Re: [Condor-users] Installed condor on Fedora with yum: condor_compile not there!

[Matthew Farrellee <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob wrote:
> Matt wrote:
> > Rob wrote:
> >
> >     Hello,
> >     I have installed condor 7.2.0 on Fedora 9 as a precompiled rpm package (with yum).
> >     There are many condor_foobar executables in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin.
> >     However, I don't have condor_compile.
> >     There is lots of talking in the manual on condor_compile, which now confuses me.
> >     Am I missing something important, or is condor_compile not required anymore in 7.2?
> >
> >     Thanks,
> >     Rob.
> >
> > I maintain the condor package in Fedora, and you're right it is a bit different from the packages you may get directly from UW.
> > Not all of Condor's features are supported on all platforms. Some have dependencies that cannot be met everywhere.
> >
> > The Fedora packaging guidelines currently preclude inclusion of the Standard Universe (SU) because of its dependencies
> > and fashion that it is built. At the time the package was created, this was also true for Globus gahps, though it may not still be
> > true. It may be possible to package Globus for Fedora, while for the SU it isn't possible to have a dependency on a patched
> > version of glibc. Additionally, the SU has not been ported to the newest glibc in Fedora.
> >
> > That all said, it's possible that you could run some condor_compile'd binaries in your Fedora pool, but the condor_compile
> > may have to occur on a separate system where condor_compile is supported.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > matt
>
> Thank you for the explanation.
>
> What are the prospects that this will be fixed in a/the next release of Fedora?
>
> Or is this dependency problem always there due to the "cutting-edge" property of Fedora?
> If yes, would CentOS then be a better choice in this case?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob.

It's an issue that needs to be addressed in Condor itself.

If you want to get condor_compile installed you're best bet is to grab 
binaries from UW. If you want to try the setup of having a single 
machine where you condor_compile with UW binaries, and then a Fedora 
pool for execution, let's chat.

Best,


matt