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On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 07:57:48AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: |
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> Hmm, there is no devfs bootdisk here :-) I think we should not switch to |
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> devfs in rc4. I'm not planning to recheck all packages, and I think it is a |
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> good idea to make the required changes to a few packages that do not support |
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> devfs during a complete recheck which I whant to do before final 1.0 or rc5. |
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OK, that's fine. |
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> There is one problem with supvervise I detected yesterday. I ran a |
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> package-build of all current-packages.new over night and forgott to append a |
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> ebuild clear after package build, so my disk ran out of space. This causes |
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> supervise/multlog to output a warning like "can not append to |
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> /var/log/syslog.d/current" in an endless loop. If this happens with syslog |
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> the system keeps quiet. I want to test md/lvm together with reiserfs/nfs. |
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> And I want to test the new kernel on the primekom machine that did freeze |
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> during kernel-boot. |
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I think that the solution to this is for me to make Portage clean up after |
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itself. |
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> How about a working recursive pkgmerge? |
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Yes, I forgot about this. It's 93% done :) I had to stop work on it because |
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the next day, I started building the new server and my motherboard died. |
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> Another question, what kernel do you use at the moment test12, prerelease or |
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> final ac1/2/3.? |
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I'm using test12. |
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> I made a new package for 2.4.0ac3 called 2.4.0.3. This includes all neccesary |
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> fixes for reiserfs as announced in the reiserfs-mailinglist. It includes a |
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> modified reiserfs/nfs patch. I run it here since a few hours without |
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> problems, but did not test more extensive yet. I had a few strange problems |
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> with prerelease and 2.4.0ac1/2 kernels which did not occur with ac3. |
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OK; I have a feeling that we will see rapid kernel development from 2.4.0 to about |
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2.4.3 as people find new bugs since the kernel is now being used by a wider audience. |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |