On 7/31/07, semi linux <linuxsemi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm looking at moving to F7 for our next generation HW. As an > investigation into the running of F7, I installed it on our old HW to > check it's functionality and prep for the changes. > > Right away I got "BUG: warning at > kernel/softirq.c:138/local_bh_enable() (Not tainted)". This bug has > been reported and fixed > (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240982)... > > The end result is that I have to update the kernel. > > The question :: If I'm going to update, how can I freeze on one > particular update (so I ship the same thing today as I do in 1 year)? > > We use kickstart already, so updates can be scripted easily enough but > I would imagine that Glibc/gcc and other updates should occur at the > same time as the kernel - What's the proper way to stop this from > being a moving target? Do I just download everything today and hope > it's a good freeze point while scripting it into our kickstart files? > > Anyone here solved this problem before? > > - G. News for you: The F7 packages of today will not be available next year. Fedora is a constant, moving target. If you want to deploy a specific set of packages you will need to archive those packages in your own repository and/or create your own custom CD/DVD using pungi or revisor. If you do not want to go through that hassle use a long term distro such as White Box or CentOS.
