On Tue, 4 May 2021, Yasha Karant wrote:
I fully concur -- a clear statement of a concern about the source and any
authentication/pay-walls limiting access to that source. I assume that the
official rebuilders other than SL have paid the necessary fees to download
the real, actual, production IBM RH EL buildable source as referenced below,
currently at
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_downloads_&d=DwIBAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=XlwZHatfU9lTVBkqWjIVraTktof8jaVDXPjoOzkoFGs&s=TX6gLDMRLMZ6f49TN5nbIEbiojZosZn3xgi4HyfiuR0&e=
.
I do not have access -- but I assume that both Rocky and AlmaLinux have
purchased the necessary access license. I have not attempted to get a "dev"
IBM RH license that supposedly is at no cost -- has anyone done so and down a
full buildable source download?
From what I have seen on the EPEL mailing list, I think there are a few
bits missing. In addition to the code available with a devel licence
(which includes a "CodeReady Linux Builder" repo) in order to build
CentOS the team had to get hold of a number of -devel packages on a
case-by-case basis
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.fedoraproject.org_archives_list_epel-2Ddevel-40lists.fedoraproject.org_message_P2DGC5KRDHT2JNGFGJEH3IZ24WTBIH4D_&d=DwIBAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=XlwZHatfU9lTVBkqWjIVraTktof8jaVDXPjoOzkoFGs&s=mPXFT8k9V2llxcjZMZ7XqyZXftuuZCcGUUY83jAntOs&e=
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