Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: baselayout-1.11.12-r2 request for testers

2005-05-31 Thread Konstantin Kletschke
Am 2005-05-31 18:57 -0400 schrieb Mike Frysinger: > small patch so that if RC_VOLUME_ORDER is unset, it'll default to "raid evms > lvm dm" ... i'll drop it with 1.11.13 or 1.11.14 Yes and may be add a boot warning meanwhile that the RC_VOLUME_ORDER is completely unset. I for example would have s

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: baselayout-1.11.12-r2 request for testers

2005-05-31 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 06:49 pm, Konstantin Kletschke wrote: > Am 2005-05-31 09:18 -0400 schrieb Mike Frysinger: > > did you properly `etc-update` then ? > > Ooops! someone (i think johnm) mentioned this to me before ... i'm going to add a small patch so that if RC_VOLUME_ORDER is unset, it'll de

Re: [gentoo-dev] moving bzip2 from local to global USE flag

2005-05-31 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 01:38 pm, Aron Griffis wrote: > Vapier wrote: [Tue May 31 2005, 10:16:06AM EDT] > > > personally i think 'bzip2' is a bit more logical ... what do others > > think we should use ? just stick with bzlib since it's what we've > > had it for a while now ? > > I'd prefer bzip2

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: nss-mysql

2005-05-31 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 07:11:16PM -0700, Anthony Gorecki wrote: > In that case, your last paragraph was wrong: > > If there are no complaints, I'll hard-mask libnss-mysql on Friday, and > > remove it at the end of next week. Whoops. My bad. > Technically, libnss-mysql is also obsolete: it's been

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: nss-mysql

2005-05-31 Thread Anthony Gorecki
On Tue, 31 May 2005 18:46:52 -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > The old package is nss-mysql. > libnss-mysql is what any users of nss-mysql should move to. In that case, your last paragraph was wrong: > If there are no complaints, I'll hard-mask libnss-mysql on Friday, and > remove it at the end of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: nss-mysql

2005-05-31 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 06:18:15PM -0700, Anthony Gorecki wrote: > On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:14:46 -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > > An alternative implementation exists (and works as well as being > > actively maintained) as sys-libs/libnss-mysql. > I think that what Robin was trying to state was th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: libnss-mysql

2005-05-31 Thread Anthony Gorecki
On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:14:46 -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > An alternative implementation exists (and works as well as being > actively maintained) as sys-libs/libnss-mysql. I think that what Robin was trying to state was that an alternative to libnss-mysql is available, not that the alternativ

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: nss-mysql

2005-05-31 Thread Robin H. Johnson
This package is no longer maintained upstream, and has several problems. An alternative implementation exists (and works as well as being actively maintained) as sys-libs/libnss-mysql. If there are no complaints, I'll hard-mask libnss-mysql on Friday, and remove it at the end of next week. -- R

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: baselayout-1.11.12-r2 request for testers

2005-05-31 Thread Konstantin Kletschke
Am 2005-05-31 09:18 -0400 schrieb Mike Frysinger: > did you properly `etc-update` then ? Ooops! > your /etc/conf.d/rc must have RC_VOLUME_ORDER set to at least 'lvm' ARGH!! I apologize! I always watch the diff output while etc-updating exactly, even on baselayout or something else importand stu

Re: [gentoo-dev] GNAP 1.7 Release (Gentoo Network APpliance)

2005-05-31 Thread Thierry Carrez
Chris Gianelloni wrote: >>R/W overlay >>It is now possible to specify the name of a partition from which to >>overlay files at boot-time, allowing to write configuration changes back >>to a floppy or a specific CF partition for example. > > Just curious, but what did you do to do this? I'm going

Re: [gentoo-dev] moving bzip2 from local to global USE flag

2005-05-31 Thread Maurice van der Pot
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 10:16:06AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > ah, was not aware of said flag ... yes they should be unified ... Agreed. > personally i think 'bzip2' is a bit more logical ... what do others think we > should use ? just stick with bzlib since it's what we've had it for a whil

Re: [gentoo-dev] moving bzip2 from local to global USE flag

2005-05-31 Thread Aron Griffis
Vapier wrote: [Tue May 31 2005, 10:16:06AM EDT] > personally i think 'bzip2' is a bit more logical ... what do others > think we should use ? just stick with bzlib since it's what we've > had it for a while now ? I'd prefer bzip2 -- Aron Griffis Gentoo Linux Developer pgpr0BSR3puGD.pgp Desc

Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage, Jobs, and Niceness

2005-05-31 Thread Aron Griffis
Chris, This is useful information but not appropriate for gentoo-dev. Some people have suggested -user, which might be a good place. Other places I can think of are the forums or a blog. Regards, Aron -- Aron Griffis Gentoo Linux Developer pgp2B3hiYwm1x.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] GNAP 1.7 Release (Gentoo Network APpliance)

2005-05-31 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 17:04 +0200, Thierry Carrez wrote: > This version includes two major new features. > > R/W overlay > It is now possible to specify the name of a partition from which to > overlay files at boot-time, allowing to write configuration changes back > to a floppy or a specific CF p

Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage, Jobs, and Niceness

2005-05-31 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 31 May 2005 11:29:24 -0400 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Shouldn't this go to gentoo-user? | > | Maybe Ciaranm's guide; I doubt all devs are shell wizards ;) I don't think really basic 'Unix 101' job control stuff belongs in The Doc. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (V

Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage, Jobs, and Niceness

2005-05-31 Thread Alec Warner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Georgi Georgiev wrote: > maillog: 31/05/2005-17:48:21(+0900): Chris White types > >>Hi all, > > ... > > Shouldn't this go to gentoo-user? > Maybe Ciaranm's guide; I doubt all devs are shell wizards ;) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1

[gentoo-dev] GNAP 1.7 Release (Gentoo Network APpliance)

2005-05-31 Thread Thierry Carrez
GNAP 1.7 is out ! GNAP is a Gentoo-based Network Appliance building system. It allows to build LiveCDs or bootable disks with a customized network appliance configuration in seconds. This is especially useful to quickly install Gentoo on small-CPU hosts to use them as routers, firewalls, VPN boxen

Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout-1.11.12-r2 request for testers

2005-05-31 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 11:03 -0500, Daniel Goller wrote: > |>you mean so i will not have to use 'gentoo nolvm2' on the next livecd on > |>my system? > | > | > | That had nothing to do with the init scripts, so these changes would no > | affect that in any way. All of the no* commands affect things

Re: [gentoo-dev] moving bzip2 from local to global USE flag

2005-05-31 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 09:41 am, Daniel Westermann-Clark wrote: > On 2005-05-31 00:56:31 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > anyone have probs with moving bzip2 to global ? we currently > > utilize it in gnupg, xqf, mkvtoolnix, tar, and we could use it in > > portage in the future > > Some ebuilds us

Re: [gentoo-dev] moving bzip2 from local to global USE flag

2005-05-31 Thread Daniel Westermann-Clark
On 2005-05-31 00:56:31 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > anyone have probs with moving bzip2 to global ? we currently > utilize it in gnupg, xqf, mkvtoolnix, tar, and we could use it in > portage in the future Some ebuilds use the global bzlib USE flag, is another necessary? Maybe it should be renam

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: baselayout-1.11.12-r2 request for testers

2005-05-31 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 08:45 am, Konstantin Kletschke wrote: > Am 2005-05-31 08:20 -0400 schrieb Mike Frysinger: > > > baselayout at bugs.gentoo.org #94120. > > > > are you using lvm2 as your root filesystem ? > > No I only have /home, /usr and subdirs under /usr as lvm2 volumes, not > root. Sorry,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: baselayout-1.11.12-r2 request for testers

2005-05-31 Thread Konstantin Kletschke
Am 2005-05-31 08:20 -0400 schrieb Mike Frysinger: > > baselayout at bugs.gentoo.org #94120. > > are you using lvm2 as your root filesystem ? No I only have /home, /usr and subdirs under /usr as lvm2 volumes, not root. Sorry, yes, I forgot to mention... Konsti -- GPG KeyID EF62FCEF Fingerprint

Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage, Jobs, and Niceness

2005-05-31 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 05:05 am, Georgi Georgiev wrote: > maillog: 31/05/2005-17:48:21(+0900): Chris White types > > > Hi all, > > ... > > Shouldn't this go to gentoo-user? sounds like it ... -mike -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: baselayout-1.11.12-r2 request for testers

2005-05-31 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 02:53 am, Konstantin Kletschke wrote: > This particular error occured on my machine with > baselayout-1.11.12-r2 and therefore I file a bugreport against > baselayout at bugs.gentoo.org #94120. are you using lvm2 as your root filesystem ? -mike -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mail

Re: [gentoo-dev] giac-xcas computer algebra system

2005-05-31 Thread corrosifdev
Dice R. Random wrote: > You've probably noticed it already, but I just wanted to point this > out in case you hadn't. If I'm understanding that screenshot > correctly I think you have a bug in your rendering engine. It looks > to me like you're integrating (1/3*x^2 + x) with respect to x, but th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage, Jobs, and Niceness

2005-05-31 Thread Georgi Georgiev
maillog: 31/05/2005-17:48:21(+0900): Chris White types > Hi all, ... Shouldn't this go to gentoo-user? -- \Georgi Georgiev \ Ferguson's Precept: A crisis is when you \ / [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ can't say "let's forget the whole thing."/ \ +81(90)2877-8845 \

[gentoo-dev] Portage, Jobs, and Niceness

2005-05-31 Thread Chris White
Hi all, -- Niceness -- While waiting for kde to compile (read as hours), I decided to take a chance and talk about niceness and jobs this time. Ok so, we'll start with niceness first: if portage.settings.has_key("PORTAGE_NICENESS"): try: os.nice(int(portage.settings[

[gentoo-dev] giac-xcas computer algebra system

2005-05-31 Thread corrosifdev
I have submitted many ebuilds recently for a project I help maintaining: giac/xcas. Giac is a computer algebra system, with console and library capabilities. Xcas is its FLTK graphical interface (based also on FLVW for a few widgets). I'd just like to see it appear in portage, as I think it can int