June 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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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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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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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 Forums again
by Tim Verhoeven 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hello everyone, Having some time to do stuff for CentOS here at LinuxTag I've also being building FreeIPA packages for CentOS. The idea that this will be core part of a central authentication system. Meaning that you will only need 1 account that you can use to login into the website, forum, wiki, bugtracker, systems, ... IMHO the most important system that needs to be attached to the central auth database are the forums. There are a lot of users there (and a lot of content). So I was thinking, why not fix 2 things at the same time. Migrate from the old forum to the new forum that is linked to the central auth system. And then later on couple the other existing apps to it. My feeling is that the most productive way to get forward with the website/forum update is to split the forum from the website. In my experience the forum present in CMS tools aren't made for the amount of traffic we are having. So something dedicated sound like a better option. So I have been looking around for open source forum software that link to ldap without to much effort. I've looked at 3 projects (Phorum, phpBB and SMF). They all 3 are good looking, well featured and maintained. Though, only phpBB has a decent built-in LDAP integration (FreeIPA is built on top of LDAP). So my proposal is to setup a FreeIPA instance, link it with phpBB and try to migrate a part of the current forums and see how all that works. And if it looks good migrate to that. So what do people think, did I miss stuff, other suggestions, ... Regards, 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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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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Distro Theming
by Alain Reguera Delgado 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Hi guys, What do you think of adding some of modern-CentOS design into our CentOS distro ? Take a look at: http://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/DistroDesign/modern-CentOS I would like to collect comments of people how really know what things must be changed, dimensions, CentOS Look and Feel, and stuff like that, in order to focus the actions over what is really needed. Here we propose: 1. Anaconda new designs (slides, splash, etc). 1. A Wallpaper 1. A LoginScreen 1. A GRUB Boot Image. I would like to build that page like a Template with useful information about the CentOS key elements that need to be changed, and how they could be changed (note that some elements like rhgb need modifications on a file splash.c that a "find / -iname splash.c" did'nt find, maybe that's on my pc only). Also how could we test an anaconda new design ? to make fixes and adjustments. Anything else you consider useful is welcome. This initial work is based on: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/ThemingOverview Cheers, al.

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apr-devel and httpd-devel packaging problem
by Ralph Angenendt 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Morning, we seem to have a packaging problem with httpd-devel.x86_64 and apr-devel.x86_64. If you install httpd-devel on an x86_64 machine, apr-devel is required by this package. It then goes on to install apr-devel - but the i386 version. Because of this apxs dies with: cannot open /httpd/build/config_vars.mk: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/apxs line 201. See <http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2934> apr-devel.x86_64 does not provide apr-devel in a 64 bit version *and* httpd-devel does not require apr-devel in a 64bit version. This way only the i386 version gets installed, while pkg-config on a 64bit machine will look in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig for the apr-1.pc package. Same goes for the 64bit apr-util-devel package. Can someone look into the RHEL 5.2 packages to see if that is an upstream problem? Strange thing: The Requires and Provides are the same in 5.1 - but there the x86_64 versions of apr-devel and apr-util-devel get installed when you install httpd-devel.x86_64 - and not the i386 versions. Ralph

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Missing DVB driver(s) in centosplus 5.2 kernel
by Andy Burns 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

I've been trying to install a mythtv backend in centos 5.2 under Xen, with PCI passthrough of a DVB-T tuner to the domU. In theory I should just need to use the centosplus kernel to get the additional video capture drivers. In practice I've got two problems, the first of which I think is easy to solve. Once I got the PCI device visible in the domU, I could load the saa7134 driver for the analogue section of the card, but I couldn't load the saa7134_dvb driver for the digital section of the card, this driver is missing from the centosplus kernel. I've installed the kernel source, and modified the .config file as shown in the patch below (the extra SAA7134_DVB settings are what my card requires, but I figure there are potentially users of the BT848_DVB driver that might appreciate that being included too). After re-building the relevant modules, copying them to /lib/modules and doing "depmod -a" I can load the saa7134_dvb module. I saw another user who experienced the same issue with centos 5.1 and Johnny Hughes said he would be willing to enable extra modules if they would help. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2007-December/091890.html Could the relevant .config files for centosplus kernels be patched as follows? --- .config.pre 2008-06-29 00:41:18.000000000 +0100 +++ .config.post 2008-06-29 01:33:04.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # Linux kernel version: 2.6.18-prep -# Sun Jun 29 00:41:10 2008 +# Sun Jun 29 01:33:04 2008 # CONFIG_X86_64=y CONFIG_64BIT=y @@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ # CONFIG_VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_VIDEO_VIVI=m CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848=m -# CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848_DVB is not set +CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848_DVB=y CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA6588=m CONFIG_VIDEO_BWQCAM=m CONFIG_VIDEO_CQCAM=m @@ -2057,7 +2057,8 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN_AVS6EYES=m CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7134=m CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7134_ALSA=m -# CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7134_DVB is not set +CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7134_DVB=m +CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7134_DVB_ALL_FRONTENDS=y CONFIG_VIDEO_MXB=m CONFIG_VIDEO_DPC=m CONFIG_VIDEO_HEXIUM_ORION=m My second problem is a bit harder, or possibly a sign that I've not configured xen pciback/pcifront properly. When the saa7134 driver is loaded in the domU, I see the following messages in dmesg saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded saa7130[0]: found at 0000:00:00.0, rev: 1, irq: 17, latency: 64, mmio: 0xfebffc00 saa7130[0]: subsystem: 185b:c901, board: Compro Videomate DVB-T200 [card=71,autodetected] saa7130[0]: can't ioremap() MMIO memory saa7134: probe of 0000:00:00.0 failed with error -5 I'm not sure if the saa7134 driver is unusual in trying to perform an ioremap which is causing the error? dev->lmmio = ioremap(pci_resource_start(pci_dev,0), 0x1000); Any suggestions on that one?

