Re: rdma-core package version schema

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 01:59:16PM +0100, Knut Omang wrote:

> It seems that interface is only available for those with write
> access to the github repo which does not cover the (for me at least)
> common use case that I want to built my own slightly modified test
> .rpm of something. Then users will end up creating tarballs
> manually, or outside the build logic, with potentials for mistakes,
> not to mention the??  documentation need to tell users this.

Any user can run git archive and it will always create the correct
result.

$ git archive --prefix rdma-core/ --output rdma-core-12.tgz HEAD

No other steps are required.


> Isn't a dist target a well established standard the rdma_core packages should??
> support for simplicity and uniformity?

'make dist' is kinda a GNUism where packages that use auto* require
building pre-build auto* stuff into their tar files. We do not require
that and our dist tar file is identical to what git archive produces.

For developers we have the buildlib/cbuild script. Install docker and
it will automate building packages for you:

$ buildlib/cbuild build-images centos7  # One time
$ buildlib/cbuild pkg centos7

It takes care of all the details and guarantees the build is done with
the correct set of build time packages.

Jason
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