[DEP-BLOAT] 'initscripts' require lot of low-level stuff
by Enrico Scholz
Hello,
the 'initscripts' package has dependencies on lot of low-level stuff like
dev, e2fsprogs, ethtool... Because 'initscripts' are required by nearly
every daemon, these low-level tools will be installed everytime. E.g. a
simple ftp server will require LVM2 tools.
Possible solution:
* split 'initscripts' into the following subpackages:
- core with '/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions', '/sbin/service'; this is
required by daemons
- -startup with the currently shipped services (e.g. halt, killall),
the rc.* scripts
- -net with network related part
Enrico
17 years, 8 months
Re: [DEP-BLOAT] 'mkinitrd' ships 'nash' and requires lot of low-level stuff
by Horst H. von Brand
Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz(a)informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
> enrico.scholz(a)informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Enrico Scholz) writes:
> > the 'mkinitrd' package contains the '/sbin/nash' program...
>
> Closed without a single comment by pjones (and reopened by me):
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202370
The other "low level parts" (like lvm2) you want to delete /are/ needed to
boot up the box and for routine maintenance.
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17 years, 8 months
Re: SSHd
by Horst H. von Brand
seth vidal <skvidal(a)linux.duke.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 19:17 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 19:54 -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> > > The best bet would be to create a system-config-sshd that could be run
> > > during first boot if so needed. In most cases it is better to run
> > > stuff in first-boot than in anaconda (where most people just seem to
> > > hit enter.)
> >
> > And people aren't going to just hit enter in first-boot?
> >
> > I would hate to see firstboot be a parade of "how the heck would I know?
> > questions. It should be restricted to things that the user really needs
> > to configure to get their system going. I don't think sshd policy
> > decisions fit there. Down that path lies madness. Or at least debconf.
> >
>
> +1
+2
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17 years, 8 months
rawhide report: 20060821 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
beagle-0.2.8-1.fc6
------------------
* Fri Aug 18 2006 Alexander Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> - 0.2.8-1
- Update to 0.2.8
- Rebuild with new mono and gtk-sharp2
f-spot-0.1.11-5
---------------
* Fri Aug 18 2006 Alexander Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> - 0.1.11-5
- Rebuild with new mono and gtk-sharp2
fedora-logos-1.1.48-1.fc6
-------------------------
* Sun Aug 20 2006 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> - 1.1.48-1.fc6
- Update lock dialog to work with current gnome-screensaver
setroubleshoot-0.24-1
---------------------
* Sun Aug 20 2006 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> - 0.24-1
- add missing runcmd
sound-juicer-2.15.5.1-1.fc6
---------------------------
* Sun Aug 20 2006 Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> - 2.15.5.1-1.fc6
- Update to 2.15.5.1
xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-25.fc6
----------------------------
* Fri Aug 18 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> - 1.1.1-25.fc6
- xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-xvfb-composite-crash.patch: Fix Xvfb's -render flag
to also disable the Composite extension.
- xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-mesa-6.5.1.patch: Update build system to account for
Mesa 6.5.1 snapshots.
- xorg-x11-server-1.1.0-edid-mode-injection-2.patch: Add all available
standard timings from EDID rather than just the first five.
17 years, 8 months
rawhide report: 20060817 changes
by Build System
New package python-xeninst
Python modules for starting Xen guest installations
Updated Packages:
NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.cvs20060529.6
------------------------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> - 0.7.0-0.cvs20060529.6
- add patch to make networkmanager less verbose (bug 202832)
anaconda-11.1.0.83-1
--------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 11.1.0.83-1
- Fix text timezone typo (clumens, #202844)
- Some installclass tweaking
- Fix nfsiso to handle changing repopaths
- Fix x86_64 install traceback (#202660)
- Adjust for new theme
cdrtools-9:2.01-10
------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)redhat.com> - 9:2.01-10
- moved back to version 2.01 (last GPL version),
due to incompatible license issues
cman-2.0.10-1.fc6
-----------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Chris Feist <cfeist(a)redhat.com> - 2.0.10-1
- Rebuild w/ new upstream sources
cups-1:1.2.2-11
---------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 1:1.2.2-11
- Use upstream patch to fix STR #1881.
evolution-data-server-1.7.91-3.fc6
----------------------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> - 1.7.91-3
- Add fix from Matthias Clasen that might help bug 202309.