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Question about CentOS 5 comps.xml
by Hao Xu 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Hi! The following packages are listed in CentOS 5.2 comps.xml but cannot be found in CentOS 5.2 i386 release Base repo: ckermit clustermon compat-gcc-295 compat-gcc-296 compat-gcc-32 compat-gcc-32-g77 compat-gcc-c++-32 compat-libgcc-295 compat-libstdc++-295 compat-libstdc++-32 conga-devel ddd elilo elsa fonts-ISO8859-9-75dpi gfs gnopernicus httpd-suexec inkscape iprutils java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-plugin kdepim-devel kernel-kdump kmod-gfs-kdump kmod-gnbd-kdump lha libica libipathverbs libpng10-devel libungif-devel longrun mcelog netconfig notify-daemon open openoffice.org-langpack-ur_IN openssl-ibmca perl-Cyrus ppc64-utils prctl pup rhel-instnum rhn-check rhn-setup rhn-setup-gnome ricci-modcluster s390utils salinfo strace64 sysfsutils-devel system-config-printer-gui totem-mozplugins valgrind-callgrind yaboot yum-rhn-plugin The following packages are listed in CentOS 5.2 comps.xml but cannot be found in CentOS 5.2 x86_64 release Base repo: apmd ckermit clustermon compat-gcc-295 compat-gcc-296 compat-gcc-32 compat-gcc-32-g77 compat-gcc-c++-32 compat-libgcc-295 compat-libstdc++-295 compat-libstdc++-32 conga-devel ddd elilo elsa fonts-ISO8859-9-75dpi gfs gnopernicus gnu-efi gpart httpd-suexec ibmasm inkscape iprutils java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-plugin kernel-kdump kmod-gfs-kdump kmod-gnbd-kdump lha libica libpng10-devel libungif-devel longrun netconfig notify-daemon open openoffice.org-langpack-ur_IN openssl-ibmca perl-Cyrus ppc64-utils prctl pup rhel-instnum rhn-check rhn-setup rhn-setup-gnome ricci-modcluster s390utils salinfo strace64 sysfsutils-devel system-config-printer-gui totem-mozplugins valgrind-callgrind yaboot yum-rhn-plugin In addition, an `eclipse' group is listed in category `apps', a `workstation' group is listed in category `base-system', but these two groups are not defined in comps.xml. I know that some packages only exist in one arch, e.g. apmd, s390utils, etc, but what about the others? Do we really need to keep them in the comps.xml file? Best regards, Hao

