Scope

Test building RPM with EPEL packages.

Background & Motivation

CDRIVER-4767 was filed due to changes in documentation dependencies that broke builds for EPEL:

• python3-sphinx-design was not available in EPEL: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/pull/1483
• Python 3.10+ was required, but EPEL 9 had Python 3.9: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/pull/1490
• Sphinx 5 was required, but EPEL had Sphinx 1.7.6: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/pull/1492
• Python 3.9+ was required, but EPEL 8 had Python 3.6: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/pull/1504

The C driver currently tests building the RPM package with the mongo-c-driver.spec on RHEL 9.0.

Testing building with EPEL packages may help to prevent future breakage.

Consider using Rocky Linux for testing: https://hub.docker.com/_/rockylinux. Example Dockerfile:

FROM rockylinux:8
RUN yum install -y epel-release
RUN yum install -y mongo-c-driver
RUN yum install -y cmake
RUN yum install -y gcc
RUN yum install -y python3-sphinx
# Enable powertools repository for `python3-sphinx`
RUN yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools
RUN yum install -y python3-sphinx

$ docker build . -t rocky-mongoc
$ docker run --rm -it rocky-mongoc