SL7 Project: EL7 component porting progress

For each local package in lcfg_sl6_lcfg we list the current EL7 status - ported, needs work, not yet tackled, etc. Key:

• It seems to function. It's configured and available for EL7.
• We know it needs work, or it's currently getting attention.
• Things in italics weren't in SL6 but are needed for EL7.
• Crossed out things will never work on EL7 and will not be ported.

Category "core"

Component	Status	systemd integration	Notes
lcfg-systemd			Work in progress.
lcfg-authorize
lcfg-client			v3
perl-LCFG-Client		n/a
lcfg-file			blog: file component
lcfg-logserver
lcfg-ngeneric		n/a
lcfg-om		n/a	blog: om access for non-root users
lcfg-sysinfo		n/a
lcfg-utils, lcfg-utils-devel		n/a
lcfg-pkgtools, lcfg-pkgtools-devel		n/a
perl-LCFG-PkgTools		n/a
perl-LCFG-PkgUtils		n/a
perl-LCFG-Utils		n/a

Category "core-prereq"

Component	Status	Notes
perl-W3C-SAX-XmlParser		This will be obsoleted by the v4 LCFG client.
perl-W3C-Util-Basekit		This will be obsoleted by the v4 LCFG client.

Category "standard"

Component	Status	systemd integration	Notes
lcfg-accessconf			New component with improved handling of access.conf
lcfg-alias			Services unit, auto-build, seems to work
lcfg-auth
lcfg-boot			Uses init. Not compatible with systemd.
lcfg-cron			The component is unable to control crond (Bug 703). Also cronie goes from 1.4.4 to 1.4.11, three years of development. We'll need to see what's changed.
lcfg-etcservices
lcfg-fstab			Now with added XFS support. Informatics plans to default to ext4.
lcfg-grub			Will be replaced by lcfg-grub2 to cope with this release's major grub update.
lcfg-grub2			blog: grub2
lcfg-hardware			Rewritten into perl, some ancient functionality dropped
lcfg-init			/etc/inittab is not used in the systemd world.
lcfg-kernel			Setting kernel/initrd links works, not sure about building kernel modules yet. How will we handle boot-time module rebuilds and reboots?
lcfg-lcfginit
lcfg-mailcap			RAT unit, auto-build, extension of file component, seems to work
lcfg-network
lcfg-nsswitch			Rewritten into Perl, no change to features
lcfg-nsu
lcfg-ntp			Inf unit, creates config files, not clear if the daemon management is compatible with systemd
lcfg-openssh			Inf unit, creates config files just fine, management of daemon needs reworking for systemd world
lcfg-pam
lcfg-resolvconf
lcfg-rsyslog
lcfg-tcpwrappers			Rewritten into Perl, no change in features
lcfg-updaterpms			Need to consider how to trigger reboots
lcfg-mail			Services unit

Category "standard-prereq"

Component	Status	Notes
initscripts
lcfg-upstarthooks		EL7 doesn't use upstart
lcfg-defetc-el7
lcfg-hackparts
updaterpms
perl-RPM2		Standard part of Fedora
netgroup		It builds and installs.
perl-String-CRC-Cksum

Others

Component	Status	systemd integration	Notes
lcfg-install
lcfg-installfixups
lcfg-mkinitramfs
lcfg-installroot
lcfg-buildinstallroot
lcfg-openafs
lcfg-cyrussasl
lcfg-kdm
lcfg-xfree
pkgsubmit		n/a
installroot and installbase lists		n/a