On Jul 24, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 07/24/2011 08:52 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: >> >> 1) Yes, mock uses yum which will use repo files. You likely need >> to configure up /etc/mock/* somehow … checking … yes stanzas >> like this are merely yum repositories written differently: >> [fedora] >> name=fedora >> mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-15&arch=i386 >> failovermethod=priority >> See if someone hasn't configured up mock for cents somehow: that was the point >> of my aside: its often quite mysterious how to find the right URI. I have difficulties >> all the time. > mock from epel comes preconfigured to use centos repos when building for > RHEL 4 and RHEL 5. As last versions of mock (both for epel-5 and epel-6) > were released before centos 6 was out, the config files for RHEL6 are > preconfigured to use RH beta ( 5.90). However it's quite trivial to > adjust the 2 lines to point to centos repos instead. > > Why on Earth did mock's maintainer decide to point the config files for > PPC to centos ( give that there is no centos for ppc) is however an > enigma for me. > Brain fart likely … the real flaw in /etc/mock/* is too many notes and not enough music. What I mean by that is this: its all cookie-cutter cut-n-paste of .ini files with way too many details and complexity for not much purpose. A better approach (if anyone is listening and uses mock) would be to write a script that generates the necessary information as needed for mock, not distributing all possible (and conceivable) configuration, typos and all. > > 73 de wolfy > ;-) 73 de Jeff