On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, Alan S. House wrote: > This is a simular reason that we want to do this. We encountered a few > major problems with the Fedora distribution (using kontact and others), > where there was a bug in the program and we can't fix it until the next > distribution comes out. So we're going to start rolling our own if needed. Why can you not fix it until the "next distribution" comes out? -Connie Sieh > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Michael Tiernan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> On 1/19/12 3:28 PM, Alan S. House wrote: >> >>> If I understand you, do you want to re-build the rpm's from source and >>> basically build your own SL distribution from source on your own >>> repository? If so that's something that my organization is wanting to do >>> also and I would be interested in any documentation and how to info. >>> >> >> Hi Alan. I'm including the list in the conversation only for completeness. >> >> In his words "Some shark has asked fish who asked fish who told fish who >> told me." that they wanted to be able to, in case of "emergency", build >> *any* component of the system exactly as the "vendor" (ScientificLinux) >> does. >> >> I think it's an "over the top" request but I see the logic. They want to >> make sure that each step they take is on solid footing, they don't want to >> find that they and/or their customers are abandoned should something go >> wrong. (Read that as CentOS, a problem they ran into head first.) >> >> So, I was *sure* I'd seen it before but obviously I was wrong and the >> answer that Pat provided is a very good start for them. (And I might do it >> too just to learn it.) >> >> I've passed on the info and we'll see what happens. :) >> >> I've asked him, should he be able to, provide *back* the documentation on >> how he got from point A to point Z but with his company's management, I'm >> not sure yet. >> > > > >