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Mirror breakage
by John Newbigin 24 May '05

24 May '05

The tool I use for managing my local CentOS-3 mirror has started to choke on some changes to the centos mirrors. The URL I am using is: http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3/updates/i386/ And I get the error: /tmp/rpmfindjLOxxX:271: error: htmlParseEntityRef: expecting ';' to donate a server: <a href="mailto:johnny@centos.org?subject=Server Donation&c The offending html is: <a href="mailto:johnny@centos.org?subject=Server Donation&cc=lance(a)centos.org ">Contact us</a> I am not using rpmfind, but reusing code I wrote for rpmfind (the http/html downloader). The problem appears to be libxml (libxml2-2.4.19-6.ent) barfing. I wonder though if the page being generated by the server is valid? As a workaround I pointed to: http://master.centos.org/centos-3/3/updates/i386/ which works but kind of defeats the purpose. ... I checked the page with the w3c html valiadtor. Not good http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmirror.centos.org%2Fcentos-3… Line 57, column 206: cannot generate system identifier for general entity "cc" ...y(a)centos.org?subject=Server Donation&cc=lance(a)centos.org ">Contact us</a></b> An entity reference was found in the document, but there is no reference by that name defined. Often this is caused by misspelling the reference name, unencoded ampersands, or by leaving off the trailing semicolon (;). The most common cause of this error is unencoded ampersands in URLs as described by the WDG in "Ampersands in URLs". Entity references start with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;). If you want to use a literal ampersand in your document you must encode it as "&" (even inside URLs!). Be careful to end entity references with a semicolon or your entity reference may get interpreted in connection with the following text. Also keep in mind that named entity references are case-sensitive; &Aelig; and æ are different characters. Note that in most documents, errors related to entity references will trigger up to 5 separate messages from the Validator. Usually these will all disappear when the original problem is fixed. John. -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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Re: [CentOS] centosplus and contrib rpms
by John Newbigin 16 May '05

16 May '05

Johnny Hughes wrote: > > Now there is a Readme.txt in this directory: With a capital R? README or readme.txt would be more common spellings under Unix/Linux. The other problem with a single readme file is that it can't be contributed by more than one person, so if a new RPM comes along, the person with the master readme has to edit and upload it. If the readme was per RPM or set of RPMs then that would not be a problem. You could also include info like who built the RPM and how to contact them etc. README.php README.kernel etc. could be one way of doing this (in a docs directory?) John. > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/ > > There will be one for contrib and extras later today. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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Anaconda errors when building custom CentOS-based distro
by Sam Hart 06 May '05

06 May '05

I am building a custom CentOS 4.0 based distribution (basically, trimmed down size and a few custom packages). I have successfully built other RPM-based distributions in the past without much trouble. However, this CentOS 4.0-based one is giving me headaches. The document I follow for remastering CentOS 4.0 is this one: http://fedoranews.org/contributors/gene_czarcinski/update_distro/ I know it is written for FC3, but I also was under the impression it contained information more general. When I run buildinstall with the CentOS 4.0 RPMs (right now, it contains no custom RPMs, these are all stock CentOS 4.0) it creates boot images which do not contain the anaconda script (/usr/bin/anaconda). Here is the relevant output: prickly-pear:/work# buildinstall --pkgorder $BASE/custom/pkgfile \ > --version 1 --product "Custom01" --release "Custom01" --prodpath CentOS $BASE/custom/i386 warning: /work/custom/i386/CentOS/RPMS/anaconda-runtime-10.1.1.13-1.centos4.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 443e1821 Running buildinstall... /work/custom/i386/buildinstall.tree.21011 /work /work Going to run buildinstall again warning: /work/custom/i386/CentOS/RPMS/anaconda-runtime-10.1.1.13-1.centos4.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 443e1821 Building images... Assembling package list... Expanding text packages... Expanding graphical packages... retrieving timezones Creating nsswitch.conf Fixing up /etc/man.config to point into /mnt/sysimage Running mkfontdir... /work/custom/i386/buildinstall.tree.21011/upd-instroot: line 929: /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: No such file or directory Getting pango modules /usr/sbin/chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/pango-querymodules': No such file or directory Getting gtk2 input method modules /usr/sbin/chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0': No such file or directory Getting gtk2 gdk-pixbuf loaders /usr/sbin/chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders': No such file or directory Scrubbing trees... /tmp/treedir.21024/image-template /usr/sbin/chroot: cannot run command `usr/sbin/ldconfig': No such file or directory Scrubbing trees... /tmp/treedir.21024/instimage cp: cannot stat `/tmp/treedir.21024/instimage/boot/memtest*': No such file or directory /usr/sbin/chroot: cannot run command `usr/sbin/ldconfig': No such file or directory Compressing .mo files in stage2 images... Creating fontconfig cache /usr/sbin/chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/fc-cache': No such file or directory Creating debug dir Patching python library... Removing unused python files in hdimage... /usr/sbin/chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/anaconda': No such file or directory I have googled for this error, and found many mentions of it, but no real solutions. The anaconda-runtime, anaconda, anaconda-help and busybox-anaconda packages are all installed and present as RPMs in the RPM asset directory (/work/custom/i386/CentOS/RPMS). Similarly, the other files that report errors (`usr/sbin/ldconfig', etc) are installed and present with their parent RPMs in the RPM asset directory. I am reasonably certain that I have dependency closure on these RPMs (I have made in-house rpmstrap scripts for it and can install via bootstrap), and my comps.xml file seems correct. Has anyone ever seen this "/usr/sbin/chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/anaconda'" error ever before? If so, any suggestions for what I can do to fix this? I'm not certain if this is the right place to ask this, but since the only RPM-base that is giving me this problem is CentOS 4.0 I figured it was the best place to go. -- ''''''''''''''''''''''''' .O. Sam Hart, sam(a)progeny.com ..O Progeny Linux Systems, Inc OOO <http://www.progeny.com/>

