October 2008 - devel - lists.centos.org

anaconda dependency calculation?
by Nicholas Byrne 04 Aug '25

04 Aug '25

Hi all, I'm trying to find a tool that calculates all dependencies for a specific package or group of packages for use with CentOS 5 (beta) with the intention of putting together a custom single CD build of CentOS 5. With CentOS 4 i used a python script that used the hdrlist module to find all dependencies which borrowed code from a number of sources. I've looked at yumdownloader and how it checks dependencies (using the --resolve option) but if i pass it the list of packages defined in say the Base and the Core yum groups which generally form an absolute minimal install i end up with about 200 packages. If i do a custom install (using beta 1 disks) and deselect everything i end up with over 300 packages. So i'm guessing anaconda calculates dependencies in a slightly different way, can anyone point me to files/code where i should be looking to find out? Thanks very much in advance for help Nick This e-mail is the property of Quadriga Worldwide Ltd, intended for the addressee only and confidential. Any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message or any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from Quadriga may be monitored. Quadriga cannot guarantee any message delivery method is secure or error-free. Information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. We do not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions in this message and/or attachment that arise as a result of transmission. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Quadriga.

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forums + portal for {lang}.centos.org sites
by Karanbir Singh 16 Aug '24

16 Aug '24

Hi, Earlier in the evening today Ralph, Fabian and I had a chat about the present state of the language subsites. This email sort of summarises the main issue ( s/w ). We seem to have run into a slight technical hitch with punbb/fluxbb. They dont support LDAP as a backend. And we had decided a few months back that all new rollouts must have ldap backend so we can rollin CentOS-DS / openldap based backend. So we need to look at alternatives, and since the primary focus of these international sites is going be forums : Here is a shortlist ( if there is anything else that people are aware of, please add to this list ) - phpBB - SMF - Fudforum - phorum - fluxbb Requirements: - Must be able to scale ( couple of hundred thousand msgs ) - Must be able to handle ldap auth ( if it cant, whats involved in writing the ldap-auth portion ) - Must address the specific requirements raised by the present www.centos.org forum users ( Can you please fill this section in ? ) - Must support all languages we need ( pure utf8 support would be good ) - Secure - Skin'able Nice to have: - Capable of running multiple instances from a single deployment - responsive community :D Things we will need to do: - Decide on what s/w to use. - Give the ArtWork people enough time to get the look & feel sorted. - Migrate newbb forums from www.centos.org to $system ( hey, english is a language too :D ). - Migrate fr.centos.org into the final s/w - setup {de/es/ja/it/pt_br}.centos.org Actions: Ralph and Fabian are going to work on setting up a test ldap server, once that is online we will then start by installing into our test-vm-farm the various s/w to eval them. If anyone would like to help, please feel free to jump right in. I'll setup a wiki page for this issue, which might be a good place to track progress. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq

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Red Hat IPA
by Joe Royall 27 May '09

27 May '09

Red Hat recentely released thier IPA server as open source. Is Centos considering a rebuild? -- Joe Royall

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CentOS Directory Server (CDS) and more is available for testing
by Jason Cox 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Tim Verhoeven wrote: > I'm happy to announce the availability of the CentOS Directory Server > (CDS) for testing. The exact details on how to install it can be found > on this wiki page : Any updates on when we will see this ready for production use? I would like to get away from our current way of providing server authentication and implement CDS. I pretty much have the tools written to use CDS now, but I can not move forward untill it is out of a "testing" status in my environment. --- Jason Cox

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Help offer on Sparc front
by Hugo van der Kooij 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have just received a SunBlade150 which I would like to put to good use. I understand there is a Centos port underway for the Sparc line. If it is possible to trash the harddisk and fill it with the bare stuff to make it work I am willing to lend access to the system for developers and also do some things myself. I am not a programmer but I can spot the incidental error and maybe fix a typo or at least do my best to provide serious feedback in attempts to capture, reproduce and solve issues. If there is a basic kit somewhere to turn the former Solaris machine and set it on the road to Centos 5 I am willing to add my weight and push the cart along. Hugo. - -- hvdkooij(a)vanderkooij.org http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/ PGP/GPG? Use: http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/0x58F19981.asc A: Yes. >Q: Are you sure? >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHHl8BBvzDRVjxmYERAtwIAKCajwRD8ZIbbQsVRiA89+9OYD30KQCfR6gw uIbicj9rZqC/HdYv0fXosB0= =Iaaf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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presto / deltarpm
by Karanbir Singh 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

hi, The idea of yum-presto and deltarpm support on mirror.centos.org is something that seems to be worth visiting again. I am just wondering if there is anyone who would like to grab the issue, do the testing, workout whats involved and then try and come up with an implementation plan ? Would be good if you already knew how yum and repomd type repositories worked. Anyone interested and have the time ? -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq

