[EPEL-devel] cmake and cmake28 in RHEL 6?

[Orion Poplawski]

On 05/15/2015 10:57 PM, Dave Johansen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Orion Poplawski <orion at cora.nwra.com
> <mailto:orion at cora.nwra.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 04/21/2015 08:48 PM, Dave Johansen wrote:
>
>         On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Orion Poplawski
>         <orion at cora.nwra.com <mailto:orion at cora.nwra.com>
>         <mailto:orion at cora.nwra.com <mailto:orion at cora.nwra.com>>> wrote:
>
>              On 04/20/2015 09:32 PM, Dave Johansen wrote:
>
>                  I just noticed that the version of cmake that comes
>         with RHEL 6 is
>                  currently 2.8.12.2 and the EPEL has a cmake28 package
>         that is at
>                  version
>                  2.8.11.2. I believe that RHEL 6 originally shipped with
>         cmake
>                  2.6 and
>                  updated in a later point release, but I have two questions:
>                  1) Is the cmake28 a duplicate and need to be removed?
>
>
>              Yes.
>
>
>         Ok. Is this already being worked on? Or does a bugzilla need to be
>         created for it?
>
>
>     A quick search:
>     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%3Acmake28&list_id=3417355
>
>     turns up: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159351
>
>     There is some question as to whether or not it is worth the pain to
>     retire.  I suppose you could also consider it pulling things away
>     from EPEL users.  If it is kept, it probably should be updated at least.
>
>
> Would it be possible to create a Bugzilla and request that a virtual
> provide for cmake28 be added to the cmake package in RHEL? I believe
> that would allow the package in EPEL to be retired without requiring
> changes to existing .spec files. I'm guessing that a cmake28 symlink
> might be needed as well, but it still seems possible and a solution that
> shouldn't have too much headache.

Sure, anything is possible :).   Although I don't see what the big deal 
about changing the EPEL packages would be.   If anything, it would just 
bring them back in line with the Fedora branches.


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