Barry Scott wrote:
> On 13 Mar 2023, at 20:15, Richard Shaw
<hobbes1069(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Does it have to be RHEL? I've used Alma and Rocky with success.
Good question.
If I build for Alma or Rocky will it install on RHEL,
Centos, Oracle Linux etc?
I picked RHEL as all the others aim to be ABI compatible
with it. Is the reverse necessarily true?
Yes (in nearly all cases).
The main exception is during the (generally short) window of
time between a new RHEL release and the rebuilds catching
up.
This has been on the order of a day or three for point
releases and a week to a month or so for major releases.
The time has typically decreased as the projects get more
help, support, and continually improved tooling & build
systems.
If you don't have a strong reason to require or desire to
build against RHEL, building against a rebuild like Alma or
Rocky works just fine. (I use Rocky Linux, both for mock
builds and for running servers.)
--
Todd