Barry Scott wrote: >> On 13 Mar 2023, at 20:15, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Does it have to be RHEL? I've used Alma and Rocky with success. > > Good question. > > If I build for Alma or Rocky will it install on RHEL, > Centos, Oracle Linux etc? > > I picked RHEL as all the others aim to be ABI compatible > with it. Is the reverse necessarily true? Yes (in nearly all cases). The main exception is during the (generally short) window of time between a new RHEL release and the rebuilds catching up. This has been on the order of a day or three for point releases and a week to a month or so for major releases. The time has typically decreased as the projects get more help, support, and continually improved tooling & build systems. If you don't have a strong reason to require or desire to build against RHEL, building against a rebuild like Alma or Rocky works just fine. (I use Rocky Linux, both for mock builds and for running servers.) -- Todd
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