On 13/04/2021 16.59, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 4/13/21 8:45 AM, Troy Dawson wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:07 AM František Šumšal <frantisek at sumsal.cz >> <mailto: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 >> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868430> >> >> -- >> Frantisek Sumsal >> GPG key ID: 0xFB738CE27B634E4B >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-devel mailing list >> CentOS-devel at centos.org <mailto:CentOS-devel at centos.org> >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >> <https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel> >> >> >> 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. >> > > We have made some progress as well .. we have gotten permission to > release some packages here: > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8.3.2011/Devel/ > > We can't yet release everything .. but it is better than nothing. > > Same for Stream: > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/Devel/ Just a note: This repository is still not populated for 8-stream. And according to previous conversations on this list it probably will never be. It has been said that people still try to find a proper solution to provide further/all missing packages. Let's see how this works out in the future (RHEL 9?). > > There is also the Powertools repo that has the Code Ready Base (CRB) > items, so many things outside straight RHEL are published .. everything > we are allowed to publish now, in fact. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >