Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
On Wed 25 March 2015 22:26:02 KatolaZ wrote: > PID1 *cannot* segfault, or we > are just back to the dark days of BSODs. Fullstop. Funny enough my system continued to sprt of work, just creating a bazillion of zombie processes - among them 2 of systemd, iirc systemd-logind and session- foo - and a

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread T.J. Duchene
> > If something goes wrong somewhere and X11 segfaults (which I think does > not happen more than once in a few decades, at least with the stable version > of Xorg), then we might complain and make a fuss, but in the end is not that > big deal. Having systemd as PID 1 segfaulting is a completely

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 04:31:47PM -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote: > KatolaZ, > > > [T.J. ] What I said was: " It should be important to note that a segfault > can be caused by any number of things, that can be unrelated to systemd > itself. I do grant you that systemd has its share of undesirables

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread T.J. Duchene
Defaults are not necessarily caused by glibc itself Defaults = Segfaults. Don't you just hate autocorrect? T.J. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread T.J. Duchene
KatolaZ, [T.J. ] What I said was: " It should be important to note that a segfault can be caused by any number of things, that can be unrelated to systemd itself. I do grant you that systemd has its share of undesirables, but it could be exposing a flaw in the lower libraries as well. A lot

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread T.J. Duchene
> > Are you for real? > [T.J. ] Just to clear things up. > If so: > > 1) Drepper maintained glibc, not gcc. These are two separate projects. True. I always treat GCC and glibc as somewhat synonymous since they go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other for all intent

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 25/03/2015 18:04, Jude Nelson a écrit : > 3) I don't think this is a great place for unsubstantiated attacks on Ulrich Drepper or on Ulrich Drepper's leadership of glibc. Ulrich Drepper's bad attitude is cited as one of the main reasons Debian switched from glibc to eglibc. Source: http:/

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread Jude Nelson
> 3) I don't think this is a great place for unsubstantiated attacks on Ulrich Drepper or on Ulrich Drepper's leadership of glibc. Ulrich Drepper's bad attitude is cited as one of the main reasons Debian switched from glibc to eglibc. Source: http://blog.aurel32.net/47. -Jude On Wed, Mar 25, 20

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread Tor Myklebust
On Wed, 25 Mar 2015, T.J. Duchene wrote: For some, it does have to do with the GPL, but for many it has to do with the fact that GCC is a mess. One of the previous maintainers, Ulrich Drepper, was famous for ignoring bug reports. Are you for real? If so: 1) Drepper maintained glibc, not gcc

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:30:05AM -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote: [cut] > > [T.J. ] It should be important to note that a segfault can be caused by any > number of things, that can be unrelated to systemd itself. I do grant you > that systemd has its share of undesirables, but it could be exposing

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-25 Thread T.J. Duchene
> -Original Message- > From: Joerg Reisenweber [mailto:reisenwe...@web.de] > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:33 PM > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Subject: Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone > > On Tue 24 March 2015 22:17:20 Steve Litt wrote: > > Thi

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
On Tue 24 March 2015 22:17:20 Steve Litt wrote: > This systemd debacle increased by an order of > magnitude the Linux users who understand the underpinnings of the > system and are prepared to take control. Indeed. I never really bothered much, and happily lived along with (Open)Suse since... it

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:21:30 -0400 Clarke Sideroad wrote: > As history marks the rise and fall of systemd, contributions such as > yours will make the the bigger picture of this time period net > positive. > > Thank you, > > Clarke That's so true, Clarke! This systemd debacle increased by an

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Clarke Sideroad
As history marks the rise and fall of systemd, contributions such as yours will make the the bigger picture of this time period net positive. Thank you, Clarke ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listi

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 05:37:04 -0400 Jude Nelson wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console > on the Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files > and loads all requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot > initramfs environ

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Anto
On 24/03/15 10:37, Jude Nelson wrote: Hey everyone, I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files and loads all requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot initramfs environment (so init can mount r

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jude Nelson
> looking at Debian bug 735275 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735275 > > and the wide impact it has on upstream (nodejs, webkit, chrome etc. are > affected by the bump to libudev.1) I'd rather keep libudev.0 around as > a vdev patched version, would that be possible? Thanks fo

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jude Nelson
Hi Jaromil, > outstanding good news! congrats :^) if we manage to include vdev in > Devuan for upcoming releases you may acquire rather wide testing grounds > for your software. Thanks for the encouragement :) When it comes to packaging vdev, what I'll do is add an /etc/alternatives entry for th

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jaromil
moreover on libudev looking at Debian bug 735275 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735275 and the wide impact it has on upstream (nodejs, webkit, chrome etc. are affected by the bump to libudev.1) I'd rather keep libudev.0 around as a vdev patched version, would that be possible?

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jaromil
On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, Jude Nelson wrote: >I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a >console on the Devuan vagrant image!* It creates all requisite >device files and loads all requisite kernel drivers, both for the >pre-boot initramfs environment (so init can moun

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 05:37:04AM -0400, Jude Nelson wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the > Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files and loads all > requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot initramfs envi

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Joel Roth
Jude Nelson wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the > Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files and loads all > requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot initramfs environment (so > init can mount root) and in

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
HOORAY! & KUDOS! can't wait giving it a try /j On Tue 24 March 2015 05:37:04 Jude Nelson wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the > Devuan vagrant image! [...] > -Jude signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message p

[Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jude Nelson
Hey everyone, I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files and loads all requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot initramfs environment (so init can mount root) and in the early boot environment (whi