Re: Debuginfo repositories
On 3/15/2011 12:08, Vaclav Mocek wrote: Another question: does RHEL6 use Presto plugin and delta rpm? Not for RHN repos. -- Garrett Holmstrom
Re: Debuginfo repositories
Hello, We didn't mean to not include the debuginfo repo in the yum configuration files. I thought they were in there. It wasn't until I was doing more documentation about the changes since SL5 that I noticed they weren't there. We are working on updating sl-release so that the debuginfo repo's are in there. Expect it by the end of the week. As for RedHat yum repositories, you must be thinking about Fedora. I don't have any yum repository configuration files on my RHEL machines. It's all handled through rhn. Troy On 03/14/2011 07:59 PM, Vaclav Mocek wrote: Hello, I am wondering why Scientific Linux doesn't support debuginfo repositories in the same way as Red Hat does (disabled in *.repo files, distributed directly in the directory with binaries). I found some debug information 'hidden' in the directory /linux/scientific/6rolling/archive/debuginfo/, however I am not sure if it contains all debuginfo from all other binary directories and is already in sync. There are two reasons, why we shall care about debuginfo as a first class citizen: 1) ABRT (http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-abrt.html;) 2) SystemTap (http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/index.html;) Without debuginfo it is difficult to generate a sensible crash log (ABRT) and it helps [Red Hat] developers a lot. If one wants to analyse and tune the performance of the system, the SystemTap is absolutely essential and it needs debuginfo as well. Best Regards Vaclav M. -- __ Troy Dawson daw...@fnal.gov (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/SCF/FEF/SLSMS Group __
Re: Debuginfo repositories
Hello Troy, thank you for reply. We are working on updating sl-release so that the debuginfo repo's are in there. Expect it by the end of the week. Great news, I have found few bugs, one is nicely reproducible and I would like to report it to RedHat. ABRT + debuginfo will help me a lot. As for RedHat yum repositories, you must be thinking about Fedora. I don't have any yum repository configuration files on my RHEL machines. It's all handled through rhn. Yes, you are right, I am sorry. The last RHEL I used to use was version 4.x. ABRT, SystemTap and all the related infrastructure I really know from Fedora and I naively expected that in RHEL6 it will be used in the same way. Another question: does RHEL6 use Presto plugin and delta rpm? Vaclav M.
Debuginfo repositories
Hello, I am wondering why Scientific Linux doesn't support debuginfo repositories in the same way as Red Hat does (disabled in *.repo files, distributed directly in the directory with binaries). I found some debug information 'hidden' in the directory /linux/scientific/6rolling/archive/debuginfo/, however I am not sure if it contains all debuginfo from all other binary directories and is already in sync. There are two reasons, why we shall care about debuginfo as a first class citizen: 1) ABRT (http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-abrt.html;) 2) SystemTap (http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/index.html;) Without debuginfo it is difficult to generate a sensible crash log (ABRT) and it helps [Red Hat] developers a lot. If one wants to analyse and tune the performance of the system, the SystemTap is absolutely essential and it needs debuginfo as well. Best Regards Vaclav M.
