Yes sure. While RPMs can be unpacked with cpio, the goal is to have a system which is maintainable and upgradeable in the long run.
Also, usually products packaged with RPM have other dependencies, so having a full CentOS LX zone is great, just run yum and job done. We have a few apps which are RPM only and only supported on RHEL or CentOS and currently we are kind of forced to run RHEL or CentOS on top of VMware for these (that's about to change soon hopefully). PS: There is always some legacy app needing special treatment.... On Mar 7, 2015 8:39 AM, "Jonathan Paget" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow, this could be a deal breaker for folks running RHEL > >> just because the app is only available/supported as an RPM > > Can you clarify what is the deal-breaker? > > > >> only available/supported as an RPM > > Can an RPM not be unpacked with cpio? > > > Sorry if I'm just missing something here. > > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Peter Toth via smartos-discuss < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow, this could be a deal breaker for folks running RHEL, just because >> the app is only available/supported as an RPM.. .we have a few of those... >> >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 5:51 AM, Garrett D'Amore via smartos-discuss < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Bryan, the fix for this is much appreciated! I hadn’t even had a >>> chance to look at the hang myself, and you’ve already fixed it. :-) >>> >>> - Garrett >>> >>> On Mar 6, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Bryan Cantrill via smartos-discuss < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I have debugged the hang, and filed OS-4004: >>> >>> https://smartos.org/bugview/OS-4004 >>> >>> This is a recent regression; I would expect a fix today, with our >>> apologies. >>> >>> - Bryan >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Ryan Zezeski via smartos-discuss < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Apparently I sent my first email to the smartos-discuss-owner... >>>> >>>> For those of you interested in playing with CentOS 6.6 LX: I'd like to >>>> share my iamge server with you (remember to use `-t dsapi` when >>>> importing). >>>> >>>> http://datasets.zinascii.com/datasets >>>> >>>> Here are the current issues I know about: >>>> >>>> 1. rsyslogd has a stack smashing problem. You'll want to set autoboot to >>>> false to avoid failed provisions. >>>> >>>> 2. On newer platform bits it is possible for the LX zone to induce a >>>> hang of the system (I have core dumps if anyone wants them). If using >>>> Nahum's smartos-lx-test zone you can use vmadm(1M) to send an NMI and >>>> get a core (vmadm sysrq <uuid> nmi). >>>> >>>> If you have other issues or see something about my image that you think >>>> could be done better then please email me direclty and let me know so I >>>> can improve it. >>>> >>>> A big thanks to Dan McDonald who made the initial image, and also to J. >>>> Perkin and J. Jelinek, whose public directories contained much useful >>>> information. >>>> >>>> -Z >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>> smartos-discuss >>>> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now >>>> RSS Feed: >>>> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/21493597-819305a5 >>>> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >>>> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >>>> >>> >>> *smartos-discuss* | Archives >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/22103350-51080293> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com/> >>> >>> >>> *smartos-discuss* | Archives >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26861862-3392afaa> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> *smartos-discuss* | Archives >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26912851-a47b45cc> | >> Modify >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
