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<H3><A name="15">15</A>) How are RPM's packaged?</H3>
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<H3><A name="15">15</A>) How are RPM's packaged?</H3>
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<P>This was written by Lamar Owen:</P>
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<P>This was written by Lamar Owen:</P>
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<PRE>
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As to how the RPMs are built -- to answer that question sanely requires
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As to how the RPMs are built -- to answer that question sanely requires
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me to know how much experience you have with the whole RPM paradigm.
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me to know how much experience you have with the whole RPM paradigm.
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'How is the RPM built?' is a multifaceted question. The obvious simple
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'How is the RPM built?' is a multifaceted question. The obvious simple
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answer is that I maintain:
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answer is that I maintain:
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1.) A set of patches to make certain portions of the source
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1.) A set of patches to make certain portions of the source
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tree 'behave' in the different environment of the RPMset;
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tree 'behave' in the different environment of the RPMset;
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2.) The initscript;
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2.) The initscript;
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3.) Any other ancilliary scripts and files;
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3.) Any other ancilliary scripts and files;
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4.) A README.rpm-dist document that tries to adequately document
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4.) A README.rpm-dist document that tries to adequately document
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both the differences between the RPM build and the WHY of the
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both the differences between the RPM build and the WHY of the
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differences, as well as useful RPM environment operations
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differences, as well as useful RPM environment operations
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(like, using syslog, upgrading, getting postmaster to
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(like, using syslog, upgrading, getting postmaster to
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start at OS boot, etc);
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start at OS boot, etc);
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5.) The spec file that throws it all together. This is not a
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5.) The spec file that throws it all together. This is not a
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trivial undertaking in a package of this size.
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trivial undertaking in a package of this size.
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I then download and build on as many different canonical distributions
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I then download and build on as many different canonical distributions
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as I can -- currently I am able to build on Red Hat 6.2, 7.0, and 7.1 on
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as I can -- currently I am able to build on Red Hat 6.2, 7.0, and 7.1 on
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Of course, there are many projects that DO include all the files
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Of course, there are many projects that DO include all the files
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necessary to build RPMs from their Official Tarball (TM).
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necessary to build RPMs from their Official Tarball (TM).
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<H3><A name="16">16</A>) How are CVS branches managed?</H3>
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<H3><A name="16">16</A>) How are CVS branches managed?</H3>
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<P>This was written by Tom Lane:
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<P>This was written by Tom Lane:</P>
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If you just do basic "cvs checkout", "cvs update", "cvs commit", then
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If you just do basic "cvs checkout", "cvs update", "cvs commit", then
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you'll always be dealing with the HEAD version of the files in CVS.
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you'll always be dealing with the HEAD version of the files in CVS.
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That's what you want for development, but if you need to patch past
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That's what you want for development, but if you need to patch past
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stable releases then you have to be able to access and update the
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stable releases then you have to be able to access and update the
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"branch" portions of our CVS repository. We normally fork off a branch
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"branch" portions of our CVS repository. We normally fork off a branch
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for a stable release just before starting the development cycle for the
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for a stable release just before starting the development cycle for the
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next release.
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next release.
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The first thing you have to know is the branch name for the branch you
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The first thing you have to know is the branch name for the branch you
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are interested in getting at. Unfortunately Marc has been less than
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are interested in getting at. Unfortunately Marc has been less than
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100% consistent in naming the things. One way to check is to apply
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100% consistent in naming the things. One way to check is to apply
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"cvs log" to any file that goes back a long time, for example HISTORY
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"cvs log" to any file that goes back a long time, for example HISTORY
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in the top directory:
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in the top directory:
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$ cvs log HISTORY | more
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$ cvs log HISTORY | more
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total revisions: 129; selected revisions: 129
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total revisions: 129; selected revisions: 129
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More---q
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More---q
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Unfortunately "cvs log" isn't all that great about distinguishing
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Unfortunately "cvs log" isn't all that great about distinguishing
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branches from tags --- it calls 'em all "symbolic names". (A "tag" just
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branches from tags --- it calls 'em all "symbolic names". (A "tag" just
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marks a specific timepoint across all files --- it's essentially a
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marks a specific timepoint across all files --- it's essentially a
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snapshot whereas a branch is a changeable fileset.) Rule of thumb is
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snapshot whereas a branch is a changeable fileset.) Rule of thumb is
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that names attached to four-number versions where the third number is
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that names attached to four-number versions where the third number is
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zero represent branches, the others are just tags. Here we can see that
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zero represent branches, the others are just tags. Here we can see that
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the extant branches are
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the extant branches are
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REL7_1_STABLE
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REL7_1_STABLE
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REL7_0_PATCHES
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REL7_0_PATCHES
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REL6_5_PATCHES
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The next commit to the head will be revision 1.107, whereas any changes
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The next commit to the head will be revision 1.107, whereas any changes
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committed into the REL7_1_STABLE branch will have revision numbers like
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committed into the REL7_1_STABLE branch will have revision numbers like
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1.106.2.*, corresponding to the branch number 1.106.0.2 (don't ask where
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1.106.2.*, corresponding to the branch number 1.106.0.2 (don't ask where
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stable branch, you'd better be doubly sure that it's correct.)
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stable branch, you'd better be doubly sure that it's correct.)
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Normally, to checkout the head branch, you just cd to the place you
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Normally, to checkout the head branch, you just cd to the place you
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want to contain the toplevel "pgsql" directory and say
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want to contain the toplevel "pgsql" directory and say
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cvs ... checkout pgsql
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cvs ... checkout pgsql
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To get a past branch, you cd to whereever you want it and say
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To get a past branch, you cd to whereever you want it and say
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cvs ... checkout -r BRANCHNAME pgsql
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cvs ... checkout -r BRANCHNAME pgsql
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For example, just a couple days ago I did
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For example, just a couple days ago I did
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mkdir ~postgres/REL7_1
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mkdir ~postgres/REL7_1
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cd ~postgres/REL7_1
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cd ~postgres/REL7_1
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cvs ... checkout -r REL7_1_STABLE pgsql
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cvs ... checkout -r REL7_1_STABLE pgsql
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and now I have a maintenance copy of 7.1.*.
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and now I have a maintenance copy of 7.1.*.
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When you've done a checkout in this way, the branch name is "sticky":
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When you've done a checkout in this way, the branch name is "sticky":
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CVS automatically knows that this directory tree is for the branch,
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CVS automatically knows that this directory tree is for the branch,
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and whenever you do "cvs update" or "cvs commit" in this tree, you'll
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and whenever you do "cvs update" or "cvs commit" in this tree, you'll
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fetch or store the latest version in the branch, not the head version.
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fetch or store the latest version in the branch, not the head version.
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Easy as can be.
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Easy as can be.
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or two, so that we won't have to double-patch the first wave of fixes.
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<P>Also, Ian Lance Taylor points out that branches and tags can be
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<P>Also, Ian Lance Taylor points out that branches and tags can be
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distiguished by using "cvs status -v".</P>
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distiguished by using "cvs status -v".</P>
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