Hi Bernard, I agree that we have to address the bigger issue of how to create a package for a specific version of the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, i do not see any solution: if you want to use different patches (e.g. DIPC + Lustre) they may create conflicts and unfortunately it seems that major Linux distributions provide deeply modified Linux kernels. Therefore, i don't think it is possible to validate patches for all the kernels available around and so the only solution according to me is to identify a specific configuration, validate patches regarding that and provide a binary packages. If we do not do that i think it will be very difficult to support lustre, kerrighed or dipc via OSCAR on a large set of Linux distributions. But i may be wrong...
My 2 cents, Le Vendredi 24 Mars 2006 13:19, Bernard Li a écrit : > 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 -- Geoffroy ------------------------------------------------------- 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
