On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 12:12, Richard Shaw <hobbes1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 8:20 AM Stephen John Smoogen <smo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 09:05, Richard Shaw <hobbes1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I've gotten frequent requests to support EPEL branches of packages I >>> maintain for Fedora and I usually don't mind as long as it's "easy", >>> meaning build dep differences are minor and easy to work around, but mock >>> seems completely broken for EPEL and I don't like to support packages I >>> can't easily build. >>> >>> I know there's scratch builds, COPR, and stuff but I have a $DAYJOB and >>> nothing beats being able to test and iterate quickly using mock on my >>> workstation. >>> >>> Out of curiosity I just tried every EL 8 mock config and found the >>> following results: >>> >>> almalinux-8 works >>> centos-8 broken (EOL) >>> centos-stream-8 works >>> epel-8-x86_64 broken >>> epel-next-8-x86_64 works >>> eurolinux-8-x86_64 works >>> oraclelinux-8-x86_64 works >>> rhel-8-x86_64 no subscription >>> rockylinux works >>> >>> >> Check what /etc/mock/epel-8-x86_64.cfg is linked to on your system. If it >> is not linked to anything then it is going to be broken and either trying >> to use the Fedora koji or using data from CentOS mirrors which no longer >> exist. First step is decide which OS you will use to build EPEL packages >> against: Rocky, Alma, Oracle, RHEL. >> >> $ sudo -i >> # cd /etc/mock >> # mv epel-8-x86_64.cfg epel-8-x86_64-old.cfg >> # ln -s alma+epel-8-x86_64.cfg epel-8-x86_64.cfg >> >> Change alma+ to the OS you want to use. >> > > Ok, that's simple enough, but I have to ask the obvious question. :) > > Why isn't this fixed in the package? Though I do remember the thread Gary > referenced, still I would think it would be a good idea to choose ANY of > them if for no other reason than to not leave things broken. > > Because any choice was going to look like favoritism and people are rather particular about which OS they run. The mock people are caught in the middle and don't really want to be there. -- Stephen J Smoogen. Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle. -- Ian MacClaren
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