Need a build chain in koji, not a chainbuild [URGENT]

Christoph Wickert christoph.wickert at googlemail.com
Mon Oct 27 09:34:42 UTC 2008


I'm working hard on the Xfce 4.4.3 update. Since it is only a bugfix
release we'd like it to appear in F10. My problem is that it has a long
dependency chain. I first have to build the basic libs and then I can
start with some apps, then the rest.

Now I'm stuck already at the second package because it needs the first
one. How long do I have to wait until the first package appears at 
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/static-repos/dist-rawhide-current/
or at http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/ ?

Please don't tell me to use a chainbuild, because IMO for a long
dependency chain this is to risky. I have _no_ way to test if a package
builds, nether with mock, nor with a scratchbuild. If one package fails,
the complete chain is broken. This has become even worse with immutable
tags (although I understand the need for immutable tags).

What to do in situations like these? I'm not talking about this
particular situation but about problems like these in general.

Regards,
Christoph






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