On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 15:47 -0500, Bill Buros wrote: > > > You should be able to 'yum install libhugetlbfs' on Fedora > Core 5 and > > get the package from the Extras repository (which is enabled > by > > default). > > Hadn't used the Extras or yum before. Pretty nice.... > > And interesting. It says the kernel with Fedora Core 5 > (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5) is in conflict with the requirements for > libhugetlbfs ( < 2.6.16).
Yes, that is by design. Some of the necessary kernel-level functionality may not be there in kernels prior to 2.6.16. That's when most of it went upstream, and outside of RHEL[1], we try to stick closely to upstream whenever possible. [1] We run libhugetlbfs on 2.6.9-based RHEL4 boxes regularly, but we back-ported the necessary kernel bits. > The x86-64bit system was installed with downloaded CDs for Fedora Core > 5... If you 'yum install kernel' or 'yum upgrade', you'll get offered a 2.6.17 kernel to install. > > > Does the package work with OpenSuSE as well? > > > > It's possible. We tried to avoid doing anything Red Hat > specific during > > the packaging. I'm really unfamiliar with SUSE though, so I > can't say > > for sure. > > Just want to clarify one thing here... The *binary* package is > definitely not advisable for use on SUSE, but there's a good > chance the > SRPM can be rebuilt on SUSE, producing a suitable binary > package.. > > That's fair and understandable.. I hadn't been picturing the Extras > package.. > I'll have to be more careful with the phrasing of which package is > being used. No problem. > I'll try yum and libhugetlbfs on a ppc64 system later this week... Note that ppc64 packages aren't available, as we currently build nothing but ppc32 userland packages in Fedora Extras. Only a select few packages in Fedora Core are even built both ppc32 and ppc64. ppc64 systems are usually only the kernel and a few libs that are actually 64-bit, the rest is 32-bit (for performance reasons, or so I'm told). Of course, you can simply grab the srpm and do and rpmbuild --rebuild on it on a 64-bit box, and should be able to build yourself a ppc64 binary (which should be installable in parallel with the ppc32 package). Clear as mud? :) -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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