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quoth the David Bélanger: |
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> On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:33:14PM -0800, darren kirby wrote: |
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> Did you try the glibc on the installation/Live CDs? |
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> If there is no packages, simply copy all the glibc files over and try |
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> it. |
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I have the universal install disk. The glibc package here will just be source |
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code wont it? I guess I could just re-unpack the stage 3 file, but I am |
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unsure how this will affect the packages I have already installed/updated, |
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such as everything you do after unpacking the stage tarball in the install |
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guide. |
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I am unsure of how to separate the glibc files from the rest in the stage |
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tarball. |
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> Basically, if you don't want to reinstall, you need a good glibc and |
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> a good toolchain (gcc, binutils). |
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> Once you have that, rebuild glibc. |
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> > 2. Is this problem a sign of things to come? Is gentoo on ppc not stable |
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> > enough to use as a server? Any advice from experts on this? |
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> Gentoo is not really design for production environments because you |
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> have no guarranty if all packages have been tested with the exact |
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> same settings, lib version, gcc version, etc. as you. |
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Well, I am well aware of the strengths/weaknesses of gentoo. I should say that |
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my current server, ie: the one I am trying to replace with this G4 box, has |
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been running gentoo for a couple years with no problems. |
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> It does not really have things to do with the ppc architecture itself. |
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Perhaps not, but I have run into this glibc problem in the first day! So what |
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I am trying to find out is if the packages I will be relying on (apache, |
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exim, mysql, named etc...) are reliable enough to use on this platform. |
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> I would recommend using an other operating system than Gentoo for your |
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> server if keeping it running 24/24 and smoothly is an issue. Also, |
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> for servers, you probably don't want to do updates other than security |
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> updates. |
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The server just runs my personal web/mailserver publically, and does pop3 and |
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DNS service for the private network behind it. I don't think you could call |
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this a "production" server with a strait face. While I do strive for |
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reliability with it, the worst that can happen if it goes down is bounced |
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mail, and "Unknown host" messages for those trying to view my webpages. |
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My more pressing concern is for security. I am currently running a hardened |
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kernel and toolchain, and would like to do the same with this one. |
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> David |
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Thanks for the reply, |
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-d |
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> --- |
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> David Bélanger |
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> Web page: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~dbelan2/ |
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> Public key: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~dbelan2/public_key.txt |
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-- |
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darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org |
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"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." |
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- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 |