devel May 2005

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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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dbus-qt
by Frederick Alexander Thomssen 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

hi, once dbus-qt was removed from fedora because there was no use for it. but now kde 3.4 supports dbus-qt for the media:/ protocol which indicated if a new device was connected. so there now is a use for dbus-qt so i think it ought to be included. freddy -- Frederick Alexander Thomssen

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Bug 124248 Fixed--Can we have in FC4?
by Janina Sajka 08 Aug '05

08 Aug '05

Lee <sopwith(a)redhat.com> Bcc: Subject: Re: Raising the bar for FC4 Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505161538070.9780(a)devserv.devel.redhat.com> X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.11-1.14_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html I understand the telnet bug fix is now in CVS, so can this fix please make FC4? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124248 Those of us who really need telnet install, REALLY need it. For us it's critical. I may be mistaken, but I believe it does not impact anyone who isn't actually needing it. Thanks. Thanks also to Jeremy Katz for getting the fix in, and to Jim Cornette for his help reporting the problem in the first instance. Elliot Lee writes: > Hi all, > > Fedora Core 4 public release is currently targeted for Monday, June 6. To > hit that, we need some time in advance doing QA and final polishing. For > test releases that is usually about a week, but this is the final FC4 > release so we need a bit of extra time to do the final steps. > > This means that Monday, May 23 is the final final freeze for FC4. After > that, the bar for accepting changes into FC4 is even higher. Fixes will > need to be for showstopper bugs (data corruption, crashing programs, and > other things that impact a large percentage of users in a major way). I've > sent out reminder e-mails to people who currently own FC4Target and > FC4Blocker bugs in bugzilla, so you should know if you have specific bugs > to address. > > If you don't have any bugs to address, you can still help by doing test > installs of rawhide. I'll also try to get a few intermediate test trees > out for people to install. > > If the plan needs clarification, please let me know! > -- Elliot > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list -- Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina(a)freestandards.org http://a11y.org Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

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Printing system proposal
by Remco Poelstra 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Hi, It's very quiet on this list about printing, so I thought it would be a nice idea to put forward a proposal. I don't know if there are internal redhat discussions about this subject, but I think I'll find out soon :). It's a rahter lengthy explanation with a diagram so I put it up here: www.beryllium.net/~remco/printingproposal.html Kind regards, Remco Poelstra

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Re: gnome-vfs not in Rawhide?
by Rahul Sundaram 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Hi > That's fine, but how does the user know this? "yum > install gtk1" is a very > UNIXy sort of command for an end user desktop, isn't > it? > > thanks -mike that might very well be resolved through pup for fc4. The question is what kind of error messages do you get from the loki installers if gtk1 is not installed on the system already. Regards Rahul Sundaram __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest

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gnome-panel eats a lot of memory
by Dennis Jacobfeuerborn 12 Jun '05

12 Jun '05

I noticed that gnome-panel eats 25% (=256mb) of my memory which is quite a lot for a simple panel. Does anybody else see this too? I installed FC4Test2 and then upgraded to Rawhide. Regards, Dennis

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Firstboot: Module to add other OS partitions' entry to fstab
by Prasad H.L. 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

Hi, I'm using Fedora Core 3. I've developed a firstboot python module which can detect other OS(currently only windows) partitions and add entries to the fstab. It also creates a user group which has access to those partitions. The version of firstboot is 1.3.33-2. I would like to know whether the firstboot developers are interested in seeing and using it in future releases of Fedora. If so, I'll send the module as an E-mail attachment. With regards, Prasad H.L. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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enhance security via private TMP/TMPDIR by default
by Matthew Miller 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Just a thought: /etc/profile.d/tmpdir.sh: # For privacy and security, set temporary directories to ~/tmp on local # filesystems -- but for network filesystems, make up one in /tmp. # The trap statement cleans up the temporary directory if it's empty on exit. if [ -z "$TMP" ]; then if [ $EUID -ne 0 ] && [ -d $HOME/tmp ] && [ $( df --local $HOME | wc -l ) -gt 1 ]; then TMP=$HOME/tmp else TMP=$( mktemp -d /tmp/${HOSTNAME}.tmp.XXXXXXXX ) || exit 1 trap "rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $TMP" EXIT fi fi if [ -z "$TMPDIR" ]; then TMPDIR=$TMP fi -- Matthew Miller mattdm(a)mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 82 degrees Fahrenheit.

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alsa-oss
by Jeremy Sanders 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Is there any reason why the alsa-oss package isn't part of fedora? This is quite useful if you want to use the dmix alsa mixer and get oss apps to mix their output too. I've managed to hack together an updated version of the alsa-oss spec file (from livna) which appears to work. Jeremy -- Jeremy Sanders <jss(a)ast.cam.ac.uk> http://www-xray.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jss/ X-Ray Group, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK. Public Key Server PGP Key ID: E1AAE053

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