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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

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Release for CentOS-5.3 i386 and x86_64 (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:32:17 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS-5.3 i386 and x86_64 To: centos-announce(a)centos.org, distro(a)distrowatch.com Message-ID: <49D2D231.6030702(a)centos.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.3 for the i386 and x86_64 Architectures. CentOS-5.3 is based on the upstream release EL 5.3.0, and includes packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. And the option to further enable external repositories at install time is now available in the installer. This is just an announcement email, not the release notes. The Release Notes for CentOS-5.3 can be found on-line at : http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3 and everyone is encouraged to look through them once. Also worth browsing through at the CentOS FAQ's at http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ +++++++++++++++++++++++ ArtWork update: CentOS-5.3 brings in a completely new artwork stack. A big thanks to Alain Reguera Delgado, Ralph Angenendt, Marcus Moeller and everyone on the Artwork SIG for bringing us the best, most comprehensive artwork set yet. Also a big thanks to all the translation teams for their contributions to the installer artwork. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Contrib repos are back: Given the widespread requests for user contributed packages directly being hosted within the centos repositories, the contribs repository is now back with CentOS-5.3. There are no packages yet, but over the next few weeks we hope to have a policy and process in place that allows users to submit and manage packages in the contrib repo. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Upgrading from CentOS-5.2 ( or CentOS-5.0 / 5.1 ): If you are already running CentOS-5.2 or an older CentOS-5 distro, all you need to do is update your machine via yum by running : 'yum update' Running 'yum list updates' before doing the update is recommended, so you can get a list of packages that are going to be updated. To check you are indeed on CentOS-5.3, run : 'rpm -q centos-release' and that should return: 'centos-release-5-3.el5.centos.1' +++++++++++++++++++++++ Upgrading from CentOS-2.1 or CentOS-3.x or CentOS-4.x: The only recommended way to update from an earlier version of CentOS ( Version < 5 ) is to download and run a fresh install. In some cases, running the installer with the 'upgradeany' option might also achieve the desired results, however you are strongly recommended to look at the CentOS Wiki where hints and notes about potential upgrade paths from CentOS-4/3/2.1 to CentOS-5 are provided. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Downloading CentOS-5.3 for new installs: When possible, consider using torrents to run the downloads. Not only does it help the community and keeps mirrors from running up high bandiwdth bills, in most cases you will find its also the fastest means to download the distro. There are present over a thousand people already seeding CentOS-5.3 and its possible to get upto 100mbps downloads via these torrents. -- Via BitTorrent : CD: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/isos/i386/CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-1to6.torr… http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-1to7.… DVD: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/isos/i386/CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.torre… http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.t… -- Via direct download: Due to bandwidth considerations the CentOS Project does not publish ISOS directly from our network machines. However direct downloads are available from external mirrors over http, ftp and rsync, and a geoip based list is available at http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/ to give you the best predictable match ( and only lists mirrors that are updated already, so you dont need to waste time looking for a sync'd mirror ) Some mirrors also publish DVD images that can be downloaded directly. Refer to the mirrors list page at http://www.centos.org/mirrors for more details Mirrors that offer DVD's are clearly marked on the page. sha1sum for these ISOS: i386: 4b454d76d06daa0b1772115e9b95c9465a4cecb0 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-1of6.iso 0da3292ea1d90639714a5e7d77812568bc01ec05 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-2of6.iso 77e867eb736b58f31cdd25c4835643ab795979e2 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-3of6.iso 949ee93440e736c8414fb8b571178970a31e6675 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-4of6.iso 5eafdea33c18f623bb9299ae624b8c8a12132bfa CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-5of6.iso 90ae5387a38f8ec805d877cc5525ae8dedc7f810 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-6of6.iso b7f85a3a493e3051e50515ef881214929c88a5f3 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso a0c640ae0c68cc0d9558cf4f8855f24671b3dadb CentOS-5.3-i386-netinstall.iso x86_64: 7327174dc0cbb6531bc0e2f26e24788251717e91 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-1of7.iso d060ed2826a4c212eebf5e3a825ce75e77cb44e0 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-2of7.iso a0b7471ec6b742c962cc06b69624b0746025005f CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-3of7.iso fe4106322d6b08344e82df8904142664a8a82522 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-4of7.iso 8cb5539fa4241bc5d23798a3e2721b2ebd3b18fe CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-5of7.iso 8a8f32888279f701e15162dec6f52b5f5fb5effc CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-6of7.iso f053b05ea8576ea7d72116fa246f914086238ca9 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-7of7.iso f8ca12b4acc714f4e4a21f3f35af083952ab46e0 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso e971bd1677622708348b8a65264ec360a1cc0196 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-netinstall.iso +++++++++++++++++++++++ Pending CentOS-5.3 Updates and src.rpm's Updates have been issues from upstream since they released 5.3, a bulk of these updates are already released into CentOS-5.3 and are available immediately. All pending updates will be released within the next 48 hrs. To keep the initial release size smaller, the src.rpm's are also going to be slowly released into the mirrors over the next 48 hrs along with debuginfo packages. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Release Notes: The distro release notes are only available online at http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3 The release notes include important changelog info as well as notes about the installer and outcomes from test situations which the centos-qa team worked through. Its considered essential reading. Upstream release notes are available in the NOTES/ directory of the install media. These include release specific technologies, new features in the distro and other misc infomation that can help you better utilise the distro. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Getting Help: The best place to start when looking for help with CentOS is at the wiki ( http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp ) which lists various options and communities who might be able to help. If you think there is a bug in the system, do report it at http://bugs.centos.org/ - but keep in mind that the bugs system is *not* a support mechanism. Some Friendly URL's : http://www.centos.org/ http://wiki.centos.org/ http://lists.centos.org/ http://bugs.centos.org/ irc://#centos@irc.freenode.net +++++++++++++++++++++++ A big thanks to everyone who contributed, including the translation teams, the qa team, the CentOS Developers and all the users out there. I would also like to thank all the users for their patience and help! Enjoy this release, tell all your friends about it too. -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 **********************************************

