Just an FYI.. the upgrade from FC4 to CentOS 5 will work nearly
flawlessly (You can find instructions on how to do this via YUM online).
Justice
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 14:40 -0800, Francisco Paco Peralta wrote:
> I agree 110% and will start planning the upgrade. I have to check if
> the cms I am running for my website (also on the server) has any
> issues with centos. I was just trying to see if the was a quick way
> of addressing this issue, but I certainly don't want to create any
> more work for you folks.
>
> Eric....we shall be in touch. Thank You,
>
> Eric Shubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since FC4 has reached its EOL, I'm inclined to think that we
> shouldn't add
> yet another version of unionfs to qtp-newmodel just to support
> that one
> obsolete kernel.
>
> Paco, you really should get off of the FC track and on to
> CentOS at some
> point. Then you won't run into this problem again. When you're
> ready to do
> so, contact me off list and we can discuss what it would take.
> Otherwise,
> you can continue to use the copied or linked sandbox to
> upgrade your toaster
> packages.
>
> Justice London wrote:
> > Okay.. you managed to find the one release/kernel combo that
> would
> > require another union module just for it. Is there any way
> you can
> > simply upgrade the kernel release or fedora release? The fc4
> release
> > hasn't been supported for over a year, which means no
> security updates
> > or anything.
> >
> > Justice
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 09:34 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote:
> >> Hey, Paco. Nice to hear from you.
> >>
> >> Indeed your observation is correct (afaict). Justice would
> know best though
> >> regarding the unionfs. That's a bit of a complicated
> situation, as there are
> >> 4 module/versions which provide that capability, each for
> various kernel
> >> versions. I suppose that we might not have the right
> module/version paired
> >> up with the right kernel in your case (kernel 2.6.17), but
> Justice would
> >> need to make that call.
> >>
> >> If Justice can't help to get this resolved, you can always
> use a linked or
> >> copied sandbox to do the upgrade.
> >>
> >> Please keep us posted.
> >>
> >> Francisco Paco Peralta wrote:
> >>> Well, I tried the unioned sandbox method and it didn't
> seem to work for me.
> >>>
> >>> I appears I have an unsupported kernel (fc4 vintage). The
> logs mention
> >>> that I can add some extra flags to the command but I am
> unsure of the
> >>> impact or repercussions. Comments are welcome.
> >>>
> >>> I have pasted some text from my session, any assistance
> would be greatly
> >>> appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>
>
> ********************************************************************************
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Would you like a unioned sandbox (quicker, smaller, maybe
> less stable)
> >>> [y]/n: y
> >>>
> >>> Using union filesystem ...
> >>> qtp-mount-sandbox v0.2.6
> >>> --No existing unionfs12 found. Continuing with build
> process
> >>> --Testing for valid rpm install tool:
> >>> yum -y install found!
> >>>
> >>> --Searching for valid kernel source/devel to build
> unionfs12:
> >>> kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4
> >>> --Looking at current kernel
> >>> --You have the kernel source for the running kernel!
> >>>
> >>> --Building
> >>> mv: cannot stat `unionfs.ko': No such file or directory
> >>>
> >>> --Something went wrong with the unionfs12 build
> >>> --Please check /var/log/unionfs-build.log to see what
> happened
> >>> qtp-build-unionfs failed,ure. Exiting!
> >>>
> >>> qtp-newmodel - qtp-mount-sandbox failed, exiting
> >>>
> >>> --- Hit ENTER to return to menu ---
> >>>
> >>> **************************************************
> >>> my logs are as follows:
> >>>
> >>> **************************************************
> >>>
> >>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4/build
> >>> SUBDIRS=/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2
> >>>
> FISTDEVMK=/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/fistdev.mk
> clean
> >>> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686'
> >>> CLEAN /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/.tmp_versions
> >>> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686'
> >>> rm -f subr.o dentry.o file.o inode.o main.o super.o
> stale_inode.o
> >>> branchman.o xattr.o rdstate.o copyup.o dirhelper.o
> rename.o unlink.o
> >>> lookup.o persistent_inode.o commonfops.o dirfops.o print.o
> >>> malloc_debug.o mmap.o unionfs.o unionfs.ko *.d .*.flags
> \#* *~
> >>> rm -f TAGS tags
> >>> rm -f unionfs-1.2.tar.gz
> >>> make -C utils clean
> >>> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/utils'
> >>> rm -f unionctl uniondbg unionimap TAGS tags
> >>> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/utils'
> >>>
>
> ******************************************************************************
> >>> If you have questions about or problems building Unionfs,
> please read
> >>> INSTALL.
> >>>
>
> ******************************************************************************
> >>>
> >>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4/build
> >>> SUBDIRS=/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2
> >>>
> FISTDEVMK=/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/fistdev.mk
> modules
> >>> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686'
> >>> CC [M] /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/subr.o
> >>> In file included
> from /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/subr.c:22:
> >>> /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/unionfs.h:50:2:
> error: #warning
> >>> You are compiling Unionfs on an unsupported kernel
> version.
> >>> /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/unionfs.h:51:2:
> error: #warning
> >>> To compile Unionfs, you will need to define
> UNIONFS_UNSUPPORTED.
> >>> /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/unionfs.h:52:2:
> error: #warning
> >>> Try adding: EXTRACFLAGS=-DUNIONFS_UNSUPPORTED to
> fistdev.mk
> >>> make[2]: ***
> [/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/subr.o] Error 1
> >>> make[1]: ***
> [_module_/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2] Error 2
> >>> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686'
> >>> make: *** [unionfs.ko] Error 2
> >>>
> >>>
>
> ***************************************************************************
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Francisco "Paco" Peralta
> >>
> >
> >
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