[ATrpms-users] new openafs kmdls for new kernel

[Jason Edgecombe]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 08:43:29AM -0500, Jason Edgecombe wrote:
>   
>> Axel Thimm 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. ;)
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I tried recompiling the src rpm myself, but I got the following error:
>>>>
>>>> *** WARNING: No build ID note found in 
>>>> /var/tmp/openafs-1.4.6-26.el5-root/usr/lib/libafsauthent.so.1.0
>>>> extracting debug info from 
>>>> /var/tmp/openafs-1.4.6-26.el5-root/usr/libexec/openafs/volserver
>>>> /usr/lib/rpm/debugedit: canonicalization unexpectedly shrank by one 
>>>> character
>>>> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.52383 (%install)
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I can't say I understand what is happening here as RHEL5 didn't have
>>> any buildid setup, or did it get some with recent updates?
>>>
>>> Let's see whether I'll run into it. Hopefully not, as then the
>>> "overnight" part would not work :)
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> 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.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't see an openafs  kmdl for 2.6.18-53.1.13 on the web or in rsync.
>> Would you please check on it?
>>
>> Am I just checking too early?
>>     
>
> It should had been there on the master mirror (dl.atrpms.net). Are you
> still having troubles?
>   
It's there now. Thanks!

I was in such a time crunch, that I researched how to build an atrpms 
kmdl rpm and built the kmdl rpm myself yesterday morning. I'm using the 
openafs rpms from atrpms plus the one kmdl that I built.

Thanks,
Jason