upgrading RH 9 system->Fedora with iso files and apt only
by Didier Casse
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.
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1 year, 4 months
jack2
by Andy Shevchenko
Hello.
Nowadays the jack project has two branches - old jack (1) branch with
version 0.116.2 and new one called jack2 version 1.9.3.
I'd like to gather opinions and suggestions about applying new version for F13.
Please, share your thoughts!
Thank you.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
12 years, 10 months
intent to retire: kudzu
by Bill Nottingham
I'd like to retire kudzu for F-13.
Why?
- There are places where it almost certainly does not work with current kernels
- It's so deprecated that one of its replacements (HAL) has since been
frozen and deprecated
- Given that, its upstream is very dead
However, it is still being required by two programs:
- hwbrowser
- fwfstab
If someone wants to keep it limping along for thsese two programs I can
orphan it. But I'd really rather just retire it.
Bill
13 years, 1 month
Cannot rely on /dev being present in %post scripts?
by David Woodhouse
According to bug #517013, %post scripts should not assume that /dev is
available -- so we can't do anything that requires the existence of
/dev/null, /dev/urandom, etc.
Is this a known and expected packaging rule, or is it a bug in the way
that the user is attempting to install the packages?
--
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David.Woodhouse(a)intel.com Intel Corporation
13 years, 3 months
Pulseaudio in F12
by Paulo Cavalcanti
Hi,
I made a clean install of Fedora 12, and pulseaudio seems to be behaving
completely different. Any mixer control I have (master, pcm, front ,,,)
affects
the pulse volume slider (looking at pavucontrol). In the past, pulse only
controlled PCM, I guess.
But the worst point is that there is no more application volume memory.
All applications when launched are at full volume, and this is really
annoying ...
Is this a kind of new feature? Is it configurable?
--
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
13 years, 4 months
2009-10-22 - Power Management Test Day report
by Phil Knirsch
Here a short report from the Power Management Fedora Test day on
10/22/09 [1]. First of all many thanks to all the people who
participated in it and who reported their findings. In order to make
things easier for testers and to make sure we get a lot more stable and
comparable results Marcela Maslanova, Jan Vcelak and Petr Lautrbach put
together a rpm that consisted of all our test scripts, an easy
call-script to easily run them and a "collect" script to pack together
all results. Additionally the rpm itself has requirements against all
the packages we needed for the tests, so a simple installation of the
testday rpm provided a solid and easy method for every tester. This
worked out really well and made test results very consistent.
Unfortunately time ran out for including the automatic upload script
from Mike McGrath and the ALPM test script, but that didn't seem to pose
a big problem, roughly half of the testers provided results for ALPM as
well.
We got 30 results overall with half of them including ALPM test results,
too. Overall the results showed us what we wanted to know:
- The tools we're shipping are working as expected, no crashes or
anything like that observed
- Wakeups and system behavior in genereral in comparison to our Fedora
11 test day doesn't show any regressions
- New features seem to be working as expected
Rudolf Kastel discovered one strange bug with one of the profiles which
we couldn't reproduce yet, but we're still investigating with him.
All in all the whole test day was a real success. Especially the great
idea of Marcela, Jan and Petr to make a rpm for the testday which
automated a lot of the work that needed to be done.
For the next testday we already plan to expand that idea and include the
automated upload script which will make it even easier for the testers.
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2009-10-22
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Motd: You're only jealous cos the little penguins are talking to me.
13 years, 5 months
mono and snk key files
by Kalev Lember
Hello,
I'm writing this to fedora-devel list and also cross-posting to
fedora-mono, as the latter seems rather dead but might be useful for
archiving purposes.
I am not very familiar with Mono and .NET technology, so if I get
something wrong, please correct me. I'm also neither nant's nor
log4net's maintainer; I just saw that a large part of Mono is currently
broken in rawhide and tried to figure out the root cause.
Mono assemblies that get installed into GAC need to be
strongname-signed. The resulting public key token gets placed into the
assembly (DLL), and uniquely identifies a series of assembly releases
that are all API/ABI compatible. When the assembly manufacturer releases
an API-compatible updated version, they would strongname-sign the update
with the same snk key as the previous release. This is supposed to
prevent DLL hell: applications reference the public key token, and if
there's an updated DLL with the same public key available, then
applications are automatically redirected to the new version.
There are several Mono source packages in Fedora that don't ship an .snk
key file. The reason why the file sometimes isn't shipped with the
source is probably this: upstream developers want to be able to create
binary releases which are guaranteed to be API compatible, and don't
want anyone else to sign non-compatible versions with the same key.
