how to install an old version of xfsprogs package on AzureLinux 3.0

[andyzhangx]

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I could successfully install xfsprogs-6.6.0-1.azl3 package since it's the latest version, but when I try to install an old version, e.g. xfsprogs-5.15.0-2.azl3, it reports Error(1011) : No matching packages. The question is how to install an old version of xfsprogs package, is this supported?

any idea @rlmenge, thanks.

xfsprogs-5.15.0-2.azl3 package should exist, refer to:

azurelinux/SPECS/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.spec

Lines 93 to 94 in 62084ef

	* Wed Sep 20 2023 Jon Slobodzian <joslobo@microsoft.com> - 5.15.0-2
	- Recompile with stack-protection fixed gcc version (CVE-2023-4039)

# tdnf install xfsprogs-6.6.0-1.azl3
Loaded plugin: tdnfrepogpgcheck
Package xfsprogs-6.6.0-1.azl3 is already installed.
Nothing to do.


# tdnf install xfsprogs-5.15.0-2.azl3
Loaded plugin: tdnfrepogpgcheck
xfsprogs-5.15.0-2.azl3 package not found or not installed
Error(1011) : No matching packages

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[rlmenge]

@andyzhangx In AzureLinux 3.0, we do not provide the 5.15 version of xfsprogs. That version is available in our AzureLinux 2.0 (formerly CBL-Mariner) releases. The changelog entry you’re seeing refers to the version used in the previous distribution. Generally, the xfsprogs version aligns with the kernel version, which is 6.6 in AzureLinux 3.0.

You can find all our packages at https://packages.microsoft.com/ or view available versions with tdnf list available xfsprogs.

[andyzhangx]

@rlmenge thanks, I think I could install xfsprogs 5.15 with following way on Azure Linux 3.0:

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/cbl-mariner/2.0/prod/base/x86_64/Packages/x/xfsprogs-5.15.0-2.cm2.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh xfsprogs-5.15.0-2.cm2.x86_64.rpm

Here is the context in case you are interested:
We are using dalec pipeline to build image with base image Azure Linux 3.0, but we found xfsprogs 6.6 has two new feature enabled by default (CRC, rmapbt), but we have other node running with 5.15 kernel, so with these two new features enabled, xfs disk formatted with xfsprogs 6.6 could not be mounted on 5.15 kernel node, so we want to install xfsprogs-5.15.0-2 during image build, thus the formatted xfs disk could be recognized by both 5.15 and 6.6 kernel node.