rawhide report: 20050117 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
gimp-2:2.2.2-3
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* Mon Jan 17 2005 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com>
- clip thumbnail quality at 75 and don't barf on saving images at quality 0
(fix patch for #145100)
* Fri Jan 14 2005 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com>
- avoid writing excessively long EXIF markers (#145100)
* Tue Jan 11 2005 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com>
- version 2.2.2
- autogenerate %microver
libuser-0.53.2-1
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* Mon Jan 17 2005 Miloslav Trmac <mitr(a)redhat.com> - 0.53.2-1
- Important bug fixes in lchage, lgroupmod, lnewusers and lusermod
- Minor bug fixes in lpasswd and luseradd
- Add man pages for the utilities (#61673)
libxml2-2.6.17-1
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* Sun Jan 16 2005 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com>
- upstream release 2.6.17 see http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
* Thu Jan 02 2003 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com>
- integrated drv_libxml2 xml.sax driver from Stéphane Bidoul
- provides the new XmlTextReader interfaces based on C# XML APIs
* Wed Oct 23 2002 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com>
- revamped the spec file, cleaned up some rpm building problems
rpmdb-fedora-1:4-0.20050117
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zsh-4.2.1-2
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* Sun Jan 16 2005 Colin Walters <walters(a)redhat.com> - 4.2.1-2
- Install config files using install instead of cp, with mode 644
19 years, 4 months
Recognition of an USB CD-Rom in FC3
by Joachim Backes
Hi,
having the following problem: I have an USB CD ROM, which is
attached to my LINUX machine (FC3, Vanilla Kernel 2.6.10)
already at boot time. But I can't file the /dev entry, and a
mount is impossible.
Only if I unplug and plug in the USB device, I can use it.
Question: what to do for using the device directly after
boot without plugging out/in?
Any help appreciated.
--
Regards
Joachim Backes
Joachim Backes <backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de>
University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center,
High Performance Computing,
D-67653 Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, Germany
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Phone: +49-631-205-2438, FAX: +49-631-205-3056
http://hlrwm.rhrk.uni-kl.de/home/staff/backes.html
19 years, 4 months
Proposed dovecot update changes
by Warren Togami
John,
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143707
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=145214
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=145241
Any objections to my proposed changes? I can implement all of this and
supply patches for your review, or apply it myself to CVS if you wish.
I summarize each problem and my proposed solution below.
1. Unnecessary dependency on mysql/postgresql
=============================================
Prereq: postgresql
Prereq: mysql
These lines are wrong. The package is fine without it, because RPM
auto-dep pulls in the client library of mysql and postgresql rather than
a larger unnecessary chunk of those databases. These dependencies are
resolved properly by yum and handled automatically.
Solution: Just remove those lines.
2. dovecot.conf should default to fcntl locking
===============================================
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=145214#c7
Our default dovecot.conf changed from fcntl to dotlock sometime after
the release of FC2. That is one of the reasons why we see this above
bug. This problem must now be attacked on two fronts:
1) Our default dovecot.conf must be changed to use fcntl by default
again. If someone uses a broken NFS where fcntl doesn't work, then it
is up them to edit their configuration to use dotlocks. If users have
not modified dovecot.conf, then upgrading to the new package will set
fcntl default.
2) For exisiting users who have modified dovecot.conf, it would be
dangerous to force a change to fcntl during %post. Then
"mail_extra_groups = mail" is the correct line to add durin
3. FC2 should not link to mysql/postgresql (???)
================================================
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=145241#c1
FC2 dovecot originally did not link to mysql and postgresql, so arguably
we should not add those dependencies in an update. Unfortunately our
current FC2 update is linked in this way, so we would be breaking
existing users if they did begin using this functionality in FC2. I am
guessing that the likelihood of this is very low and we should go ahead.
(However we could just as easily leave it as is, then it would only be
a minor annoyance rather than a real problem.)
FC3 dovecot did link to mysql/postgresql libs, so we must not change
that or split into sub-packages because then an update would break
existing users.
FC4 we have the option of splitting mysql/postgresql into sub-packages,
which is probably the correct thing to do based on the php precedent.
Thoughts?
Warren Togami
wtogami(a)redhat.com
19 years, 4 months
Current cpio broken, mangled initrd
by Ralf Ertzinger
Hi.
Just a head up warning: the cpio version distributed yesterday or today (2.6-1
or 2.6-2, I am not sure about that) has a bug causing automatic dereferencing
of symlinks while packing. This leads to mangled initrd files when new kernels
are installed. My system curses a lot, but boots nonetheless, others may not
be so lucky :)
This does not affect initrd images already created, of course.
