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Bug 201077 - gfs-kmod
Summary: gfs-kmod
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Fedora Package Reviews List
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: FE-ACCEPT FE-KMOD-APPROVED
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-08-02 17:33 UTC by Chris Feist
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2007-04-19 19:28:34 UTC
Type: ---
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Description Chris Feist 2006-08-02 17:33:44 UTC
Spec URL: people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kernel.spec
SRPM URL: people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kmod-0.1.0-0.2.6.17_1.2462.fc6.src.rpm
Description: Global File System Version 1 Kernel modules.

Comment 1 Chris Feist 2006-08-02 19:51:20 UTC
Note that I had to slightly modify kmodtool to get it to build properly.

I also found that I had to run 'make prepare' in the kernel subdirectories as
well.  I don't know how to get around this (other than making sure it's done
during the kernel-devel packages install).

Comment 2 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-08-03 03:51:54 UTC
rpmlint is not silent. I got following errors on SRPM

W: gfs-kmod summary-not-capitalized gfs kernel modules
Summary doesn't begin with a capital letter.

==> Summary information must start with capital letter

E: gfs-kmod no-changelogname-tag
There is no %changelog tag in your spec file. To insert it, just insert a
'%changelog' in your spec file and rebuild it.

==>Add chnagelog to SPEC file

W: gfs-kmod strange-permission kmodtool 0755
A file that you listed to include in your package has strange
permissions. Usually, a file should have 0644 permissions.

==> Change permissions of kmodtool to 0644 and then build package

E: gfs-kmod invalid-spec-name gfs-kernel.spec
Your spec filename must end with '.spec'. If it's not the case, rename your
file and rebuild your package.

==> You have not followed kernel module packaging guidelines. Go thru'
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/KernelModules. Kernel module package and
 SPEC name must start with %{kernel_module_name}-kmod

E: gfs-kmod configure-without-libdir-spec
A configure script is run without specifying the libdir. configure
options must be augmented with something like --libdir=%{_libdir}.

==> Add libdir to configure script

Also you need to specify here why this kernel module is not in main kernel
source tree yet and when will be it added to main kernel source tree?

Also there is no gfs-kmod-common package you added to bugzilla. 

Comment 3 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-08-03 04:20:00 UTC
This is kenrel module package then how are you using configure script thats
giving rpmlint error for not adding libdir??
When i mockbuild this package for fc6 i got 
+ pushd _kmod_build_
~/build/BUILD/gfs-kmod-0.1.0/_kmod_build_ ~/build/BUILD/gfs-kmod-0.1.0
+ ./configure --kernel_src=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2462.fc6-i686
--incdir=/usr/include

Configuring Makefiles for your system...
Can't open /usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2462.fc6-i686/include/linux/utsrelease.h at
./configure line 107.
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.65056 (%build)



Comment 4 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-08-03 04:52:44 UTC
You need to change utsrelease.h to uts.h, then configure succeeds
But i got then compilation error
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gfs-kernel-0.1.0/src/gfs/acl.c: In function âgfs_check_aclâ:
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gfs-kernel-0.1.0/src/gfs/acl.c:177: error: âstruct
inodeâ has no member named âi_privateâ

i did not find any i_private member of gfs_inode struct in incore.h


Comment 5 Thorsten Leemhuis 2006-08-03 06:42:02 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Note that I had to slightly modify kmodtool to get it to build properly.

Why? kmodtool works fine for a lot of other packages and is on the way into
redhat-rpm-config-8.0.40-1 -- modification per-package shouldn't be needed and
not be allowed.

Looking closer:
-/lib/modules/${verrel}${variant}/extra/${kmod_name}/
+/lib/modules/${verrel}${variant}/kernel/extra/${kmod_name}/

This is wrong. Kernel-Modules have to live below
/lib/modules/${verrel}${variant}/extra/ If GFS doesn't isntall them there fix
your package.

-BuildRequires:    kernel${dashvariant}-devel-%{_target_cpu} = ${verrel}
+#BuildRequires:    kernel${dashvariant}-devel-%{_target_cpu} = ${verrel}
+#BuildRequires:    kernel${dashvariant}-devel = ${verrel}

This seems totally wrong to me. 

Comment 6 Chris Feist 2006-08-03 19:43:18 UTC
In response to Comment #2
- Summary isn't capitalized because I was using the kernel module package
guidlines (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/KernelModules).  The line
they show is what I'm using:

Summary:        %{kmod_name} kernel modules

- Changelog has been added
- kmodtool needs to have that permission because it is script that is run from
the .spec file
- The .spec file does end in .spec, I'm not sure why this is an error.
- According to the kernel module specification, the name of the module should be
specified this way: (which it is)
     Name:           %{kmod_name}-kmod 

- This package will most likely never be in the mainstream kernel as it provides
support for GFS1 and we are only attempting to get GFS2 into the kernel.
- The userspace utilities are in gfs-utils, I'll get those in the proper format
according to the kernel module package guidlines.

