Re: CentOS9 Stream - boinc client??

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On Sat, 2023-01-28 at 07:45 -0600, Bill Gee wrote:
> On 1/26/23 20:25, Philip Wyett wrote:
> > On Thu, 2023-01-26 at 13:16 -0600, Bill Gee wrote:
> > > I have been running boinc client on CentOS7 hosts for some years.  C7 is
> > > getting close to end of life.  Time to upgrade to C9 ...
> > > 
> > > But I cannot find a package for the boinc client.  "dnf search boinc"
> > > returns nothing.
> > > 
> > > I have enabled both EPEL and RPMFusion repositories.
> > > 
> > > Is there a boinc client package for CentOS9 Stream?
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The client seems to have been built for EPEL 9 Next, but not as yet for EPEL 9.
> > 
> > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/boinc-client
> > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=5978
> > 
> > You can file an issue for the package to be branched and built for EPEL9.
> > 
> > [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-package-request/
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Phil
> > 
> > 
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> Hmmmm......  I figured out a temporary work-around.  I downloaded the 
> el8 rpm file from EPEL.  It installed with no issues on CentOS9.
> 
> I looked at turning in a bugzilla report.  That requires having an 
> account at bugzilla.  Nope, I do not need to add to the 400+ online 
> accounts I already have.  Besides, there is no guarantee that the 
> package would be built in any reasonable time frame.  It could be 
> months.  I can wait a bit, but not that long.
> 
> Is there a way to get dnf to install a "next" package?
> 
> It has been a year since CentOS9 came out.  The boinc-client package is 
> not yet ready for it.  Is there any assurance that it ever will be 
> ready?  Answer = no assurance whatever.
> 
> In the worst case I will go to SOD ...  Some Other Distribution.  Fedora 
> 38 can be installed in a text-only mode to run headless, and it has a 
> currently maintained package for boinc-client.
> 
> There are both Docker and flatpak packages for boinc-client.  I have 
> never been able to get any Docker, flatpak or snap package to work 
> correctly, and it is even worse when trying to run them inside a virtual 
> machine.  Those technologies seem to me to be an answer in search of a 
> non-existent question.
> 
> Bill Gee
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Hi,

I see what you mean and I made an error here. I should have checked bugzilla for the request to see
if it already existed, which it does.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2092636

I have added a comment to the bug to see if it can be moved forward.

Regards

Phil

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