[DNG] RFC: minimal-live iso changes for chimaera

2021-07-20 Thread fsmithred via Dng
The following packages are not in chimaera. I'm removing them from the minimal-live isos so that they will build successfully. Suggestions for replacement packages are welcome. bittornado termsaver Thanks, fsmithred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne

Re: [DNG] RFC: minimal-live iso changes for chimaera

2021-07-20 Thread Ludovic Bellière via Dng
Hello fsmithred. * termsaver:: is kind of a joke software, hasn't been a release since 2014 even though it has been updated to circumvent the reason of removal from debian. No real alternative either. * bittornado:: unmaintained. Good alternative would be transmission. If a cli client is require

Re: [DNG] RFC: minimal-live iso changes for chimaera

2021-07-20 Thread terryc
On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:46:09 -0400 fsmithred via Dng wrote: > The following packages are not in chimaera. I'm removing them from the > minimal-live isos so that they will build successfully. > > Suggestions for replacement packages are welcome. > > bittornado > termsaver I don't know about bit

Re: [DNG] RFC: minimal-live iso changes for chimaera

2021-07-20 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 7/20/21 11:15 AM, terryc wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:46:09 -0400 > fsmithred via Dng wrote: > >> The following packages are not in chimaera. I'm removing them from the >> minimal-live isos so that they will build successfully. >> >> Suggestions for replacement packages are welcome. >> >> b

[DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-20 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Just in case sombody missed it: https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasty-linux-systemd-security-bug-revealed/ "Systemd, the Linux system and service manager that has largely replaced init as the master Linux startup and control program, has always had its critics. Now, with Qualys's discovery of a

[DNG] New service manager being developed

2021-07-20 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hi! Look at https://skarnet.com/projects/service-manager.html Sounds quite interesting, if you ask me. Best, -- Martin ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-20 Thread Joel Roth via Dng
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:08:48PM +0200, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Just in case sombody missed it: > > https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasty-linux-systemd-security-bug-revealed/ > > > "Systemd, the Linux system and service manager that has largely replaced init > as the master Linux startup an

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-20 Thread golinux
On 2021-07-20 15:52, Joel Roth via Dng wrote: On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:08:48PM +0200, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: Just in case sombody missed it: https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasty-linux-systemd-security-bug-revealed/ "Systemd, the Linux system and service manager that has largely replaced

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-20 Thread Steve Litt
Dr. Nikolaus Klepp said on Tue, 20 Jul 2021 22:08:48 +0200 >Just in case sombody missed it: > >https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasty-linux-systemd-security-bug-revealed/ The exploit happens by mounting something to a very long path, crashing systemd. I'd like to remind everyone that the s6 init sy

Re: [DNG] New service manager being developed

2021-07-20 Thread Steve Litt
Martin Steigerwald said on Tue, 20 Jul 2021 22:33:29 +0200 >Hi! > >Look at > >https://skarnet.com/projects/service-manager.html > >Sounds quite interesting, if you ask me. Me too. Let me tell you why... s6 is a process supervisor as good, or possibly more good, than runit's process supervisor. s

Re: [DNG] Nasty Linux systemd security bug revealed

2021-07-20 Thread Steve Litt
goli...@devuan.org said on Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:20:33 -0500 >On 2021-07-20 15:52, Joel Roth via Dng wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:08:48PM +0200, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: [snip] >>> In a phrase, "that's bad, that's really bad." >> >> It seems that this is the tip of what will be be a