However, since assemblies installed into the GAC need to be signed,
several Fedora packages generate the public key files during build time.
With this approach every single build gets signed with a DIFFERENT snk
file, making every new build incompatible with the previous one.
Right now nant is broken [1] in Fedora because someone rebuilt log4net.
During the rebuild a new strong name key was generated, and log4net was
signed with the new key. However, since nant was built against the
previous log4net build, it is no longer able to find the rebuilt log4net
assembly which is signed with a new key. Result: nant breaks, and with
that also log4net breaks [2], because it uses nant for building itself.
This situation not only applies for log4net, but for many different Mono
libraries.
Historically nant appears to have been fixed with bootstrapping [3].
Nant's source distribution contains a bunch of binary dll files. Someone
has to flip a switch in the spec file so that nant uses those binary
files to build itself. After that bootstrapping is disabled and nant is
rebuilt against the assemblies from the system.
However, this approach doesn't scale if every single update / rebuild
needs to have nant manually bootstrapped/debootstrapped.
I'd suggest to fix this changing the way snk files are generated.
Instead of automatically generating a new key at build time, it should
instead be generated once, and stored in cvs / lookaside cache. It would
then be at a package maintainer's discretion to regenerate the snk file
whenever an API incompatible update is made. However, casual rebuilds
would be done with the same strongname key, making sure that everything
depending on the assembly doesn't get automatically broken with each
rebuild.
Comments?
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=538908
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539189
[3]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-October/msg01399.html
--
Kalev
13 years, 5 months
190 packages with .la file(s)
by Pierre-Yves Chibon
Dear all,
Looking at:
$ yum whatprovides "*.la" |grep x86_64 |wc -l
190
surprises me a bit.
Do we have 189 bugs waiting to be filled ? (I filled one this morning)
I guess some of these cannot be changed but I guess some can.
Best regards,
Pierre
Full list is:
evolution-exchange-2.28.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Evolution plugin to interact
with MS
libxml2-python-2.7.6-1.fc12.x86_64 : Python bindings for the libxml2 library
subversion-javahl-1.6.5-2.fc12.x86_64 : JNI bindings to the Subversion libraries
ImageMagick-djvu-6.5.4.7-3.fc12.x86_64 : DjVu plugin for ImageMagick
openldap-servers-sql-2.4.18-5.fc12.x86_64 : SQL support module for OpenLDAP
gambas2-gb-pdf-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for pdf
usrp-3.2.2-1.fc12.x86_64 : Universal Software Radio Peripheral
6:kdewebdev-3.5.10-4.fc12.x86_64 : Web development applications
gambas2-gb-crypt-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for crypt
kmymoney2-aqbanking-1.0-2.fc12.x86_64 : Online banking plugin for KMyMoney
3:koffice-kchart-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : An integrated graph and
3:koffice-filters-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : Import and Export Filters
gamin-python-0.1.10-5.fc12.x86_64 : Python bindings for the gamin library
polyester3-1.0.4-3.fc12.x86_64 : A style for KDE3
gambas2-gb-sdl-sound-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gnome-do-0.8.2-4.fc12.x86_64 : Quick launch and search
nfs-utils-lib-1.1.4-8.fc12.x86_64 : Network File System Support Library
python-gnash-0.9.0-0.6.20090809bzr11401.fc12.x86_64 : Gnash Python bindings
3:koffice-kformula-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : A powerful formula editor
imlib2-id3tag-loader-1.4.2-5.fc12.x86_64 : Imlib2 id3tag-loader
gambas2-gb-gui-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for gui
hamster-applet-2.28.1-1.fc12.x86_64 : Time tracking applet
eog-2.28.1-1.fc12.x86_64 : Eye of GNOME image viewer
poker2d-1.7.3-3.fc12.x86_64 : GTK poker client to play on a poker-network server
kdegames3-3.5.10-6.fc12.x86_64 : K Desktop Environment 3 - Games not ported to
gambas2-gb-qt-opengl-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
kbibtex-0.2-16.fc12.x86_64 : A BibTeX editor for KDE
9:kdevelop-libs-3.5.4-6.fc12.x86_64 : kdevelop runtime libraries
gambas2-gb-gtk-svg-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for gtk-svg
3:koffice-kugar-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : A tool for generating
kdelibs3-3.5.10-19.fc12.x86_64 : K Desktop Environment 3 - Libraries
quagga-devel-0.99.12-4.fc12.x86_64 : Header and object files for quagga
banshee-1.5.1-3.fc12.x86_64 : Easily import, manage, and play selections from
