[ale] SUCCESSFUL: Add source repo to CentOS, Was: Epic 'wish I had chosen Debian' fail

[Jim Kinney]

I want to applaude the term "Google-proof". Not that I have a good use
for it. I just like the way it sounds.

Google-proof

That should be a test for systemic structural data integrity.

If Google can't find it or use it, it's very well done.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Richard Bronosky <Richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
> My repos list included the following "base" entry:
> [base]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>
> I discovered the if you use your browser to visit the baseurl which is
> commented out, you can navigate back out of the architecture directory
> and find the SRPMS directory. Using this I created the following
> "base-source" entry:
> [base-source]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Base - Source
> #mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/SRPMS/
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>
> Now I can successfully do "yumdownloader --source" commands. From what
> I can tell this is either non-documented or completely Google-proof. I
> did try every combo of &arch=(source|src|srpm|SRPM) and
> repo=os-(source|src|srpm|SRPM) but the CentOS mirror list seems to not
> have any source repos in it.
>
> .!# RichardBronosky #!.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 11:56 -0400, Richard Bronosky wrote:
>>> --source is exactly what I was trying, but the default CentOS install
>>> does list any source repos. I cannot find any documentation on adding
>>> source repos to CentOS.
>>
>>        Ah, sorry.  I missed that little point in your original post.  Guess I
>> should read a little closer, next time.  That does raise an interesting
>> question then.  Since CentOS largely mirrors RHEL, I wonder whats in
>> RHEL.  I'll have to check that out.  Should be possible to create a
>> source repo for yum if CentOS has to corresponding repos in their mirror
>> list.  Checking in the repos, I see that they do.
>>
>>        This should work for a straight baseurl repo.  I'm not sure about the
>> correct syntax for enabling the mirrors:
>>
>> CentOS-Base-Source.repo:
>>
>> [base-source]
>> name=CentOS-$releasever - Base Source
>> # mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
>> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/SRPM/
>> enable=0
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>>
>> #released updates
>> [updates-source]
>> name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
>> # mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
>> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/SRPMS/
>> enabled=0
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>>
>>        Just tested that as well.  Works like a charm.
>>
>>        Follow the same pattern for all the others.  Name the repo
>> [repo-source], comment out the mirrors, uncomment the baseurl, and
>> change $basearch to SRPMS and add "enabled=0" to the repo.
>>
>>        The source rpm repos are typically not "enabled" per se.  Seems like
>> yumdownloader uses them anyways if the corresponding non "-source" repo
>> is enabled.  Not sure how it manages that.  You probably do NOT want to
>> enable it or yum update might do strange things.  They do NOT have to be
>> in the same repo file, so you can create a separate -source repo and not
>> have to worry about an update clobbering your changes.
>>
>>        Mike
>>
>>> On 9/7/09, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
>>> > On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 22:52 -0400, Richard Bronosky wrote:
>>> >> I never did learn how to add a source repo to yum, but I did work
>>> >> around it. The following works for downloading a source package:
>>> >
>>> >> p=postfix; # Change this to your packagename.
>>> >> curl -O $(yumdownloader --urls $p |sed
>>> >> '$!d;s?/os/.*/?/os/SRPMS/?;s/[^.]*\.rpm$/src.rpm/')
>>> >>
>>> >> .!# RichardBronosky #!.
>>> >
>>> > How about "yumdownloader --source foo"
>>> >
>>> > It's in yum-utils.  I use it all the time to snatch rawhide source rpm's
>>> > (like the gnupg and gnupg2 packages just recently) to backport into
>>> > earlier distros:
>>> >
>>> > yumdownloader --enablerepo=rawhide --source gnupg gnupg2
>>> >
>>> > Done.  Install the rpms and rebuild them.
>>> >
>>> >     Mike
>>> >
>>> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Richard Bronosky<Richard at bronosky.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > I just spent 3 hours trying to install postfix compiled with mysql
>>> >> > support. Most of that time was spent trying to get a source repo added
>>> >> > so I could: yumdownloader --source postfix
>>> >> >
>>> >> > No luck. Wasted night. I could have really used the sleep. </rant>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --
>>> >> > Sent from my mobile device
>>> >> >
>>> >> > .!# RichardBronosky #!.
>>> >> >
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>>
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>> Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 985-6132 |  mhw at WittsEnd.com
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