On Thu, Feb 12, 2004, David M. Fetter wrote:
> 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, it is. We are very close before release and will
put 2.0 in stone (= CVS) early next week.
> 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)?
Yes, look for the "openpkg-tool" package.
> 3. Should I install the openpkg rpm over the bootstrapped openpkg? How
> does the openpkg rpm info get inserted into the rpmdb otherwise?
No, if you bootstrap from the openpkg*.src.sh you end up with a complete
setup, including an RPM DB which already contains the "openpkg" package.
You can (if you feel better ;-) rebuild also openpkg*.src.rpm and
install it, but there will be no difference anymore. OTOH _upgrading_ an
instance is done by building a newer openpkg*.src.rpm and installing it,
of course.
> 4. What is the best way (or is there one) to perform a mass system
> bootstrap/install across many systems?
This cannot be answered because I think there is no single "best way".
It fully depends on your environment. There are people who build all
*.src.rpm on _each_ target machine from scratch, but use utilities like
"dsh" or similar for automating this. There are other people who build
the *.src.rpm just once on a master machine and then copy and deploy
the binary RPMs on all target machines, etc. OpenPKG (at least up to
know) is only the raw packaging facility. Mass-deployments and similar
things are IMHO more related to real Configuration Management (CM) on
top if this. And for the CM layer OpenPKG currently doesn't provide very
much, although we are working on this with the implementation of a new
additional OpenPKG "tool chain" (which runs on top of RPM).
Ralf S. Engelschall
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