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trouble building x86_64 gcc (w/ mock) for 5.2
by Paul B Schroeder 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Hey all... I know what is causing it to fail, but I'm not certain why. The what is that mock/yum is not pulling in glibc-devel for i386 into the mock chroot. So it is causing the multi-lib stuff to fail. In my root.log I can see glibc-devel for x86_64 was installed in the chroot. But why is it not pulling glibc-devel.i386 into the chroot? I'm using mock-0.9.7-1.el5 from EPEL.. mock config file and relevent build.log portion below.. Thanks in advance... Paul... ---------------------- /etc/mock/centos-5-x86_64.cfg: #!/usr/bin/python -tt import os config_opts['root'] = 'centos-5-x86_64' config_opts['target_arch'] = 'x86_64' config_opts['dist'] = 'centos5' # only useful for --resultdir variable subst # ccache not available on epel5 config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_enable'] = False config_opts['yum.conf'] = """ [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=1 reposdir=/dev/null logfile=/var/log/yum.log retries=20 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=0 assumeyes=1 exclude=[ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefhijklmnopqrstuvwxyz]*.i*86 g[abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz]*.i?86 glib2.i?86 glib.i?86 *-devel.i?86 # repos [os] name=os mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=x86_64&repo=os #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/ [updates] name=updates mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=x86_64&repo=updates #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/x86_64/ [groups] name=groups baseurl=http://dev.centos.org/centos/buildsys/5/ """ config_opts['macros']['centos_ver'] = '5' -------------------- mock command output: [pauls@smith gcc]$ mock -r centos-5-x86_64 --rebuild /net/tomcat/vol/vol1/builds/mirror/centos/5.2/os/SRPMS/gcc-4.1.2-42.el5.src.rpm INFO: mock.py version 0.9.7 starting... State Changed: init plugins State Changed: start INFO: Start(/net/tomcat/vol/vol1/builds/mirror/centos/5.2/os/SRPMS/gcc-4.1.2-42.el5.src.rpm) Config(centos-5-x86_64) State Changed: lock buildroot State Changed: clean State Changed: init State Changed: lock buildroot INFO: enabled root cache INFO: enabled yum cache State Changed: cleaning yum metadata State Changed: running yum State Changed: creating cache State Changed: setup State Changed: build ERROR: Exception(/net/tomcat/vol/vol1/builds/mirror/centos/5.2/os/SRPMS/gcc-4.1.2-42.el5.src.rpm) Config(centos-5-x86_64) 15 minutes 33 seconds INFO: Results and/or logs in: /var/lib/mock//centos-5-x86_64/result ERROR: Command failed. See logs for output. # ['bash', '--login', '-c', 'rpmbuild -bb --target x86_64 --nodeps builddir/build/SPECS/gcc41.spec'] ----------------------------- relevant parts from /var/lib/mock//centos-5-x86_64/result/build.log: make[4]: *** [32/crtend.o] Error 1 make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... In file included from /usr/include/features.h:352, from /usr/include/stdio.h:28, from ../../gcc/tsystem.h:90, from ../../gcc/crtstuff.c:68: /usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:27: error: gnu/stubs-32.h: No such file or directory make[4]: *** [32/crtbegin.o] Error 1 make[4]: *** [32/crtendS.o] Error 1 In file included from /usr/include/features.h:352 , from /usr/include/stdio.h:28 , from ../../gcc/tsystem.h:90 , from ../../gcc/crtstuff.c:68 : /usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:27: error: gnu/stubs-32.h: No such file or directory make[4]: *** [32/crtbeginS.o] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.1.2-20080102/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/gcc' make[3]: *** [extra32] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.1.2-20080102/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/gcc' make[2]: *** [stmp-multilib] Error 2

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Ethernet device __tmpXXXXXXXXXX
by Mark Deric 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

I have a CentOS 5 system that started exhibiting the unusual behavior similar to that described in CentOS bug #2791. I my case, the interface that used to be eth0, with modprobe.conf line "alias eth0 8139too" and lspci listing "02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)", now comes up like the bug symptom. After boot, ifconfig shows __tmp1654060624 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:09:6A:D8:1C BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 ... Humorously enough, it is possible to manually configure the interface using that name. And, using some "set -x" lines in the init scripts, I learned that this does not happen at boot time because the script cannot associate __tmp1654060624 with /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. In the scripts the basic breakdown is that the "ip -o link" command returns the bogus __tmp device name; I'm not sure why, or how to fix this. A better workaround to getting the interface configured is to execute "ip link set __tmp1654060624 name eth0; service network restart" Unlike the bug, my setup always boots to a bogus device name (though the 10 digit number following __tmp always changes). I'm not sure what changed from when it booted to eth0 just fine (though I did have a power outage; but forced the fsck and everything, except this seems fine). The part I don't get is how the boot time "ip -o link" command gets the bogus device name. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks. Regards, Mark

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RE: [CentOS] PHP 5.2 for CentOS 5.x
by Bleier Thomas 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Hi, ok - now I'm on the centos-devel list... :-) I have a small system hosting two MediaWiki's which are occasionally hit by a few users - its currently running CentOS 5.0, I plan to update it to 5.2 in the next days, and I could install PHP 5.2 for testing since it's not a mission-critical site. Since it's a virtual machine, I could also do the first steps in a "lab-like" environment on a copy. Would that be helpful? Best regards, __ /homas -- Thomas Bleier, DI Information Management Austrian Research Centers GmbH - ARC HG Wien - FN 115980i - ATU14703506 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria Mobile: +43 (664) 8251279 E-Mail: thomas.bleier(a)arcs.ac.at -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:44 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] PHP 5.2 for CentOS 5.x Bleier Thomas wrote: > Hi everybody, > > depends on what you expect, but I'm willing to help in testing that - > seems that I will need PHP 5.2 in the near future, and I'd be happy if > it would be available for CentOS 5. > Sounds good, over the next few days lets try and get something started. Are you on the centos-devel list ? thats where we'll handle this till its released. - KB _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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notify-daemon or notification-daemon?
by Hao Xu 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Hi, In the comps.xml files of CentOS 5.1 and 5.2, there's a `notify-daemon' package in the `gnome-desktop' group, but I cannot find a `notify-daemon' package in CentOS 5.1 or 5.2 release, instead, there's a `notification-daemon' package. Is this a feature or a bug? Best regards, Hao

