[CentOS-devel] Centos 8.1 - missing src.rpms (again)

Antal Nemeš wrote on Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 11:05:39AM +0200:
> After the last updates to centos 8.1 packages, it seems the src.rpms
> have not been pushed to vault.
> For example, kernel-4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1.src.rpm is nowhere to be
> found, even in 8.1.1911

FWIW, as a workaround, you can still rebuild the kernel and access the
sources through git.centos.org - this spec file properly says
4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1 :
https://git.centos.org/rpms/kernel/blob/c8/f/SPECS/kernel.spec

So just grab the c8 branch and rpmbuild -ba to get a new .src.rpm

> I am also using this opportunity to again request that vault symlink
> for centos/8 be updated to point to latest (8.1.1911) state. Currently
> it is still pointing to 8.0.1905.

And at the risk of being insistent the same applies to debuginfo, there
is no kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.8* on debuginfo.centos.org :(

(This is annoying because just rebuilding doesn't cut it as the build
isn't reproductible, so you have to be using the rebuilt rpm everywhere
before crashes happen to make any use of kdumps... And dnf doesn't let
you reinstall the currently running kernel to make things even more
unpleasant...)



I can understand infra problems during major releases or saving bandwith
or something, but this really ought to be automated for package updates,
especially because you're so short-handed.

It's easy to be patronizing as an outsider and I appologize for this but
I do not see where I/people could help on this kind of problems without
any kind of access.


Thanks,
-- 
Dominique