Daniel Hilst
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The first native build stopped on the payload lint. The Ubuntu dracut module installs ping, nc, nslookup, sfdisk, mkfs.btrfs, usb.ids, poweroff, reboot and shutdown unconditionally, and no package in the build root supplies any of them. dracut reported each one with a FAILED: line and exited 0, which is how the image that shipped without dhclient was packaged. Add iputils-ping, netcat-openbsd, fdisk, btrfs-progs, hwdata and systemd-sysv. Two names change between releases. util-linux-extra appeared in 23.04, so the jammy build stopped with "E: Unable to locate package util-linux-extra" where hwclock is still in util-linux; bind9-dnsutils replaced dnsutils in 22.04. add_first_available installs the first name apt knows and stops the build when a release carries none of them. dch reads debian/control from the working directory, not from the file it writes, so the build directory has to be the working directory before it runs. Signed-off-by: Daniel Hilst <392820+dhilst@users.noreply.github.com>
xCAT
xCAT is a toolkit for deployment and administration of clusters of all sizes.
The xCAT sunset was only a quick eclipse
Dear xCAT Community,
The xCAT sunset has changed course. VersatusHPC has been invited to join the xCAT Consortium, and future development will move toward direct upstream contributions coordinated with the Consortium and its existing member companies.
That matters most for Enterprise Linux 10 (EL10). EL10 support is coming to xCAT, restoring a future operating-system path for sites that still rely on xCAT. This is an important change from the previous sunset guidance, where the lack of an EL10 path was one of the strongest reasons to move away from xCAT.
The xCAT Consortium continues to recommend Confluent as the long-term successor to xCAT, and that remains the Consortium position. Users planning new cluster-management deployments should evaluate Confluent and its xCAT comparison documentation.
At the same time, xCAT is no longer sunsetted. The Consortium and participating companies will continue updating xCAT while there is community and user demand for it.
In summary:
- xCAT development is continuing upstream through the Consortium and participating companies.
- Enterprise Linux 10 support is coming.
- Confluent remains the Consortium-recommended successor and migration path.
- xCAT updates will continue while there is community and user demand.
We want to thank the xCAT Consortium and community for keeping this project moving. The sun went behind the moon for a moment, but xCAT is still here.
For more information on Confluent and how to get started, please visit the Confluent: Project Page, Documentation or Confluent vs xCAT comparison.
With thanks,
The xCAT Consortium
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