In response to comment #3 & #4
- I've updated the kmodtool (from comment #5) this should work better now.
- Unfortunately utsrelease.h has the data that we need (#define UTS_RELEASE
"2.6.17-1.2462.fc6"), uts.h doesn't.

In response to comment #5
- I've put kmodtool back to the original, I had made modifications to get it to
work with an earlier version of the .spec file, and no longer needed those
modifications.

New SRPM/spec are here:
http://people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kmod-0.1.0-1.2.6.17_1.2505.fc6.src.rpm
http://people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kernel.spec






Comment 7 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-08-04 03:51:17 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> In response to Comment #2
> - Summary isn't capitalized because I was using the kernel module package
> guidlines (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/KernelModules).  The line
> they show is what I'm using:
> 
> Summary:        %{kmod_name} kernel modules
> 
    If you will see other SPEC files for kernel modules then you will see its
not mandatory to copy same wording written in kernel module packaging guidelines
for Summary.

> - Changelog has been added
> - kmodtool needs to have that permission because it is script that is run from
> the .spec file

oops i forgot you are very correct.

> - The .spec file does end in .spec, I'm not sure why this is an error.

Still i think you should change SPEC file name to gfs-kmod.spec. I did that and
didnt got any rpmlint error for SPEC file name.

> - According to the kernel module specification, the name of the module should be
> specified this way: (which it is)
>      Name:           %{kmod_name}-kmod 
> 
> - This package will most likely never be in the mainstream kernel as it provides
> support for GFS1 and we are only attempting to get GFS2 into the kernel.
> - The userspace utilities are in gfs-utils, I'll get those in the proper format
> according to the kernel module package guidlines.

OK

> 
> In response to comment #3 & #4
> - I've updated the kmodtool (from comment #5) this should work better now.
> - Unfortunately utsrelease.h has the data that we need (#define UTS_RELEASE
> "2.6.17-1.2462.fc6"), uts.h doesn't.

 But i found only uts.h. May be i am missing something, can you tell me what am
i missing that made my system not to show utsrelease.h under installed kernel
sources.

> 
> In response to comment #5
> - I've put kmodtool back to the original, I had made modifications to get it to
> work with an earlier version of the .spec file, and no longer needed those
> modifications.
> 
> New SRPM/spec are here:
> http://people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kmod-0.1.0-1.2.6.17_1.2505.fc6.src.rpm
> http://people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kernel.spec
> 

Will check now your new package.


Comment 8 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-08-04 04:42:38 UTC
I just did mockbuild for this package and found same error utlrelease.h not found
also, as previously suggested if you chage Summary information and spec name to
gfs-kmod.spec then rpmlint will give only single error that is of kmodtool
permissions.


Comment 9 Ville Skyttä 2006-08-04 16:01:06 UTC
Not that it would be a big issue at all, but kmodtool is defined as "bash
kmodtool" in the specfile so there seems to be no reason for it to be executable.

Comment 10 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-08-05 04:25:47 UTC
so kmodtool permissions must be 0666 not 0755

Comment 11 Ville Skyttä 2006-08-05 08:44:54 UTC
No, there's no need to make it group or world writable.

Comment 12 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-09-18 11:11:24 UTC
I created SRPM for this package on new fc6 kenrel 2.6.17-1.2647.fc6 and i got
rpmlint warnings as
W: kmod-gfs summary-not-capitalized gfs kernel module(s)
Summary doesn't begin with a capital letter.

W: kmod-gfs no-version-in-last-changelog
The last changelog entry doesn't contain a version. Please insert the
version that is coherent with the version of the package and rebuild it.

W: kmod-gfs unstripped-binary-or-object
/lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2647.fc6/extra/gfs/gfs.ko
W: kmod-gfs no-documentation
The package contains no documentation (README, doc, etc).
You have to include documentation files.

Update package and post new links here.

Comment 13 Chris Feist 2006-09-29 20:20:16 UTC
I've fixed the comments so it provides a version number.

The documentation is provided in the user level package (which is why there are
no docs).

Also, the package name follows the kernel package name guidlines (which is why
it is not capitalized).

New packages here:
http://people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kmod.spec
http://people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kmod-0.1.0-4.2.6.18_1.2708.fc6.src.rpm

Comment 14 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-09-30 05:00:49 UTC
I mockbuild this package on FC6 devel.  It got built successfully.
rpmlint is NOT silent
I: kmod-gfs checking
W: kmod-gfs summary-not-capitalized gfs kernel module(s)
Summary doesn't begin with a capital letter.

