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upgrading RH 9 system->Fedora with iso files and apt only
by Didier Casse 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

I have the yarrow's iso files on my HD in a RH9 system. Let's say I want to upgrade selected packages using an "apt-get install" pointing to my iso-mounted files, how do I do it? i.e I mount the iso into some /mnt/yarrow1, /mnt/yarrow 2 etc.. Then what is the complete procedure to make my apt look into my own HD to upgrade packages. Can anybody redirect me to the correct resource or some literature hanging on the web? Thanks. Assume also that I do not wish to burn CDs! I do not want to use apt-cdrom. Thanks. With kind regards, Didier. --- PhD student Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603 Email: slsbdfc at nus dot edu dot sg \or\ didierbe at sps dot nus dot edu dot sg Website: http://ssls.nus.edu.sg

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autoconf breakage on x86_64.
by Sam Varshavchik 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

I don't know the right way to fix this, but something is definitely broken; and something needs to be fixed, one way or the other. The question is what exactly needs to be fixed. Consider something like this: LIBS="-lresolv $LIBS" AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(res_query, AC_MSG_RESULT(yes), AC_MSG_RESULT(no)) Here's what happens on x86_64: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall -I.. -I./.. conftest.c -lresolv >&5 /tmp/ccW7EeDX.o(.text+0x7): In function `main': /home/mrsam/src/courier/authlib/configure:5160: undefined reference to `res_query' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:5147: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: [ blah blah blah ] | /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2 | builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ | char res_query (); | int | main () | { | res_query (); | ; | return 0; | } The same exact test on FC1 x86 will work. The reason appears to be that you have to #include <resolv.conf> on x86_64 in order to succesfully pull res_query() out of libresolv.so. You don't need to do this on x86, and the test program generated by AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC does not include any headers, but uses a manual prototype. So, what now?

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Zeroconf in FC5?
by Daryll Strauss 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

I saw zeroconf in action at a Mac based facility a while back and I have to say I was impressed. It makes their networking setup very easy. The biggest downside was that they knew very little about how their network actually worked. That made my life integrating a Linux system in to their environment much more difficult. So, I'd like to see zeroconf really integrated in to FC5. I think it'll make network setup for a lot of users much easier. For those who don't know, zeroconf provides several functions: *) Dynamically allocating an IP address to a system when it boots (without requiring a DHCP server) *) Translate between names and IP addresses (without any setup or directory server) *) Allows for the publishing and discovery of services such as DNS, NFS, ftp, http, printers, whatever (without requiring any setup or directory server) *) Allocates multicast addresses (without a MADCAP server). (This part isn't yet supported and I'm not sure I know what it means :)) Fedora ships with Howl which looks to be the framework for doing zeroconf. It seems that what's needed is integrating howl in to all the appropriate places. - |Daryll

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Stateless linux and an idea of mine for SMALL networks without servers
by Nic 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

