[lfs-dev] Mailing list moves

2014-04-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
s at some point as well. I don't have an ETA on all this. Please anticipate this taking the better part of the day. Thanks guys, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] [blfs-dev] Mailinglist Migration

2014-04-25 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2014-04-25 14:16, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > On 2014-04-25 14:14, Gerard Beekmans wrote: >> This weekend I'm going to spend some time migrating the LFS mailinglists >> > I forgot to mention: the archives will be re-instated. New server > hosting allows 16 TB/month tran

Re: [lfs-dev] Mailinglist Migration

2014-04-25 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2014-04-25 14:14, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > This weekend I'm going to spend some time migrating the LFS mailinglists > I forgot to mention: the archives will be re-instated. New server hosting allows 16 TB/month transfer (old host only 100 GB/month which is why we took the archi

[lfs-dev] Mailinglist Migration

2014-04-25 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ers fail. In the event Mailman won't (easily) let me do this, consider this a head's up. Perhaps it's not a bad idea to modify filters to include a wildcard so it'll match both versions. Thanks, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www

[lfs-dev] Apologies - the unsubscribe notification is false

2014-04-25 Thread Gerard Beekmans
some tests. By the time I realized my mistake the mail queue was already empty. Thanks, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] [blfs-dev] Pending LFS Server Outage

2014-04-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2014-04-24 07:15, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > On 2014-04-23 15:53, Gerard Beekmans wrote: >> Hosting company (Linode) has changed price plans and how offers >> additional resources for same monthly cost. >> >> This upgrade for us includes: >> >> * RAM

Re: [lfs-dev] [blfs-dev] Pending LFS Server Outage

2014-04-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2014-04-23 15:53, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Hosting company (Linode) has changed price plans and how offers > additional resources for same monthly cost. > > This upgrade for us includes: > > * RAM from 8 GB to 16 GB > * Shared outgoing bandwidth from 250 Mbps to 2 Gbps >

[lfs-dev] Pending LFS Server Outage

2014-04-23 Thread Gerard Beekmans
rs so have to schedule around this. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Shutdown for Maintenance

2013-11-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-11-29 22:31, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > On 2013-11-27 21:54, Gerard Beekmans wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm preparing to shut the (new) LFS server down for maintenance Friday >> evening to take advantage of a free upgrade to double our disk space to >> 384 GB

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Shutdown for Maintenance

2013-11-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-11-27 21:54, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Hi, > > I'm preparing to shut the (new) LFS server down for maintenance Friday > evening to take advantage of a free upgrade to double our disk space to > 384 GB. > > The upgrade requires a storage migration and

[lfs-dev] LFS Server Shutdown for Maintenance

2013-11-27 Thread Gerard Beekmans
close to midnight CST (give or take 1-2 hours) so the impact should be relatively minor. Thanks, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Outage Saturday 10:00 PM - 02:00 AM MST

2013-11-03 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-11-02 22:47, Gerard Beekmans wrote: On 2013-11-02 22:29, Gerard Beekmans wrote: I decided on an early shutdown. It's currently half an hour before actual planned shutdown. Going to reboot Quantum to see if it'll come back online as it should. If it does, then I won't b

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Outage Saturday 10:00 PM - 02:00 AM MST

2013-11-02 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-11-02 22:29, Gerard Beekmans wrote: I decided on an early shutdown. It's currently half an hour before actual planned shutdown. Going to reboot Quantum to see if it'll come back online as it should. If it does, then I won't be up at 3:00 AM local time to wait for it to c

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Outage Saturday 10:00 PM - 02:00 AM MST

2013-11-02 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-11-02 20:57, Gerard Beekmans wrote: started on it. Quantum has not been rebooted in a long time so we're not entirely sure how it'll behave on the first attempt. I decided on an early shutdown. It's currently half an hour before actual planned shutdown. Going to reboot

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Outage Saturday 10:00 PM - 02:00 AM MST

2013-11-02 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-11-01 14:27, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Hi guys, > > Quantum (old'ish server, the one running email) will be shutdown > tomorrow just prior to 10:00 PM MST. > > The datacentre it's hosted in is shutting down power for electrical > maintenance (new UPS among

