On 1/22/2015 6:53 AM, Karl Behler wrote: > Dear All, > > we try to build openafs 1.6.10 or alternatively openafs master on our > Oracle Linux platform. > Linux lxaug27.aug.ipp.mpg.de 3.8.13-55.1.2.el6uek.x86_64 #2 SMP Thu Dec > 18 00:15:51 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > We cloned the openafs master repository and started the build process > for branch openafs-stable-1_6_x as well as for master. > But make fails with: > > [deleted] > > Any idea what might be wrong with our kernel or our build trial?
Oracle maintains their own fork of the Linux kernel. As is true with
other commercial distributions, Oracle picks and chooses the patches it
wants to apply and frequently has to rewrite them in significant ways.
Marc Dionne (Your File System Inc) researched this issue out of
curiosity and determined that the build problem is the result of Oracle
back-porting a more recent change to their own kernel but had to alter
the patch in a manner that is incompatible with the approach used on the
mainline kernel.
OpenAFS.org has decided that it does not have the resources to provide
packaging and support downstream Linux distributions. Especially rarely
used distributions such as Oracle's. If running OpenAFS on Oracle Linux
is important to the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics I will make
the following suggestions.
(1) The Institute should host Buildbot instances for each stable release
of Oracle Linux that it would like to be supported. This will permit
the OpenAFS developer community to validate each patch submissions
against the relevant platforms.
(2) If the Institute does not have Linux kernel developers on staff that
are capable of diagnosing and submitting patches to OpenAFS for changes
to Oracle Linux, it should consider purchasing a support contract with
one of the commercial support providers for OpenAFS. A list can be
found at:
http://www.openafs.org/support.html
If the Institute does not have an explicit need for Oracle Linux, it
should consider one of the Linux distributions with better support for
OpenAFS. In particular Debian or Scientific Linux.
Jeffrey Altman
Your File System Inc.
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