> 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 >> GPG key ID: 0xFB738CE27B634E4B >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-devel mailing list >> CentOS-devel at centos.org >> 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. > > Troy Just wondering here, what's the license of libuser or why can the devel package not be released? Regards, Simon