devel December 2008

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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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CentOS-6 Artwork - Round 1
by Alain Reguera Delgado 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Does anyone knows what is the plan for CentOS-6 artwork ? Actually, some propositions are available at: https://projects.centos.org/trac/artwork/ What do you think of the above proposition ? Is something missing ? Best regards, - -- Alain Reguera Delgado <al(a)ciget.cienfuegos.cu> GnuPG : http://ciget.cienfuegos.cu/~al/publickey.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with CentOS - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJTF3xyXxCQEoXDZARAgMxAJ0fG5BHp54nOadb+Qq+SP0WTapBiQCfboGy ddd17sMXXIgNVnSRCVYORFI= =wqTc -----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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/dev/pts/??
by Michel Donais 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

In Centos or RHEL terminal devices are created as /dev/pts/1 .../2 .../3 etc. On Some others Unix they are defines as dev/tty01 ..../tty02 .../tty03 How do I can get theses terminals identites in Centos when I open a Terminal of any kind? --- Michel Donais

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Surplus SUN Ultra-10 hardware
by Hugo van der Kooij 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, It seems we have two surplus SUN Ultra-10 machines available. So if there are developers who are willing to pick up q machine at my home (Maasland, NL) let me know and I will inform you as soon as I have the hardware available. If you have no use for them but happen to know some Open source project that might benefit from them feel free to contact me. 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. Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i'w gyfieithu. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklajasACgkQBvzDRVjxmYE+XQCfcSXePDESISvHtMrFU5y95PMp xZIAn1GZ/D1O6bs5aIDkhRsi3RHd8KLs =At8J -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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kmod packaging guideline
by Farkas Levente 26 Dec '08

26 Dec '08

hi, it'd be nice to write some kind of docs about how to write kmod packages for centos. as i wrote in one of my earlier post there are two problems currently with the weak-updates kmods: kmodtool shouldn't have to add to all packages rather use the /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/kmodtool from redhat-rpm-config ie: ---------------------------------------------- @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ -Source10: kmodtool Source11: find-requires Source12: find-requires.ksyms -%define kmodtool bash %{SOURCE10} +%define kmodtool bash /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/kmodtool ---------------------------------------------- and add: BuildRequires: redhat-rpm-config the other problem is the these new kmod gives warning during install. ie if someone create a kickstart file which contains these kmods then anaconda warning about it: "Bad kmod package 'kmod-....' does not require a kernel" the reason for this is /usr/lib/anaconda/fedorakmod.py which has a check in resolveVersions. so hack the current find-requires.ksym to also requires at least kernel-%{arch} would be useful. at the same time write a newer short howto write kmods for centos-5. just my 2c. yours. -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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