[lfs-dev] LFS Server Outage Saturday 10:00 PM - 02:00 AM MST

2013-11-01 Thread Gerard Beekmans
y timezone. I may or may not be awake still at that time to check on services so it may defer until morning time. Thanks, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Upgrade

2013-06-04 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-06-05 00:03, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > On 2013-06-04 21:15, Gerard Beekmans wrote: >> Still planned to start around 9:00 PM PDT (approx two hours after >> sending this email). Gerard > Migration is well underway. If the transfer speed doesn't drop from its > curren

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Upgrade

2013-06-04 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-06-04 21:15, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Still planned to start around 9:00 PM PDT (approx two hours after > sending this email). Gerard Migration is well underway. If the transfer speed doesn't drop from its current 93 MB/sec this should be done in about an hour. Fingers cross

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Upgrade

2013-06-04 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-06-04 11:40, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > I'll send more info tonight when getting closer to pulling the trigger > on the upgrade. Still planned to start around 9:00 PM PDT (approx two hours after sending this email). Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Server Upgrade

2013-06-04 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-05-22 12:30, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Stay tuned for more details coming soon. > I had to leave town on business and did not have enough time while away to take care of this so it's come down to the wire. The maintenance window is happening tomorrow starting at 8:00 PM PD

[lfs-dev] Fwd: Re: [blfs-dev] LFS Server Upgrade

2013-05-22 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Original Message Subject:Re: [blfs-dev] LFS Server Upgrade Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 15:47:49 -0500 From: Gerard Beekmans Reply-To: BLFS Development List To: BLFS Development List CC: Bruce Dubbs On 2013-05-22 12:48, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Stay

[lfs-dev] LFS Server Upgrade

2013-05-22 Thread Gerard Beekmans
t for our purposes already. Stay tuned for more details coming soon. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

[lfs-dev] DistroWatch donation to LFS

2013-03-04 Thread Gerard Beekmans
e in a way like this. (Any funds donated to the LFS project are always put toward the monthly server hosting fees) Ciao, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [blfs-dev] Shutting Trac down for move

2013-02-27 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-02-27 10:23, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > I'm making the final DNS change to move Trac to the new server. It will > be offline for about half an hour or so while I wait for DNS to propagate. > > Gerard Move completed and tested. All seems well. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org

Re: [lfs-dev] Shutting Trac down for move

2013-02-27 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-02-27 10:23, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > I'm making the final DNS change to move Trac to the new server. It will > be offline for about half an hour or so while I wait for DNS to propagate. > > Gerard Move completed and tested. All seems well. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org

[lfs-dev] Shutting Trac down for move

2013-02-27 Thread Gerard Beekmans
I'm making the final DNS change to move Trac to the new server. It will be offline for about half an hour or so while I wait for DNS to propagate. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] higgs and the book list

2013-01-23 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-01-23 10:56, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: >> Just checked I can access LFS on svn. r10101 and r10102 to add a >> testfile and then delete it. Seemed fine, but I got two mails like >> this - guess I'd better hold off testing that BLFS still works. >> >> ĸen >> >> Date: Wed, 23 Ja

Re: [lfs-dev] SVN and Trac freeze

2013-01-23 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-01-23 00:03, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Gerard Beekmans wrote: >>> I am continuing the final testing and migration into the morning after >>> taking a break for the night. >>> >>> I've taken the latest backup files so please don't make changes. I

Re: [lfs-dev] SVN and Trac freeze

2013-01-22 Thread Gerard Beekmans
keys so SSH will fail and svn along with it. Please test it out, try a test commit or two to ensure it's working correctly and your account on the new server is also still working. When this is verified to work we'll do a round of tests on Trac and call it a day. Gerard -- http:/

Re: [lfs-dev] SVN and Trac freeze

2013-01-21 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-01-21 15:13, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'd like to call a freeze to SVN and Trac for all LFS related activities > (LFS, BLFS and everything else). I plan to finish its migration to the > new server between late tonight and tomorrow morning depending when &

