Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756343AbXKZPKb (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:10:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755717AbXKZPKY (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:10:24 -0500 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:57473 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755659AbXKZPKX (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:10:23 -0500 Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:08:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Ray Lee cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: can support for "rpm"-based package building just be dropped? In-Reply-To: <2c0942db0711260658j5ce017e7ucce4c373748ed7b7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <2c0942db0711260658j5ce017e7ucce4c373748ed7b7@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1373 Lines: 37 On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Ray Lee wrote: > On Nov 26, 2007 12:54 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > on current systems, "rpm" no longer has build capability and will > > fail thusly: > > > > rpm --target i386 -ta ../kernel-2.6.24rc3g2ffbb837dirty.tar.gz > > --target: unknown option > > > > so it would make more sense to just require "rpmbuild" on the > > machine, would it not? > > Only on current machines. You'd break building kernel RPMs on older > systems that don't have rpmbuild installed. So the change wouldn't > fix anything, and would break some non-zero number of setups that > are currently working, making the change a guaranteed net loss. > > A patch that added version checks against rpm and whinged > appropriately about needing rpmbuild would likely be accepted, > though. yes, i suspect that's the right answer. rday ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/