Disclaimer: I hope that this is the right mailing list, but I really wanted to reach developers would can say if it's feasible and what to use for that. Anyway, I was fighting the usual problems with networks and came up with the following dream to make my life easier as a network admin. Basically I am tired of fixing things, of worrying if a hard disk will die, of having to deal with data access, backup etc... I was thinking this through by looking at how most of my coworkers, friends, and small offices use their PCs in day-to-day operations and applying that work flow to a solution. Before, somebody screams, this means little or moderate daily data generation so that, basically, a laptop drive could hold the entire company's data. (This may require email-purge rules and other things like that). Anyway here it is: Basically, I suggest that (almost) all PCs in the network be laptops with the exact same image. Furthermore, they replicate their HD continuously (with possibly some delay). This certainly applies to the user data and application. It may not be necessary for the OS I am not sure of the technology to use here, but I thought something deriving from the P-to-P technology, some distributed file system, some database replication technology or even freenet could be a good base. Since every laptop will contain ALL the data for the whole network, every laptop uses hardware encryption at the hard disk level using an external dongle/card/whatever to limit the risk when a laptop is lost or stolen. Additionally, every login ALSO uses a dongle/card for access to their account. This makes it (almost) impossible for somebody stealing a laptop to get access to the whole data. Additionally, it makes it (alomst) impossible for somebody to fet to other people's data. If a system dies, you just get a new one and sync it up. However, one main idea is that you always have EVERYTHING you need right where you are, no matter WHERE you are. Also, there is no UPS to worry about. Communication between PCs could be implemented using VPN/IPSec or whatever other protected mechanism. Internet access would have to be "sandboxed", but UNIX based OSes allow for that easily. That's the gist of it. A lot of things can be configured in many ways, but the whole point here is to simplify people's life. Look at it from a disaster recovery: a lot of people bring their laptop home. Even if the company's building burns down as well as a few employees homes, one surviving laptop is enough to bring the business back online. Pros: * seamless company disaster recovery * seamless personal computer loss recovery (you lose everything since the last sync) * you can use ANY laptop and find YOUR own environment and files * no central server/single point of failure * no UPS except for the internet firewall (this comes from the PCs being laptops) Cons: * sync across a lot of PCs might be tricky and needs to be tuned. Maybe randonly select one as master like the SMB Master browser election works? * each laptop needs to have enough space for the whole company's data * maybe not appropriate for disk intensive applications (video capture...) I wanted to post it here for other people to use if they think it's a good idea. (and also to preempt any proprietary company from saying "me first") It seems that Windows Vista is coming with some automatic synchronization across two PCs so, that's one step towards it, but we have different goals. I posted this somewhere and somebody pointed me toward stateless linux and it seems pretty cool and close to what I was thinking of. I'll look smoe more into it, but does anybody see this as useful for VERY SMALL networks? (I already got bashed by enterprise admins sneernig at people who don't want a rack server, so if that's your intent, just reply "me too"). Feel free to comment (I know people will). Nick

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Kernel issues
by Trever L. Adams 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

During the FC4 development cycle I mistakenly asked for 2.6.12 to be included because it "had" the ip_conntrack for ipv6. This was based on something I read. It turns out the person was misquoting. The USAGI project was promising this for a patch for 2.6.12. It was never included at least to my knowledge. My wish list for FC5 includes the following: TARPIT target for IPTABLES (I think it is already included). connlimit (and friends) matching for the kernel, this exists in documentation but has not yet made the mainstream kernel. Help should be given to get it there and it should be included. ip6_conntrack (or whatever it's name is) should be given similar help and should be included. Other than that, most of my wishes are ready being addressed. I do think these are very important for both desktop and server/firewall machines. Thank you, Trever Adams -- "I conceive that a great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things." -- Benjamin Franklin

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system-config-sshd ?
by Arthur Pemberton 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Hello, I have been a Fedora user since FC1, and now I'd like to contribute to the project. I know some Python, but no GUI (as yet). My more tested programming skills lie is pascal and delphi. I am interested in building a cnfiguration tool for sshd to help me learn the python language better, and also to contribute to the fedora project. But I need some help: Knowledge - HOWTOs, tutorial, whitepapers, etc that I need to read to properly write a system-config applicat ion Rules - Standards, and guidelines that I shoudl follow Technologies - gui toolkits, modules, etc that I should stick to in learning and building a system-config tool. Thanks for your assistance and time. PS: the fedora-config-list is dead, so I'm reposting here

