Software Package: SCL devtoolset-6 download errors

[Himu.R]

Almost half of the dependency packages are giving [Errno: 256] No more mirror to try. (Other half packages are downloaded).
Then,
Cleaned the cache.
Tried to download from centos.
The same problem, repeats.

[avij]

devtoolset-6 is deprecated. Maybe you should try -7 or -8.

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7.7.190 ... x86_64/rh/

[Himu.R]

Thank you, avij.

[fat-lobyte]

devtoolset-6 is deprecated. Maybe you should try -7 or -8.

I need devtoolset-6 specifically, because I need GCC 6 specifically, due to dependency reasons. If I could upgrade, I would. Please don't just deprecate things that people use.

As a workaround, this is how you can install it:

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sudo yum install --enablerepo=centos-sclo-rh-testing --disablerepo=centos-sclo-rh devtoolset-6

[TrevorH]

SCL packages do not and never have had the same lifespan as normal packages from the distro itself. The distro and its packages are supported for 10 years from initial release but SCLs are supported for 3 years, sometimes less. We don't "just deprecate things that people use", we deprecate things that are out of support and potentially dangerous (due to lack of maintenance).

https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/rhscl

These fast-moving collections are expected to be updated frequently and will have a shorter life cycle and support term than Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

and

Each Software Collection will be supported for two or three years. Developer Collections are supported for 2 years. Production Collections are supported for 3 years.

[Mike_Rochefort]

I need devtoolset-6 specifically, because I need GCC 6 specifically, due to dependency reasons. If I could upgrade, I would. Please don't just deprecate things that people use.

By any chance are you in the CG community? We had a discussion on this the other day on the VFX Platform mailing list (as we currently have the platform specified to use DTS 6.1).

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!top ... -_CPw1fD3c

Cheers,
Mike

[xkszltl]

I wonder why the metadata is still there if old dts has been removed.
I'm getting 404 after upgrading to CentOS 7.7.
Since I don't have hard dependency on DTS 6, I can remove that.
However, there's another issue that I don't have good solution for:
There's a libasan 4.9.2 in scl, which is 404 now but due to the version it shadows 4.8.5 from the base.
Priority won't work as I also need some rpms with higher version than base in scl.

Can we remove those 404 packages from the list completely?

[jlehtone]

You can remind the maintainers of repo metadata about the incomplete cleanup.

In the meantime you can --exclude=libasan-4.9.2\*

[TrevorH]

The repodata issue has been reported and is allegedly being or has already been fixed.

[Cyberika]

So, is there a way to install devtoolset-6 on Centos 7.7? I have the same problem. Without gcc 6.3.1 I can't compile.