How to build EPEL Java packages using mock?

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 10/24/2007 09:24 PM, Richard Megginson wrote:
> Hello. I have a question about building java packages for epel4 using 
> mock (fedora-4-i386-epel.cfg). There are several yum repos that mock 
> uses to populate the buildroot. But the ant package (and all of its 
> dependents) are not in any of them afaict.  In RHEL4, ant and its 
> brethren are in the RH Developer Suite v.3 channel.  Is there a 
> recommended epel/centos yum repo that has ant?  Or, alternately, how 
> should I add ant and its dependencies to my epel4 buildroot?  I found 
> this - 
> http://watzmann.net/blog/index.php/2006/10/19/using_mock_to_build_rhel_packages_take_2 
> - but I'm hoping there is a solution that doesn't involve setting up 
> yet another repo.
If a package you need is not included in base, updates, EPEL or the 
buildsys system, you have to a) either add yet another repo containing 
the packages you need or b) wait for the required packages to be 
available in EPEL (or even try  to push them yourself there)

In this particular case, since the package you need is available via a 
different RH channel, one should get in touch with RH and see if they 
are willing to transfer it either to EPEL or to base, because EPEL will 
never knowingly compete with RH channels and it cannot contain packages 
which have dependencies outside the base/updates/EPEL suite. Since ant 
is included in RH5.0, I'd say there is a fair chance to have ant 
included in base.