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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml
This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of July 19th, 2004.
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1. Gentoo News
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Gentoo News
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"Apple, we have a problem" - Gentoo MacOS X Released
Figure 1.1: Derived from Apple's 'Redmond, we have a problem' campaign:
The Gentoo MacOS announcement
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20040719_macos_problem.png
Almost exactly one year after the idea of porting Portage to MacOS X came
up - and the joint Metapkg initiative[1] between Fink, Darwinports and
Gentoo took off - a 20-head-strong developer team around Pieter van den
Abeele[2] (strategic lead) and Daniel Ostrow[3] (operational) is now ready
to release an extraordinary beast into the wild: Gentoo MacOS. They
deliver on a promise no other Linux distribution has been daring enough to
make yet: Portage on MacOS is now fully operational, seamlessly integrated
as a package manager in a non-Linux operating system. It initially serves
the main purpose of an SDK for inclusion of new packages, testing and
patching. Granted, KDE isn't ported yet, but make no mistake: Gentoo MacOS
is ready for consumption by Macintosh users who want, say, scientific DTP
via TeX, something they will now be able to simply emerge in OS X just
like they'd do in Gentoo Linux."Right now it's a tool to install lots of
commonly requested applications on OS X", explains Pieter van den Abeele.
"But in a few months, we'll have a port system that builds Darwin from
scratch, provides a standardised lookup and installation routine for
Dashboard widgets[4], enhancements and tools like the Desktop Manager[5]
and many, many more popular OS X applications." Downloading the Gentoo
MacOS Installer provides users with a patched portage, its tree, and the
Python modules. It sets environment variables and demands a bootstrapping
shell script to be run before the first emerge that detects the operating
system (Panther or Tiger), chooses the relevant profiles and injects every
application it finds already installed in MacOS X.
1. http://www.metapkg.org
2. pvdabeel@g.o
3. dostrow@g.o
4. http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/dashboard.html
5. http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/
Figure 1.2: Taming the Tiger with a double-click: The Gentoo MacOS
Installer
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20040719_macos_installer.png
Since Gentoo's own GCC ebuild for MacOS X isn't ready yet, compiling is
currently done using the Xcode development tools[6] which include GCC 3.3
provided by Apple. "People already on Tiger can experiment with GCC 3.5",
adds Pieter. Tiger, the new release of MacOS X, is due in 2005 with its
brandnew database filesystem Spotlight[7], modernised video services and
many other features. The Gentoo MacOS developers are busy polishing the
knobs (a Cocoa user interface is part of the plan), getting iSync[8]
integration to work (emerge an application on one machine, automatically
replicate onto all other Macs in a LAN), right down to making Catalyst
produce Darwin LiveCDs... "But first the cool stuff, then Darwin",
chuckles strategic lead Pieter. Even though his team is already larger
than the entire Gentoo Linux PPC developer group, they still train new
devs almost daily, and whoever wants to help with the project is very
welcome to get in touch. The public Wiki[9] holds installation
instructions and serves as a reporting tool for packages outside of
Portage that already compile without bombing out. The Gentoo MacOS
Installer can be downloaded from here[10].
6. http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/xcode.html
7. http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlighttech.html
8. http://www.apple.com/isync/
9. http://gentoo-wiki.com/Gentoo_MacOS
10. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/
Full size (1024x768) screenshots of the Gentoo MacOS installation
procedure:
* Installer starts[11]
* Detection of OS version and installed software[12]
* Still busy injecting detected applications, 'emerge info'[13]
* First 'emerge --pretend --verbose system' on MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger)[14]
* Pulling in and unpacking sources...[15]
* Configuring...[16]
* Compiling...[17]
* Merged![18]
* Modified make.conf to accomodate the alien kernel and userland
environment[19]
11. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/1.png
12. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/2.png
13. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/3.png
14. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/4.png
15. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/5.png
16. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/6.png
17. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/7.png
18. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/8.png
19. http://www.metadistribution.org/macos/9.png
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2. Gentoo Security
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rsync: Directory traversal in rsync daemon
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Under specific conditions, the rsync daemon is vulnerable to a directory
traversal allowing to write files outside a sync module.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[20]
20. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-10.xml
wv: Buffer overflow vulnerability
---------------------------------
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the wv library that can allow an
attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
the vulnerable application.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[21]
21. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-11.xml
Linux Kernel: Remote DoS vulnerability with IPTables TCP Handling
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A flaw has been discovered in 2.6 series Linux kernels that allows an
attacker to send a malformed TCP packet, causing the affected kernel to
possibly enter an infinite loop and hang the vulnerable machine.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[22]
22. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-12.xml
PHP: Multiple security vulnerabilities
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Multiple security vulnerabilities, potentially allowing remote code
execution, were found and fixed in PHP.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[23]
23. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-13.xml
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3. Projects Update
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Portage
The portage team is currently working on readying portage-2.0.51 for
public testing and stable releases in the near future. The features of
2.0.51 are mostly internal, but there will be some obvious changes related
to FHS compliance and better handling of virtual and 'any of these'
dependencies. There will be some changes in the caches as the migration to
2.0.51 starts, but as long as users are currently on at least
portage-2.0.50-r7, they won't notice.
Devrel
The recruiters team have suspended plans to implement a formal copyright
assignment process, pending legal counsel and some issues with wording,
the status of developers younger than the age of majority, and the legal
status of non-U.S. development. For now, ebuilds are specifically assigned
copyright to the Gentoo Foundation, but there is no formal contract. There
is also now a Developer Away[24] page which will document developers who
are away or out-of-contact for a variety of reasons.
