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http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml |
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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of March 17th, 2003. |
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1. Gentoo News |
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Summary |
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* Update from the Game Developers Conference |
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* GWN looking for contributors |
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* rsync.gentoo.org shows signs of strain as Gentoo Linux continues to |
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grow |
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* Gentoo Linux launches a "hardened Gentoo" effort |
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* New items at the Gentoo Store |
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Update from the Game Developers Conference |
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As reported earlier[1], Gentoo Linux was present at the recent Game |
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Developers Conference as an official member of the NVIDIA booth. Dean |
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Bailey was Gentoo's official representative and was joined by Emmett |
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Plant, CEO of Xiph.org[2]. Between Dean, Emmet and the compelling |
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combination of Unreal Tournament 2003 and Gentoo, the conference was a |
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success and introduced many game developers to the wonders of Gentoo Linux. |
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1. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030303-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1_sect2 |
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2. http://www.xiph.org/ |
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GWN looking for contributors |
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It's hard to believe that the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is now almost four |
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months old. The ride so far has been a mixture of fun, frustration and |
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plenty of excitement. Each week, we get several emails commenting on how |
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much people enjoy the GWN which is a great help in keeping the GWN team |
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motivated. In an effort to maintain the quality and comprehensiveness that |
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our readers have come to expect from the GWN, we need your help in filling |
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the following positions on our team: |
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* Mailing List Coordinator -- Follow the threads on gentoo-user, |
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gentoo-dev and some of the other more popular mailing lists. Work with the |
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other mailing list coordinators to write up a summary of the top 3-4 |
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threads of each list |
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* Forums Coordinator -- Follow the forums on the Gentoo Forums[2]. Work |
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with the other mailing list coordinators to write up a summary of the top |
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3-4 threads on the forums for that week |
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* Feature writer -- Have an idea for an article you want to write for the |
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GWN? Let us know! |
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If you're interested in one of the positions above, please send us an |
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email at gwn-feedback@g.o. Remember that it's folks like you that |
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make the GWN possible. |
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rsync.gentoo.org shows signs of strain as Gentoo Linux continues to grow |
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As most Gentoo Linux users know, rsync.gentoo.org is a very important |
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domain name. What many people don't know, however, is exactly how |
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rsync.gentoo.org works. Currently, rsync.gentoo.org resolves to one of 20 |
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different IP addresses through a process known as DNS round robin |
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resolution. This essentially is a way of randomly distributing the load of |
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rsync.gentoo.org across multiple servers globally. As Gentoo Linux |
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continues to grow, we've continued to add rsync mirrors to our rotation as |
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generous Gentoo users donate their servers and bandwidth to host a mirror |
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of our Portage tree. |
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This past week, Gentoo Linux hit an unusual problem as the number of rsync |
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mirrors in the rsync.gentoo.org rotation increased to the point where the |
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total query response packet size became too large for UDP to handle, |
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causing DNS to fall back on TCP to transmit the larger packet size. |
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Despite the fact that this is perfectly valid behavior according to RFC |
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1035[3], many firewalls are still configured to block TCP traffic on port |
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53. This caused some problems[4] among the Gentoo user community as some |
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folks found themselves unable to resolve rsync.gentoo.org, which also |
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meant they were unable to successfully run emerge sync. |
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3. http://www.faqs.org/ftp/rfc/rfc1035.txt |
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4. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=40230 |
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As a short-term solution, the number of rsync mirrors in the |
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rsync.gentoo.org rotation was reduced to allow responses to be sent over |
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UDP. As Gentoo Linux continues to grow, however, this will not be a |
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permanent solution. Instead, we're working on two longer-term solutions: |
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* Migrating to the use of continent and country codes for rsync mirror |
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rotations. Please see this week's Tips & Tricks section for examples on |
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how to set up your box to use this new system. |
