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Message-ID: <20140712180713.GB31931@gremlin.ru>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:07:13 +0400
From: gremlin@...mlin.ru
To: owl-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: recent updates
On 12-Jul-2014 21:52:49 +0400, (GalaxyMaster) wrote:
>> Most of `make installworld` issues are easily fixed by splitting
>> the installorder.conf lines. Some lines fail, but they are likely
>> to succeed on a next iteration.
> Well, I'm solving it a bit differently :). I usually just do
> something like 'rpm -Uvh --root /owl *.rpm' and save the output
> of the installation -- RPM resolves all dependencies and re-orders
> the packages to meet the dependency tree. Then it's just a matter
> of following that order and it's quite clear where a new package
> or a new dependency should go.
Another option (for upgrade): `rpm -Fvh --aid --root /owl *.rpm`
However, sometimes that may fail...
> Frankly, I still fail to understand why we are doing it manually
> instead of relying on RPM's dependency solver. Personally, I'm
> not using 'make installworld' at all: I have lists of packages
> I use for a specific usage scenario and install them using just
> one transaction. It's quick, resolves dependencies, and is nice
> looking. :).
I do almost the same, but, as I have lots of modern hardware, I have
to rebuild almost everything, starting with kernel 2.6.32...
Well, it's still the Owl, but heavily plucked one :-)
>> Should I step in to do that, or you'd like to do that yourself?
> The primary issue was the extraction of the new RPM out of the
> installation media. I've just committed my version of it (I'm
> not happy about the way I did it, but it works).
Ok. I'll try to rebuild everything from the CVS and publish here my
suggestions for modifying installorder.conf
> I guess we need to drop all legacy stuff from installworld.sh now.
s/drop/try dropping/ :-)
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