Re: [DNG] It's far from being over. Sigh!

2018-05-21 Thread taii...@gmx.com
Round 2! spectre V4! https://www.cnet.com/news/intel-microsoft-reveal-new-variant-on-spectre-meltdown-chip-security-flaws/ Of course zero real info for us lowly peons, like before only microsoft and the criminals have the info we get nothing - even congress is mad about it. https://www.zdnet.com

Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove

2018-05-21 Thread wirelessduck
>> >> Try removing packages.devuan.org: it shouldn't be necessary when you have >> pkgmaster.devuan.org active. My output is: >> >> libpython3.5-stdlib: >> Installed: 3.5.3-1 >> Candidate: 3.5.3-1 >> Version table: >> *** 3.5.3-1 500 >>500 https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii/m

Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove

2018-05-21 Thread Vernon Geiszler
> > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 23:43:34 +0200 > From: Alessandro Selli > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Subject: Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove > Message-ID: <20180521234334.1c0a4f7e@ayu.localdomain> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sun, 20 May 2018 at 20:35:17 -0

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 44, Issue 36

2018-05-21 Thread Vernon Geiszler
> > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 15:13:46 +1000 > From: wirelessd...@gmail.com > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Subject: Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > >> On 21 May 2018, at 13:35, Vernon Geiszler wrote: >> >> This

Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove

2018-05-21 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Mon, 21 May 2018 at 23:43:34 +0200 Alessandro Selli wrote: > You can add the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devuan-ascii-backports.list > with the following lines: > > deb https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-backports main > deb-src http://backports.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-backports m

Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove

2018-05-21 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Sun, 20 May 2018 at 20:35:17 -0700 Vernon Geiszler wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 5:44 PM, wrote: >> >>> On 21 May 2018, at 10:08, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: [...] >>> I can only see 3.5.3-1 in the archive. Do you have other third-party >>> repos enabled? >>> >>> What’s the output o

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

2018-05-21 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Mon, 21 May 2018 at 14:01:42 +0200 Adam Borowski wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 05:53:56PM +1000, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Originally, I really had no idea what I was referring to specifically. >> After some more poking around, I think you’re right. I said sysv-rc >> because I no

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

2018-05-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 21 May 2018 14:01:42 +0200 Adam Borowski wrote: > ... none of the contenders is adequate for every single > use case, thus you need to allow the sysadmin to replace pieces with > something that he/she wants. Quoted for truth in perpetuity. Well said! > Don't fear change, fear inabili

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC, including respawn

2018-05-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 21 May 2018 19:05:37 +1000 wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > > On 14 May 2018, at 18:51, Steve Litt > > wrote: > > > > One property of OpenRC is it has no facility to respawn a daemon > > when the old daemon crashes. Some folks like it this way, some > > don't, but it's a fact of OpenRC. E

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

2018-05-21 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 05:53:56PM +1000, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Tue, 15 May 2018 23:39:24 +1000 > >> Tom wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks as always for your insightful information Steve. Much > >>> appreciated. As someone who knows very little about init systems, > >>> can you explain wha

Re: [DNG] ..waaay OT: Is Void OK? Was: Keep it alive

2018-05-21 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 20 May 2018 14:51:46 +0200, Alessandro wrote in message <20180520145146.251636eb@ayu.localdomain>: > On Sun, 20 May 2018 at 13:06:45 +0200 > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ..precisely why you want _full_ infrastructure redundancy, without > > any "single point of failure capable of bringin

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC, including respawn

2018-05-21 Thread wirelessduck
> On 14 May 2018, at 18:51, Steve Litt wrote: > > One property of OpenRC is it has no facility to respawn a daemon when > the old daemon crashes. Some folks like it this way, some don't, but > it's a fact of OpenRC. Except... > > There are two ways to have OpenRC respawn. Way 1 is to run the da

[DNG] DSA Ascii May21

2018-05-21 Thread leloft
Thu, 17 May 2018 17:24:47 +0200 [SECURITY] [DSA 4203-1] vlc security update Binary: vlc, libvlc-dev, libvlc5, libvlccore-dev, libvlccore9, libvlc-bin, vlc-bin, vlc-data, vlc-l10n, vlc-plugin-base, vlc-plugin-access-extra, vlc-plugin-video-output, vlc-plugin-video-splitter, vlc-plugin-visualization,

[DNG] DSA Jessie May21

2018-05-21 Thread leloft
Fri, 18 May 2018 21:21:25 +0200 [SECURITY] [DSA 4205-1] Advance notification This is an advance notice that regular security support for Devuan "jessie" will be terminated on the 17th of June. As with previous releases additional LTS support will be provided for a reduced set of architectures and p

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

2018-05-21 Thread wirelessduck
> On 19 May 2018, at 12:36, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > Sorry for breaking the thread, but I no longer have the original post to > reply to. > > Author: Steve Litt > Date: 2018-05-15 16:55 +200 > To: dng > Subject: Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC > >> On Tue, 15 May 2018 23:39:24 +1000 >> Tom