[WBEL-users] Re: Back and building packages

[Jerry Amundson]

On Fri November 4 2005 13:44, John Morris wrote:
> Ok, finally managed to find enough time to get to the bottom of the
> build problems.  The batch of srpms that were in the queue when the
> build environment was declared unsafe have now been hatched along
> with a new db4 package.
>
> For those who haven't been following closely, db4 was the package
> that eventually exposed the flaws in the build environment.  db4-java
> is back so if you had previously uninstalled it be sure to manually
> add it back after you run up2date/yum/etc.
>
> Now, as to getting everything else back on track.  Here is the order
> I'm intending to attack things.

Made progress on them? Specifically, number 1, I suppose...

jerry

> 1.  Get the errata for 3.0 caught up.  Most of our hosts are running
> 3.0 and I suspect the majority of production boxes on WBEL are as
> well so getting it up to scratch comes first.
>
> 2.  Do the same for WBEL4, along with fixing several problems that
> don't originate from upstream.
>
> 3.  Respin WBEL4.  Some of the glitches really need to go into a
> fresh set of ISO images, like the missing i386 packages causing OOo
> probems on x86_64.
>
> 4.  WBEL3 will wait for a respin until after the next RH Update.
> Several posts on the taroon list lead to a belief this next one will
> be the last to add new features.  If true, Respin 3 of WBEL3 might be
> the last one for awhile.  WBEL3 could go to errata only unless the
> download time for the errata gets insane or new hardware support is
> added that needs to be on the boot media, but if we get down to just
> a neverending stream of updated mozilla, ethereal and gaim packages
> the size  will stay managable and there won't be much reason to
> respin.