[lfs-dev] SVN and Trac freeze

2013-01-21 Thread Gerard Beekmans
a start time mid to late evening: between 9:00 PM (21:00) and 11:00 PM (23:00) CST. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] Migrating websites

2013-01-08 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-01-08 09:27, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm going to start the process of moving over the websites now. I have > disabled all cron jobs that render books and update the website in some > way. These will remain disabled until everything is done which may b

[lfs-dev] Migrating websites

2013-01-08 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Hi guys, I'm going to start the process of moving over the websites now. I have disabled all cron jobs that render books and update the website in some way. These will remain disabled until everything is done which may be longer than just today. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/ma

[lfs-dev] Server Migration - websites, home directories, trac, svn and related

2013-01-07 Thread Gerard Beekmans
due to the fact I'll jump on every bit of free time I end up with. I won't have much advance notice myself. Thanks, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

[lfs-dev] Server's User Account Cleanup

2013-01-06 Thread Gerard Beekmans
). Backups are taken before anything is de-activated so if you do inadvertently find your user account is no longer working, our apologies in advance and we'll chalk it up to happy trigger fingers. Please contact me directly and we'll get things fixed up right away. Thanks, Gerard -- ht

Re: [lfs-dev] Temporary wget block

2013-01-04 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2013-01-01 13:21, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Hi guys, > > After reviewing logs I ended up having to block the wget user agent in > Apache for the time being. Pages such as > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/stable/ are causing issues > with wget. > The block ha

[lfs-dev] LFS website redirected

2013-01-03 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Hi guys, www.linuxfromscratch.org has temporarily been redirected to lfsbook.linuxfromscratch.org to help facilitate in the sever migration. lfsbook is hosted on Anduin (by way of Bruce). Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq

Re: [lfs-dev] Temporary wget block

2013-01-01 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> Nope, that page is served out by Apache using its autoindex module. > > Gerard, we could just configure Apache to use > 'SuppressColumnSorting' > (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_autoindex.html#indexoptions) - it > won't stop bots from downloading mass

Re: [lfs-dev] Temporary wget block

2013-01-01 Thread Gerard Beekmans
files and not have to worry about updating HTML files after the fact. All this will be a moot point before this month (January) is out. Later today I will try an experiment to reconfigure Apache to turn off the sorting headers and allow wget again and monitor usage and make a final determination.

Re: [lfs-dev] Temporary wget block

2013-01-01 Thread Gerard Beekmans
files. Nor do they show up as "wget/x.yy" user agents in Apache logs. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

[lfs-dev] Temporary wget block

2013-01-01 Thread Gerard Beekmans
vider offers 1.6 TB/month with a soft cap so a few GB over here and there won't cause problems. We'll have more breathing room. Until then, this will cause some issues with the wget-list file provided for easy patch downloads. Hopefully not too many people will find themselves st

Re: [lfs-dev] Pipermail

2012-12-31 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 2012-12-31 11:29, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > BLFS Trac wrote: > >>Also, someone broke pipermail ... >> > Unfortunately that was done on purpose. Gerard had 500 GB over his > normal download limit last month and got hit with a huge change. Most > of it seemed to be d

[lfs-dev] Happy 13th

2012-12-18 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ber those early days? "Up hill. Both ways" comes to mind from that early era. Tons of fun, though! Well, here's to another 13 years of LFS. Ciao, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] Andy Benton

2012-08-01 Thread Gerard Beekmans
enough. When Eddie shared a little of Andy's life it really drove the point home. I had no idea he was educated in Astrophysics which is something I'm working towards myself as well. I would have loved the chance to sit down with him and talk about our shared passion over a cup of co

Re: [lfs-dev] Server outage tonight and tomorrow night

2012-03-01 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 29/02/2012 12:45, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > Hi guys, > > I completely forgot to send along this notification sooner. My apologies. > > The LFS server will be powered off tonight around 11:00 PM CST until > 4:00 AM CST and again tomorrow during the same window. The data centre

[lfs-dev] Server outage tonight and tomorrow night

2012-02-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
grids including work on the UPS. The guys on-site will restore power once the work is completed and I'll verify connectivity in the morning. -- Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] fedora