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* Changing our core DNS infrastructure to allow the continued expansion |
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of the rsync.gentoo.org rotation without causing the response packet to |
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become too large. Look for more information about this in a future version |
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of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter. |
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Gentoo Linux launches a "hardened Gentoo" effort |
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An official effort to build a hardened version of Gentoo Linux was |
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launched this week. Built using many of the userland tools, as well as the |
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access controls currently available in Security-Enhanced Linux[5], this |
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effort should be of interest to anyone running a Gentoo server in an |
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environment that demands a higher level of security. |
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5. http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/ |
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Anyone interested in participating in this effort should sign up[6] on the |
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gentoo-hardened mailing list. |
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6. gentoo-hardened-subscribe@g.o |
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New items at the Gentoo Store |
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Based on requests from Gentoo Linux users, the number of items available |
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at the Gentoo Linux Merchandise Online Store[7] has increased |
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significantly. From posters to golf shirts to bumper stickers, now you can |
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show off Gentoo Linux just about anywhere. Prices have also been reduced |
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on many items as well. Remember that each item purchased from the official |
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online store directly supports the continued development of Gentoo Linux. |
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7. http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/store.aspx?s=gentoolinux |
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2. Gentoo Security |
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Summary |
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* GLSA: ethereal |
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* GLSA: netscape-flash |
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* GLSA: file |
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* New Security Bug Reports |
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GLSA: ethereal |
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The ethereal network monitor application contains a string overflow |
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vulnerability in its SOCKS dissector and a heap overflow in its NTLMSSP |
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code. These vulnerabilities could be used to crash or run arbitrary code |
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under the privileges of the ethereal service by passing a carefully |
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crafted network packet. |
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* Severity: High - Remote DOS, code execution. |
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* Packages Affected: net-analyzer/ethereal versions prior to |
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* Rectification: Synchronize and emerge ethereal, emerge clean. |
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* GLSA Announcement[7] |
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* Advisory[7] |
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GLSA: netscape-flash |
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A patch which cumulatively resolves several buffer overflows and sandbox |
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violations in Macromedia Flash players has been released. These |
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vulnerabilities could theoretically be used to gain remote access to a |
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target computer. No exploits have been demonstrated. |
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* Severity: High - Remote code execution. |
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* Packages Affected: net-www/netscape-flash versions prior to |
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netscape-flash-6.0.79 |
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* Rectification: Synchronize and emerge netscape-flash, emerge clean. |
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* GLSA Announcement[7] |
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* Advisory[7] |
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GLSA: file |
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The file(1) command contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that could be |
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used to execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the target user. |
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* Severity: Moderate - Privilege elevation, mitigated by requirement for |
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target participation. |
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* Packages Affected: sys-apps/file versions prior to file-3.4.1 |
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* Rectification: Synchronize and emerge file, emerge clean. |
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* GLSA Announcement[7] |
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* Advisory[7] |
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New Security Bug Reports |
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The following new security bugs were posted this week: |
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* dev-db/mysql[7] |
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* net-mail/qpopper[7] |
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* sys-apps/man[7] |
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3. Featured Developer of the Week |
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Grant Goodyear |
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Figure 3.1: Grant Goodyear, aka g2boojum |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20030317_g2boojum.jpg |
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Grant Goodyear[8] is an old timer at Gentoo - quite possibly the only |
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current developer who has been with the project longer is Daniel Robbins |
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himself. Grant, who had been using OpenBSD for scientific computing at |
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work found out about Gentoo through Drobbins' articles[9] at IBM's |
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DeveloperWorks. At the time (about three years ago) #gentoo was a channel |
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with only a dozen or so regulars, the 'ebuild' command existed but |
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'emerge', with its dependency checking did not, there were only a couple |
