On 8.4.2011 18:03, Mister IT Guru wrote: > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 08:58 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Keith Keller >> <kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote: >>> Hi all! >>> >>> We've seen quite a few references on the list to "100% binary >>> compatibility with upstream". What I am curious about is, how precisely >>> is this determined? All the ways I can think of for comparing how two >>> systems might work seem flawed in some way (e.g., using some sort of >>> checksum; unit testing; verifying build parameters). I did some >>> searches both at centos.org and google, but couldn't find anything >>> specific about the test(s) used to determine compatibility. >> >> In this FAQ: >> >> http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General/RebuildReleaseProcess >> >> "Once built ... we use the tmverifyrpms against it from here: >> >> http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/build/distro/ " >> >> Akemi >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Thanks Keith, good question, that should have been on my list of > "Questions to ask about CentOS building process", and thanks to Akemi > for a quick answer :) Given that its answered in a FAQ one could argue that it was not a good question. -- Kind Regards, Markus Falb -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 307 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110408/84977787/attachment-0005.sig>