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OT: SCALE 4x -- Call For Papers
by Ilan Rabinovitch 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Hello, The call for papers for SCALE 4x, the 2006 Southern California Linux Expo, is now open. This event will be our fourth annual show. It will be held on Feb 11-12, 2006 at the Los Angeles Airport Westin. We are expecting 1,300+ in attendance this year. We are non-profit, community run Linux, open-source and free software conference. If you are working on something you believe the community would be interested in, please consider submitting a presentation to our call for papers. I am including details bellow. Past presentations are available online (including slides audio in most cases): 2005 - http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/past/2005/hours.php 2003 - http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/past/2003/presentations.php 2002 - http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/past/2002/presentations.php If you have any questions please feel free to call the Call For Papers team at cfp @ socallinuxexp.org CFP Link: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/pr/pr_20050620.php CFP PDF: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/pr/cfp4x.pdf Best regards, Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo http://www.socallinuxexpo.org 2006 Southern CAlifornia Linux Expo The USC, Simi/Conejo, and UCLA Linux User Groups are proud to announce the 4th annual Southern California Linux Expo scheduled for February 11-12, 2006 at the Westin Hotel near the Los Angeles International Airport. Building on the tremendous success of last three years' SCALE, we will continue to promote Linux and the Open Source Software community. We invite you to share your work on Linux and Open Source projects with the rest of the community as well as exchange ideas with some of the leading experts in these field. Details about SCALE 4X as well as archives for the last three years can be found at http://www.socallinuxexpo.com. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Linux kernel * Linux Networking * Linux for embedded systems * Linux for Desktops * LAMP * Multimedia in Linux * Security in Linux * VoIP * Wireless tools in Linux * Linux Games * GIMP & other graphics software * Administration techniques for specific distributions * Custom Configurations * Linux Deployments and experiences: Case studies * Open source Licensing * Government policies with Open Source * Other open source projects The proposals should comprise a 1-page (maximum) description containing the following: 1] Title for the talk. 2] Name, Affiliation, Bio, a passport size picture (optional) and contact email address of the Presenter. 3] What will be covered? A bulleted list of the main points of the presentation will be ideal. Please include enough detail as will be necessary. 4] Any specific requirements needed for the presentation other than an overhead projector and a microphone. Presentations are alloted a time slot of about 45 minutes. All proposals are to be sent to kapadia=at=socallinuxexpo.com. Important Dates: 20 Jun, 2005: CFP Opens 20 Nov, 2005: Last date for abstracts/proposals 20 Dec, 2005: Last date for notification of acceptance 11 Feb, 2006: Conference starts

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cryptsetup-lunks support for mount & swapon
by Karel Zak 02 Nov '05

02 Nov '05

http://people.redhat.com/kzak/util-linux-cryptsetup/ It's the place where you can found util-linux patch (or src.rpm) with full cryptsetup-luks support for mount, umount, swapon and swapoff. The patch supports classic cryptsetup and LUKS extension too. Karel -- Karel Zak <kzak(a)redhat.com>

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rawhide report: 20050928 changes
by Build System 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