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Extras Packages Proposal
by Jean-Marc LIGER 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

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Apache modules C4,5 repos
by David Hrbáč 22 Dec '08

22 Dec '08

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CentOS 5.x for Sparc?
by Michael Worsham 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Long ago, there was a CentOS build for Sparc under version 4.2 Beta. I checked for the torrents for either the DVD and CD binary or source isos, but no one is seeding that anymore as well. The old Sparc 4.2 beta repo was found here: http://beta.centos.org/centos/4.2beta/isos/sparc/ ... but that doesn't have enough information to even attempt a netinstall or a tftp/rarpd boot/install. Then just recently, I saw this CentOS announcement/post: "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.2 for the i386 and x86_64 Architectures. [...] Further Arch support for PowerPC, IA64 and Sparc are planned and will be released soon. These arch's will follow the existing pattern of release to Beta first, and then to Final." Reference: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-June/014999.html So, my question is... when is a Sparc beta release going to be available for 5.x? -- Michael

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xenpv drivers status
by Karanbir Singh 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

I wonder if anyone can check what is to become of the xenpv drivers that were recently released ( ref: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2008-0274.html ) They were not included on the 5.2 media... Are they still available from an EL5.2-from-media install via rhn or something such ? - KB -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq

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CentOS 5 ServerCD ?
by Dag Wieers 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hi, I have been asked a few times about a CentOS 5 ServerCD. Is something like this planned or simply impossible ? (Was reminded by this comment on LWN: http://lwn.net/Articles/304730/) -- -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

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Virtual Machines for testing of forums
by Ralph Angenendt 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Moin, we have set up two virtual machines at the moment for forum testing, one for php-bb and one for flux-bb. Both machines have a basic LAMP setup. So whoever wants to do some testing for those: Please drop me a mail and you'll get back the password and ip address for that machine. As a bonus you'll also get the ldapmanager password (see LDAP section of <http://wiki.centos.org/WebsiteVer2/forums>) and the location of your user and groups tree in LDAP. If there is someone who wants to test a different forum software, please raise your hand now (Requirements for the software can also be found on <http://wiki.centos.org/WebsiteVer2/forums>). Cheers, Ralph

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centos and HPC
by Karanbir Singh 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

hi, Does anyone have details on what is going on with upstream and their HPC product ? A directory has down up on ftp.redhat.com but there is nothing inside there, and there seems to be not much going on with their sales website either. What we could start working on in the mean time is to get a SIG together, and formulating intent / direction / mechanism etc. Also, HPC itself is quite a vast subject - and perhaps we should not limit ourselves only to the product base that is being released upstream. So if we were to propose a HPC SIG, are there a few people here who would like to join in the effort and help ? - KB -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq

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Intel I/OAT support for 2.6.9-78 kernel
by Simon Xu 徐浩 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

Hi, I need to use Intel IOAT dma in CentOS 4. How can I add ioat support to 2.6.9-78 kernel? Where can I get the patch(es)? Best regards, Simon

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important: 5.0 and 5.1 are now gone from builders
by Karanbir Singh 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

centos-5.0 and centos-5.1 are now going away from the builders, which meas no more package builds against only those isolated tree's. All CentOS-5 builds now only build against the latest release tree. 4.6 will also go away in the next day or so. - KB

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no progress on rhwas 5 area?
by Joe Pruett 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

the mysql and a couple other small packages still haven't been compiled from the rhwas 5 srpms. is there anything i can help with to get this moving forward again?

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Custom CentOS :: Buildinstall: package order problem
by Richard J 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

Hi, I am trying to make a custom CentOS distro with some of my additional 3rd party RPMS added in it. I need to do the following: 1) To Install basic CentOS 5.2 2) To install my 3rd party RPMs along with CentOS installation 3) Some other changes, like changing some text strings in the installation process For these tasks I am using buildinstall tool that comes in the anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.113-1.el5.centos.2.i386.rpm. Before running this tool I am making a 'package order file' using the /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/pkgorder tool and then using that package order file in the buildinstall tool (with the "--pkgorder" switch) I am able to make the iso file of the customized CentOS with my RPMS. After burning this iso on a CD I am able to install CentOS as well. But, the problem lies in the order in which the packages get installed. There is a 3rd party RPM which needs the kernel source to get installed, but the kernel's rpm get installed after the 3rd party RPM. Due to which the installation of my 3rd party RPM fails! This problem comes due to the order in which the packages get installed. A strange that i noticed is when I see the package order file, the kernel package is written in the beginning of it . But, when I see the installation progress screen in the installation process, the kernel package gets installed way later after around 83% completion of the installation. But, my 3rd party RPM tries to get installed before this and throws an error because it could not find the kernel source till then. However, the installation completes and after rebooting I can see the error in the install.log file. I am not able to figure out how to change the packages installation order so that kernel rpm could install before my rpm. I would really appreciate any help on this matter. I am stuck on this 'last' step of completion of my project and need help badly! Thanks, Richard

