Jeffrey Walton wrote:
I'm new to working with Fedora's Release Engineering. I ran across a package that Failed To Build From Source (FTBS) for Fedora 40 at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2226505. I have C and C++ experience, and I believe I can help.
I'm having trouble making my way around Koji. I can't find the source code for wcm-0.20.0-22.fc39 to repro and fix the bug. (The Source field does not provide the source files. After cloning, there's only one file called 'dead.package').
Where does one find the source code? Or where do I find the package sources that Fedora used?
Install fedpkg if you don't already have it. Then run:
fedpkg clone -a wcm cd wcm fedpkg switch-branch f39 # or just git switch f39 fedpkg prep
Though since this is an orphaned package, any fixes you submit may not get applied if the package has no maintainer.
More generally, koji shows the build parameters used, which include:
Src: git+https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/wcm.git#2a4fa39f933f274689c07632e50c7db04...
The commit id can be confirmed as the tip of the f39 branch. That's helpful to know whether someone has already committed further changes or not.