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bash_logout
by Paul A 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi, I was searching for the system wide bash_logout and couldn't find any documentation on it. If I create a file ~/.bash_logout file it gets executed when the user logs out but when I create a system wide /etc/bash_logout it doesn't work. Not what the issue is since I couldn't find anything on that. TIA, Paul

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Re: [CentOS] Two sets of Heartbeat HTTPD clusters on same subnet
by Per Qvindesland 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Even better do it your self it's not really difficould: try assigning different udp port for broadcast in both the clusters, default port used is #udpport 694 you also need them to be running in different chroot environments. Per --- Original message follows --- SUBJECT: Re: [CentOS] Two sets of Heartbeat HTTPD clusters on same subnet FROM: "Kumar, Ashish" TO: "CentOS mailing list" DATE: 01-04-2009 18:03 > Is it possible to have two sets of clusters in the one IP subnet? Indeed, it is > If yes what do I have to change so these clusters don't send messages > to the wrong nodes. Somebody might be able to help if you post your configuration files (ha.cf and haresources) for both clusters. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Re: [CentOS] I see 5.3 ISO images on the mirrors
by Christian Wahlgren 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

2009/4/1 Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu(a)orgfarm.uu.se>: > I've now updated a machine with CentOS v5.3 x86_64. On this first test, the > glibc didn't update at all and threw up an dependency error. Running yum > update; no yum clean all run first, upgraded everything with no errors. Go > figure. I had the same problem with dependencies. I had to do # yum update glibc glibc-devel But when I looked in the Release Notes for CentOS-5.3, it doesn't mention "yum update glibc" at all, so maybe that upstream bug has been solved for CentOS-5.3?

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kickstart install
by Jerry Geis 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi all, trying to do an install on a ATI radeon 3200 system I am using a kickstart file from 5.2 that works fine in 5.2 First two lines of my post section I do: init 3 chvt 3 This is not happening ? When I try and do a CTRL-ALT-F2 the screen goes black, ALT-F6 to go back has a white screen with the mouse cursor showing busy and the normal background is missing or just not painted. Any ideas? Jerry

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Nice job, 5.3 developers/testers!
by Gilbert Sebenste 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

