Bug 2009581

Summary:	libtraceevent: build for epel8
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Justin Vreeland <vreeland.justin>
Component:	libtraceevent	Assignee:	Zamir SUN <sztsian>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	rawhide	CC:	carl, davide, jforbes, jmarchan, ngompa13, prarit, skozina, sztsian, zsun
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Last Closed:	2021-10-13 20:40:08 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Justin Vreeland 2021-10-01 00:38:01 UTC

Description of problem:

The hyperscale sig would like to build the same kernel on both CentOS 8 and CentOS 9. New kernels require libtraceevent which is not included in CentOS 8.  Since this would be a new to CentOS 8 package we'd like it to be maintained in epel.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

any version


How reproducible:

100% just try to build the 5.14 kernel from CentOS 9 Stream on CentOS 8.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. centpkg -b c9s kernel
2. cd kernel
3. centpkg sources
4. mock -r centos-stream-8-x86_64 --spec kernel.spec --sources=./ 

Actual results:

Package gzip-1.9-12.el8.x86_64 is already installed.
No matching package to install: 'libtraceevent-devel'
Package make-1:4.2.1-10.el8.x86_64 is already installed.

Expected results:

Package libtraceevent-devel-<version>....



Additional info:

(looked at removing the requirement for libtraceevent, but I'd really like to keep the drift between the two low.

Comment 1 Davide Cavalca 2021-10-01 17:23:31 UTC

This builds out of the box on epel8 fwiw: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=76549959

Comment 2 Davide Cavalca 2021-10-01 17:25:31 UTC

Zamir, would it be possible for you to maintain the package in EPEL? While EPEL is more conservative in package maintenance[2][3], it does allow for updates to later versions when needed.

I am happy to co-maintain (FAS: dcavalca); additionally, EPEL now has a packaging team[4] that can help co-maintain branches (FAS group: epel-packagers-sig), that can be added with either commit access or collaborator access to epel* branches (if it's not desired that they have access to the rawhide and f* branches).

The EPEL team appreciate your help with EPEL.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL

[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies

[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ

[4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Packagers

Comment 3 Zamir SUN 2021-10-05 09:23:22 UTC

As this package is already in CentOS 9 Stream I think I need to talk to the CentOS Stream maintainers to make sure there won't be any conflicts. I'll follow-up once I have some updates.

Note, currently I'm on holiday/PTO so my response on this will be delayed.

Comment 4 Neal Gompa 2021-10-05 10:32:46 UTC

(In reply to Zamir SUN from comment #3)
> As this package is already in CentOS 9 Stream I think I need to talk to the
> CentOS Stream maintainers to make sure there won't be any conflicts. I'll
> follow-up once I have some updates.
> 
> Note, currently I'm on holiday/PTO so my response on this will be delayed.

That shouldn't have an impact for branching for EPEL for CentOS/RHEL 8, where it's unlikely this package will enter RHEL 8.

Comment 5 Carl George 🤠 2021-10-06 21:02:34 UTC

> As this package is already in CentOS 9 Stream I think I need to talk to the CentOS Stream maintainers to make sure there won't be any conflicts.

As a CentOS Stream maintainer, I can confirm that an epel8 package of libtraceevent will not conflict with CentOS Stream 9.

Comment 6 Zamir SUN 2021-10-08 12:29:16 UTC

*** Bug 2011884 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Prarit Bhargava 2021-10-08 12:32:08 UTC

Just add my voice here as a Kernel Team Lead: we would like to see this package added to EPEL8.

P.

Comment 8 Zamir SUN 2021-10-08 12:33:00 UTC

(In reply to Carl George 🤠 from comment #5)
> As a CentOS Stream maintainer, I can confirm that an epel8 package of
> libtraceevent will not conflict with CentOS Stream 9.

I actually mean if our Red Hat friends want to have this in RHEL8 or not ;-)

I've sent out an email discussing this and receiving positive feedback so far. But they reminded me one issue: the perf tool (sub package of kernel) will have file conflicts with libtraceevent. So I'm still waiting for their feedback if a 'conflicts' works or not. I'll start working on this as soon as we get into agreement.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2021-10-12 13:33:47 UTC

FEDORA-EPEL-2021-83b30f74f4 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2021-83b30f74f4

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2021-10-13 00:35:13 UTC

FEDORA-EPEL-2021-83b30f74f4 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2021-83b30f74f4

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2021-10-13 20:40:08 UTC

FEDORA-EPEL-2021-83b30f74f4 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.