Mock [Re: issues list(s)]

[Pekka Savola <pekkas netcore fi>]

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Jeff Sheltren wrote:
> Are you talking about creating packages for each distribution, or QAing them? 
> If it's for creating them, I'd suggest using mock.

Creating, yes.

> See:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy/Mock
>
> Note that Paul Howarth found a bug in FC1 glibc which causes FC1 build root 
> creation to fail on 32bit processors (everything seems to work fine on 
> x86_64).  I think this can be fixed like so:
> ----------
> The workaround is to turn off vDSO support in the host kernel:
> # sysctl -w kernel.vdso=0
> ----------

Hmm.. I guess this requires having quick access to all the RPMs in all 
the OS versions so building can be done quickly.

Maybe the Fedora Legacy should provide 'Mock' as a service for 
creating packages for PUBLISH QA?

That way all folks wouldn't need to set up their own Mock systems.

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