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CentOS Branding & Style Guide
by wonderer 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

hy there, I hope as on http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Artwork mentioned I'm here at the right place for that. It also fits for the Promo SIG or others Under http://www.braincache.de/centos/CentOS_Styleguide_0.1-draft.pdf can be my first idea of an Styleguide wich could help to give a line of usage to some Grafics & design issues also as for Promo Stuff. I also have made a Banner http://www.braincache.de/centos/banner001.jpg how about other ideas? Comments? What about some slogans? What about "get it ... TODAY!" instead of "try it ... today!"? Wich one sounds better for you? sincerly Henrik P.S.: btw. can anybody give my write access to the Artwork area?! Then I can put in the text and other Logo-Stuff as mentioned in the ToDo list. Thanks

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Where do I find gtkmozembed.h?
by Heiko Adams 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Hello, I'm currently trying to rebuild the evolution rss-plugin on CentOS 5.2 but the build fails due to the missing file gtkmozembed.h. Can anyone tell me which packet provides this file?? -- Heiko Adams <heiko.adams(a)gmail.com>

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Error removing java-1.6.0
by Heiko Adams 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hello, when trying to remove the java-1.6.0 package I get the following error message: > error: %postun(java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-0.6.b08.el5.centos.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 2 How can I remove this package?? Regards, -- Heiko Adams <heiko.adams(a)gmail.com>

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Wrong documentation on PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities
by Miguel Filho 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Using CentOS 5.1. The page http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities states that: "The priorities plugin is available from two locations: ... * The priorities plugin has been added to yum-utils since yum-utils 1.0.1. The version included with yum-utils works with both yum 2.4.x and 3.0.x. Installation instructions are provided in the README file that is included in the plugins/priorities directory of the archive." So I've installed yum-utils instead of yum-priorities and there is no plugin on that package. [miguel@friends ~]$ rpm -q yum-utils yum-utils-1.0.4-3.el5.centos.2 [miguel@friends ~]$ rpm -ql yum-utils /usr/bin/package-cleanup /usr/bin/repo-graph /usr/bin/repo-rss /usr/bin/repoclosure /usr/bin/repomanage /usr/bin/repoquery /usr/bin/reposync /usr/bin/repotrack /usr/bin/yum-builddep /usr/bin/yumdownloader /usr/share/doc/yum-utils-1.0.4 /usr/share/doc/yum-utils-1.0.4/COPYING /usr/share/doc/yum-utils-1.0.4/README /usr/share/man/man1/package-cleanup.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/repo-rss.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/repoquery.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/yum-builddep.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/yum-changelog.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/yumdownloader.1.gz Installing the yum-priorities package actually installed the plugin. [miguel@friends ~]$ rpm -q yum-priorities yum-priorities-1.0.4-3.el5.centos.2 [miguel@friends ~]$ rpm -ql yum-priorities /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf /usr/lib/yum-plugins/priorities.py /usr/lib/yum-plugins/priorities.pyc /usr/lib/yum-plugins/priorities.pyo Did I miss something? Regards, Miguel

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yum and fastestmirror
by Karanbir Singh 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Can anyone think of a good reason why we should not make fastestmirror a direct dep for yum ? Its something that is well worth having and in 90%[1] of the cases, it will improve the user experience. - KB [1] Number pulled out of thin air - I have no facts or numbers to back that up.

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Will comps.xml be changed in CentOS 5.2?
by Hao Xu 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Hi all, Will comps.xml of CentOS 5.2 be different from the one in CentOS 5.1? Best, hao

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New QA / Testing potential
by Karanbir Singh 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Since there are quite a few people offering to help test apps /packages in CentOS - I am wondering if now is a good time to organise the CentOS-Testing repository and process a bit more. There are a *lot* of things that need looking at and pushing into the production repo's however a lack of testing feedback means they dont. Does anyone want to take this up ? I can hammer together some ideas into a wiki page, but dont have the time to really follow the process up or to organise it on a ongoing basis. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq

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5.2 Dates
by Karanbir Singh 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

ok, so I put some dates up at http://wiki.centos.org/KaranbirSingh/5.2 Essentially, 25th is the last date that I am still looking at backlog and mod's etc. After that its basically just all builders go, get the packages into the -qa target. Once that is done - install media. this plan gives the -qa guys 6 days to look at stuff. Which should be enough ? - KB

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