Filed in bugzilla.
--
All that glitters has a high refractive index.
19 years, 4 months
Extras package submissions and general thoughts
by Michael Schwendt
Hi everyone, in particular those involved at fedora.us and pre-Extras!
While Fedora Extras is still being prepared, here are some thoughts which
accumulated over the past few days:
PACKAGE SUBMISSIONS
The official package submission policies and workflow for Fedora Extras
are not known yet. Those who have submitted new packages at
bugzilla.redhat.com instead of bugzilla.fedora.us are too early. At
fedora.us we've had at least a documented procedure. In bugzilla at
redhat.com we don't. But as some form of guidance, please do not ignore
existing fedora.us documents completely. There's a good bit of
information included with regard to package QA and packaging hints.
PACKAGE REQUESTS
Every package in Fedora Extras needs at least one maintainer (read:
package owner). It is beyond the existing project resources to pick up
arbitrary packages found on web sites. If you have a wish list of what
ought to be included, discuss this on fedora-extras-list please and
maybe somebody steps up as the package maintainer. Naturally, those
fine people who support upstream projects with Fedora Core specific
packages, are likely the candidates who would also like to maintain
a package in Fedora Extras.
UNMOTIVATED PACKAGERS
It is a pain trying to support new contributors and their package
submissions, when someone doesn't reply to feedback or seems to drop off
after a first submission. If you decide to stay away or not maintain
your included package anymore, please be so fair and inform the project
members and the community, so an unmaintained package can be removed or
taken over by somebody else. Included packages at some point of time
had been reviewed and approved. It would be a pitty to lose them.
Whether due to impatience, whether due to disappointment of Fedora
Extras progress, whether due to intricate procedures and workflow
management, please only join and submit packages or contributions if
you are serious about supporting the project, even during somewhat
difficult times.
It should be clear that with limited infrastructure (such as type of
build system and access to it, bugzilla upload procedures instead of
direct CVS access), it would be necessary to bridge the period of time
till Fedora Extras provides superior infrastructure.
EXISTING PACKAGE SUBMISSIONS, http://fedora.us/QA
With regard to the many packages in the queue, there has been no
slavedriver at fedora.us who forces contributors to review arbitrary
packages. At fedora.us we're all volunteers. But the package submission
policies recommend that in order to gain experience and trust, packagers
should exchange reviews with eachother. Where that doesn't happen and
where nobody reviews a package, no progress is made.
PACKAGE UPDATES, Fedora pre-Extras
Since only a handful of project contributors outside Red Hat have
write access to the Fedora Extras CVS till official ways for getting
access are announced, it would be necessary that existing package owners
approach one of these when they want to commit updates. You should be
able to do that via bugzilla Cc or private mail. If I'm informed
correctly, the six people (and their bugzilla e-mail addresses) are:
Damien Nade <anvil(a)livna.org>
Phillip Compton <pcompton(a)proteinmedia.com>
Matthias Saou <matthias(a)rpmforge.net>
Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael(a)gmx.net>
Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta(a)iki.fi>
Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas(a)apestaart.org>
The list of current package owners can be displayed in bugzilla.
PACKAGE UPGRADES, Fedora pre-Extras
Where version upgrades are requested or suggested by users, we need to
find new ways of doing QA. For instance, library upgrades affect all
existing dependencies, and these are not always maintained by the same
person. If not in bugzilla, communication channels outside bugzilla
(e.g. on fedora-extras-list) need to be established.
Michael
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Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) - Linux 2.6.10-1.9_FC2
loadavg: 0.38 0.98 0.95
19 years, 4 months
rawhide report: 20050116 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
exim-4.44-1
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* Sat Jan 15 2005 David Woodhouse <dwmw2(a)redhat.com> 4.44-1
- Update to Exim 4.44 and exiscan-acl-4.44-28
gimp-help-2-0.1.0.6.1
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* Sat Jan 15 2005 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com>
- version 2-0.6
mysql-4.1.9-1
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* Sat Jan 15 2005 Tom Lane <tgl(a)redhat.com> 4.1.9-1
- Update to MySQL 4.1.9.
rpmdb-fedora-1:4-0.20050116
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tcsh-6.13-10
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* Sat Jan 15 2005 Miloslav Trmac <mitr(a)redhat.com> - 6.13-10
- Avoid reusing iconv_catgets' static buffer (#145177, #145195)
19 years, 4 months