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hundred packages, the gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list was the bug |
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tracker, and the only real source of information on writing ebuilds was |
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'man 5 ebuild'. Like many others who eventually became developers, Grant |
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fixed bugs and wrote packages until the developers (then just Achim |
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Gottinger and Drobbins) got tired of committing his changes and asked him |
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to become a developer. Now he's a Senior Development Manager, a trouble |
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shooter and occasional source of advice to younger developers. Grant wrote |
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the Desktop Configuration Guide[10] back when Gentoo upgrades meant a new |
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install so that he could recreate his setup each time. He also edited the |
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Install Instructions[11] which countless users have now used to set Gentoo |
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up more or less from scratch on their machines. |
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8. g2boojum@g.o |
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9. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/articles.xml |
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10. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml |
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11. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml |
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Grant is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Clemson University in |
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South Carolina who publishes all his results in freely (as in speech) |
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available, open scientific journals. He's a theoretical chemist, so he |
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spends a lot of his time using computers (all running Linux) to model |
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chemical processes occurring in liquids. He teaches Physical Chemistry 2, |
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which comprises chemical kinetics, quantum mechanics, statistical |
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mechanics, and spectroscopy to undergraduates who would prefer that |
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understanding the world didn't involve so much math. Grant is forced to |
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run Red Hat on his 16-processor cluster, but his P4 and dual Athlon |
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workstations, web/dns server, laptop, and home desktop all run Gentoo. He |
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uses Fluxbox as his WM, screen with irssi for IRC, konqueror for reading |
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'ebuild(5)', vim, galeon, evolution, and squirrelmail. He feels obligated |
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to use sendmail because he wrote the ebuild for it, but actually prefers |
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postfix. |
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Grant likes to read science fiction with good character development and |
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happy endings. In his less-than-copious spare time he calls Contra |
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dances[12]. He just got married a few weeks ago, and has accumulated many |
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frequent flier miles visiting his wife Sarah in Houston, Texas from his |
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home in Greenville, South Carolina. |
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12. http://www.grantgoodyear.org/contra.html |
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4. Heard In The Community |
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Web Forums |
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Small Inconveniences |
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Success can be a burden, everybody knows that. The Forums, being |
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particularly successful, have had their shares of load problems, and |
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solutions will have to be found rather quickly by switching to a more |
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powerful hardware platform. While efforts are under way, site admin |
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rac[13] has put the brake on a few features that were responsible for |
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bringing down the Forum's performance, notably the number of thread views |
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that is no longer being updated, the list of people being simultaneously |
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online not sorted alphabetically anymore, and a limitation to ego-searches |
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that now includes only the last two weeks of an individual's post count: |
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13. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1742 |
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* Small inconveniences[13] |
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* Where are all my posts?[13] |
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Kernel Sources - Which Do What? |
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Things were quite easy in the early days of Gentoo with just a handful of |
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kernel source packages to choose from, but the variety of different |
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patchsets, special purpose kernels and platforms at the end of a simple |
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"emerge ***-sources" has grown completely out of proportion. Over the last |
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week, a few descriptions have been put together to update the FAQ about |
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kernel sources in Gentoo, creating a rather impressive document. Still a |
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few blanks to be filled in if you care to add to the knowledge base: |
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* KC6: Which sources?[13] |
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* [FAQF] KC6: Which sources?[13] |
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Embarrassing DistroWatch Cheat Attempt |
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A particularly stupid git has managed to jeopardize Gentoo's reputation by |
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rigging the page view count on DistroWatch, Ladislav Bodnar's well-known |
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list of available Linux distributions. In Ladislav's words: "Now come on, |
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folks! It's just a page hit ranking, it simply monitors how many times a |
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distribution page gets viewed, nothing more! It's not meant to be taken |