24. http://dev.gentoo.org/devaway/
Gentoo-Alt
Pieter van den Abeele[25] (strategic lead) and Daniel Ostrow[26]
(operational) will be heading up the new MacOS[27] project to support the
implementation of portage on Macintosh computers. See the News section for
details on this initiative.
25. pvdabeel@g.o
26. dostrow@g.o
27. http://gentoo-wiki.com/Gentoo_MacOS
Hardened
The Hardened Gentoo team is currently getting ready for a parallel release
with the 2004.2 Live CD.
Infrastructure
The infrastructure team are currently testing eGroupWare[28]'s suitability
for use by Gentoo developers for communication and project management.
28. http://www.egroupware.org/
Releng
The Release Engineering team are hard at work gearing up for the release
of the 2004.2[29] Live CD,currently scheduled for the 26th of this month.
29. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2004.2/2004.2.xml
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4. Featured Developer of the Week
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Featured Developer is on hiatus this week.
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5. Heard in the Community
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Web Forums
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Portage, not Portage
First anniversary of one of the most popular threads in the forums: Gentoo
developer Pythonhead started a list of portage utilities that aren't in
Portage exactly a year ago that's been spoon-fed with suggestions by many
users since then. The list is constantly updated and has grown to
currently 37 tools, including esoteric shell script like license2kill
(gets rid of every package not covered by an
Open-Source-Initiative-approved license) and hands-on helpers like
Pythonhead's own "bumper" (bumps ebuilds when a new source version is
available for download and doesn't require a totally modified ebuild) and
a handful of replacements or modifications of standard portage features
like updating config files, downloading and emerging things. Some of the
tools have actually made it into Portage already, some will never stand a
chance of inclusion in the tree. Take your pick:
* Portage utilities not in portage[30]
30. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=67849
gentoo-user
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Using ~x86 All the Time?
Should you use the ~x86 flag for everything on your system? Some claim it
is too unstable, and others claim that it is more stable than not setting
any keywords. Check out the interesting arguments both ways in this[31]
thread.
31. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/89149
Gentoo-Sources
What is your opinion on using gentoo-sources for the kernel? A few people
believe that there are too many patches applied in the gentoo-kernel, but
there are also good arguments for them as well. The thread is here[32].
32. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/89620
Send-only Mail Server
Have the need to allow a server to send mail, but not receive it? This
thread[33] opened up discussion on such a topic using Postfix.
33. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/89735
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6. Gentoo International
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UK: Gentoo Meet-Up Looking for Organizing Committee
Gentoo developer Stuart Herbert[34] is seeking volunteers who would be
willing to organize a meeting for UK-based Gentoo developers and users in
September or early October 2004. The initial venue is to be Manchester,
conveniently placed at the geographic center of England, Wales and
Scotland. Help is now needed to organize a venue, internet access,
accomodation and the conference programme, along with publicity around the
event. If you're interested in participating, post your availability to
this thread[35] on the Forums.
34. stuart@g.o
35. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=197906
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7. Bugzilla
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Summary
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* Statistics
* Closed Bug Ranking
* New Bug Rankings
Statistics
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The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[36]) to record and
track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the
development team. Between 10 July 2004 and 16 July 2004, activity on the
site has resulted in:
36. http://bugs.gentoo.org
* 665 new bugs during this period
* 397 bugs closed or resolved during this period
* 19 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
Of the 6802 currently open bugs: 138 are labeled 'blocker', 177 are
labeled 'critical', and 530 are labeled 'major'.
Closed Bug Rankings
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The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
are:
* PPC64 Architecture Team[37], with 51 closed bugs[38]
* AMD64 Porting Team[39], with 29 closed bugs[40]
* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[41], with 18 closed bugs[42]
* Mike Frysinger[43], with 17 closed bugs[44]
* Java Team[45], with 15 closed bugs[46]
37. ppc64@g.o
38.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07-16&resolution=FIX
ED&assigned_to=ppc64@g.o
39. amd64@g.o
40.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07-16&resolution=FIX
ED&assigned_to=amd64@g.o
41. gnome@g.o
42.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07-16&resolution=FIX
ED&assigned_to=gnome@g.o
43. vapier@g.o
44.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07-16&resolution=FIX
ED&assigned_to=vapier@g.o
45. java@g.o
46.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07-16&resolution=FIX
ED&assigned_to=java@g.o
New Bug Rankings
----------------
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during
this period are:
* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[47], with 17 new bugs[48]
* media-video Herd[49], with 11 new bugs[50]
* Gentoo Science Related Packages[51], with 10 new bugs[52]
* Mozilla Gentoo Team[53], with 10 new bugs[54]
* Gentoo Games[55], with 10 new bugs[56]
47. gnome@g.o
48.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07
-16&assigned_to=gnome@g.o
49. media-video@g.o
50.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07
-16&assigned_to=media-video@g.o
51. sci@g.o
52.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07
-16&assigned_to=sci@g.o
53. mozilla@g.o
54.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07
-16&assigned_to=mozilla@g.o
55. games@g.o
56.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-07-10&chfieldto=2004-07
-16&assigned_to=games@g.o
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8. Tips and Tricks
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Using bash history
If you have ever typed a long command and needed to repeat it, or you need
to repeat a series of commands, try using history instead of re-typing.
The history command allows you see (and execute) previous commands. Type
history to see the last few commands you've entered. It will show you the
command and a number. To execute the command use history !number where
number is the number of the command listed. (e.g. history !234).
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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:
* None this week
Adds
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The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team:
* Thomas Matthijs (axxo) - java
* Bernie Lees (twk-b) - ppc
* Rob Holland (tigger) - sparc, wasabi
* Tom Knight (tomk) - net-mail
* Chris White - sound, video, security
Changes
-------
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux
project:
* None this week
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