On 5/10/11 1:51 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > neilhwatson Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- >> Can you try with a newer version in case you see >> an old bug? > > Sadly I can't. > I am using opensuse11.4, and whilst I can install the latest community edition > rpm for suse_11, > I run into dependency hell with all sorts of libraries required when I run > cf-promises (well, I got bored of creating the required > shared library sym links after 2!). > Clearly that is not a sustainable solution for me. > > I guess I'll have to sweep this issue under the rug for the moment.
Is this a recurring theme for the community packages? I had a pipe-dream of a grid of <insert virtualization technology here> instances churning out community packages on a schedule (would we still need 32- and 64-bit, or is everyone 64-bit by now?)...and could set most of it up, but my main concerns were around consistency (I think whenever there are official spec files, etc. they should be used vs. recreated) and duplication of effort (if the official team is not releasing a specific package for a known reason, it won't do anyone much good to compile one with known issues). I have an interest in trying to make this better via community/volunteer effort. However, before running off on a limb I would like to know it's actually solving a problem (I've only seen a couple posts about broken/missing packages, they must work great most of the time) AND not potentially creating others. Back to my pipe-dream -- A tinderbox-esque auto build system that spits out snapshot-based packages for all supported platforms and turns into a xmas tree and spams when things go wrong seems useful. Of course the builds are really the easy part. The key would be developing unit tests, so each target platform is also "validated" (e.g. Things like your dependency errors would be called out before publishing the package). I actually went so far as registering another domain to host this stuff if it ever takes off, but then work got busy as usual. I am curious if something like this already exists! _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list [email protected] https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
