On 07/06/2010 08:25 PM, Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote:
> Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
>> I currently use LV hosts and guests based on CentOS 5.x.
First off thanks to all for your replies.
>>
>> This means I either have to learn to build my own kernel RPM or (this is
>> going to sound bad no matter how I put it) trust in others. The trust
>> isn't so much in their work but in their having time to do the work.
>>
>> I figure I should start building my own. This way I get the latest and
>> greatest and it could lead to a LV "distribution."
>>
>> So how do I go about getting the leanest and meanest host? Right now,
>> even if I build from a stripped down install of CentOS there are a pile
>> of "extras".
>
> "Extras"?
Well probably the wrong term. Rather all the dependencies. Yum
requires Python etc.
>> But I'd still like to build CentOS guests (yum, etc.) to make the
>> maintenance/upkeep easier on others.
>>
>> They feel like contradictory goals.
>
> What are the goals, exactly?
A stripped down host but CentOS guests.
>> So my question for now: How do the developers build their systems?
>
> Personally, I use CentOS 5 almost exclusively, with two Debian systems
> sprinkled in there.
OK. I like that (and I knew you used CentOS.)
Do you build, for your own use, kernel, yum, and util-vserver RPMs?
Even if not where do I find the spec files or src RPMs that you use for
the yum repo? (And I feel a big twinge of guilt since I think I went
through something similar to this a year of so ago then fell down on
getting the info on the wiki.) 8-(
Rod
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