[scl.org] devtoolset 2?

[Dave Johansen]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Honza Horak <hhorak at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 01/13/2016 05:14 AM, Dave Johansen wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Honza Horak <hhorak at redhat.com
>> <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 01/06/2016 05:41 PM, Dave Johansen wrote:
>>
>>         On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Honza Horak <hhorak at redhat.com
>>         <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com>
>>         <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com>>> wrote:
>>
>>              On 01/05/2016 04:35 PM, Dave Johansen wrote:
>>
>>                  On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Honza Horak
>>         <hhorak at redhat.com <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com>
>>                  <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com>>
>>                  <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com>
>>         <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com <mailto:hhorak at redhat.com>>>> wrote:
>>
>>                       Interesting, you're first who asks for that.
>>         Currently,
>>                  there is
>>                       nobody working on it.
>>
>>
>>                  We're working on moving to EL 7, but still need to
>>         support EL 6
>>                  installations. We'd also like to start allowing use of
>>         C++11 in
>>                  our code
>>                  base and using the same version of gcc on both EL 6 and
>>         7 seemed
>>                  like
>>                  the best way to accomplish both of these goals.
>>
>>                       If you're willing to try that, I wouldn't be
>>         against, I
>>                  just must
>>                       warn you that rebuilding devtoolset is always a
>>         lot of fun
>>                  (like
>>
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/sclorg/2015-December/msg00050.html)..
>>
>>
>>                  What's the best way to start this?
>>                  Are there modifications that are required for source
>>         .rpm (removing
>>                  RedHat naming, etc)? Or is it just start building it
>>         and dealing
>>                  with
>>                  the issues that pop up?
>>
>>
>>              There is no need to remove any naming, we usually take srpm
>>         from RH
>>              and rebuild. However, the bootstrapping is usually very
>>         challenging.
>>              I'd recommend first to try to rebuild at least basic packages
>>              yourself using mock (or copr), so you see how far you can
>> get..
>>              Then, if you'll see it is worth the work, we can create
>>         tags/targets
>>              in CBS and start with real rebuilds.
>>
>>
>>         I was just going to start playing around with this on COPR and I
>>         noticed
>>         that there appears to already be an existing build of
>> devtoolset-2:
>>         https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/rhscl/devtoolset/
>>
>>         It looks like it's not complete because only some of the packages
>>         succeeded, but would that serve as the best starting point? If so,
>>         what's the best way to move forward with that?
>>
>>
>>     Well, why not, I can add you as collaborator in this project -- what
>>     is your copr username? However, I'm afraid that whoever tried that,
>>     he got blocked on some non easy issues, which is the reason why it
>>     is not finished.
>>
>>
>> My username is daveisfera.
>>
>
> Well, I've realized the copr is not named devtoolset-2, but just
> devtoolset, which is not ideal.. and renaming is not possible in copr..
> maybe it would be better if you'd create your own copr, which has correct
> name..
>
> Is there anything special that needs to be done to do these builds?
>>
>
> Honestly, I don't know what is necessary to fix the builds, but since they
> were failing, I expect something would need to be fixed.
>
> Is there an original location for the source rpms? And is this COPR use
>> those or some modification of them?
>>
>
> The sources are available here:
>
> http://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHDevToolset/SRPMS/
>

It looks like the source .rpm for felix-gogo-parent is missing. What needs
to happen for that to be added?
Thanks,
Dave
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