--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Todd Denniston <Todd.Denniston at tsb.cranrdte.navy.mil> wrote: > From: Todd Denniston <Todd.Denniston at tsb.cranrdte.navy.mil> > Subject: [CentOS] mock, extras vs epel > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 4:09 PM > I am looking to be a bit more > standard in the builds of my CentOS rpms, and so I was about > to > install mock but noticed that there is one provided in the > centos/5/extras and another in epel. > > epel is obviously newer, but are there reasons/experiences > in this group that would suggest sticking > with the extras version instead? Or even reasons other than > the shiny version number on the epel one > to go with it? I'm a rank and file package builder too. Of course, Mock is not part of Centos base and you can't damage your install by using it, since it runs in a chroot. Use the latest version (which might be epel) and get the hang of it - you may not like using it. If you want to do broad searches about mock in C5, try the centos-dev group from the lists.centos.org page or #centos-dev on IRC. -- Mark