fonts-indic-2.0.1-1
-------------------
* Thu Aug 17 2006 Leon Ho <llch(a)redhat.com> - 2.0.1-1
- fixed RH#201041 for bn_IN
- fixed RH#197639, RH#202161, RH#202163 for ml_IN
- fixed RH#201998 for kn_IN
gamin-0.1.7-2.fc6
-----------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Alexander Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> - 0.1.7-2
- Add patch that avoids closing the fd after FAMOpen, fixes some 100% cpu bugs
gcc-4.1.1-17
------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Jakub Jelinek <jakub(a)redhat.com> 4.1.1-17
- update from gcc-4_1-branch (-r116082:116176)
- PRs c++/27894, c++/28677, c/28649, middle-end/28075,
rtl-optimization/23454
- merge gomp fixes from the trunk (-r116152:116154)
- PRs middle-end/28713, middle-end/28724
- add -march=geode and -mtune=geode support (Vlad Makarov)
- use %gs rather than %fs register on x86_64 with
-mcmodel=kernel -fstack-protector (Arjan van de Ven, #202842)
- don't create jar manifest in libgcj-tools-4.*.jar (#200887)
- externally_visible attribute fixes (Jan Hubicka, PRs c/25795, c++/27369)
- --combine fixes for aggregates with attributes (PRs c/28706, c/28712)
- further externally_visible attr fixes (PR c/28744)
- fix invalid token pasting error message (PR preprocessor/28709)
- obey OpenMP 2.5 chapter 4 env var requirements (whitespace rules
and case insensitivity in the env vars; PR libgomp/28725)
- fix OPT_FLAGS on sparc
gimp-2:2.2.12-4.fc6
-------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com> - 2:2.2.12-4
- revamp scheme for integrating external plugins (#202545)
* Wed Aug 02 2006 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com> - 2:2.2.12-3
- allow spaces in filenames when saving (#200888, patch by Michael Natterer)
* Tue Jul 18 2006 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com> - 2:2.2.12-2
- split off libraries into gimp-libs to allow multilib installations
- remove pre-release cruft
gnome-panel-2.15.91-3.fc6
-------------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> - 2.15.91.3.fc6
- add more complete fix for bug 201439
gnu-crypto-0:2.1.0-2jpp.1
-------------------------
* Sat Aug 12 2006 Matt Wringe <mwringe at redhat.com> - 0:2.1.0-2jpp.1
- Merge with upstream version
* Sat Aug 12 2006 Matt Wringe <mwringe at redhat.com> - 0:2.1.0-2jpp
- Add the sasl classes from GNU Classpath to build the sasl-jdk1.4
package as this has been removed from gnu-crypto 2.1.0 sources.
- gnu-crypto-noarch.patch no longer applies as ant is no longer used
- Update to 2.1.0
- From Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim at redhat.com>:
- Add gcj endorsed dir support.
- Add GnuCrypto security provider to classpath.security
- Call rebuild-security-providers and rebuild-gcj-db-conditionally on
their existence.
kernel-2.6.17-1.2571.fc6
------------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Roland McGrath <roland(a)redhat.com>
- New utrace patch:
- Fix s390 single-step for real this time.
- Revamp how arch code defines ptrace compatibility.
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Update to latest GregKH tree.
- Reenable debug.
* Tue Aug 15 2006 Don Zickus <dzickus(a)redhat.com>
- cleanup config-rhel-generic to compile again
- removed useless options in config-rhel-generic
libvirt-0.1.4-1
---------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> 0.1.4-1
- vCPUs and affinity support
- more complete XML, console and boot options
- specific features support
- enforced read-only connections
- various improvements, bug fixes
mkinitrd-5.1.8-1
----------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Peter Jones <pjones(a)redhat.com> - 5.1.8-1
- Use modprobe to find module deps (#202559, #202596)
- Fix typo for /dev/efirtc (#202110)
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Peter Jones <pjones(a)redhat.com> - 5.1.7-1
- Make "stabilized" work better (patch from Alexandre Oliva)
- Rewrite usb handling (notting and pjones)
- Fix libbdevid provides/obsoletes.
- Include usb hcd drivers by default
ncurses-5.5-23.20060715
-----------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar(a)redhat.com> 5.5-23.20060715
- fix another crash in tgetent (#202480)
nfs-utils-1:1.0.9-4.fc6
-----------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 <SteveD(a)RedHat.com> 1.0.9-2
- Allow variable for HA callout program in /etc/init.d/nfslock
(bz 202790)
* Wed Aug 02 2006 <wtogami@redhatcom> 1.0.9-3
- add epoch (#196359)
* Fri Jul 28 2006 <SteveD(a)RedHat.com> 1.0.9-2
- Enabled the creating of mount.nfs and umount.nfs binaries
- Added mount option fixes suggested by upstream.
- Fix lazy umounts (bz 169299)
- Added -o fsc mount option.
pam_pkcs11-0.5.3-10
-------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Robert Relyea <rrelyea(a)redhat.com> 0.5.3-10
- remove sceventd
postgresql-jdbc-0:8.1.407-1jpp.4
--------------------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Tom Lane <tgl(a)redhat.com> 8.1.407-1jpp.4
- Fix Requires: for rebuild-gcj-db (bz #202544)
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Fernando Nasser <fnasser(a)redhat.com> 8.1.407-1jpp.3
- Merge with upstream
squashfs-tools-3.0-2
--------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 3.0-2
- add upstream patch for fragment size problem (#202663)
synaptics-0.14.4-8.fc6
----------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Jesse Keating <jkeating(a)redhat.com> - 0:0.14.4-8
- bump for missing ppc package
- remove 0 epoch
- add dist tag
* Wed Jul 12 2006 Jesse Keating <jkeating(a)redhat.com> - 0:0.14.4-7.1
- rebuild
* Tue May 16 2006 Kristian Høgsberg <krh(a)redhat.com> - 0:0.14.4-7
- Add missing build requires for libXext.
