Hi Dag, > Hi, > > I have finished two compile runs of the complete subversion > repository. We now have 3194 packages for RHEL6/i686 and 3175 > packages for RHEL6/x86_64. > > But a lot of important packages still have to be made: most of the > multimedia and desktop related packages are missing, and the new > base offers a lot of possibilities for new desktop applications to > be packaged as well. So suggestions are mostly welcome. > > I myself still need to move to RHEL6 to see what I would be needing > to make it my default desktop. > > There are two problems I have noticed with the builds: > > - C++ packages have a higher chance of failing to compile > > - The new rpm calls patch with the --fuzz option, and somehow patches > that worked fine before, fail to apply on RHEL6 > > I also searched for packages that replaced base packages and have > edited most of those SPEC files to do the right thing (tag as rfx > and moved to extras repository). This work will be available on the > mirrors tomorrow.
What is the extras repository? I've checked the rpmforge-release RPM and it only installs rpmforge.repo and rpmforge-testing.repo. Michael. > It's possible some packages are no longer available (as they didn't > recompile) so if you find one of these you are using, let me know. > > The only packages that I haven't processed yet, are the perl > modules. So that's still a work in progress. If you are planning to > use RPMforge with RHEL6, you might want to make sure to use a yum > plugin to protect base (or wait until this work is finished). > > -- > -- dag wieers, [email protected], http://dag.wieers.com/ > -- dagit linux solutions, [email protected], http://dagit.net/ > > [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors] > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rpmforge.net/mailman/listinfo/users ------- End of Original Message ------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rpmforge.net/mailman/listinfo/users