New package fake-build-provides fake build provides for the build system Updated Packages: HelixPlayer-1:1.0.6-1 --------------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 John (J5) Palmieri <johnp(a)redhat.com> - 1:1.0.6-1 - Fix for CAN-2005-2710 alsa-lib-1.0.10rc1-1 -------------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Martin Stransky <stransky(a)redhat.com> 1.0.10rc1-1 - new upstream version alsa-utils-1.0.10rc1-1 ---------------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Martin Stransky <stransky(a)redhat.com> 1.0.10rc1-1 - new upstream version am-utils-5:6.1.1-3 ------------------ * Tue Sep 27 2005 Peter Vrabec <pvrabec(a)redhat.com> 6.1.1-3 - specify type option in /default in /etc/amd.net (#11618) anaconda-10.3.0.26-1 -------------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Chris Lumens <clumens(a)redhat.com> 10.3.0.26-1 - kickstart script fixes bind-24:9.3.1-14 ---------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Jason Vas Dias <jvdias(a)redhat.com> - 24:9.3.1-14 - When forwarder nameservers are changed with D-BUS, flush the cache. * Mon Sep 26 2005 Jason Vas Dias <jvdias(a)redhat.com> - 24:9.3.1-12 - fix bug 168302: use gcc for compiling dns-keygen - fix bug 167682: bind-chroot directory permissions - fix issues with -D dbus option when dbus service not running or disabled * Tue Aug 30 2005 Jason Vas Dias <jvdias(a)redhat.com> - 24:9.3.1-12 - fix bug 167062: named should be started after syslogd by default checkpolicy-1.27.4-1 -------------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.27.4-1 - Latest upgrade from NSA * Merged bugfix for dup role transition error messages from Karl MacMillan (Tresys). * Fri Sep 23 2005 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.27.3-1 - Latest upgrade from NSA * Merged policyver/modulever patches from Joshua Brindle (Tresys). cracklib-2.8.4-1 ---------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com> 2.8.4-1 - update to 2.8.4 - build python module gaim-1:1.5.0-6.fc5 ------------------ * Tue Sep 27 2005 Warren Togami <wtogami(a)redhat.com> - 1:1.5.0-6.fc5 - remove -Wno-pointer-sign, not sure why it was needed earlier - fix FORTIFY_SOURCE on FC3 gawk-3.1.5-3 ------------ * Tue Sep 27 2005 Karel Zak <kzak(a)redhat.com> 3.1.5-3 - fix #169374 - Invalid Free (patch by Aharon Robbins) gdm-1:2.8.0.4-2 --------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> 1:2.8.0.4-2 - remove flexiserver from menus gettext-0.14.5-2 ---------------- * Wed Sep 28 2005 Jindrich Novy <jnovy(a)redhat.com> 0.14.5-2 - convert spec to UTF-8 - remove old tarballs from sources gnome-screensaver-0.0.13-5 -------------------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> 0.0.13-5 - Location to copy .menu file changed to preferences-post-merged. gtk2-2.8.4-1 ------------ * Tue Sep 27 2005 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> 2.8.4-1 - New upstream version * Mon Aug 29 2005 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> 2.8.3-1 - Newer upstream version * Mon Aug 15 2005 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> 2.8.0-1 - Newer upstream version initscripts-8.16-1 ------------------ * Tue Sep 27 2005 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> 8.16-1 - fix typo bug kernel-2.6.13-1.1580_FC5 ------------------------ * Tue Sep 27 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com> - Fix typo in previous knfsd patch. mkinitrd-5.0.0-1 ---------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Peter Jones <pjones(a)redhat.com> - 5.0.0-1 - remove support for pivotroot - remove support for non-initramfs initrds - remove support for 2.4 kernels - don't force scsi_mod before scsi modules; deps should bring it in. same for "unknown"; it's not needed any more. - lots of whitespace adjustment - minor messaging changes - no manual redirection to stderr or RCFILE, nor manual verbose checking - in light of these changes and other planned changes, this is 5.0.0 * Mon Sep 26 2005 Peter Jones <pjones(a)redhat.com> - 4.2.24-1 - Fix module discovery for raid (eleminates "find" warning as well) nc-1.82-1 --------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Tomas Mraz <tmraz(a)redhat.com> 1.82-1 - update from OpenBSD upstream CVS - fix pollhup patch so it reads everything before shutdown * Wed May 11 2005 David Woodhouse <dwmw2(a)redhat.com> 1.78-2 - Don't ignore POLLHUP and go into an endless loop (#156835) * Mon Apr 11 2005 Radek Vokal <rvokal(a)redhat.com> 1.78-1 - update from CVS, using glib functions nss_ldap-242-1 -------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com> 242-1 - update to nss_ldap 242 ppc64-utils-0.7-12 ------------------ * Tue Sep 27 2005 David Woodhouse <dwmw2(a)redhat.com> - 0.7-12 - Work around old Pegasos II 'claim' method bug redhat-menus-5.0.1-1 -------------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> 5.0.1-1 - don't use dir name preferences-merged. It has special significance (bug 169108) selinux-policy-strict-1.27.1-9 ------------------------------ * Tue Sep 27 2005 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.27.1-9 - Fixes for Amanda and dhcpd selinux-policy-targeted-1.27.1-9 -------------------------------- * Tue Sep 27 2005 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 1.27.1-9 - Fixes for Amanda and dhcpd

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announce: rpmdb checker, machine status checker
by Florian La Roche 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

Here is a python script that can analyse a rpmdb and also help determining the status of an installed machine: - /var/lib/rpm/Packages contains all data, the other rpmdb files contain duplicate data for easier access. /var/lib/rpm/Packages is checked against the data in the other files. - rpm header have a sha1 checksum for most of the data. With some nifty lookup you can verify this sha1 sum and thus most of the data to not be corrupted. - A few smaller checks can be done like dependency checking, are packages with an unusual arch installed, which non-kernel packages have more than one package installed etc. - You can choose to check rpmdb against yum repositories to check which installed packages are not included in yum repos or which packages differ in rpmdb. - You can even check rpmdb files from other archs or copy them from some other machine to verify them. All checks work for non-root users. The python script is available at http://people.redhat.com/laroche/pyrpm/pyrpm.py You can call it with: ./pyrpm.py --checkrpmdb or for the more advanced yum repositories check (you then need urlgrabber and libxml2-python to be installed): ./pyrpm.py -c /etc/yum.conf --checkrpmdb Let me know if you have questions about this tool, have ideas about further checks that can be added or have problems using it. (Especially if you have real broken rpmdb files on some of your machines, I'd like to hear if some checks could be improved. ;-) greetings, Florian La Roche

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