2012-02-02 Thread Gerard Beekmans
hichever shell) processes to run and less disk IO. Readability is out of the window of course if you're looking for something. I find scripts cleaner, personally. -- Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] Latest Changes

2012-02-02 Thread Gerard Beekmans
by the VM helps. Using solid state drives has also dramatically improved performance for me; it negated the performance hit. -- Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] No IRC on the new server

2012-01-31 Thread Gerard Beekmans
was pre-loaded with a CentOS version that needs to be modified and replaced with LFS. It may even be two months. It's a bit too early to tell. -- Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] No IRC on the new server

2012-01-31 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 31/01/2012 09:51, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 31/01/12 14:37, Gerard Beekmans wrote: >> If the LFS IRC channels are to continue a new home will need to be found >> for them. I'd like the current channel admins to give this some thought. >> Let me know if you have any

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS-8.0

2012-01-31 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ll of text" on a mailinglist would be overwhelming but you're always free to ask questions for people to elaborate. As for myself, I never mind typing long emails if people don't mind reading them. -- Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: htt

[lfs-dev] No IRC on the new server

2012-01-31 Thread Gerard Beekmans
some thought. Let me know if you have any suggestions you would like to see implemented. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS-8.0

2012-01-30 Thread Gerard Beekmans
nths. There are days I like pulling the rub out from under me just so learn something new. Other days I'd like things to stay the same so I can take a breather once in a while and not be out of date within a few months. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS-8.0

2012-01-30 Thread Gerard Beekmans
on" was welcome, but often only in the very end. While we were going through the changes we grumbled a lot. Now I feel silly that I ever did. I would have pushed harder and advocated for more changes in the distant past if I knew then what I know today. I hope to learn from those revelations and not always push back against new ideas in present day. Just some food for thought. -- Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

[lfs-dev] Server migration

2012-01-30 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ocess and communicate the plans of attack. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] Adding LVM/RAID/initfamfs

2012-01-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
d' command in GRUB2, only 'linux', 'linux16', > 'search', 'initrd', and 'initrd16' with respect to this discussion. That was a typo on my part. I even opened up my grub.cfg file to make sure and still managed by combine the "linux"

Re: [lfs-dev] Adding LVM/RAID/initfamfs

2012-01-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
and some useful utilities if decided upon. We can leave it to hints & user's own imagination to add RAID, LVM, iSCSI and other such capabilities. If we give a starting point, the community will run with it and find interesting new ways of doing things. Innovation is good. :) Gerard --

Re: [lfs-dev] Adding LVM/RAID/initfamfs

2012-01-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
off the top of my head if it supports labels. I've always used the UUIDs because every partition is guaranteed to have one even if they read a bit awkward. It's also not likely to change as the years go by as opposed to labels. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] Adding LVM/RAID/initfamfs

2012-01-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
node names if they don't end up being statically assigned. You can use a partition's Label or UUID and reference them in /etc/fstab. Running "blkid" will obtain the values you'll need. This makes the partitions persistent in terms of mount point even if the underlyi

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Direction

2012-01-15 Thread Gerard Beekmans
to repartition (presumably you're referring to the LFS partition created in Chapter 2) in Chapter 5? > Have you looked at section iv recently? The Appendices, sure. What are you getting at? Put LVM/RAID/etc information in an appendix with a forward-reference in Chapter 2 for those use

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Direction

2012-01-15 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ategory. Some are more clear-cut than others (autotools vs util-linux components). Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Direction

2012-01-15 Thread Gerard Beekmans
8.4 (Grub Config) would be > appropriate. > My "gut" feeling says that a combination of LFS changes along with forward references to BLFS for other/more detailed/exotic options would be the best of both worlds. You can't put everything in LFS. I think everybody will

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Direction

2012-01-14 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 14/01/2012 07:14, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:22:45 -0800 > Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > >> But yes, if you want to do a modules-only build you do need to rebuild the >> initramfs when you change kernels. Or at least the /lib/modules bit of it. >> My point was just that, since

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Direction

2012-01-13 Thread Gerard Beekmans
;I wish I had seen this hint sooner or read a section in BLFS sooner; now I have to redo all/most of the LFS system from scratch, again". There is great value in rebuilding an LFS system many times if you want to. Being "forced" to do so is nothing but tedious and not alway

