Package building where to grab source rpms

tuxtutorials · 04-29-2010, 10:59 AM

Hello all, got a question regarding src.rpms. I just built php-5.2.13 from source but it came from http://www.atomicorp.com/channels. Currently dependent on rpm maintainer to provide new and updated source rpms to build from. My question is where are the original source rpms coming from? Are these rpm maintainers downloading the original php.tar.gz source from php.net and building from scratch or are they coming from redhat/fedora repo and they are just patching and modifying spec file.

Thanks for any help.

DrLove73 · 04-29-2010, 02:15 PM

It all depends who is making them.

I trust and depend on Remi's packages. He's quality is proven, at least for me.

knudfl · 04-30-2010, 02:39 AM

Les RPM de Remi - Packages : php
http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterp...ges.group.html

http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterp...oview/php.html

'php-5.3.1' is the version, that will be supported the next
seven years by RedhatEL6, CentOS6, Scientific SLC6 / SL6.
(That's what the beta version has included.)
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tuxtutorials · 04-30-2010, 11:18 PM

Thanks for the tips guys will take a look at remi's repo. Just curious where he got his original source rpms? Did he compile from scratch?

knudfl · 05-02-2010, 04:04 AM

No "compilation" is used to create an SRC RPM.
A basic src.rpm is two files 1) the source, e.g. php-5.3.1.tar.bz2
2) a spec file, for php it is php.spec
.....( php usually not that basic, 5.3.0-6.fc12.src = 21 files.)

Remi is not publishing the src.rpms. ( You can ask him for it.)

But why not use the RedhatEL6, CentOS6, Scientific SLC6 / SL6
src.rpm ? ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/rhel/beta/6/
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/rhel...-7.el6.src.rpm
> php-5.3.1-7.el6.src.rpm

tuxtutorials · 05-02-2010, 11:18 PM

Knudfl, thank you for clearing it up. For some reason I thought Redhat/Fedora repo maintainers packaged source rpms such as php 5.2.13.src.rpm and distributed them. Then someone like remi would download the src.rpm and compile on the particular distro rhel4/5/6. They would also alter the spec update the spec file as required. We are not using php 5.3 but trying to stick to 5.2.x because we are on RHEL4 and our production boxes are all running 5.2.x.

Thanks for clearing this up.

knudfl · 05-03-2010, 05:26 AM

A php-5.2.13 SRC RPM .. can be a Fedora 11 .....
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...1.fc11.src.rpm
ftp://mirror.switch.ch/pool/2/mirror...1.fc11.src.rpm

Or .. Remi , kept at ftp.pbone.net
ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/rpms.fami...1.remi.src.rpm

Or PLD ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/vol/vol1/ftp.p....13-10.src.rpm

Fedora 11-12 php SRC RPMS will usually compile with no modifications
on EL 5, the same may be valid for EL 4.

Ref. http://rpm.pbone.net/ > Advanced Search (Check All) > 'php-5.2'
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