On Feb 12, 2008 4:03 PM, Derrick Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008 4:58 PM, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been building RPMS for openafs versions for years and have always > > just used the default approach that creates openafs-kernel rpm. > > > > Now I notice in the 1.4.6 spec file an option for fedora, but I can't > > quite understand what benefit there is in this approach. The only > > thing I can tell for sure is it builds the kernel module into a > > package called kmod-openafs. I don't understand what the benefit of > > that change is. > > > > Can you fill me in? > > Other packages for fedora which provide kernel modules do the same > with same-style dependencies; we provide something analogous to what > everyone else(*) does. > It is a funny coincidence that, in the rpm-list, I've started an argument against ATrpms and the requirement of installing customized macro packages. So I agree with you there.
But I'm still not quite getting the point. Aside from renaming the kernel module as kmod-openafs, thus allowing yum or some other dependency resolver to do its business, I can't see what this does. Can I be more specific? Is the actual kernel file openafs.ko the same thing in either version? Is everything else just signals to the rpm database and yum or apt? I note that kmodtool distributed with openafs-1.4.6 says it is customized by Simon Wilkinson. That means I erased the pre-existing version of kmodtool that I had in my SOURCE tree and I'm a little disappointed there. When I build some other rpm, it is likely that kmodtool willl get erased again. If Simon has something vital in there, it might be better to re-name that file kmodtool-afs so that it is not obliterating the standard one. pj > Derrick > * except people who believe, perhaps rightly, that kmod is flawed and > kmdl is the answer; they aren't necessarily wrong but "hey install > this other package of macros everywhere" wasn't really my cup of tea > either. i can't say i love any of the answers. 1.4.7 will also include > dkms support. > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info > -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