tcsh-6.14-10
------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Miloslav Trmac <mitr(a)redhat.com> - 6.14-10
- Fix an uninitialized variable causing stack corruption (#197968)
transfig-1:3.2.4-16
-------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Stepan Kasal <skasal(a)redhat.com> - 1:3.2.4-16
- Require ghostscript; fig2dev calls it.
udev-095-7
----------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)redhat.com> - 095-7
- added udevtimeout=<timeout in seconds>
kernel command line parameters for start_udev
(default is to wait forever)
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)redhat.com> - 095-6
- new speedup patch for selinux (bug #202673)
xorg-x11-drv-amd-0.0-4.20060816git.fc6
--------------------------------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> 0.0-4.20060816git.fc6
- Un-reset the Release: number.
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson(a)redhat.com> 0.0-1.20060816git.fc6
- git update: more Xv fixes.
xsane-0.99-6.fc6
----------------
* Wed Aug 16 2006 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com> - 0.99-6
- revamp scheme for integrating external GIMP plugins (#202545)
- use disttag
17 years, 8 months
[DEP-BLOAT] 'policycoreutils' require 'python'
by Enrico Scholz
Hello,
'policycoreutils' contains a dependency on 'python' and other python
modules. Because 'policycoreutils' has some low-level SELinux tools
(e.g. /sbin/restorecon) which might be required by other packages
(e.g. 'util-linux' in FC5), 'python' will be installed for packages
which do not require it.
Possible solutions:
* rewrite 'genhomedircon' in C
* move 'genhomedircon' plus the python modules into an own subpackage
Enrico
17 years, 8 months
[DEP-BLOAT] aspell requires perl
by Enrico Scholz
Hello,
'aspell' contains a '/usr/bin/aspell-import' script which is not needed
for core functionality. This program is the only file in 'aspell' which
adds the (huge) perl dependency. Environments which need aspell (e.g. www
servers with php) but not perl will have to install perl due to this
packaging bug.
Possible solutions:
* do not package 'aspell-import'
* package it in an own subpackage (e.g. -tools)
Enrico
17 years, 8 months
Important: dmraid boot finally fixed, PLEASE include before FC-6
by Hans de Goede
A friend of mine (chabotc(a)xs4all.nl) has been having
problems booting his
Dell XPS with the factory default raid setup (which he does
not want to change
because he doesn't want to remove all his data) ever since
the dmraid alignment
checks (bug 186842) were added to the kernel.
Since many people are suffering from the same problem and
this gives Linux /
Fedora a bad name, I decided last week to go and try to fix
this.
So I've borrowed his PC and now after 8 full hours of
debugging I've found the
problem:
1) The problem is no longer the problem reported in
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=186842
(which has 162 comments!) aka the multiple
chunksize problem), so this bug can and should be closed
now.
2) Still dmraid setups don't work because there was a bug
in nash where it
didn't add the nescesarry dm "setup" lines to the initrd
script, this has
been fixed in rescent mkinitrd versions, see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196828.
3) Still dmrais setups don't work because there is a bug in
nash where it
doesn't create the nescesarry /dev/dm-x nodes. I've
filed a bug with patch
for this, bug
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203241.
4) Even when you've got a patched/updated mkinitrd with
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203241
fixed,
chances are that your system still won't bood, because
mkinitrd includes
the usb-storage driver in the initrd, where it
shouldn't. Its discutable if
this is an mkinitrd bug though. Too fix this remove any
lines containing
usb-storage from /etc/modprobe.conf . An request to
filter these lines
in mkinitrd has been filed,
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203244.
Please, please fix this.
17 years, 8 months
xenguest-install.py / virDomainCreateLinux failing since 8/17 on Rawhide
by Mark Wisner
I am seeing the following failure when trying to create a vm guests on an
I386 system.
I have seen this on the 8/17 and 8/18 trees. It was working on the 8/16
tree.
The kernel I am running is 2.6.17-1.2571.fc6xen
Starting install...
libvir: error : operation virDomainCreateLinux forbidden for read only
access
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 476, in ?
main()
File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 467, in main
start_paravirt_install(name, ram, disk, mac, uuid, bridge, src,
options.extra)
File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 344, in
start_paravirt_install
dom = conn.createLinux(cfgxml, 0)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 249, in
createLinux
if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed
Did this latest change in Libvert cause this error?
Is this a known error and should I open a bugzilla.
>
>* Thu Aug 17 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> 0.1.4-2
>- patch to fix virParseUUID()
>
>* Wed Aug 16 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> 0.1.4-1
>- vCPUs and affinity support
>- more complete XML, console and boot options
>- specific features support
>- enforced read-only connections
>- various improvements, bug fixes
thanks,
Mark K. Wisner
Advisory Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center
3039 Cornwallis Rd
RTP, NC 27709
Tel. 919-754-4274
Cell 919-649-5813
17 years, 8 months