Issues building linux.spec
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Description
Testing patches on the Linux kernel, have noticed a number of issues:
- Lots of missing BuildRequires (e.g. make, gettext, gcc, bison, glibc-devel, linux-api-headers, diffutils, patch)
- Missing sources:
https://github.com/vmware/photon-checksum-generator/releases/photon-checksum-generator-%{photon_checksum_generator_version}.tar.gzis an incorrect URL- No source for
xr_usb_serial_common_lnx-3.6-and-newer-pak.tar.xz
Makes it difficult to get a clean build of the RPM.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting linux.spec and the BuildRequires and source entries named in the issue. Check the listed dependencies and both source URLs while attempting a clean RPM build; done means the required packages and sources are declared correctly and the build proceeds without these errors.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100