NetworkManager 0.6.5 on Fedora Core 8

[cprince]

Has anybody tried to build and install NetworkManager 0.6.5 on Fedora Core 8 yet? I know that Fedora 8 comes with NetworkManager 0.7.0; however 0.7.0 does not include support for PEAP, which I need for my University's security wireless network. So now I have to downgrade to 0.6.5. Thanks in advance.
These are the errors that I got:

nm-vpn-properties.c:59: error: expected ?=?, ?,?, ?;?, ?asm? or ?__attribute__? before ?*? token
nm-vpn-properties.c:60: error: expected ?=?, ?,?, ?;?, ?asm? or ?__attribute__? before ?*? token
nm-vpn-properties.c: In function ?vpn_druid_vpn_validity_changed?:
nm-vpn-properties.c:258: error: ?druid? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c:258: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
nm-vpn-properties.c:258: error: for each function it appears in.)
nm-vpn-properties.c: At top level:
nm-vpn-properties.c:266: error: expected ?)? before ?*? token
nm-vpn-properties.c:304: error: expected ?)? before ?*? token
nm-vpn-properties.c:321: error: expected ?)? before ?*? token
nm-vpn-properties.c:338: error: expected ?)? before ?*? token
nm-vpn-properties.c:357: error: expected ?)? before ?*? token
nm-vpn-properties.c:378: error: expected ?)? before ?*? token
nm-vpn-properties.c: In function ?add_cb?:
nm-vpn-properties.c:423: error: ?druid? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c: In function ?import_settings?:
nm-vpn-properties.c:477: error: ?druid? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c: In function ?init_app?:
nm-vpn-properties.c:1061: error: ?druid? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c:1062: error: ?vpn_druid_cancel? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c:1063: error: ?druid_confirm_page? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c:1066: error: ?vpn_druid_vpn_type_page_next? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c:1068: error: ?vpn_druid_vpn_details_page_prepare? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c:1069: error: ?vpn_druid_vpn_details_page_next? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c:1071: error: ?vpn_druid_vpn_confirm_page_prepare? undeclared (first use in this function)
nm-vpn-properties.c:1072: error: ?vpn_druid_vpn_confirm_page_finish? undeclared (first use in this function)
make[3]: *** [nm_vpn_properties-nm-vpn-properties.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/NetworkManager-0.6.5/gnome/vpn-properties'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/NetworkManager-0.6.5/gnome'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/NetworkManager-0.6.5'
make: *** [all] Error 2

 

[cprince]

I found the answer to my own problem. If you update Fedora Core 8 using yum update (as root), it will download and install a new version of NetworkManager that supports PEAP. However, you have to find another way to connect to the Internet first.

 

[Brazen]

you could download the rpm from the Fedora repos on another machine, then sneakernet it over to your Fedora 8 machine and install it with yum.