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seriously, which I've stated many times - to no avail". Some people are |
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just hopeless: |
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* Anyone else see this on DistroWatch? Gentoo Cheater...[13] |
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* DistroWatch[13] |
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Mozilla and Java, continued... |
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The classic tale of Mozilla's distaste for a cup of joe on a Gentoo linux |
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system has returned to the gentoo-user list this week. It seems that the |
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lizard has plenty of pent up fire to warrant the use of caffeine. |
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Fortunately this weeks telling contained many success stories on how |
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Gentoo'ers managed to pair the two up. Examples were given for both Sun |
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and Blackdown's JDK integration into Mozilla's plugins. These should |
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provide any Gentoo'er the opportunity to take a crack at games.yahoo.com |
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in no time. |
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* Mozilla and Java[13] |
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* Mozilla and Java (Again)[13] |
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* Blackdown JDK Solution[13] |
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* Sun JDK Solution[13] |
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Portage-2.0.47-r10 Out for Testing |
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Small changes to the portage system have been coming along this week. |
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Changes include minor corrections and alterations, but also additional |
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features. All of this can be looked up in the changelog[14], of course. |
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However one new option worth special mention is the change to etc-update |
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that allows for automerging of the config files. So from now on when the |
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occasional emerge -u world is complete and all you have left to do is the |
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etc-update, just let the new automerge feature do the work for you! It |
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should be ready for tests so don't hold back on the feedback[15]. |
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14. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-dev&m=104738400107435&w=2 |
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15. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-dev&m=104738400107435&w=2 |
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And a little reminder, if something isn't quite as it should be after the |
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etc-update. Try env-update and source /etc/profile both as root. |
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GLSAs and an Automatic Security Package Tool |
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Ideas are forming about the Portage system somehow growing to include the |
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GLSAs. This week has seen a small discussion[16] about how it could come |
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to life. The Gentoo Linux Security Announcements[17], as you all know, |
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inform us when holes in software packages become a security hazard. And |
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the general consensus is that it would be a very powerful tool if the |
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portage system could not only update packages for us but also apply those |
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very needed security patches. Or maybe even entirely mask them out and |
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only allow for updates to packages with no known security risks. Anyway, I |
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don't think it is too much to say that it would be a most welcome twist to |
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Gentoo! |
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16. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-dev&m=104740560004390&w=2 |
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17. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum.php?f=16 |
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5. Gentoo International |
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New Dutch Forum Moderators Announced |
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Two new moderators, one Belgian, one Dutch, have been assigned to |
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supervise the Netherlands forum[18]. Long-time Forum dweller Garo[19] and |
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developer Foser[20] have gracefully accepted to split the task between |
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them. |
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18. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum.php?f=36 |
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19. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3842 |
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20. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8828 |
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6. Portage Watch |
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The following stable packages were added to portage this week |
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* app-emulation/stella : Stella Atari 2600 VCS Emulator |
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http://stella.sourceforge.net/ |
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* app-games/codebreaker : mastermind style game |
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http://packages.debian.org/codebreaker/ |
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* app-games/lpairs : Kids card/puzzle game |
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http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LPairs |
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* app-games/penguzzle : Tcl/Tk variant of the well-known 15-puzzle game |
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http://www.naskita.com/linux/penguzzle/penguzzle.shtml |
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* app-games/raptor2 : space shoot-em-up game |
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http://raptorv2.sourceforge.net/ |
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* app-games/tuxmath : Educational arcade game where you have to solve |
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math problems http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxmath/ |
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* dev-ml/pxp : PXP is a validating XML parser library for O'Caml |
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http://www.ocaml-programming.de/packages/documentation/pxp/index_dev.html |
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* dev-libs/xmlrpc-c : A lightweigt RPC library based on XML and HTTP |
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http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/ |