3:koffice-kpresenter-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : A full-featured
kst-fits-1.8.0-3.fc12.x86_64 : fits datasource plugin for kst
sssd-0.7.1-1.fc12.x86_64 : System Security Services Daemon
apr-util-devel-1.3.9-2.fc12.x86_64 : APR utility library development kit
gambas2-gb-db-sqlite3-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
kftpgrabber-0.8.1-11.fc12.x86_64 : FTP client
gambas2-gb-option-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for option
sugar-toolkit-0.86.2-1.fc12.x86_64 : Sugar toolkit
gambas2-gb-xml-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for xml
babl-0.1.0-4.fc12.x86_64 : A dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion
kio_sword-0.3-11.fc12.x86_64 : A lightweight frontend for the Sword Bible
8:arts-1.5.10-8.fc12.x86_64 : aRts (analog realtime synthesizer) - the KDE sound
cfengine-2.2.10-3.fc12.x86_64 : A systems administration tool for networks
gambas2-gb-compress-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
3:koffice-kspread-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : A powerful spreadsheet
3:koffice-kivio-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : A flowcharting application
ghostscript-devel-8.70-1.fc12.x86_64 : Files for developing applications that
xfce4-session-4.6.1-3.fc12.x86_64 : Xfce session manager
gambas2-gb-db-firebird-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
globus-xio-popen-driver-0.2-4.fc12.x86_64 : Globus Toolkit - Globus XIO Pipe
kdepim3-libs-3.5.10-2.fc12.x86_64 : Runtime files for kdepim3
gambas2-runtime-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Runtime environment for Gambas2
gambas2-gb-db-odbc-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for db-odbc
gambas2-gb-xml-xslt-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
oprofile-jit-0.9.5-2.fc12.x86_64 : Libraries required for profiling Java and
neon-devel-0.29.0-3.fc12.x86_64 : Development libraries and C header files for
alsa-lib-1.0.21-3.fc12.x86_64 : The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)
gambas2-gb-qt-kde-html-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
flumotion-0.4.2-10.fc12.x86_64 : Streaming Server based on GStreamer and Twisted
3:koffice-kexi-driver-pgsql-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : Postgresql driver
taxipilot-0.9.2-9.fc12.x86_64 : Game where you pilot a taxi in space
pyclutter-gtk-0.9.2-1.fc12.x86_64 : Python modules that allow you to use the
gambas2-gb-net-curl-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
kflickr-0.9.1-5.fc12.x86_64 : Standalone Flickr Uploader
ctapi-cyberjack-devel-3.3.0-7.fc12.x86_64 : Development files for
showimg-mysql-0.9.5-26.fc12.x86_64 : MySQL plugin for the Showimg image database
pyclutter-gst-0.9.2-1.fc12.x86_64 : Python modules that allow you to use the
ImageMagick-6.5.4.7-3.fc12.x86_64 : An X application for displaying and
gdesklets-0.36.1-7.fc12.x86_64 : An interactive Imlib2 console for the X Window
kshutdown-1.0.1-4.fc12.x86_64 : KShutDown is an advanced shut down utility for
ggobi-2.1.7-3.fc12.x86_64 : Open source visualization for exploring
ctapi-cyberjack-pcsc-3.3.0-7.fc12.x86_64 : PC/SC Module
gambas2-gb-pcre-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for pcre
apr-devel-1.3.9-3.fc12.x86_64 : APR library development kit
gambas2-gb-gtk-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for gtk
GraphicsMagick-1.3.7-1.fc12.x86_64 : An ImageMagick fork, offering faster image
xfce4-session-engines-4.6.1-3.fc12.x86_64 : Additional engines for xfce4-session
sugar-datastore-0.86.1-1.fc12.x86_64 : Sugar Datastore
gambas2-gb-db-mysql-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
bochs-2.3.8-0.8.git04387139e3b.fc12.x86_64 : Portable x86 PC emulator
tsclient-2.0.2-5.fc12.x86_64 : Client for VNC and Windows Terminal Server
3:koffice-core-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : Core support files for koffice
gambas2-gb-desktop-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for desktop
gambas2-gb-net-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for net
globus-xio-gsi-driver-0.6-3.fc12.x86_64 : Globus Toolkit - Globus XIO GSI Driver
gambas2-gb-db-postgresql-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-qt-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for qt
6:kdewebdev-libs-3.5.10-4.fc12.x86_64 : kdewebdev runtime libraries
gambas2-gb-opengl-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for opengl
jpilot-1.6.2-3.fc12.x86_64 : Jpilot pilot desktop software
3:koffice-kplato-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : An integrated project
kguitar-0.5.1-8.926svn.fc12.x86_64 : Guitar Tabulature Music Editor
3:koffice-krita-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : A pixel-based image
