Re: Re: src.rpm missing

Farkas Levente wrote:
> Kevan Benson wrote:
>> Farkas Levente wrote:
>>> Karanbir Singh wrote:
>>>  
>>>> Farkas Levente wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>> hi,
>>>>> it seems there are many packages in
extras and centosplus for which the
>>>>> src.rpms are missing eg.: for kmod rpms
there is not any src.rpms or
>>>>> just for one old version.
>>>>> imho it's a bug.
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>> can you be a bit more specific ? which src
for what bin rpm is missing ?
>>>>     
>>> kmod-xfs, kmod-drbd, .. actually there are
dozens of kmod rpms and even
>>> 10% of them has src.rpms.
>>>
>>>   
> 
> sorry i forget to mention it's about centos-5 not 4.
> 
>> Part of what you are seeing is because the source
RPM doesn't
>> necessarily have to match the same naming format as
the produced
>> package.  Viewing the headers of the kmod-drbd RPM
shows this as the
>> source RPM:
drbd-kmod-0.7.24-2.2.6.9_55.0.9.EL.src.rpm, which does
exist.
> 
> rpm -qpi
kmod-drbd-8.0.4-1.2.6.18_8.1.14.el5.i686.rpm|grep -i source
> Group: System Environment/Kernel Source RPM:
> drbd-kmod-8.0.4-1.2.6.18_8.1.14.el5.src.rpm
> but there is such file es the above.
> 
>> The XFS RPM lists it's source RPM as
>> kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-55.EL-0.2-1.src.rpm though,
and I can't find
>> that in the SRPMS sub-directory of extras, so it
looks like that one is
>> missing.
> 
> rpm -qpi kmod-xfs-0.4-1.2.6.18_8.1.14.el5.i686.rpm|grep
-i source
> Group: System Environment/Kernel     Source RPM:
> xfs-kmod-0.4-1.2.6.18_8.1.14.el5.src.rpm
> but this file also missing
> 
>> Actually, I just checked centosplus, and it's
included in the source
>> directory of that (probably since it's built for
the plus repo kernels
>> as well).  So you'll probably find all the source
RPMS you are looking
>> for under different names in either the extras or
centosplus SRPMS
>> directories.
> 
> it'd be better to include src.rpms in both extras and
centosplus and if
> you hardlink these files do don't loose any disk
space.

I build those kmod RPMS from SVN and not the SPRMS (though a
temporary
SRPMS is created in the process).

Regardless ... the KERNEL VERSION that is in the SRPM name
is not
relevant (as it totally depends on the KERNEL that is
installed when the
SRPM is built).

The SRPM that is posted in the CentOSPlus (or Extras) repo
will build
the kmod files that are released and there is no reason to
update it
unless something other than the kernel version changes.

Example:

xfs-kmod-0.4-1.2.6.18_8.1.1.el5.src.rpm

The relevant part is "xfs-kmod-0.4-1" and el5.  No
need to publish a
dozen SRPMS that are identical in content.  The who purpose
of a kmod
SRPM is that it can build for multiple ARCHES and multiple
VERSIONS from
the same RPM.

As to plus and extras ... sure I can put the SRPMS in both. 
Changing
where the kmod files are is a relatively new thing.  DRBD
was all in
Extras and XFS was all in Plus ... but I changed that at
user request so
that only the PLUS kenrel kmods are in plus and the regular
kernel kmods
are in extras (as people did not know how to set excludes in
their yum
config files to get regular kmod RPMS with plus kmod RPMS
present).

In fact, I did create hardlinks for all kmod SRPMS in extras
and
centosplus.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes


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Johnny Hughes wrote:
> I build those kmod RPMS from SVN and not the SPRMS
(though a temporary
> SRPMS is created in the process).
> 
> Regardless ... the KERNEL VERSION that is in the SRPM
name is not
> relevant (as it totally depends on the KERNEL that is
installed when the
> SRPM is built).
> 
> The SRPM that is posted in the CentOSPlus (or Extras)
repo will build
> the kmod files that are released and there is no reason
to update it
> unless something other than the kernel version
changes.
> 
> Example:
> 
> xfs-kmod-0.4-1.2.6.18_8.1.1.el5.src.rpm
> 
> The relevant part is "xfs-kmod-0.4-1" and
el5.  No need to publish a
> dozen SRPMS that are identical in content.  The who
purpose of a kmod
> SRPM is that it can build for multiple ARCHES and
multiple VERSIONS from
> the same RPM.
> 
> As to plus and extras ... sure I can put the SRPMS in
both.  Changing
> where the kmod files are is a relatively new thing. 
DRBD was all in
> Extras and XFS was all in Plus ... but I changed that
at user request so
> that only the PLUS kenrel kmods are in plus and the
regular kernel kmods
> are in extras (as people did not know how to set
excludes in their yum
> config files to get regular kmod RPMS with plus kmod
RPMS present).
> 
> In fact, I did create hardlinks for all kmod SRPMS in
extras and
> centosplus.

i understand all the above since i also used to recompile
kmod in the
same way. the only problem with the missing src.rpms is that
i can't
know from which source it was build and whether is there any
changes in
the spec file. eg in the above case i dont know
xfs-kmod-0.4-1.2.6.18_8.1.1.el5.src.rpm is based on the same
spec file
as xfs-kmod-0.4-1.2.6.18_8.1.14.el5.src.rpm and if the spec
file
contians additional patches they are different or the same
etc.
for me a read-only svn access would be as good as the
src.rpm, but afaik
currently that svn is not public.

-- 
  Levente                               "Si vis pacem
para bellum!"
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