Fedora 8-based distro for Alpha CD Announcement

[Oliver Falk]

Hi Anders!

Anders Waananen wrote:
> 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.

Torque is available for F8 Alpha:
http://buildsys.zero42.at/koji/packageinfo?packageID=10520

More information about koji (the Fedora buildsystem; Also used at
Zero42): fedoraproject.org/wiki/Koji. It uses mock and is used for
building rpms. I'm not sure what you'd like to build!?

Best,
 Oliver