5.1.i386.rpm<br>> > <br>> > tcl-8.4.13-3.fc6.i386.rpm<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > but in http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/ they mention that expect need to patch with expect-hack1 .<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > 1) is it must thing to do ?<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > 2) if so using what command i patch the expect using expect-hack1 since i didnt install using the source<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > your responses are highly appriciated<br>> <br>> if you are running on solaris or linux, you need the patch. you have to<br>> build expect from source after adding the patch. patch(1) can help with<br>> applying the patch.<br> <br /><hr />Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. <a href='https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969' target='_new'>Sign up now.</a></body>
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