Linux: Ship RPM packages for EL8/EL9 alongside EL7

[imjustvisiting]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: NA

• VS Code Version: 1.60+
• OS Version: EL8

No .el8 RPM package has been provided since 1.59.1 (Aug 2021). Only .el7 RPMs are available for 1.60+.

• See https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode/

Full support by RedHat for RHEL 7 ended in 2019.

• https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata

If the same RPM packages are intended for EL7 and EL8, please consider removing .el7 from the package name.

If there must be separate RPM packages for EL7 and EL8, please consider re-enabling full/official support for EL8 by providing .el8 RPMs and storing them in a separately indexed path on the repository mirror so they can be enabled independently from the EL7 packages for EL8 installations.

[Tyriar]

I don't recall changing this to el8 but it switched back in 4fee848

[imjustvisiting]

EL9 is now generally available.

Same request applies: If the posted RPM packages are intended to work on EL8 and EL9, please remove .el7 from the file name. Otherwise, please consider providing .el8 and .el9 RPMs.

[Jeffrey-de-Bruijn]

@deepak1556 please explain the change you committed and why my pull request was rejected with no explanation

[Groovylein]

Hey,
any concrete plans for when the el9 package will be available? We are desperately waiting for VSCode on RHEL9 😄
I only see that the provision is shifted every month now (for the last 3 months)

[avidspartan1]

As a workaround until el8 and el9 releases are available, you can still install the el7-labeled package on EL 8 and it seems to work fine. I haven't tested it on EL 9, but I'd expect the same.

For example, to install the 1.81.1 package for x86_64:

yum install https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode/Packages/c/code-1.81.1-1691620770.el7.x86_64.rpm

[Groovylein]

Hey @deepak1556 , @joaomoreno ,
still waiting for the RHEL9 release.

@Jeffrey-de-Bruijn tried with #154453 but got rejected.

Any plans on releasing vscode for RHEL9??

[smokecatcher]

Will the el8 pacakge install on RHEL 9 -- has anyone tried this?

[Groovylein]

Will the el8 pacakge install on RHEL 9 -- has anyone tried this?

I tried the el7 package and this works perfectly.