[OpenAFS] Re: testing RPMs for 1.4.2

[Derek Atkins]

Ron,

If you use the Official RPMS then (a) you'll already have RPMs for 2054,
and (b), all you need to do to rebuild for a new kernel is:

  rpmbuild --rebuild --target=i686 openafs...src.rpm

I'll let Axel try to explain to you why his method has to be so much
more complicated than that.  ;)

-derek

Quoting Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net>:

> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 02:18:10PM -0400, Ron Croonenberg wrote:
>> Hi Axel,
>>
>> I am using the 2054 kernel.  Is there a kernel module for that one ?
>
> No, only the last 1-2 kmdls are kept around (that's not a technical
> issue, but a space capacity one).
>
>> or do I need to compile it myself ?  and what source rpm do I need
>> for that ?
>
> There is exactly one src.rpm that generates all these packages. :)
>
> Rebuilding from src.rpm is a bit involved. You will need a kernel
> build environment with matching kernel sources (e.g. kernel-devel for
> your sources may be enough, I'm using the full blown out source tree
> to be sure). You'll also need to deposit the kmdl macros under
> /etc/rpm/macros which you can find under atrpms-devel or simple
> googling, e.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=kmdl_namepureof
>
> But rebuilding kernel module packages is not for the faint of heart,
> it would be far less pain for yourself to update 2054 to a more recent
> release. Also consider the security implications of running network
> services like openafs on kernels with known security issues.
>
>> I am trying to install the client on FC5 smp x86_64
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>> Axel Thimm wrote:
>> >I have placed packages of 1.4.2fc4 in atrpms-testing. The supported
>> >platforms have been extended to
>> >
>> >  Fedora Core 3 i386 and x86_64
>> >  Fedora Core 4 i386 and x86_64
>> >  Fedora Core 5 i386, x86_64 and ppc
>> >  Fedora Core 6 i386, x86_64 and ppc
>> >  Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 i386 and x86_64
>> >  Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 i386 and x86_64
>> >  Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 i386 and x86_64
>> >
>> >FC6 is more or less what will soon be released, while RHEL5 is the
>> >beta1. Also almost all kernel flavours are supported, e.g. depending
>> >on distribution you will find
>> >
>> >  athlon athlon-smp i386 i586 i686 i686-hugemem i686-PAE i686-smp
>> >  i686-xen i686-xen0 i686-xenU ppc ppc-smp x86_64 x86_64-smp x86_64-xen
>> >  x86_64-xen0 x86_64-xenU
>> >
>> >Upgrade paths are ensured both for 1.4.2fc4 -> 1.4.2, as well as FC6
>> >and RHEL5. Please use these packages for testing 1.4.2fc4. If you
>> >suspect a bug you found might come from packaging (God beware ;) try
>> >replicating it by building from source before reporting to openafs'
>> >channels. Otherwise please report packaging issues to ATrpms'
>> >channels.
>> >
>> >Credits go to Alexander Bergolth (leo) (the changes I made for 1.4.2
>> >were minimal).
>> >
>> >On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 11:44:35AM +0200, Alexander Bergolth wrote:
>> >>OpenAFS RPMs are now available at ATrpms for the following platforms:
>> >>
>> >>Fedora Core 3 i386 and x86_64
>> >>Fedora Core 4 i386 and x86_64
>> >>Fedora Core 5 i386 and x86_64
>> >>Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 i386 and x86_64
>> >>Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 i386 and x86_64
>> >>
>> >>See
>> >>  http://atrpms.net/
>> >>for the packages and for package manager configuration details.
>> >>
>> >>Please test them and report any bugs at
>> >>  http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/
>> >>
>> >>Thanks and have fun,
>> >>--leo
>> >>
>> >>P.S.: FC6 will be supported starting with Openafs 1.4.2.
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
> --
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
>



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