And everyone involved with this release! I followed the instructions (including removing the two packages, lam and I forget what other one it was now, and updating glibc first), and the update was completely painless. And, with that yum "fastest repo" add-on thingy, wow! I had 2 megaBYTE/sec downloads of the updates to my 6 boxes. Everything was updated in an hour, and I was good to go, and all appears well. You know, I've had more update packages with Fedora 8 after not updating for five days than with this update! I'm guessing 5.2 packages that didn't get updated are par for the course: they still work fine, so they don't get updated (I'm new to this, obviously), or get their file extensions changed when you do an rpm -q (package). Karanbir, you and the entire production/development/testing team, and those upstream, get a "bravo" from me! Centos 5.3 i386...I'm lovin' it. ******************************************************************************* Gilbert Sebenste ******** (My opinions only!) ****** *******************************************************************************

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5.2-5.3 Xen upgrade weirdness
by Tom Diehl 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi, Has anyone tried upgrading xen domu's from 5.2 to 5.3? I just did a yum upgrade glibc & yum upgrade yum. All appeared to go well but when I rebooted and tried to connect to the network, I could not. Looking at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts I see that the that there is now an ifcfg-eth0 and an ifcfg-eth0.bak. ifcfg-eth0 now contains configuration for a dynamically configured interface and ifcfg-eth0.bak has the old static config information. In addition, the mac address of the interface has also been changed. I can put everything back but I would like to know if this behavior is deliberate? If so how do I revert whatever is making the changes so that this does not happen. I have software on some of my domu's that requires me to go get new license keys when mac addresses or ip addresses change. So far in my limited testing this only seems to happen on the domu. The dom0 seems to be OK, although I have not yet rebooted it. I did not see anything in the release notes. Regards, -- Tom Diehl tdiehl(a)rogueind.com Spamtrap address mtd123(a)rogueind.com

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I see 5.3 ISO images on the mirrors
by Florin Andrei 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

On one mirror that I tried, at least. So, is it live yet? :-) -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

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Re: [CentOS] I see 5.3 ISO images on the mirrors
by Michael A. Peters 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf >> Of Gilbert Sebenste >> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:44 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] I see 5.3 ISO images on the mirrors >> >> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Florin Andrei wrote: >> >>> On one mirror that I tried, at least. >>> >>> So, is it live yet? :-) >> Almost. Another several more hours before they all sync, and then we're >> good to go. > > Really?? Excellent, you rock guys! > > >> BTW, how does this work? If I want to go from 5.2 to 5.3, can I just >> type "yum upgrade"? If so, what /etc/yum.repos.d entry has to be active >> for that? > > Minor version upgrades (eg 5.2 > 5.3): yum update Not sure it matters but I usually do yum update yum rpm yum clean all yum update I heard elsewhere that there can be problems if you do not update glibc before updating the rest of the OS. I heard that after two of my boxes were already updated the above way and they didn't experience any issues, so maybe it was bogus, but it certainly can't hurt to do yum update glibc first. remote server, be sure to do it inside of screen.

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"Linux aux petits oignons" - Book about Linux, based on CentOS 5.x
by Niki Kovacs 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi, I'm currently busy finishing "Linux aux petits oignons", a practical introduction to Linux, aimed primarily at the frustrated Windows user. This is the first of two volumes, it's written in french, and all examples in the book are based on CentOS. (Note: looks like I'll have to update some screenshots to 5.3 :oD) Usually the first question that arises is: why not base your book on Ubuntu/Fedora/SuSE/whatever? I answer that question in the book, but in short: I'm using Linux professionally, both on server and desktop, and my distro of choice for both is CentOS. It's one of those rare distros where you login and everything Just Works(tm). I'm aware of the few drawbacks (recent hardware, latest version of apps, yadda yadda), but I can live with that. Another thing you will maybe notice: I'm not shy about introducing newbies to the commandline. Usually Linux books for beginners seem more and more GUI-centered, but I'm taking the opposite way, preferring to explain simple and basic UNIX concepts. (The heck if I lose 90% of prospective readers who will rather go off and buy "Simple comme Ubuntu" :oD) Here's the - almost - final version of the manuscript. It will go to the graphist sometime next week. Until then, maybe you're curious and want to take a glimpse: http://www.kikinovak.net/download/LinuxAuxPetitsOignons.pdf http://www.kikinovak.net/download/Captures.tar.gz If you have any comments, suggestions, if you want to point out the odd typo or mistake, feel free to do so. I can take them into account until maybe the end of next week, before the folks in the layout department do their job. One last thing: since this is not the final version, please don't disseminate it too much. Enjoy, Niki Kovacs (a.k.a Kiki Novak)

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