jabberd-2.2.8-5.fc12.x86_64 : OpenSource server implementation of the Jabber
sugar-base-0.86.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Base Sugar library
gambas2-gb-net-smtp-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
sim-0.9.5-0.21.20090821svn2902rev.fc12.x86_64 : Multiprotocol Instant Messenger
libcgroup-devel-0.34-2.fc12.x86_64 : Development libraries to develop
gambas2-gb-vb-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for vb
libstatgrab-devel-0.16-3.fc12.x86_64 : The development files from libstatgrab
3:koffice-karbon-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : A vector drawing application
gambas2-gb-qt-kde-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for qt.kde
kdebase3-pim-ioslaves-3.5.10-14.fc12.x86_64 : PIM KIOslaves from kdebase3
gtkglextmm-devel-1.2.0-10.fc12.x86_64 : Development tools for gtkglextmm
kdebase3-3.5.10-14.fc12.x86_64 : K Desktop Environment 3 - core files
synce-kde-0.9.1-4.fc11.x86_64 : Connection service application for Pocket PC
imlib2-devel-1.4.2-5.fc12.x86_64 : Development package for imlib2
kerry-0.2.1-9.fc12.x86_64 : Kerry Beagle is a KDE frontend for the Beagle
kst-1.8.0-3.fc12.x86_64 : A data viewing program for KDE
openldap-servers-2.4.18-5.fc12.x86_64 : LDAP server
kst-getdata-1.8.0-3.fc12.x86_64 : getdata datasource plugin for kst
showimg-0.9.5-26.fc12.x86_64 : Feature-rich image viewer
gambas2-gb-image-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for image
imlib2-1.4.2-5.fc12.x86_64 : Image loading, saving, rendering, and manipulation
kmymoney2-1.0.1-1.fc12.x86_64 : Personal finance
gnuradio-3.2.2-1.fc12.x86_64 : Software defined radio framework
1:k3b-1.0.5-10.fc12.x86_64 : CD/DVD burning application
subversion-devel-1.6.5-2.fc12.x86_64 : Development package for the Subversion
3:koffice-kexi-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : An integrated environment for
gambas2-gb-db-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for db
gambas2-gb-gtk-ext-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for gtk-ext
3:koffice-kword-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : A frame-based word processor
gambas2-gb-qt-ext-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for qt.ext
kdissert-1.0.7-6.fc12.x86_64 : Mind-mapping tool
pinball-0.3.1-15.fc12.x86_64 : Emilia arcade game
kdebase3-libs-3.5.10-14.fc12.x86_64 : kdebase3 runtime libraries
gnote-0.6.2-1.fc12.x86_64 : Note-taking application
python-xklavier-0.2-2.fc12.x86_64 : Python bindings for libxklavier
kst-netcdf-1.8.0-3.fc12.x86_64 : netcdf datasource plugin for kst
freehdl-0.0.7-2.fc12.x86_64 : GPLed free VHDL
9:kdevelop-3.5.4-6.fc12.x86_64 : Integrated Development Environment for C++/C
kdegames3-libs-3.5.10-6.fc12.x86_64 : kdegames3 runtime libraries
3:koffice-kexi-driver-mysql-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12.x86_64 : Mysql-driver for
gambas2-gb-v4l-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for v4l
kdetv-0.8.9-13.fc12.x86_64 : KDE application for watching TV
hdf-devel-4.2r4-4.fc12.x86_64 : HDF development files
1:gedit-2.28.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Text editor for the GNOME desktop
basket-1.0.3.1-6.fc12.x86_64 : Taking care of your ideas
gtranslator-1.9.6-2.fc12.x86_64 : Gettext po file editor for GNOME
python-exo-0.3.104-1.fc12.x86_64 : Python tools for exo library
gambas2-gb-sdl-2.17.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for sdl
1:k3b-extras-freeworld-1.0.5-7.fc12.x86_64 : Additional codec plugins for the
sidplay-libs-static-2.1.1-10.fc12.x86_64 : Static libraries and libtool archives
kbibtex-0.2.2-18.fc12.x86_64 : A BibTeX editor for KDE
gambas2-gb-v4l-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for v4l
gambas2-gb-xml-xslt-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-sdl-sound-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
oprofile-jit-0.9.5-4.fc12.x86_64 : Libraries required for profiling Java and
gambas2-gb-qt-ext-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for qt.ext
gambas2-gb-crypt-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for crypt
gambas2-gb-desktop-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for desktop
gambas2-gb-gui-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for gui
gambas2-gb-compress-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-pdf-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for pdf
gambas2-gb-qt-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for qt
gambas2-gb-net-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for net
gambas2-gb-option-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for option
