[CentOS-devel] NGINX cannot be installed. Possible to include libunwind in CentOS-Base?

[Jamie Nguyen]

On 09/12/15 12:41, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
> 1. the issue only affects CentOS users and it will only happen until
> CentOS 7.2 is released

Strangely, you're trying to reassure me that it only affects CentOS
users, even though the very reason I'm posting here is *because* it
affects CentOS users.

Again, strangely, you're trying to reassure me about the 7.2 release
date, even though it's evident I'm trying to solve this problem without
having to wait (otherwise I wouldn't have bothered posting here). Please
note that I didn't come here for a release date and I don't expect to be
given one and that's *totally* fine and expected! But "soon" and "around
the corner" are vague time-frames that I don't consider helpful in this
discussion.


> Right. So those with fear in mind should either purchase a RH
> subscription or wait until CentOS QA is done. Or ask for advice in one
> of the proper CentOS support channels.
> 
> It is not obvious at all. But newcomers should read the docs rather that
> trying copy/pasting random pieces of advice from google
> 
> None of your arguments changes the fact that the base repository for
> CentOS 7.1 ships exactly what RHEL shipped in its 7.1 release (modulo
> the packages which were modified/added/removed by CentOS at the time of
> release)  and by definition this cannot change. The only thing that
> CentOS could potentially do NOW is to ship the newer libunwind in the
> 7.1/updates repository but given the potential breakage it might cause
> and that the release of 7.2 (which includes the new libunwind in the
> base repo) is "around the corner" I highly doubt that this is a good idea.

If CentOS considers it unwise or undesirable to push libunwind to
7.1/updates then I will wait for 7.2. Users can of course "read the
docs" and reach out in the appropriate support channels, but I'm just
trying to do my duty as a packager and reduce any avoidable headaches
that users might face. Perhaps I'm being overenthusiastic in that goal,
but I'd rather be overenthusiastic than negligent (which probably all
packagers are guilty of at one time or another) and at least I can say I
tried my best.

Kind regards,
Jamie