Hi Michael,

> Greetings.  I noticed that there is a "Plone" package available for 
> SL 3:
> 
> [root@mysys root]# cat /etc/redhat-release
> Scientific Linux SL Release 3.0.3 (SL)
> 
> [root@mysys etc]# yum list | grep -i plone
> plone                               noarch 2.0.4-0.1.1.el3.dag      dag

As a suggestion, if Dag Wieers is providing this plone RPM, why not also ask 
him to package and provide the zope RPM? I've done this in the past and he's 
frequently implemented such requests and provided them in his repos.

Michael.

> On the other hand, I am unable to find a Zope package:
> 
> [root@mysys etc]# yum list | grep -i zope
> [root@mysys etc]#
> 
> This is with all of the yum sources enabled.  See the appended 
> yum.conf file.
> 
> I was under the impression that Plone required Zope, but I thought 
> that the Plone package might simply just install all of the required 
> stuff. It evidently does not do that:
> 
> [root@mysys root]# yum install plone
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: DAG rpms
> Server: SL 303 contributed rpms
> Server: SL 303 errata
> Server: SL 303 main
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Resolving dependencies
> ....Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Package plone needs zope >= 2.6.4, this is not available.
> 
> I am evidently missing something essential here.  Can anybody 
> enlighten me?  Thanks.
> 
> 					- Mike
> 
> [root@mysys etc]# pwd
> /etc
> 
> [root@mysys etc]# cat yum.conf
> [main]
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> debuglevel=2
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=newest
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> 
> [sl303server]
> name=SL 303 main
> baseurl=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/303/$basearch/SL/
RPMS/
> 
> [sl303errata]
> name=SL 303 errata
> baseurl=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/303/$basearch/errata/
SL/RPMS/
> 
> [sl303contrib]
> name=SL 303 contributed rpms
> baseurl=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/303/$basearch/
contrib/RPMS/
> 
> [dag]
> name=DAG rpms
> baseurl=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/extra/dag/redhat/el3/en/
$basearch/dag/
> 
> -- 
> Michael Hannon            mailto:[log in to unmask]
> Dept. of Physics          530.752.4966
> University of California  530.752.4717 FAX
> Davis, CA 95616-8677
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