On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 05:52:40PM -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Richard McClellan <richmc at gmail.com> wrote: > > 1) it appears that the howto build information has been available all along > 2) incomplete/incorrect SRPMS from upstream present the problems > 3) the rest is challenging on a case by case basis (figuring out > what's missing from the SRPM and putting said into the build root) > 4) apparently even #3 is documented in bug reports to the upstream > 5) all of this goes out the door and into the trash with RHEL 6 And 5.7, and 4.9 and every other point release and every single update that comes down the pike from upstream. But for once I have to admit I agree with everything you've stated. Thanks for the refreshing post. John -- An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. -- James Albert Michener (1907-1997), novelist, Space (1982) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20110219/b1281caf/attachment-0007.sig>