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kernel panic, Centos3131, BZ456664
by David Hrbáč 26 Oct '08

26 Oct '08

Hi to all, I'd like to inform about %subject%. I have recently upgraded tens of C4 machines to 2.6.9-78.0.5.EL kernel. Two of machines are having symptoms being said in Centos3131, BZ456664. There are two workarounds, change /etc/init.d/iptables sed -i.bak -e 's/_tables$/_CONNTRACKNEW/;s/_conntrack$/_tables/;s/_CONNTRACKNEW$/_conntrack/' /etc/init.d/iptables or run a "newer" kernel. I have rebuild RH kernel on Centos and published it here http://fs12.vsb.cz/hrb33/pub/Centos3131/ I guess CentOS team should release warning to users about that issue and inform them to not upgrade to recent kernel on remote machines without remote management. I will explain why. If user upgrades remote machine to 2.6.9-78.0.5.EL kernel, initiates reboot finally, machine is going to hang on iptables unload. If the machine is remote one, without remote reboot, switching power supply, remote management (ILO, Drac, ...) machine is complete dead. The only way is to send someone to reset the machine. Regards, David Hrbáč

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Re: [CentOS-devel] help with freshmeat.net
by Ricardo Maraschini 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hello, ----- "Karanbir Singh" <mail-lists(a)karan.org> wrote: > Would anyone like to help maintain the freshmeat.net page for project > CentOS ? There are a few of us on the list of admins there, but > clearly > noone is really looking at it. ( http://freshmeat.net/projects/centos > ) I can help you to maintain this page. -rm

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status update on rhws/el5s2 repo
by Joe Pruett 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

any chance this will get finished soon? i'm still waiting on mysql and a few other rpms to show up.

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help with freshmeat.net
by Karanbir Singh 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

hi, Would anyone like to help maintain the freshmeat.net page for project CentOS ? There are a few of us on the list of admins there, but clearly noone is really looking at it. ( http://freshmeat.net/projects/centos ) - KB

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CentOS Directory Server (CDS): Directory server gateway (centos-ds-dsgw-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm)
by Luc Lalonde 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

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CentOS Release Timeline (Graphical Display) - Round 2
by Alain Reguera Delgado 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi Guys, Check the following links once again, please: http://wiki.centos.org/AlainRegueraDelgado?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=… http://wiki.centos.org/AlainRegueraDelgado?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=… The following modifications were done: 1. Tried to follow the listed wiki update/maintainance dates. 2. A comment about full updates and maintainance updates was added. 3. Add an extra rounded box to reflect CentOS major version. 4. Add full and maintainance update inside CentOS major verion. 5. Add dates for full updates and maintainance updates cycle. Cheers, al.

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Testing PHP 5.2.6 and PostgreSQL 8.2.9
by admin 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Not sure of the protocols for feedback on tested packages, but I installed the PHP 5.2.6 and PostgreSQL 8.2.9 RPMs from the testing repo and both seem to work fine so far with Drupal 7. What is the difference between packages in the top level of testing and those in testing/RPMs, apart from the obvious fact that the top level ones are newer? Organisationally, are there two levels of testing? I downloaded and installed directly with rpm rather than using yum. Do you prefer that testers always use yum? Will have a go at CDS using yum once I get a clean Xen image spun up, I'm still building my infrastructure and things aren't as automated as they could be yet. Mick

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CentOS betas (was: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Wikipidia - Goodbye Red Hat and Fedora]])
by Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Well, there you have it. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Jesse Keating <jkeating(a)redhat.com> Reply-To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com> To: fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com Subject: Re: [Fwd: Wikipidia - Goodbye Red Hat and Fedora] Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:55:33 -0700 On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 04:06 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > There's no lead time for your own local development and testing. You > would never expect one of the old RH X.0 releases to be production-ready > but the new releases would have new kernels, libraries, and utilities so > you could incorporate their features in your own work, which was likely > to proceed at approximately the same rate as the distro evolved toward > stability. With Centos you don't get anything to work with and test > ahead of time, and if you'd tested on an earlier Fedora there may or may > not be any relationship. A side effect was that the community of RH > users that reported/fixed bugs in the X.0 got something for their effort > in being able to continue using the updated release instead of being > abandoned as a wildly new X.0 came out. CentOS should be putting out betas that match the RHEL betas so that you can get access to it before the release. Use Fedora as the technology driver, use Betas as the bugfix cleanup for platform issues, and eventually you get the "Enterprise" release. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list

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