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* media-libs/dumb : IT, XM, S3M and MOD player library |
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http://dumb.sourceforge.net/ |
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* media-sound/hydrogen : Linux Drum Machine |
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http://hydrogen.sourceforge.net |
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* media-sound/protux : Professional Audio Tools for |
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GNU/Linuxhttp://www.nognu.org/protux |
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Updates to notable packages |
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* sys-apps/portage - portage-2.0.47-r10.ebuild; |
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* x11-base/xfree - xfree-4.3.0-r1.ebuild; |
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* sys-kernel/* - ac-sources-2.4.21_pre5-r3.ebuild; |
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gaming-sources-2.4.20-r1.ebuild; lolo-sources-2.4.20.2_pre5.ebuild; |
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mm-sources-2.5.64-r4.ebuild; mm-sources-2.5.64-r5.ebuild; |
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mm-sources-2.5.64-r6.ebuild; wolk-sources-4.0_rc2.ebuild; |
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wolk-sources-4.0_rc3.ebuild; |
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* dev-db/mysql - mysql-4.0.11a-r1.ebuild; |
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* app-admin/gentoolkit - gentoolkit-0.1.19-r3.ebuild; |
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New USE variables |
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* lirc - Adds support for lirc (Linux's Infra-Red Remote Control) |
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7. Bugzilla |
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Summary |
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* Statistics |
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* Closed Bug Ranking |
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* New Bug Rankings |
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Statistics |
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The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[21]) to record and |
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track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the |
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development team. In the last 7 days, activity on the site has resulted in: |
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21. http://bugs.gentoo.org |
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* 284 new bugs this week |
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* 417 bugs closed or resolved this week |
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* 6 previously closed bugs were reopened this week. |
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* 2047 total bugs currently marked 'new' |
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* 479 total bugs currently assigned to developers |
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There are currently 2586 bugs open in bugzilla. Of these: 66 are labelled |
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'blocker', 87 are labelled 'critical', and 185 are labelled 'major'. |
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Closed Bug Rankings |
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The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs this week are: |
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* Seemant Kulleen[21], with 21 closed bugs[21] |
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* The Mirror Administrators[21], with 18 closed bugs[21] |
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* The Gnome Team[21], with 18 closed bugs[21] |
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* The Games Team[21], with 15 closed bugs[21] |
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* Nicholas Jones[21], with 13 closed bugs[21] |
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* Jason Shoemaker[21], with 13 closed bugs[21] |
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New Bug Rankings |
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The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs this |
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week are: |
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* Martin Schlemmer[21], with 30 new bugs[21] |
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* Nick Hadaway[21], with 20 new bugs[21] |
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* The Gnome Team[21], with 19 new bugs[21] |
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* Nicholas Jones[21], with 14 new bugs[21] |
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* Seth Chandler[21], with 13 new bugs[21] |
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8. Tips and Tricks |
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Using a localized rsync mirror rotation. |
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This week's tip shows you how to take advantage of the new country and |
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continent-specific round robin rsync mirror rotations. |
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The first step is to determine if your country has a round robin rotation |
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assigned to it. |
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| Code Listing 8.1: | |
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| Using host to determine country-specific gentoo domains | |
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|$ host rsync.no.gentoo.org | |
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|rsync.no.gentoo.org has address 80.239.42.138 | |
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If your country doesn't have an rsync mirror rotation set up yet, you'll |
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see something like the following: |
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| Code Listing 8.2: | |
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| Not all countries have rsync mirrors yet | |
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|$ host rsync.mx.gentoo.org | |
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|Host rsync.mx.gentoo.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) | |
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You'll need to emerge the bind-tools package in order to use host Not |
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sure what your two-letter country code is? Here[22] is the official list. |
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22. http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm |
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Another option is to use the new continent-level rsync mirror rotations. |
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Currently, the following continent rotations are set up: |
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* rsync.namerica.gentoo.org -- North America |
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* rsync.samerica.gentoo.org -- South America |
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* rsync.europe.gentoo.org -- Europe |
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* rsync.asia.gentoo.org -- Asia |
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* rsync.au.gentoo.org -- Australia (same as the country code) |
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Once you have identified which rsync mirror you want to use, edit your |
