devel April 2008

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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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CentOS Directory Server (CDS) and more is available for testing
by Tim Verhoeven 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Hello, 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 : http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/DirectoryServerSetup Besides functional testing of CDS it would also be great if you could watch out for errors in the rebranding (meaning the use of upstream's name and/or logo). Any issues you encounter are to be reported here, but you can also come to the #centos-qa IRC on freenode for support. Also the documentation for CDS can be found on our website at http://www.centos.org/docs/5/. Besides CDS there are other things in the testing repo on dev.centos.org that could use some testing. These include the openjdk 1.6 java version, the vm kernels (tuned for use inside VMWare etc) and a newer version of mysql. We are also looking for feedback on those things so we can move stuff to CentOS Extras or CentOS Plus. Happy testing, Tim -- Tim Verhoeven - tim.verhoeven.be(a)gmail.com - 0479 / 88 11 83 Hoping the problem magically goes away by ignoring it is the "microsoft approach to programming" and should never be allowed. (Linus Torvalds)

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Point yum repos to centos gpg key in /etc/pki/
by Jeff Sheltren 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Hi, as a follow up to a conversation in #centos-devel, I'd like to get input from the list on this issue. The question is where to point people, and tools like yum, for the centos gpg key used to verify rpm signatures. My opinion is that pointing to the key in /etc/pki/ which gets installed by the centos- release makes the most sense. This is already installed locally on any centos (-5) machine. See ie. http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2419 From a security standpoint, there are issues with either choice. However, if your install media has been compromised, then there would be many other ways to bypass the gpg checks rather than just changing the gpg key from the centos-release package. Pointing to a URL for the gpg key opens up more security issues such as dns poisoning. -Jeff

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KVM-66 packages in testing
by Daniel de Kok 07 May '08

07 May '08

Hi all, We have just added KVM-66 packages to the CentOS 5 testing repository. This version of the Kernel Virtual Machine has numerous improvements over KVM-36, which is currently in CentOS-Extras. One of the notable new features is support for paravirtualized block and network devices through the virtio architecture[1]. Currently, only Linux kernel 2.6.25 provides paravirtualized block and NIC drivers. A paravirtualized NIC driver is available for Windows[2]. We'd like to hear from current KVM users whether this version has any regressions for their applications compared to KVM-36. Of course, we are interested in other bug reports as well! Information on using the CentOS Testing repository can be found on the CentOS Wiki at: http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories The KVM module package is named 'kmod-kvm', and has a dependency on the userland KVM tool. So, the following command should do the trick, and pull in all required dependencies: yum --enablerepo=c5-testing install kmod-kvm Thanks, Daniel [1] http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Virtio?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=… [2] http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=180599&package_id=267…

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xorg 7.2 on CentOS5
by John Summerfield 02 May '08

02 May '08

Has anyone built xorg 7.2 for C5, or have handy hints on how it might be done? -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa(a)coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa(a)coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)

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dkms or akmod?
by Farkas Levente 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

hi, we've to build a few kernel modules for rhel/centos which is not included in the distro (or not working yet, like RTL8101E: http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8101). currently there are three ways for this: - the obsoleted fedora way http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Obsolete/KernelModules - dkms - akmod. livna development start to use akmod for all new modules, but there is not any kind of docs about it (or at least i can't find it). i'd like to hear a few pros and cons about each of these and why should we use the "good" one?:-) what's centos teams plan for the future? and why livna switch from the obsoleted fedora way to akmod instead of dkms? thank you for your help in advance. yours. -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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RHEL errata RPM vs CentOS errata RPM
by Kevan Benson 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Just wondering, is there a specific reason why CentOS RPMs released don't always match the upstream RPM name? E.g. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-April/014854.html CentOS RPM name: virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.1.src.rpm RedHat RPM name: virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5_1.1.src.rpm The binary RPMs for each arch differ in name similarly. Is this just a bug, or a specific case where this is expected? -- -Kevan Benson -A-1 Networks

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Linuxtag 2008 - call for meeting
by Ralph Angenendt 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Linuxtag 2008 in Berlin is coming closer by the minute (May 28th to May 31st 2008) - and we are going to be there. And so can you - either as a visitor or with us at the booth we have there! See <http://www.linuxtag.org/> for more information about the event. To coordinate this event, there is going to be a "Meeting" in the IRC channel #centos-social on the freenode IRC network (<http://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml> for more information). The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 4th 2008 at 22:00 CEST (that's 20:00 UTC). Just connect to irc.freenode.net with an IRC client and /join #centos-social then. So if you want to be part of Linuxtag 2008: Be there on sunday! Or at least drop us a mail. As this mail goes to centos-devel(a)centos.org *and* centos(a)centos.org, please make sure that you only answer to both lists when you are subscribed to both lists. Best thing would be if you could subscribe to centos-promo(a)centos.org and discuss matters there. See <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-promo> for subscribing via the web. Cheers, Danke, Thank you in advance, Grüße, Ralph

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