=>This is well known rpmlint Warning. Forget it.

W: kmod-gfs no-version-in-last-changelog
The last changelog entry doesn't contain a version. Please insert the
version that is coherent with the version of the package and rebuild it.

=> You miss to add changelong entry

W: kmod-gfs unstripped-binary-or-object
/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2699.fc6/extra/gfs/gfs.ko

=>This is well known rpmlint Warning. Forget it.

W: kmod-gfs no-documentation
The package contains no documentation (README, doc, etc).
You have to include documentation files.

=>Not harmfull.

Everything looks OK. Update Chnagelog and give new package locations.

If nobody is willing to Sponsor this package I can do a Full Review and APPROVE
package provided FESCO is not having any problem to allow this kmod in FE.

Comment 15 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-09-30 05:09:40 UTC
SRPM is also NOT rpmlint Silent
W: gfs-kmod strange-permission kmodtool 0755
A file that you listed to include in your package has strange
permissions. Usually, a file should have 0644 permissions.

=> This is well known rpmlint Warning on kmod packages. Forget it.

E: gfs-kmod invalid-spec-name gfs-kernel.spec
Your spec filename must end with '.spec'. If it's not the case, rename your
file and rebuild your package.

=> You Need to change SPEC file name from gfs-kernel.spec to gfs-kmod.spec

W: gfs-kmod mixed-use-of-spaces-and-tabs (spaces: line 35, tab: line 45)
The specfile mixes use of spaces and tabs for indentation, which is a
cosmetic annoyance.  Use either spaces or tabs for indentation, not both.

=> USE sed -i -e 's|\t| |g' gfs-kernel.spec


Comment 16 Chris Feist 2006-10-03 21:13:48 UTC
The SPEC file should be gfs-kmod.spec, the spaces are also fixed and the
changelog entry contains the proper date.  New packages are here:

http://people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kmod-0.1.0-5.2.6.18_1.2726.fc6.src.rpm
http://people.redhat.com/cfeist/gfs-kmod.spec


Comment 17 Thorsten Leemhuis 2006-10-04 05:03:17 UTC
BTW, this kmod was not yet approved by FESCo afaics (see fourth para in the
kernel-module package section on
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/KernelModules )

Comment 18 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-10-04 06:44:13 UTC
Now, Packaging and rpmlint output looks ok. 
Now only major remaining thing is to get Approval from FESCO.

Comment 19 Chris Feist 2006-10-04 19:22:51 UTC
This package will not be put in the upstream kernel because it's for legacy GFS
support.  I'm sending an email to the FESCO list as well.

Comment 20 Thorsten Leemhuis 2006-10-07 16:19:25 UTC
This module was allowed for Extras by FESCo.

I took a quick look at the spec-file:

"ExclusiveArch:  i586 i686 x86_64 ppc" missing, needed for buildsys, please fix

The header needs to be adjusted; look at the end of 
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/KernelModules
for hints (then you'll also build for the PAE kernel). Site note: Why is the
build for xen disabled?

Gets the second APPROVED herby (needed for kmod-packages) if you fix the above
issues after importing.

Comment 21 Parag AN(पराग) 2006-10-09 12:48:33 UTC
thl,
can i sponsor this package?

Comment 22 Thorsten Leemhuis 2006-10-09 13:02:31 UTC
(In reply to comment #21)
> thl, can i sponsor this package?

You don't have sponsor status yet, so no. 

Comment 23 Chris Feist 2006-10-18 16:26:27 UTC
Is there anyone else available to sponsor this package, I'd really like to get
this in extras as soon as possible.

Comment 24 Thorsten Leemhuis 2006-10-18 16:41:52 UTC
(In reply to comment #23)
> Is there anyone else available to sponsor this package, [...]

Packages don't get sponsored -- contributors get sponsored. See
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/HowToGetSponsored for some hints how to
get sponsored. The list of sponsors is at:
https://admin.fedora.redhat.com/accounts/dump-group.cgi?group=cvsextras&role_type=sponsor&format=html
-- maybe someone of that list knows you already and is willing to sponsor you.



Comment 25 Jeremy Katz 2006-11-27 18:47:44 UTC
Package looks sane and I'll sponsor cfeist.

Comment 26 Jeremy Katz 2007-04-09 21:16:56 UTC
Did this ever get built?  Is it going to get built?

Comment 27 Chris Feist 2007-04-09 21:50:42 UTC
I'll try to track down what the current status is.

Comment 28 Chris Feist 2007-04-19 19:28:34 UTC
It looks like for now we'll be putting this package in an external repo for
users.  If we want to include this in the future we'll re-open this bug.


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