[mythtv-users] Best distribution for MythTV

[John Pilkington]

On 01/09/2020 12:43, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> On 01/09/2020 12:34, beppo wrote:
>> Am Dienstag, 1. September 2020, 13:16:52 CEST schrieb John Pilkington:
>>> On 01/09/2020 11:25, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>>>> On 01/09/2020 10:58, John Pilkington wrote:
>>>>> FWIW I have been using Gary Buhrmaster's build script to create sets
>>>>> of rpm packages for some time now.  I wouldn't want to create
>>>>> additional demands on his time, but creating a new set of packages
>>>>> for, say, master in Fedora 31 now has the command line (perhaps after
>>>>> a 'git pull') :
>>>>>
>>>>>     ... rpm ] $  ionice -c3 ./BUILD_MYTHTV_RPMS -r
>>>>> fedora-31-x86_64-rpmfusion_free
>>>>>
>>>>> On my 10-year-old Core2duo machine that takes about 90 minutes.  I
>>>>> build there for el7 too, but there's a vpx conflict with
>>>>> el7/kde/plasma that needs minor specfile edits.  The build processes
>>>>> are done in clean environments using mock.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/garybuhrmaster/packaging/blob/master/MythTV/rpm/README 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/garybuhrmaster/packaging/commits?author=garybuhrmaster 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/garybuhrmaster/packaging
>>>>
>>>> That's interesting. I wonder if I could fork that and convert it to
>>>> OpenSUSE. Maybe I don't need to change distros.
>>>
>>> On my el7 box (which I don't use for these builds) these distros are
>>> apparently covered.  Just specifying the  right .cfg could work.
>>>
>>> ls /etc/mock | grep suse
>>> opensuse-leap-15.1-aarch64.cfg
>>> opensuse-leap-15.1-x86_64.cfg
>>> opensuse-leap-15.2-aarch64.cfg
>>> opensuse-leap-15.2-x86_64.cfg
>>> opensuse-tumbleweed-aarch64.cfg
>>> opensuse-tumbleweed-i586.cfg
>>> opensuse-tumbleweed-ppc64.cfg
>>> opensuse-tumbleweed-ppc64le.cfg
>>> opensuse-tumbleweed-x86_64.cfg
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> you don't need to change your distro, I build my own rpms for OpenSUSE 
>> for
>> years now.
>> I use the spec files from the Packman repo and modify it for mythtv-v31.
>>
>> If you are interested, I can share you spec file.
> 
> This is excellent. I have a very clear way forward now, and two possible 
> sources for spec files.
> 
> Thank you so much to all the helpful people that have made comments.
> 

A few more comments:

I mentioned a 'git pull'  That pulls in Gary's latest script.  The 
script itself pulls in the packages that it needs for the build.  The 
specified .cfg files for el7 or f31 get some packages from the epel 
and/or rpmfusion repos.  I don't know what the openSUSE versions of 
/etc/mock will provide; you may need more than the base version.