[lfs-dev] Patch naming

2012-01-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Just a reminder that we did at one time adopt a patch naming convention: pkgname dash version dash short underscore descriptive underscore name dash patchrev3.patch That is, the name should be: thunderbird-9.0.1-libpng_1.5-1.patch not thunderbird-9.0.1-libpng-1.5-1.patch This is not a big de

[lfs-dev] libnl and iproute2

2012-01-09 Thread Ken Moffat
For those who saw me moaning on lfs-book about libnl-2.0 (for me, NetworkManager doesn't build against it), a summary of what is going to happen: in LFS - nothing! Matt spotted that iproute2 only uses the headers, it doesn't link against the lib. For that, 2.0 is fine. With only 2.0 installe

Re: [lfs-dev] libnl

2012-01-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 05:49:20PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> No, I don't edit /etc files daily, but I certainly do when I'm setting >> it up. Occasionally, I want to change things in /etc/dircolors, >> /etc/profile.d/, /etc/vimrc, etc :) >> >> Actually libnl-3 has several

Re: [lfs-dev] libnl

2012-01-09 Thread Uwe Düffert
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012, Ken Moffat wrote: OK. What sort of things do you change in /etc ? For me, mostly building desktops (with shared /home), the idea of having to tweak files in /etc to get it working properly is uncommon. For me, mostly maintaining kind of servers, pretty sure the majority of

Re: [lfs-dev] libnl

2012-01-09 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 05:49:20PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > No, I don't edit /etc files daily, but I certainly do when I'm setting > it up. Occasionally, I want to change things in /etc/dircolors, > /etc/profile.d/, /etc/vimrc, etc :) > > Actually libnl-3 has several executables to manage

Re: [lfs-dev] libnl

2012-01-09 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:41:47AM +0100, Uwe Düffert wrote: > > Well, I'm not sure whether this was the original intention, but to > me this kind of distinction does make sense. Maybe not from the > perspective of a user of a *LFS system, but for a user of *LFS, i.e. > a system builder/maintainer

Re: [blfs-dev] Security LFS7.0

2012-01-09 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 05:39:03PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Ken you do know that if both libpackage.so and libpackage.a exist and > the link line has -lpackage, the loader always selects the .so version, > right? The developer has to go out of the way to do static links in > that case. >

Re: [lfs-dev] libnl

2012-01-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 10:01:21PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> 4. I don't really like /etc for the /etc/libnl/{pktloc,classid} files. >> that's not the kind of thing a user would change, especially with an >> editor. I'd suggest /var/lib. >> > I'm perhaps too late to the

Re: [lfs-dev] libnl

2012-01-09 Thread Uwe Düffert
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Ken Moffat wrote: On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 10:01:21PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: 4. I don't really like /etc for the /etc/libnl/{pktloc,classid} files. that's not the kind of thing a user would change, especially with an editor. I'd suggest /var/lib. Why do you think user

Re: [lfs-dev] libnl

2012-01-09 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 10:01:21PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > 4. I don't really like /etc for the /etc/libnl/{pktloc,classid} files. > that's not the kind of thing a user would change, especially with an > editor. I'd suggest /var/lib. > I'm perhaps too late to the party here, but (in t

Re: [blfs-dev] Security LFS7.0

2012-01-09 Thread Fernando de Oliveira
--- Em seg, 9/1/12, Bruce Dubbs escreveu: > De: Bruce Dubbs > Assunto: Re: [blfs-dev] Security LFS7.0 > Para: "BLFS Development List" > Data: Segunda-feira, 9 de Janeiro de 2012, 19:06 > Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > > $ uname -a > > Linux VMWLFS70 3.2.0 #1 SMP Sun Jan 8 22:25:33 BRT > 2012 i686

Re: [blfs-dev] anomaly in firefox section

2012-01-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Andrew Benton wrote: > On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:31:31 -0500 > Walter Webb wrote: > >> The blfs book for 2012-01-03 (I also checked 2012-01-07) has a patch >> for firefox-9.0.1. The compile failed with the patch, and succeeded >> without the patch. In the patch itself it says: >> Description:

Re: [blfs-dev] Security LFS7.0

2012-01-09 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 11:35:56AM -0800, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > > I would like to know if the choice "--enable-shared --disable-static" is > safe, and what are the consequences of "--disable-nis". > Noting your $subject, you do realise that in blfs you are responsible for your own secur

Re: [lfs-dev] libnl

2012-01-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Matt Burgess wrote: > On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 22:01 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> 4. I don't really like /etc for the /etc/libnl/{pktloc,classid} files. >> that's not the kind of thing a user would change, especially with an >> editor. I'd suggest /var/lib. > > Agreed. Does it warrant a comma

Re: [blfs-dev] anomaly in firefox section

2012-01-09 Thread Andrew Benton
On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:31:31 -0500 Walter Webb wrote: > The blfs book for 2012-01-03 (I also checked 2012-01-07) has a patch > for firefox-9.0.1. The compile failed with the patch, and succeeded > without the patch. In the patch itself it says: > Description: Fixes compiling firefox-9.0 wit

Re: [lfs-dev] libnl

2012-01-09 Thread Matt Burgess
On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 22:01 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I took a look at libnl2 and libnl3. Here's a couple of issues: > > 1. The book lists directories: > /usr/include/netlink, > /usr/include/netlink/genl, > /usr/include/netlink/netfilter, > /usr/include/netlink/route > > but I