On Thu, Feb 12, 2004, David M. Fetter wrote: David!
> I have a series of questions after reading through the FAQ, Tutorial and > some of the handbook. They are: > > 1. Is the 2.0 release currently on schedule for Q1/2004? > Yes. > 2. Is there a script of some sort that will automatically rebuild and > install the src rpm's (i.e. something that will find the dependencies > and install in the proper order)? > We do not have a ideal solution for this. The best we can offer is the openpkg-tool package which contains a perl script which comes close to what you want. However, there are many real life scenarios that make the job of the script hard, i.e. retaining with_XXX options when upgrading, upgrade a library and know which applications to rebuild, working in mixed Release/ CURRENT environments ... just to name a few. Not all situations have be thought of, coded and debugged. Some do not work by design (either tool and/or OpenPKG). This is an area we have to improve OpenPKG a lot. > 3. Should I install the openpkg rpm over the bootstrapped openpkg? How > does the openpkg rpm info get inserted into the rpmdb otherwise? > There is no need to install openpkg*rpm over openpkg*sh. The bootstrap process ensures openpkg puts itself into the rpmdb. This is dirty and tricky and I believe it took Ralf something like three months to make it happen when OpenPKG was born. > 4. What is the best way (or is there one) to perform a mass system > bootstrap/install across many systems? > OpenPKG does not come with a automated deployment solution. There are a couple of options. Of course, you can create your own scripts or integrate into your existing deployment solution, if you already have any (i.e. ZENworks for Servers, cfengine, ...). Use openpkg-tool to automate parts of the deployment solution. My personal solution is a script called "obmtool" which is currently published as part of OpenPKG/Kolab integration. Its only a configuration file containing a shell script and a "main" shell script offering functions to reduce complexity of the config. See http://www.zfos.org/ for an example. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], Cable & Wireless ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
