----- "Martin Hicks" <mort@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 08:25:36AM -0400, Jeff Hanson wrote:
> > Nathan Scott wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> PCP 2.8.0 is out there, in the git trees and now in binary/source
> >> packages as well (tar, rpm, deb, dmg). Enjoy! A list of changes
> >> and the download location is at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/pcp .
> >> The latest stable PCP GUI tree and images are in the same place.
> >
> > Just a note that
> > rpm -Uv pcp-2.8.0-1.x86_64.rpm pcp-gui-1.3.5-1.x86_64.rpm
> perl-PCP-LogSummary-1.01-8.noarch.rpm perl-PCP-PMDA-1.01-8.x86_64.rpm
> > on a rhel 5.3 x86_64 system with sgi foundation software 1sp3 and
> propack 6sp3
> > fails as pcp-2.8.0-1.x86_64 isn't replacing
> pcp-open-noib-2.7.8-sgi603r1.x86_64
> > and pcp-gui-1.3.5-1.x86_64 isn't replacing
> pcp-sgi-2.7.8-sgi603r1.x86_64
> >
> > Do we want this to work? I can effort at the spec file if so
> desired.
>
> I would call this "known". SGI uses strange package names
> internally.
I'll leave this to you guys, I can't really test any of this.
The only bit of info I have that may help is...
> I think we shouldn't bother for the time being. I plan to
> incorporate
> pcp-2.8.0 into our development stream in the next development tree
> (stout7).
>
> I also don't think pcp-gui stricly replaces pcp-sgi:
> - some stuff moved from pcp to pcp-gui
> - there are still some closed-source stuff in pcp-sgi that we need
> to
> continue to ship.
*nod* ... pcp-gui has only a "Conflicts: pcp-pro" in it. It doesn't
(try to rpm-) "Replace" anything. The Conflicts line is there to
block attempts to install two packages with pmchart/pmtime.
Yeah, over time this situation should improve, but for now its not
at all ideal for SGI folks who want pcp-sgi/pcp-pro, etc.
cheers.
--
Nathan
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