[CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

Fri Apr 8 16:03:48 UTC 2011
Mister IT Guru <misteritguru at gmx.com>

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
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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 :)