There are quite a few differences in the spec file for 0.5.16 (which does build on CentOS 7) and 0.5.18 (which does not).
0.5.16 spec file does say that it supports 7.9.2009, and the 0.5.18 does not.
A key difference is that the older spec file has: BuildRequires: %{?el7:systemd}%{!?el7:systemd-rpm-macros} And the new: BuildRequires: systemd-rpm-macros
That is enough to cause the rpmbuild to fail.
I have found that just by editing that one line in the spec file to go back to the version from 0.5.16, it builds OK on our CentOS 7.9.2009. However it fails to install:
# rpm -Uvh /home/apps/slurm/munge/munge-0.5.18-1.el7.x86_64.rpm /home/apps/slurm/munge/munge-libs-0.5.18-1.el7.x86_64.rpm error: Failed dependencies: /usr/bin/systemd-sysusers is needed by munge-0.5.18-1.el7.x86_64 munge-libs(x86-64) = 0.5.13-1.el7 is needed by (installed) munge-devel-0.5.13-1.el7.x86_64
A bit of reading shows that system-sysusers does not exist for CentOS 7. So if I read it correctly your suggestion is to use the spec file from 0.5.16 and edit these lines:
< Version: 0.5.16 ---
Version: 0.5.18
< %{_libdir}/libmunge.so.2.0.0 ---
%{_libdir}/libmunge.so.2.0.1
I tried that and it failed to find a file: install: cannot stat 'src/etc/munge.tmpfiles.conf': No such file or directory
This file is created in 0.5.16 but not in 0.5.18.
Overall I am curious how some people have been able to build it when there do seem to be multiple issues.
William
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In passing, this does not work on CentOS 7 (don't ask...)
How old of CentOS 7? I know someone who couldn't compile it on 7.4 but could compile it on 7.7 and then run it on 7.4. This was using the Fedora specfile, with the Version bumped and the libmunge.so.2.0.0 %file changed to .2.0.1. 🤷♀️