Fedora 8-based distro for Alpha CD Announcement

[Anders Waananen]

Hi Oliver

Oliver Falk <oliver at linux-kernel.at> writes:

> Jay Estabrook wrote:
>> Anders Waananen wrote:
>>> 1. Add link /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.6.90.so needed by mock
>>> 2. Add comps.xml with buildsys-build group in the repo.
>>> 3. Add appropriate /etc/mock/fedora-8-alpha.cfg to mock RPM
>
> Nothing that someone will apply upstream in near future.
>
>>> 4. Apply the following patch to mock:
>>>
>>> ###
>>> # diff -u /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mock/util.py{.shipped,}
>>> --- /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mock/util.py.shipped       2007-12-21 11:02:50.000000000 +0100
>>> +++ /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mock/util.py       2008-04-15 14:16:54.000000000 +0200
>>> @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
>>>      'x86_64': PER_LINUX, 'ppc64': PER_LINUX, 'sparc64': PER_LINUX,
>>>      'i386': PER_LINUX32, 'i586': PER_LINUX32, 'i686': PER_LINUX32,
>>>      'ppc': PER_LINUX32, 'sparc': PER_LINUX32, 'sparcv9': PER_LINUX32,
>>> +    'alpha' : PER_LINUX,
>>>  }
>>>
>>>  import ctypes
>>> ###
>> 
>> I'll look into getting this integrated, and fed back upstream.
>
> This patch has already been reported upstream (rh bz)!

Excellent!
>
> What are you building? Any reason not to use koji from buildsys?

Wanted to build Torque (batch system) and use the machine in or Grid build
environment which is interfaced with mock. I'm not familiar with koji and how
it relates to mock.

Cheers

Anders

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