RPM Question (new OS :)

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 02:46, Joel Sherrill  wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am beginning to consider upgrading the OS on the machine
>>used to build RTEMS RPMs from RedHat 7.3 to Fedora Core 1.  Would
>>this cause anyone issues?
> 
> It depends on what you mean ;)
> 
> If you mean to discontinue rh7.3-built binaries and replace them by FC1
> compiled binaries, then this will probably render rpms and binaries
> unusable for many users (RH < FC1; probably all Debian and SuSE users).
> So I'd rather not discontinue supporting rh7.3.

Me either but I hate to keep doing development on a 7.3 box also.

> Adding FC1 compiled binaries and making it your primary host/testing
> system, however would be fine with me. 

OK.

> Work-around: Build rh7.3 binaries in a rh7.3 chroot on FC1.

Do you have a URL/FAQ handy?  I assume that you have dome this
before yourself.

--joel