{"thread":{"id":"19053","subject":"Any git-1.6.0+ RPMs for el5?","startedAt":"2009-04-24T22:05:23Z","lastAt":"2009-04-24T23:26:34Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Neal Kreitzinger","Ben Walton"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"112243","messageId":"gstcu6$tdf$1@ger.gmane.org","threadId":"19053","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Any git-1.6.0+ RPMs for el5?","fromName":"Neal Kreitzinger","fromEmail":"neal@rsss.com","sentAt":"2009-04-24T22:05:23Z","receivedAt":"2009-04-24T22:05:23Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"neal@rsss.com","avatar":null},"body":"Are there any EL5 RPMs available for Git 1.6.0 or greater?    The current \nEL5 repo rpm for git-1.5.5.6 is apparently relatively outdated in the git \ntimeline.  My team is new to git and to linux and are hoping to learn the \nnewer version of git without having to first ascend the learning curve of \ncompiling git.  We are hoping that other el5 git users before us have \ncreated git 1.6.0+ rpms for their own use.  Is it correct to assume that an \nel5 rpm created by someone else can also be installed on our RHEL 5.2+ box?\n\nv/r,\nNeal \n"},{"id":"112266","messageId":"1240615270-sup-5080@ntdws12.chass.utoronto.ca","threadId":"19053","inReplyTo":"gstcu6$tdf$1@ger.gmane.org","subject":"Re: Any git-1.6.0+ RPMs for el5?","fromName":"Ben Walton","fromEmail":"bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca","sentAt":"2009-04-24T23:26:34Z","receivedAt":"2009-04-24T23:26:34Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"bdwalton@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/396061?v=4"},"body":"Excerpts from Neal Kreitzinger's message of Fri Apr 24 18:05:23 -0400 2009:\n> Are there any EL5 RPMs available for Git 1.6.0 or greater?    The current \n> EL5 repo rpm for git-1.5.5.6 is apparently relatively outdated in the git \n> timeline.  My team is new to git and to linux and are hoping to learn the \n> newer version of git without having to first ascend the learning curve of \n> compiling git.  We are hoping that other el5 git users before us have \n> created git 1.6.0+ rpms for their own use.  Is it correct to assume that an \n> el5 rpm created by someone else can also be installed on our RHEL 5.2+ box?\n\nI can offer you my local builds of 1.6.1.2 for rhel5 if you're\ninterested.  These are stock as I used the .spec file as distributed\nwith the source to do the build.\n\nThey're now available here:\nhttp://www.cquest.utoronto.ca/u/bwalton/git/\n\nHTH.\n-Ben\n-- \nBen Walton\nSystems Programmer - CHASS\nUniversity of Toronto\nC:416.407.5610 | W:416.978.4302\n\nGPG Key Id: 8E89F6D2; Key Server: pgp.mit.edu\nContact me to arrange for a CAcert assurance meeting.\n"}]}