Hi Kamran: Alternatively, you can build a SRPM including the diffs etc. (and requiring the "kernel" and probably "kernel-devel" package) so that the user can on the fly rebuild the dipc RPM based on their kernel. It would probably be a good idea to ship one that is known to work though.
Anyways, we need to address the bigger issue here, which is how we want to treat packages that depend on specific kernels - eg. lustre, kerrighed, dipc. Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Kamran Karimi > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 9:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Oscar-devel] Re: Creating an RPM for DIPC > > Thanks Geoffroy. I've been looking at Kerrighed's packaging, > and it seems > that creating an RPM is not suitable for systems like DIPC > and Kerrighed. > The reason is that installing such systems requires patching > the kernel. I > see the following problems: > > 1) Including a pre-compiled kernel forces others to use a > specific version > of the kernel, with whatever options that were selected at > the compile time. > When distributing a patch, chances are users can apply it to > a similar > kernel. DIPC's kernel patch in particular is fairly small and > non-intrusive, so chances are it can be applied to other > kernel versions. > > 2) DIPC can work on non-x86 CPUs, so distributing an i386 RPM is > restrictive. > > Yes, for a user-level system, an RPM distribution is > excellent. I won't > speak for Kerrighed, but creating an RPM for DIPC seems to > complicates > things more than it helps. > > Maybe I need to be educated on the merits of creating an RPM > for a system > like DIPC > > -Kamran > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking > scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new > coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
