nrcfieldsa
commented
5 months ago I second that it would be great to bring this project up-to-date (currently 4.3.6).
The DKMS should be handy when the linux-gpib version is rebuilt automatically (not by installing a new package) for each periodic security patching / OS kernel update cycle in a site with multiple machines using the gpib driver.
This copr repo is able to be added / patched against in a normal OS update workflow, so there is value to having this project (linux-gpib-packaging) maintained to provide releases that will work with recent Linux kernels. Apparently, support is included in (linux-gpib) as documented on SourceForge project page - up-to Linux 6.x was tested.
I've also seen an attempt to package linux-gpib in:
- Gentoo: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sci-libs/linux-gpib
- PLD-Linux: https://github.com/pld-linux/linux-gpib/blob/master/linux-gpib.spec
- OpenSuSE: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:chris144/linux-gpib
Not sure if it's built as a DKMS in above packages though. Other than that, there are a few more minimal gpib spec files located.
Perhaps, this one is the best bet at least for Fedora and EL compatible releases.
Any chance that the package can be updated to the latest version? (currently 4.3.4)