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Re: [pcp] Source and binary packaging - future directions

To: Max Matveev <makc@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [pcp] Source and binary packaging - future directions
From: Nathan Scott <nscott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:50:37 +1100
Cc: markgw@xxxxxxx, pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx, edwardsg@xxxxxxx
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On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 20:57 +1100, Max Matveev wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:15:27 +1100, Mark Goodwin wrote:
> 
>  MG> Nathan Scott wrote:
>  >> ps: Fedora10 has changed rpm options/syntax/configs/... &
>  >> the pcp/pcp-gui Makepkgs is b0rked - any interest in having
>  >> a look, Max?  You know this stuff better than anyone (Ken
>  >> said you'd _really_ want to take a look... ;)
> 
>  MG> actually, it might have been me suggesting Max would have the
>  MG> most clues for fixing this one :)
> 
>  MG> In any case, Greg Edwards @ SGI said this morning he will
>  MG> take a look at it - some more rpm-macros massaging needed.
> rpm in 4.6 decided to remove support for macrofiles in rpmrc file
> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473341), they're suggesting
> is to use --macros instead, but it does not work in 4.4.2 which is
> shipped with SLES 10. I'm going to rework this stuff to use macros on
> command line (we only need 6 or 7 of them) which should be independent
> of all the shenanigans of rpm pixies.

OK, sounds good.  Thanks for looking into it.

> I'm also thinking about removing support for rpm v2

Definately past time, thats many years old (>5 I think?) and no
current distributions would be shipping with that format for a
very long time.

> PS. Mark, can you ask cattelan to create me a public git directory on
>     oss.sgi.com

I'll create one - oh, looks like someones already done it?

cheers.

--
Nathan

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