From 1d971db90beabc2db9aed0b9a684dcb41d56b8bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thierry Parmentelat Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:37:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add a readme on fcdistros and the f17 barrier --- README-fcdistros.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README-fcdistros.txt diff --git a/README-fcdistros.txt b/README-fcdistros.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eb78a063 --- /dev/null +++ b/README-fcdistros.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# we're facing an issue for building on f17 an onwards +# see +# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_16_-.3E_Fedora_17 +# +# in a nutshell, building a f17 image from an earlier version is challenging +# this means on the long run we're going to have to have build boxes run f17 or higher +# +# several options could be considered +# (*) tweak the build to use lxc-based host instead of vs; +# this also requires better user tools for lxc than the stock lxctools +# that we've been using so far for vtest-init-lxc.sh +# (*) assemble a f17-vs build box (not preferred at all) +# -- 2.43.0