Re: [DNG] [Dng] epoch feature request

2015-06-17 Thread Anto
On 16/06/15 20:14, Anto wrote: On 16/06/15 16:40, Isaac Dunham wrote: On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:09:43AM +0200, Anto wrote: On 16/06/15 10:58, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: Anto writes: Yes. I almost have everything to start trying to build epoch package, *except* one important point that I ha

Re: [DNG] [Dng] epoch feature request

2015-06-17 Thread Roger Leigh
On 16/06/2015 19:47, Anto wrote: On 16/06/15 20:42, Roger Leigh wrote: On 16/06/2015 18:14, Anto wrote: I was not really sure if script similar to update-rc.d would be relevant to epoch as the way the runlevel is being managed in epoch is different from sysvinit. That is why I am looking for ot

Re: [DNG] [Dng] epoch feature request

2015-06-17 Thread Anto
On 17/06/15 11:09, Roger Leigh wrote: On 16/06/2015 19:47, Anto wrote: Thanks a lot Roger for your explanation. However, I still fail understand how to implement what you explained without changing anything on any other packages that have daemons to be managed by epoch. As I mentioned on one

[DNG] chromium: unconditionally downloads binary blob

2015-06-17 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Just seen on the crypto mailing list, for all those chromium users ... Nik -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [cryptography] chromium: unconditionally downloads binary blob Date: Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2015, 14:12:17 From: Alexander Klimov An: cryptogra...@randombit.net

Re: [DNG] [Dng] epoch feature request

2015-06-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:09:32 + Roger Leigh wrote: > On 16/06/2015 19:47, Anto wrote: > > On 16/06/15 20:42, Roger Leigh wrote: > >> On 16/06/2015 18:14, Anto wrote: > >>> I was not really sure if script similar to update-rc.d would be > >>> relevant to epoch as the way the runlevel is being m

[DNG] Packages aren't the only path to alternate inits

2015-06-17 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, After the recent discussions, I'd like to point out that packages aren't the ONLY path to alternate inits. I've personally demonstrated that with SucklessInit+daemontoolsEncore, SucklessInit+s6, runit, and Epoch, it's quite doable to download, build, and install these things in parallel to

[DNG] Fwd: Gummiboot patch

2015-06-17 Thread Riccardo Boninsegna
Gummiboot is my favorite boot loader, mainly due to it loading the kernel from the EFI partition and thus not requiring a third partition for /boot when you use encrypted root. I first became familiar with it on Arch Linux well after their switch to systemd; but despite this project now being inte

Re: [DNG] [Dng] epoch feature request

2015-06-17 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:25:28AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: [cut] > > What you say above is true. And what you say above is a catastrophe, > because sysvinit scripts are so crazy complicated that it's useless for > a mere mortal to understand them. The same is true of OpenRC init > scripts. May

Re: [DNG] Fwd: Gummiboot patch

2015-06-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:43:03 +0200 Riccardo Boninsegna wrote: > Gummiboot is my favorite boot loader, mainly due to it loading the > kernel from the EFI partition and thus not requiring a third partition > for /boot when you use encrypted root. > > I first became familiar with it on Arch Linux w

Re: [DNG] Packages aren't the only path to alternate inits

2015-06-17 Thread Anto
On 17/06/15 17:37, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, After the recent discussions, I'd like to point out that packages aren't the ONLY path to alternate inits. I've personally demonstrated that with SucklessInit+daemontoolsEncore, SucklessInit+s6, runit, and Epoch, it's quite doable to download, build

Re: [DNG] [Dng] epoch feature request

2015-06-17 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 09:21:03AM +0200, Anto wrote: > Hello Isaac, > > After reading http://sources.debian.net/src/dpkg/1.18.1/doc/triggers.txt/ > (over and over), it looks that dpkg-trigger is a better solution than > monitoring /etc/init.d using inotify(). However, I still fail to understand >

Re: [DNG] Fwd: Gummiboot patch

2015-06-17 Thread Riccardo Boninsegna
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 6:09 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > My question is whether you or anyone else is willing to > completely fork this software. > To be dependable, this source code needs to be preserved, under a > different name, and maintained completely separately from the thing > called "Gummiboo

Re: [DNG] Packages aren't the only path to alternate inits

2015-06-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 21:27:21 +0200 Anto wrote: > > > On 17/06/15 17:37, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > After the recent discussions, I'd like to point out that packages > > aren't the ONLY path to alternate inits. I've personally > > demonstrated that with SucklessInit+daemontoolsEncore,

Re: [DNG] Packages aren't the only path to alternate inits

2015-06-17 Thread Anto
On 18/06/15 00:43, Steve Litt wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 21:27:21 +0200 Anto wrote: On 17/06/15 17:37, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, After the recent discussions, I'd like to point out that packages aren't the ONLY path to alternate inits. I've personally demonstrated that with SucklessInit+d