Lo! The new stable workflow based on kernel-ark confuses me and I want
to ask for advice if I got something wrong or if things are really as
they appear to me:
The sources file in dist.git for the Fedora 34 kernel currently(¹)
refers to a file that is called linux-5.11.1.tar.xz – but if you
download ("fedpkg sources") and unpack that file and look closer, you'll
notice that it actually contains the sources from Linux 5.11 (and not
5.11.1).
Is that intentional or just an mistake that someone did somewhere?
Because I find that really confusing.
Once I looked closer I noticed that the diff from Linux 5.11 -> 5.11.1
can actually be found in the file patch-5.11.1-redhat.patch (
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kernel/blob/f34/f/patch-5.11.1-redhat.patch
) - entangled with Fedora specific patches. I didn't try, but I'm
therefore pretty sure that rebuilding the kernel SRPM using
"--with-vanilla" (for details see
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kernel/blob/f34/f/kernel.spec
) will lead to unexpected results (I guess you will get a kernel that
partly thinks it's 5.11.1, but in truth is 5.11; if that acutally boot I
suspect users won't be able to spot this).
Are things really as described above or did I get something wrong?
Because it looks utterly confusing to me.
I have some issues with the whole kernel-ark workflow for a while now
and hence for a few week already considered asking on the Fedora
packaging list (the Fedora Packaging Committe's list) for advice if
kernel.spec violates the packaging guidelines too much (a complex
package like the kernel likely will always have some issues). I guess
this will finally make me do that, but before going down that route I
wanted to check here if I got something wrong.
CU, knurd
(¹) as of
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kernel/c/07992209452cd7ba529ffdbdd83d01d44cd8ae14?branch=f34
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