[jira] [Commented] (BIGTOP-2138) deb: make bigtop-jsvc a wrapper package for jsvc package

["Konstantin Boudnik (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Konstantin Boudnik commented on BIGTOP-2138:
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Historically, jsvc wasn't available from standard repo, hence our own package for it. Right now it seems to be a part of standard Ubuntu 12.04 and later (and evidently Debian). However, on Centos6 the version is 1.0.1-8.9, which is real old (as anything else on CentOS, of course), and even for Centos7 it sits at 1.0.13.
Are we saving a lot by not building it for Debian platforms? And can we guarantee that ubuntu 14.04 will have the same version as 15.04 or 12.04? While chances are slim, there's a possibility that different versions might behave somewhat differently. E.g. I know that 1.0.1 doesn't support some standard Java options.

> deb: make bigtop-jsvc a wrapper package for jsvc package
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>
>                 Key: BIGTOP-2138
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-2138
>             Project: Bigtop
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: build, debian
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.0
>            Reporter: Olaf Flebbe
>            Assignee: Olaf Flebbe
>             Fix For: 1.1.0
>
>         Attachments: BIGTOP-2138.1.patch
>
>
> There is no need to supply an own jsvc daemon executable, at least not for debian and ubuntu.
> Make bigtop-jsvc a wrapper package for the jsvc package, placing a symlink to the correct executable.
> Fixes a problem with POWER8 btw.



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