Is there any timetable for building this for x86_64?
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Jensen, J (Jens) wrote:
> Just to add to that. I didn't attend the gdb obviously but
> I spoke to Oliver back at the WLCG workshop and he says the
> binaries run on SL4 but source doesn't even compile, and the
> plan is that the software - if and when it builds on SL4 -
> becomes glite 3.1.
>
> So if that is true, sites *could* upgrade to SL4 and still
> run glite. Not that that is necessarily a recommended action
> but sometimes people need to consolidate the OS they run.
> Test it first though. Caveat emptor and all that.
>
> On a related note, I spoke to some NGS admins about DPM
> (incidentally, evaluation report from ETF expected "this week").
> They are running RHEL4 or Solaris or other things and are not
> necessarily eager to run yet another linux version - portability
> should be flagged as an issue. Although NGS have no plans ATM to
> run DPM, the report is expected to suggest it as an
> <adjective-to-be-determined> way to disk-enable storage.
>
> -j
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Coles, J (Jeremy)
> Sent: 08 February 2007 12:28
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Status of gLite for SL4
>
>
> Dear All
>
> No general SL4 release will be available for some time (March/April at
> the earliest). Markus Schulz gave an update talk at the GDB yesterday
> which will be of interest to you:
>
> http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?contribId=1&materialId=slid
> es&confId=8469
>
> I know that several sites have now deployed some of the workarounds to
> have gLite (WNs) working under SL4 or RHEL4. It is going to be useful to
> share experiences in this area and it'll be a topic on the agenda
> (http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=11981) for the next
> UKI meeting on Wednesday 14th February at 11:00.
>
> If you want to look at the current build status for any platform you can
> see it here:
>
> http://egee-jra1-integration.web.cern.ch/egee-jra1-integration/cruisecon
> trol.asp
>
> Regards,
> Jeremy
>
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