[CentOS-devel] Missing build dependencies in CentOS 8 repositories

Tue Apr 13 15:23:53 UTC 2021
Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch>

> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:07 AM František Šumšal <frantisek at sumsal.cz>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I'm not sure if this has been already answered somewhere on this list,
>> but
>> I'm curious why the CentOS 8 repositories are missing certain build
>> dependencies
>> (although they're present in RHEL's internal repositories). This makes
>> rebuilding
>> some of the CentOS 8 packages a bit painful.
>>
>> For example, let's try to rebuild util-linux:
>>
>> ```
>> $ podman run -it --rm centos:8
>> # rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-Media.repo
>> # dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
>> ...
>> # dnf --refresh --enablerepo \* -y builddep util-linux
>> Failed to set locale, defaulting to C.UTF-8
>> CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                    10 kB/s |
>> 4.3 kB     00:00
>> CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                       23 kB/s |
>> 3.9 kB     00:00
>> CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                           5.3 kB/s |
>> 3.0 kB     00:00
>> CentOS Linux 8 - Debuginfo                                   1.6 MB/s |
>> 27 MB     00:16
>> CentOS Linux 8 - Devel WARNING! FOR BUILDROOT USE ONLY!       18 kB/s |
>> 13 kB     00:00
>> CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                      8.2 kB/s |
>> 1.5 kB     00:00
>> CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                   933  B/s |
>> 257  B     00:00
>> CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                            741 kB/s |
>> 504 kB     00:00
>> CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                        807 kB/s |
>> 596 kB     00:00
>> CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                  2.1 MB/s |
>> 2.0 MB     00:00
>> CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS - Source                             120 kB/s |
>> 384 kB     00:03
>> CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream - Source                          271 kB/s |
>> 991 kB     00:03
>> CentOS Linux 8 - Extras - Source                             2.2 kB/s |
>> 7.8 kB     00:03
>> CentOS Linux 8 - Plus - Source                               1.7 kB/s |
>> 5.0 kB     00:03
>> Package systemd-239-41.el8_3.x86_64 is already installed.
>> No matching package to install: 'libuser-devel'
>> Not all dependencies satisfied
>> Error: Some packages could not be found.
>> ```
>>
>> Oh well, looks like we have to rebuild libuser as well:
>>
>> ```
>> # dnf --enablerepo \* -y builddep libuser
>> Failed to set locale, defaulting to C.UTF-8
>> Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:14 ago on Tue Apr 13 10:36:39 2021.
>> No matching package to install: 'openldap-servers'
>> Not all dependencies satisfied
>> Error: Some packages could not be found.
>> ```
>>
>> And apparently openldap, too.
>>
>> I noticed that Davide from FB already come across this issue and filed
>> it
>> in RHBZ[0], where it was
>> confirmed that the dependency is indeed present only in the internal
>> RHEL
>> buildroot repository -
>> and after a quick test they still are:
>>
>> # dnf --enablerepo rhel-buildroot search libuser-devel
>> ...
>> libuser-devel.i686 : Files needed for developing applications which use
>> libuser
>> libuser-devel.x86_64 : Files needed for developing applications which
>> use
>> libuser
>>
>> Is there any reason why they aren't shipped in some CentOS repository or
>> was there any progress
>> to make them available?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Frantisek
>>
>>
>> [0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868430
>>
>> --
>> Frantisek Sumsal
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>
>
> Yes, this has been discussed before on the list.  And it's a rather sore
> point.
>
> There are several -devel packages that are available on INTERNAL RHEL
> repositories, but they are never released externally.
> Thus any RHEL customers are not able to use them to build things that
> depend on those libraries, such as your example, libuser.
>
> CentOS is a clone (warts and all) of RHEL, and thus doesn't have those
> -devel packages available either.
>
> It's been this way since the release of RHEL8.
>
> Has there been any progress?
> Yes, a bit.
> First, check to make sure there is a bugzilla open for whichever missing
> -devel package you need.
> Next, wait several months/years to see the debate go back and forth on the
> bug.  It's possible it might make it in.
>
> Sorry for the sad tone, it's just a battle I've been waging since before
> RHEL8 was released.  I've given up hope for them being released on RHEL8,
> though occasionally I am happily surprised.  One of the packages I've been
> fighting for will be released in RHEL 8.4 ... but that's just 1 out of 4.
>
> Troy

Just wondering here, what's the license of libuser or why can the devel
package not be released?

Regards,
Simon