Re: suggestion for a modified chapter 6 build of glib
what is e2fsprogs ? 2011/10/6 John Stanley > The modified e2fsprogs build looks like a nice solution to me, > especially since the external glib dependency looks like a bit > of a 'slippery slope' to unnecessary complexity. Thanks everyone. > John > > On 10/05/2011 08:06 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: > > On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:48:07 -0500 > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > > That sounds like a nice simple approach. Does it still place its .pc > files in /usr/lib/pkgconfig? > > > Yes, it installed /usr/lib/pkgconfig/ext2fs.pc > > Andy > > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: shadow-4.1.4.3, process limits and fork bombs
is it really. I have use it for my LFS. How can it be that. not nice anyone use it. can you send me the early version of it. Thank you very much 2011/10/9 Andrew Benton > Hello, > > I originally sent this to LFS support by mistake; I shouldn't send > emails late at night ;) > > I've wrote to LFS support before about fork bombs. Last July I learned > how to prevent them by limiting the number of processes a user can have > with /etc/limits. Recently I've been working on installing linux-PAM > (for ssh, it gives me more options to use PAM. I want to open ssh to > the internet so I'm hardening things up a bit, pam_faildelay.so is a > wonderful thing). > > I first had a suspicion something was wrong when I saw this in > /var/log/auth.log on one of our computers: > > Oct 8 13:16:26 router su[546]: Invalid limit string: ' U128' > > As part of my testing I tried a fork bomb and was horrified to discover > that nothing I did with PAM could prevent the fork bomb from locking up > the system. Then I tried it on a system that didn't have PAM (it still > had just shadow) and the result was the same, the fork bomb made the > system unresponsive. I can't remember what version of shadow I was > using last July but I can't make shadow-4.1.4.3 limit the number of > processes and protect against a fork bomb. > > I've just rebuilt a system with shadow-4.0.18.1 and when I run a fork > bomb the shell fills up with "Resource temporarily unavailable" (ie, > shadow-4.0.18.1 has done it's job and limited the number of processes), > the system stays responsive, I can log out and shut down cleanly. > Basically, shadow-4.0.18.1 works. The current version (shadow-4.1.4.3) > is broken. With or without PAM it cannot limit the number of processes. > Can anyone make shadow-4.1.4.3 limit the number of processes? > > It seems to me that any system with shadow-4.1.4.3 is vulnerable to a > fork bomb. We should go back to 4.0.18.1, which works. > > Andy > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: man-db need "PKG_CONFIG=/tools/bin/true" to be built.
I dont like to use pkg-config anymore 2011/10/10 Matthew Burgess : > On 08/10/2011 16:33, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Right. I'll fix that today. >> >> -- Bruce >> > Thanks for that, Bruce. My working copy had that in (it had to have > done, otherwise my jhalfs based build would have failed), but somehow it > got lost. It must have just been a quilt-related screw up on my part in > my rush to commit it before the weekend. > > Regards, > > Matt. > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: LFS 7.0-rc2 Release
Dear all, I have just do make menuconfig with kernel linux-3.0.1.That kernel seem has a problem it doent have wireless or wiremax driver.I must ask these problem because if you have same problem just share with me 2011/10/14 Bruce Dubbs > The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of > LFS Version 7.0-rc2. This is the second release candidate on the road to > LFS-7.0. It includes numerous changes to LFS-6.8 (including updates to > Linux-3.0.4, GCC-4.6.1, and Glibc-2.14.1). > > A somewhat major change was made in this version of the book by adding a > new top level directory, /run. This directory has a tmpfs mounted and is > used by programs like udev to store run time information. The > directories /var/run and /var/lock are also linked to this directory. > The bootscripts have been updated to accomodate this change. The > bootscripts have also been modified to place supporting scripts in > /lib/boot. > > The 7.0-rc2 also has a significant number of changes to the bootscripts > beyond 7.0-rc1, incorporating many suggestions to make the scripts more > reliable and to add significant enhancements. > > Note that the changes in the bootscripts will probably affect BLFS > bootscripts that have not yet been updated. > > Another significant change is the addition of an md5sums file allowing > users to check the integrity of all downloaded packages. > > Changes to the book also include editorial work on the explanatory > material, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text. We would > encourage all users to read through this release of the book and test > the instructions so that we can make the final release as good as possible. > > You can read the book online at > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/7.0-rc2/, or download to read > locally from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/7.0-rc2/. > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Some newbie thoughts
2011/10/20 feralert > Hi all, > > As I am new in LFS and this is my first attempt, I have a couple of > comments that might help make the book easier to follow (at least to a > non-english newbie like me). This are stuff that got me lost for a > while and think that, if clarified, would make the book easier to > follow (at least to newbies like me): > > - While going through the book the reader is not told what specific > package the section is talking about: > i.e.: in section "5.6. Linux-3.0.4 API Headers" it took me a while to > realize I had to unpack package "linux-3.0.4.tar.gz" (sure I'm a > newbie, but still...I was looking for a 'header' package or even a > 'linux-headers' package... isnt it better to make it clear, something > like: "First unpack package linux-3.0.4.tar.gz and get into the > unpacked directory...") > > -The reader isn't told what to do with the building directories at the > end of the section (you get rid of them or you keep them?) > UPDATE: I found the following in the FAQ, so i guess this is it > although IMHO would be much clearer if stated at the end of every > section. > > "I didn't delete the source tree after my last attempt. Do I need to? > >Yes. In general make clean or make dist-clean can't be relied upon > for clean sources. Especially when you have manually hacked the > sources or applied patches to it you should first try again with a > fresh unpacked package. The only exception to this rule is the linux > kernel, which requires its sources to be present when third-party > modules, such as the NVidia drivers, are needed." > > > Cheers, > Fred. > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
