EPEL Update Netdisco RPMs

[Volker Fröhlich]

On 10/25/2013 03:19 PM, Nikolaos Milas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to use a recent version of Netdisco on CentOS 5 but I see
> that EPEL still has:
> 
>    netdisco-1.1-1.el5.noarch.rpm
> 
> which is quite old.
> 
> In the past I had upgraded from Netdisco 1.0 to 1.1 using the above
> package, but I had serious problems with it (I would conclude that the
> package is OK with new installs but it does not handle upgrades
> correctly). You may see:
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4EE1FD3B.4080603%40admin.noa.gr&forum_name=netdisco-users
> 
> 
> ...for more details.
> 
> I could try to build an RPM using netdisco 1.3.2 (latest stable release:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/netdisco/files/netdisco/1.3.2/) source
> code and:
> 
>    netdisco-1.1-1.el5.src.rpm
> 
> but I am afraid that, even if the build is successful, I'll probably
> have the same problem again when upgrading.
> I've noticed that the above packages were built by
> gouldwp at fedoraproject.org.
> 
> So, not being an expert myself to check and possibly modify the SRC RPM
> file (spec file and any required patches), I would appreciate it if the
> original author or someone else is in a position to help in preparing a
> current Netdisco RPM.
> 
> Please let me know what should I do to assist this process.
> 
> Best regards and thanks in advance,
> Nick
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Please file a bugzilla ticket for upgrading to the new version in Fedora
as well, while you're at it. My advice would have been to rebuild that,
but unfortunately it's not up to date either.

Volker Fröhlich