[CentOS-devel] missing src.rpm for updated centos 8 kernels?

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019, at 07:38, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> Antal Nemeš wrote on Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 02:09:32PM +0100:
> > > Generally there are two places to find source rpms if they're missing on
> > > vault:
> > > - git.centos.org, e.g. for kernel on centos8
> > > https://git.centos.org/rpms/kernel/commits/c8
> > > You'd need to check this out and rebuild from spec
> > 
> > Thanks for the tip.
> > 
> > Are "src.rpm missing on vault" a common problem? I don't recall having
> > these issues with Centos 7.
> 
> I don't know if it's common, but I was given the link to git.centos.org
> back when centos8 just got released and the src packages were not
> populated yet on vault. I assume it was a different issue than what we
> have now (it was an older kernel iirc)
> 
> > I have a CI system that builds non-standard kernel modules, which
> > relies on src.rpms being available through standard source
> > repositories.
> > Right now, it's easier for me to stay on kernel-4.18.0-80.7.1.el8_0
> > which has a src.rpm, assuming this gets sorted out eventually.
> 
> Yeah, this was also the reason I was looking for the debuginfo package
> actually, some kernel modules look for sources in there instead.
> 
> 
> > > - koji build lets you download artefacts including the src.rpm (and in my case, the -debuginfo package)
> > > https://koji.mbox.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=4562
> > 
> > Download link for src.rpm (and others) in Koji returns 403 (Request forbidden by administrative rules).
> > [1] https://koji.mbox.centos.org/pkgs/packages/kernel/4.18.0/80.11.2.el8_0/src/kernel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.src.rpm
> > 
> > I don't see any login or signup option on the page.
> 
> doh, I was sure it worked a few weeks ago but that might have been me
> misremembering something.. I cannot find where it would have been that I
> had gotten it back then though, I'm pretty sure I didn't clone the git,
> maybe it got intentionally blocked to avoid people like me snooping
> about :/
> 
> Sorry for the false report,
> 
> -- 
> Dominique
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Hi Folks,

We are working on getting these out to vault. Our sync procedures are changing a little bit behind the scenes to make sure we can catch this a little bit easier in the future.

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Brian Stinson