gambas2-gb-qt-kde-html-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-db-firebird-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-db-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for db
gambas2-gb-db-sqlite3-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-xml-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for xml
gambas2-gb-qt-opengl-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-opengl-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for opengl
gambas2-gb-db-postgresql-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-net-smtp-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-sdl-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for sdl
gambas2-runtime-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Runtime environment for Gambas2
gambas2-gb-gtk-ext-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for gtk-ext
gambas2-gb-db-odbc-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for db-odbc
gambas2-gb-db-mysql-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-vb-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for vb
gambas2-gb-qt-kde-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for qt.kde
gambas2-gb-gtk-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for gtk
gambas2-gb-image-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for image
gambas2-gb-net-curl-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for
gambas2-gb-pcre-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for pcre
gambas2-gb-gtk-svg-2.18.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Gambas2 component package for gtk-svg
python-exo-0.3.105-1.fc12.x86_64 : Python tools for exo library
alsa-lib-1.0.21-3.fc12.x86_64 : The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)
libxml2-python-2.7.6-1.fc12.x86_64 : Python bindings for the libxml2 library
gnote-0.6.2-1.fc12.x86_64 : Note-taking application
eog-2.28.1-1.fc12.x86_64 : Eye of GNOME image viewer
1:gedit-2.28.0-1.fc12.x86_64 : Text editor for the GNOME desktop
imlib2-1.4.2-5.fc12.x86_64 : Image loading, saving, rendering, and manipulation
gamin-python-0.1.10-5.fc12.x86_64 : Python bindings for the gamin library
subversion-javahl-1.6.5-2.fc12.x86_64 : JNI bindings to the Subversion libraries
13 years, 5 months
review request - rasmol, Molecular Graphics Visualization Tool
by Carl Byington
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I have built a spec file for rasmol 2.7.5
http://www.five-ten-sg.com/rasmol.spec
based on an earlier one from Mandrake. It now builds and seems to run on
Fedora 12. This spec file clearly needs some changes:
1) There were some menu icon references to files that are no longer in
the package, but there is a rasmol_48x48.xpm image. What is the
preferred mechanism to create menu icons, where do they go, etc?
2) There does not seem to be much point in creating gui icons for this,
since it seems to be intended to run from a command prompt in a
terminal. The program uses stdin to read commands, and the data is then
displayed in a graphic window. Unless there is an easy way to create an
icon that launches a gnome-terminal which in turn runs the rasmol
binary, and allows the user to then type commands into that terminal
session.
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13 years, 5 months
kernel/accounting question ...
by William W. Austin
(I know that this question might be more reasonable on a kernel list,
but a while back I posted the question twice and got no answers.)
The acct struct is defined in /usr/include/sys/acct.h includes both
ac_io and ac_rw for bytes transferred and blocks read or written,
respectively. Fair and good - works (on paper) similarly to unix,
solaris, hp-ux, etc.
However, in the kernel code [kernel/acct.c], ac_io (char) and ac_rw
(blocks) are always set to 0 by these two lines:
ac.ac_io = encode_comp_t(0 /* current->io_usage */);
ac.ac_rw = encode_comp_t(ac.ac_io / 1024);
For most purposes, this probably wouldn't be an issue, but I also do
extensive performance analysis on several platforms and have written a
fairly compresive accounting package (as a wraparound for psacct or as
a standalone) including both an improved acctcom and a built-in
reporter for it.
Does anyone know wby the kernel zero's out the bytes transferred data?
(Overhead comes to mind.) Not that it makes a huge differnce for my
purposes (I had to write some wraparound code to make a
"best-guestimate" about the data I'm missing), but curiosity is bugging
me now. When I compile my program on other OS's I get useful data for
char and block i/o and I'd like to find out whether there is something
obvious that I'm just totally missing here...).
Thanks
--
william w. austin waustin(a)speakeasy.net
"life is just another phase i'm going through. this time, anyway ..."
13 years, 5 months
