Re: Redhat 7.3, patched 2.4.20 Kernel, which xfsprogs?

[Nathan Straz <nstraz@sgi.com>]

On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 01:46:43PM +0100, Rainer Traut wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using a 2.4.20 Kernel with the XFS patches from the ftp server.
> ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/patches/2.4.20/snapshot-xfs-2.4.20-2002-12-18_02%3a00_UTC
> Which xfsprogs should i use?

Use the latest xfsprogs.

> Because Rh 7.3 uses older glibc i cannot use the latest rpms.
> Should I compile them from source code?

You should be able to do an rpm --rebuild on the source rpms and get
something you can use on RH 7.3.

> Are these xfs patches I'm using a 1.2 release of  xfs or
> should I install from cvs?

The patches you're using are CVS code, not 1.2 based code.  I think
someone has already merged the 1.2pre4 code up to 2.4.20. Either you'll
have to check the archives to find out who, or they'll speak up.  

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