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Hello~centos can support this?!
by ryo wong 06 May '05

06 May '05

centos can support promise sata150 tx2 plus?! can support or not plz reply me~thx!!

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kernel-2.6.9-5.0.5.EL missing /lib/modules/2.6.9-5.0.5.EL/build directory
by Charlie Brady 03 May '05

03 May '05

Does anyone know whether this is an upstream change or a build problem? --- Charlie

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x86_64 updates
by John Newbigin 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

The directory http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.4/updates/x86_64/RPMS/ contains i386 packages. I am setting up a local mirror so I was wondering if these packages are required? John. -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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kernel recompile - make modules_install fails.
by K Web 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

I'm trying to recompile the kernel on a CentOS4 (final) 2.6.9 kernel. I tried two different approaches and both fail at the same place : 1. downloaded kernel-sources.2.6.9...rpm 2. downloaded kernel.2.6.9....src.rpm in both cases I've been able to go through : make oldconfig make menuconfig make bzImage make modules however when I run make modules_install I get this error : ln: when making multiple links, last argument must be a directory make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1 if I do make -d modules_install it goes through some stuff and finally shows this: No need to remake target `Makefile'. Updating goal targets.... Considering target file `modules_install'. File `modules_install' does not exist. Considering target file `_modinst_'. File `_modinst_' does not exist. Finished prerequisites of target file `_modinst_'. Must remake target `_modinst_'. Got a SIGCHLD; 2 unreaped children. Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. Putting child 0x08af7990 (_modinst_) PID 16488 on the chain. Live child 0x08af7990 (_modinst_) PID 16488 Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. Reaping winning child 0x08af7990 PID 16488 Live child 0x08af7990 (_modinst_) PID 16492 Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. Reaping winning child 0x08af7990 PID 16492 Live child 0x08af7990 (_modinst_) PID 16493 Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. Reaping winning child 0x08af7990 PID 16493 Live child 0x08af7990 (_modinst_) PID 16494 Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. Reaping winning child 0x08af7990 PID 16494 Live child 0x08af7990 (_modinst_) PID 16495 ln: when making multiple links, last argument must be a directory Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children. Reaping losing child 0x08af7990 PID 16495 make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1 Removing child 0x08af7990 PID 16495 from chain. I just can't figure out where what is failing... any ideas?

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Question on centos4-anaconda.patch
by Simone 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Hi, I was going through the anaconda patch and I have a question. At line 125, when patching kickstart-docs.html, RedHat/base/comps.xml is changed into CentOS/base/comps.xml. No change is made to the fact that the file should be found "on the first Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD-ROM". Would it be more correct to change it to "the first CentOS CD-ROM"? Thanks for your attention, have a nice day Simone

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RHN registration
by Simone 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Hi, just installed, CentOS4 from DVD (first CentOS installation), and after first reboot as soon as I log in, I receive a "Subscription Alert" that tells me to activate my subscription to RHN so to keep my system safe. Is this normal that I get on CentOS an invitation to register to Red Hat Network and to download/install RedHat key? Did you ever think about getting rid of this, just think it could be confusing for someone. Just my 1 cent. Have a nice day Simone

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Rebuilding suggestions
by Simone 10 Apr '05

10 Apr '05

Hi, for the fun of having my own distro, I am rebuilding from sources and finally am at a good point. My next problem is to find all the trademarks and get rid of them. I already checked some of packages but still have some redhat stuff showing during install process that I can't seem to be able to get rid oft. Can you please indicate me the packages you've worked on while developing CentOS4? Thanks a lot, have a nice weekend Simone -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Solo 10 Euro per chiamare in tutto il mondo!! Scopri il vantaggio di Email Phone Card, clicca subito Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=2685&d=9-4

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