A presentation at LUG 2016 given by Chris Morrone gives some background on the new packaging conventions.
http://cdn.opensfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/LUG2016D1_Improved-Versioning_Morrone_DiNatale.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50VN9Q7BHYA&index=5&list=PLA5dHg1_l3V8r6eqrUnl8DiB-KH1K5yLH With the completion of LU-5614 the Lustre rpm packages use weak-updates so they don't need to be rebuilt when the kernel is updated. Ned > -----Original Message----- > From: lustre-discuss [mailto:lustre-discuss-boun...@lists.lustre.org] On > Behalf Of Chris Horn > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 11:15 AM > To: Michael Di Domenico; lustre-discuss > Subject: Re: [lustre-discuss] rpm names? > > That work was done in LU-5614 and some related tickets. I think the one for > removing the kernel version from the package name was LU-7643. > > Chris Horn > > On 4/21/17, 12:58 PM, "lustre-discuss on behalf of Michael Di Domenico" > <lustre-discuss-boun...@lists.lustre.org on behalf of > mdidomeni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i'm confused over the naming change between 2.8 and 2.9, it seems the > kernel version has gotten dropped from the rpm filename. > > but the files inside the rpm are still compiled for a specific kernel, > so there's a good chance that kmod-lustre-client will get installed on > a machine that does not have a matching kernel to the directory inside > the rpm > > this also means i can't rpmbuild --rebuild the lustre-client src rpm > for several different kernels and keep all the files in the same > directory. > > kmod-lustre-client-2.9.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm > > lustre-client-modules-2.8.0-3.10.0_327.3.1.el7.x86_64.x86_64.rpm > lustre-client-2.8.0-3.10.0_327.3.1.el7.x86_64.x86_64.rpm > > i looked back through the mailing list, but i don't see any mention of > this change. (i'm not on the lustre developers list) > _______________________________________________ > lustre-discuss mailing list > lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org > http://lists.lustre.org/listinfo.cgi/lustre-discuss-lustre.org > > > _______________________________________________ > lustre-discuss mailing list > lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org > http://lists.lustre.org/listinfo.cgi/lustre-discuss-lustre.org _______________________________________________ lustre-discuss mailing list lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org http://lists.lustre.org/listinfo.cgi/lustre-discuss-lustre.org