On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Michael Tiernan
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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.
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.