mock 0.8.9 for EPEL-5

[Jon Ciesla]

> Michael E Brown wrote:
>
>> All,
>>     Mock 0.8.9 is sitting in the upstream git repository. I have tested
>> this version on RHEL5, and it appears to work satisfactorily there. I
>> have fixed the last remaining issue that I have seen on RHEL.
>>
>>     There are a few config file changes, as well as a couple differences
>> in command line behaviour from previous releases, detailed in my release
>> announcement to fedora-buildsys-list [1].
>>
>>     What are people's thoughts on upgrading the EPEL5 version of mock to
>> 0.8.9? I would like to upgrade EPEL5 mock to 0.8.9.
>>
>> Here are the benefits:
>>
>> Bugfixes:
>>  -- There are several outstanding bugs in the existing version of mock
>> on RHEL, including one bug that can result in removal of /dev/ on the
>> host in some circumstances. These are all fixed in 0.8.x.
>
> +1 upgrade, please.  I've personally had this happen on several occasions.
> Major suckage.

+1 I think this trumps the "do-not-update" tendancy EPEL has, due to the
severity of the bugs it fixes.

> -- Rex
>
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