[ATrpms-users] New kmdls [was: new openafs kmdls for new kernel]

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 08:28:48AM -0500, Brian Long wrote:
> On Feb 12, 2008 11:14 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 08:00:32PM -0500, Jason Edgecombe wrote:
> > > hi everyone,
> > >
> > > Will the openafs kmdl rpms be rebuilt overnight for the new kernel that
> > > was released by redhat today? If not, I humbly request that they be
> > > updated for the new RHEL5 kernel that fixes the local root exploit.
> >
> > Yes, assuming that overnight is in your timezone. ;)
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > I'm running RHEL5 Desktop on i386.
> > >
> > > I'd like to be able to start testing the new kernel in the morning
> > (EST).
> >
> > That's in about 8 hours, so most probably everything will be in place
> > by then. Let us know whether something broke. Or even if everything
> > does just work.
> 
> 
> Axel,
> 
> This brings up an interesting question I've had for a few days.  I trolled
> the atrpms-devel archives but didn't find anything specific in this regards.
> 
> What build system are you using to automate your builds?

A dirty, but well working set of bash scripts.

> Is there a public page which shows the build queue and status so we
> as users can know how long it will take before the kmdl's we require
> are going to be finished?

No, there is no build queue, it works in a polling mode - each build
server checks to see which packages have not been built, locks the
folder and tries to build it.

> Are you lacking any hardware which could improve your turn-around time for
> building kmdl's or other RPMs?

Well, the more hardware the faster it gets, of course.

> Do kmdl's automatically get rebuilt as Fedora or RHEL release new
> kernels or is this manual intervention required for each new kernel?

I do need to check in a kernel, as sometimes
download.fedora.redhat.com does funy things - like for instance just
last weekend the F7 kernel dissappeared and was replaced by a testing
and older F7 kernel. Any automatons w/o a human eye looking over it
would have broken all kmdl support.

> Maybe this information is in a FAQ or Wiki I've not found.

Actually what you did not find is the wiki itself which has been on my
plate for a coupld of ages ... :(
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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