On Aug 29, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Tim Mooney wrote: > > Jeff, et. al. - > > I'm replacing my current x86_64-pc-solaris2.10 (traditional Solaris 10 > from before Oracle bought Sun, 10u6 to be exact) build box with a new > x86_64-pc-solaris2.11, which is actually OpenIndiana 151a8. >
Nice! > The RPM 5.1.9 I've been using for packaging and installing local software > on the Solaris 10 box continues to work just fine on the new OI box, but > I'm planning on taking a run at current rpm (5.4.12?). Because I'm a > glutton for punishment, I'll also be using the no-cost Oracle Studio 12.3 > compiler toolchain. ;-) > The chief problem upgrading from 5.1.9 -> 5.3 is converting the database. Meanwhile the only real conceptual problem is that the header instances used as join keys are now always in network order, and perisitently unique (using /var/lib/rpm/Seqid, the persistence is a bit tricky). You can avoid the upgrade issues by installing instead of upgrading. Meanwhile dbconvert.c or a rather simple shell script can do the upgrade. You can also try using %posttrans, but I cannot solve any problem (there are none so far) changing a database schema on a live/open database automagically. > I plan on submitting build patches, but where would you like them > submitted? Here? launchpad? > Wither as you wish. launchapad.net/rpm will work better for issues in need of discussion or support because more narrowly targeted and specific. > As you well know, I'm a sysadmin that happens to be able to muddle around > in C, not a developer, so I expect that any patches will need feedback > and probably multiple revisions before they might be palatable to > upstream. Some will likely never be acceptable for inclusion, but I'll > submit them and let you sort them out. > Pshaw: I've seen many sysadmin patches, yours are considerably more thoughtful ;-) > Be expecting to see some patches in the coming days. > Good! 73 de Jeff > Tim > -- > Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu > Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure 701-231-1076 (Voice) > Room 242-J6, IACC Building 701-231-8541 (Fax) > North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 > ______________________________________________________________________ > RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org > Developer Communication List rpm-devel@rpm5.org ______________________________________________________________________ RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org Developer Communication List rpm-devel@rpm5.org