[lfs-dev] Happy New Year

2012-01-01 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Good afternoon guys, I'd like to wish you all a Happy New Year. Hopefully you all are well on your way to recover from last night's partying. Ciao, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above i

Re: LFS' future server plans

2011-09-11 Thread Gerard Beekmans
dy exist and could be leveraged. I'm not sure this is something we can just slap together for the new LFS server during its initial launch due to the time involved. But I do like it. -- Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/

Re: LFS' future server plans

2011-09-11 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ix what isn't broken?" Very valid. "Change and experimentation are good". Also valid. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LFS' future server plans

2011-09-11 Thread Gerard Beekmans
s down again. -- Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LFS' future server plans

2011-09-11 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 11/09/2011 18:09, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 01:40:27PM -0500, Gerard Beekmans wrote: >> This period of time where we discuss migrations would be a good time for >> us to discuss any wholesome changes we might like to implement. We can >> start off with a n

Re: LFS' future server plans

2011-09-11 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 11/09/2011 14:20, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Gerard Beekmans wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> The LFS server recently passed its five year mark. While there are still >> no indications yet of hardware problems or degraded performance due to >> aging components yet, I&#

LFS' future server plans

2011-09-11 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ing the current setup and methods without any thought to it. As always I'm open to any and all suggestions regarding both the server itself and the aforementioned potential changes that could be implemented. -- Gerard Beekmans -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-15 Thread Gerard Beekmans
t the following to really drive the point home (and to explain that it's the way it is, not because we decided it): As a cross-compiler by its nature cannot rely on anything from its/the* host system, this method removes any potential contamination... * pick the better of the two words. I'm

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-15 Thread Gerard Beekmans
t going to have a be a show-stopper but something just doesn't feel right about leaving this the way it is. Or close it for now if you prefer. It can always be re-opened again in the future as part of a bigger overhaul. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ

Re: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-15 Thread Gerard Beekmans
now hint toward issues if we don't build a cross-compiler (even if it's only a cross-compiler that compiles for itself as we only change the vendor portion of the TGT, not the fundamental architecture itself). Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ:

RE: Ticket 2412 - Toolchain Technical Notes

2009-11-14 Thread Gerard Beekmans
y explained. Please keep in mind the above comments are written by ignoring any knowledge that somebody might actually have. Put yourself in a reader's shoes who is pretty new to this compiling thing and in particular cross-compiling. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: More frequent snapshots of SVN

2009-05-27 Thread Gerard Beekmans
next day (as the book re-generated during that time) but it being a 24 hour window, the risk is a reduced one at least. I'll leave status quo for the time being and sit on this for a while. Maybe we'll revisit it at a later time. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: Next time somebody arrives at Chapter 5 - GCC Pass 2, please try the following...

2009-05-27 Thread Gerard Beekmans
les in the gcc/config directory and only looks in sub-directories. Right now that'll drop at least one file that I know of (gcc/config/linux.h). This ticket will be closed wontfix. The current way of doing it is the easiest to type and least amount of code. Thanks for that, Trent. Gerard -- h

More frequent snapshots of SVN

2009-05-27 Thread Gerard Beekmans
to see how we might go about this. Any comments are welcome. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Next time somebody arrives at Chapter 5 - GCC Pass 2, please try the following...

2009-05-27 Thread Gerard Beekmans
of running a test. If so, it'd be appreciated if you can try out the suggested change in that ticket. Its milestone is currently 7.0 but I think it makes a fine 6.5 candidate as it's a quick & easy one. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs

Re: LFS-BOOK PDF generation

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ly generated files. While I was at it, I rescheduled the cron job to generate the nightly files at 1:00 AM rather than 4:15 AM it used to be. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LFS-BOOK PDF generation

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> Looking at the dingbats, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat, I don't see > where > italic or bold dingbats make sense. We can just ignore these warnings. > > Alright. I've enabled the PDF section in the nightly LFS render script. I'm running it through cron ahead of schedule in a few m

Re: LFS-BOOK PDF generation

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
The line overflow has been fixed by creating individual index entries rather than one long one in shell-syntax presentation. Makes it easier to read as well as discussed elsewhere in this thread. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http

