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Prerequisites (SL7): devtoolset-9

See:
installing without aquilon:
https://wiki.e-science.cclrc.ac.uk/web1/bin/view/EScienceInternal/NoAquilonXrootdInstallationAndSetup

with aquilon:

build with a dev personality (ceph-gw-echo-dev)or

Manual installation for XrootD development

XrootD

1. git clone https://github.com/stfc/xrootd.git -b <your_branch>

2. cd xrootd/packaging

3. ./makesrpm.sh --version 5.5.4-00 --define "_with_python3 1" --define "_with_tests 1" --define "_with_scitokens 1"  -D "dist .el7"

4. cd to the output directory (said in the last ~5 lines of the output)

5. mkdir RPMS

6. rpmbuild --rebuild --define "_rpmdir RPMS/" --define "_with_python3 1" --define "_with_scitokens 1"  --define "_build_name_fmt %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}.rpm" -D "dist .el7" *.src.rpm

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