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/etc/make.conf file and place that value in the SYNC variable. |
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| Code Listing 8.1: | |
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| SYNC set to use the rsync.us.gentoo.org rotation | |
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|SYNC="rsync.us.gentoo.org" | |
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9. Moves, Adds and Changes |
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Moves |
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The following developers recently left the Gentoo team: |
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* none this week |
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Adds |
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The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: |
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* Patrick Kursawe (phosphan) -- bug fixes and miscellaneous stuff |
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* Sven Vermeulen (SwifT) -- Dutch documentation |
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Changes |
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The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux |
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project. |
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* none this week |
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10. Contribute to GWN |
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Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? Send us an |
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email[23]. |
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23. gwn-feedback@g.o |
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11. GWN Feedback |
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Please send us your feedback[24] and help make GWN better. |
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24. gwn-feedback@g.o |
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12. Other Languages |
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The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is also available in the following languages: |
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* Dutch[24] |
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* English[24] |
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* German[24] |
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* French[24] |
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* Japanese[24] |
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* Italian[24] |
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* Portuguese (Brazil)[24] |
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* Portuguese (Portugal)[24] |
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* Spanish[24] |
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Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o> - Editor |
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AJ Armstrong <aja@×××××××××××××.com> - Contributor |
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Brice Burgess <nesta@×××××××.net> - Contributor |
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Yuji Carlos Kosugi <carlos@g.o> - Contributor |
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Rafael Cordones Marcos <rcm@×××××××.net> - Contributor |
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David Narayan <david@×××××××.net> - Contributor |
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Ulrich Plate <plate@g.o> - Contributor |
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Peter Sharp <mail@××××××××××××××.net> - Contributor |
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Kim Tingkaer <kim@×××××××.dk> - Contributor |
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Mathy Vanvoorden <matje@×××××××.be> - Dutch Translation |
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Tom Van Laerhoven <tom.vanlaerhoven@××××××.be> - Dutch Translation |
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Roel Adriaans <roel@××××××××.cx> - Dutch Translation |
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Peter Dijkstra <phj.dijkstra@××××.nl> - Dutch Translation |
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Nicolas Ledez <nicolas.ledez@××××.fr> - French Translation |
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Guillaume Plessis <gui@×××××××××.com> - French Translation |
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John Berry <anfini@××××.fr> - French Translation |
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Martin Prieto <riverdale@×××××××××.org> - French Translation |
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Michael Kohl <citizen428@g.o> - German Translation |
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Steffen Lassahn <madeagle@g.o> - German Translation |
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Matthias F. Brandstetter <haim@g.o> - German Translation |
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Thomas Raschbacher <lordvan@g.o> - German Translation |
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Marco Mascherpa <mush@××××××.net> - Italian Translation |
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Claudio Merloni <paper@×××××××.it> - Italian Translation |
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Daniel Ketel <kage-chan@g.o> - Japanese Translation |
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Yoshiaki Hagihara <hagi@×××.com> - Japanese Translation |
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Andy Hunne <andy@×××××××××.com> - Japanese Translation |
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Yuji Carlos Kosugi <carlos@g.o> - Japanese Translation |
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Yasunori Fukudome <yasunori@××××××××××××××××.uk> - Japanese Translation |
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Ventura Barbeiro <venturasbarbeiro@××××××.br> - Portuguese (Brazil) |
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Translation |
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Bruno Ferreira <blueroom@××××××××××××.net> - Portuguese (Portugal) |
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Translation |
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Gustavo Felisberto <gustavo@××××××××××.net> - Portuguese (Portugal) |
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Translation |
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Ricardo Jorge Louro <rjlouro@×××××××.org> - Portuguese (Portugal) |
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Translation |
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Lanark <lanark@××××××××××.ar> - Spanish Translation |
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Rafael Cordones Marcos <rcm@×××××××.net> - Spanish Translation |
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Julio Castillo <julio@×××××××××××××.com> - Spanish Translation |
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Sergio Gómez <s3r@××××××××××××.ar> - Spanish Translation |
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Pablo Pita Leira <pablo.leira@×××××××××.com> - Spanish Translation |
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Carlos Castillo <carlos@×××××××××××××.com> - Spanish Translation |
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Tirant <tirant@×××××.net> - Spanish Translation |
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Jaime Freire <jfreire@××.com> - Spanish Translation |
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Lucas Sallovitz <krusty_ar@×××××.com> - Spanish Translation |