Re: LFS-BOOK PDF generation

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> Some lines are wrapped, but one or more of the 3 lines that have: > > /usr/include/{asm{,-generic},drm,linux,mtd,rdma,sound,video}/*.h > > are causing the problem. We can probably fix it by breaking that up into > multiple entries in the seglist item and multiple varlistentry items. > That

Re: LFS-BOOK PDF generation

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> Go for it. I've gost several other items working. > > Working on it right now. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LFS-BOOK PDF generation

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ormatting it, I'll let you finish it off otherwise I'll tackle it tonight. Let me know. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LFS-BOOK PDF generation

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> I tried running make pdf on quantum, but got: > > /bin/sh: fop: command not found > I didn't add the JDK and FOP directories to the global $PATH yet. Add the appropriate lines to your .bash_profile or .bashrc: PATH=$PATH:/usr/fop export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk export ANT_HOME=/opt/ant and to .

Re: LFS-6.5 Status

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> Gerard, I took the liberty of making several grammar/wording changes in the > preface. If you are OK with them, I think you can close #2326. > > I've been going over the book for a couple of days now and no 3rd person text > jumped out to me. We may be OK with #2092 also.

Re: LFS-BOOK PDF generation

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
out it too much right now. Maybe there ends up being an easy to way to track down the exact location in an easy way. I'm sure there's a way. I just don't know it yet. :) Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Book's Makefile leaves temporary files behind

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
idxml' so it's not a big deal. Except it's clutter *after* generation unless there's a reason to keep those files around? Besides for debugging purposes that is. For that we could easily introduce a variable to switch on/off that behaviour. Comments? Gerard -- http://linux

LFS-BOOK PDF generation

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~gerard/LFS-BOOK-20090526.pdf Have a look, see if you can spot any obvious issues. If it appears decent the daily snapshots can include PDFs again. The warnings mentioned earlier on this first attempt are as follows. May 26, 2009 8:03:58 PM org.apache.fop.fonts.FontInfo

Re: LFS-6.5 Status

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> #2326 Modifications to Preface gerard > > Some changes have been made. Waiting for final review to close. > > #2092 Switch all text back from third person to second person pronouns > gerard > > Some fixes have been made. We can probably promote this

Re: LFS-6.5 Status

2009-05-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
k there are any issues to accept them as-is. Thanks, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Server outage

2009-03-04 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ke a look at it. I had an on-site tech restart the server instead and things appear to be fine now. If you notice something not working right, just let me know. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above i

Re: A new year with a lot of memories

2009-01-25 Thread Gerard Beekmans
gt; Pleasure gone... :( lol yeah I do think it might be time for a new logo one of these days. It's getting a little dated, eh? Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

LFS Toolchain

2009-01-18 Thread Gerard Beekmans
we still need to choose something. We can back pedal later if we have to. At least we'll learn tons from the exercises either way, right? Thanks, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

A new year with a lot of memories

2009-01-18 Thread Gerard Beekmans
h margin of error we have just launched into our 11th year. I think that's pretty note-worthy in and of itself. Anyways, just wanted to share that. That realization came with a lot of memories. Good job guys and there's to 10 more years! :) Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mail

Re: Mailing lists archives

2008-12-06 Thread Gerard Beekmans
s updated to not show download links anymore for the archives. I will re-evaluate this again soon to see if it can be turned back on, compressed, or something else. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the a

Re: Mailing lists archives

2008-12-06 Thread Gerard Beekmans
> Or compress them. Maybe make them only available to subscribed > members. I wanted to grab the last two months of the blfs-support > mailing list archive. > Maybe someone can email me the files. Compressing is an option but would also require some Mailman modifications, or a helper script

Re: Mailing lists archives

2008-12-06 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ill. Granted, I admit I didn't look very hard either so I'll give it another shot and perhaps RTFM while I'm at it...such an add concept. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Mailing lists archives

2008-12-06 Thread Gerard Beekmans
ds about 5 GB of data so you can imagine it doesn't take many people trying to conveniently download everything available to cause problems. Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

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