Re[2]: [gentoo-user] merge-usr and SPF implementations

2024-03-29 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Michael wrote on Friday, 29. März 2024 18:53:   > On Friday, 29 March 2024 16:05:29 GMT Stefan Schmiedl wrote: >> Greetings. >> After updating profiles, I decided to try switching to merged-user, too, >> following the wiki page at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Merge-usr &

[gentoo-user] merge-usr and SPF implementations

2024-03-29 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Greetings. After updating profiles, I decided to try switching to merged-user, too, following the wiki page at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Merge-usr One server reported during the dry run: ERROR: Conflict for file '/usr/sbin/spfd': [Errno 17] File exists: '/usr/bin/spfd' # equery belongs

Re: [gentoo-user] Don't be like stupid me!

2024-02-10 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
-- Original Message -- From "Alan Mackenzie" To gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date 10.02.2024 16:56:25 Subject [gentoo-user] Don't be like stupid me! It could have been a lot worse. Boys and girls, don't use $ find | xargs rm unless you really know what you're doing. And

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage reports preserved libs, but won't rebuild

2023-11-24 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
-- Original Message -- From "Wols Lists" To gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date 24.11.2023 13:35:39 Subject Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage reports preserved libs, but won't rebuild On 24/11/2023 10:27, Nuno Silva wrote: On 2023-11-24, Arve Barsnes wrote: On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at

Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions problem

2023-08-15 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Dienstag, 15. August 2023 16:55: > Hello list, > I'd like to develop a blog using www-apps/jekyll, which makes extensive use > of > ruby gems, of which I have no experience. On trying to install a new default > theme I get copious permission errors. > The ruby gems live in

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Portage 'Completed (m of n)' messages

2023-04-11 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:59:08 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> What does the panel think of these new status messages from portage >> (~amd64)? At first I thought "that's useful", but after a while I >> concluded that it just adds to the clutter on the screen and actually

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge times blown out

2023-02-18 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Samstag, 18. Februar 2023 19:05:   > >On 2023-02-18, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: >> >>Samstag, 18. Februar 2023 01:49: >>> >>>I have three systems (all ~arch) and the emerge times have blown out on all >>>of them across all packages. >> &

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge times blown out

2023-02-18 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Samstag, 18. Februar 2023 01:49:   > I have three systems (all ~arch) and the emerge times have blown out on all > of them across all packages. Worst example appears to be; >     Fri Dec 23 13:11:44 2022 >>> net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.38.3-r410 >        merge time: 37 minutes and 8 seconds. >      

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Sonntag, 31. Juli 2022 21:51:   > I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync, > it's really a painful process. > The process can take *very* [long] before you find out if it succeeded or not. ... > It can take several hours before it finally works   Use a tool like

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 11:37: > I don't get it. Why should something built with rust require a boot > packaging tool that also requires rust? That's like saying, if a > facility has a python component, the whole facility needs to be > distributed with pip. > Can anyone tell me where the

Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 10:00:   > I never needed to use cargo before, to update my kernel.  In what way is > cargo better than earlier mechanisms to build initramfs? With cargo being rust's package manager, I'd hazard the guess that you got yourself a shiny new rust component in either your

Re: [gentoo-user] Footer line with LibreOffice's Calc?

2022-04-09 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Hello Rainer, Excel automatically adjusts the formular to include the newly added line, while LibreCalc does not ... by default. However, there is a setting (Extras -> Optionen -> LibreOffice Calc -> Allgemein -> Eingabe-Einstellungen) called "Bezüge beim Einfügen von Zeilen/Spalten an deren

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] strange errors in http log, what can/should I do about it.

2022-02-28 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Montag, 28. Februar 2022 13:04: > On Monday, February 28, 2022, John Covici wrote: >> I got the following error this morning during my logwatch processing >> which I run daily and I would like to know if there is anything I can >> should do about it?  Seems to me it could be serious, if

Re: [gentoo-user] IPv4 broken beyond repair

2021-05-20 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"the...@sys-concept.com" , 20.05.2021, 23:20: > On 5/20/21 1:29 PM, tastytea wrote: >> On 2021-05-20 11:20-0600 the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> It seems to me IPv4 is broken beyond repair. >>> I'm trying to block spammers but they rewrite the source IP (that is not >>> checked) so it is

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng misbehaving

2021-04-08 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Dan Egli" , 08.04.2021, 20:15: > I'm afraid that didn't work either. I did as you said, and changed the > syslog filter line to read: filter syslog { not filter(sshd) and not filter > (samba); }; which would match the previous lines (see URL below). I still see > sshd messages in

Re: [gentoo-user] ruby and package.use

2021-02-10 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Neil Bothwick" , 10.02.2021, 09:52: > On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:45:15 +1100, Adam Carter wrote: >> It seems like ruby regularly wants to stuff ruby_targets_rebyNN entries >> into package.use on my machines - is this normal? >> Now that ruby3 is out it wants to add a bunch of ruby_targets_ruby30

Re: [gentoo-user] fstab mount /home by default

2021-01-17 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"the...@sys-concept.com" , 17.01.2021, 09:34: > On 1/17/21 1:22 AM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On one of my system I have in fstab: >> /dev/sda4             /home           ext4            noatime         0 1 >> and /home is mounted by default >> >> On my new installation, I have in my

Re: [gentoo-user]

2020-08-16 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
a empty message?  Anything else we can assist you with? Dale :-)  :-)   -- Stefan Schmiedl EDV-Beratung Schmiedl, Berghangstr. 5, 93413 Cham Büro: +49 (0) 9971 9966 989, Mobil: +49 (0) 160 9981 6278 

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Michael Orlitzky" , 07.04.2020, 20:34: > Blaming lists.gentoo.org (or any other MTA) for not retrying after a 4xx > without evidence is seeing hoof prints and thinking zebras. Ockham's > razor: you fucked up. I'm watching my exim logs right now and can confirm that the gentoo mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Michael" , 07.04.2020, 19:10: > This thread has been covered in depth for a while now, but I noticed something > noteworthy. > On Monday, 6 April 2020 19:13:06 BST Stefan Schmiedl wrote: >> >> And here's an example for J. Roeleveld's observed missed original >

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-06 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Michael Orlitzky" , 06.04.2020, 19:35: > On 4/6/20 1:32 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >> The messages were missing due to the MX being unavailable for a short >> period. Retries were not attempted as I would have received them. >> >> The spam filter is configured with certain mailing lists

Re: [gentoo-user] For what is emerge waiting for...?

2020-04-05 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"tu...@posteo.de" , 05.04.2020, 21:58: > if emerge encounters a have-to-use-one-core-onlu ebiuld and that one > is not constantlu writing to the disk I would expect one core busy > at least. > But no...nothing...as I said: All cores on holidays...:) I ran into this a few times when some host

Re: [gentoo-user] repair uefi vfat /boot?

2020-03-23 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"madscientistatlarge" , 23.03.2020, 01:36: > I usually toss them across the room so I know not to trust them. Don't do that! Open the thing, salvage the strong magnets and keep the disk platters. They make for pretty good mirrors in hobby projects and magnets are always useful. I use one of

Re: [gentoo-user] repair uefi vfat /boot?

2020-03-22 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Caveman Al Toraboran" , 22.03.2020, 02:29: > On Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:03 PM, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: >> "Caveman Al Toraboran" toraboracave...@protonmail.com, 21.03.2020, 14:49: >> >> > questions: >> > * what's going on? >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] repair uefi vfat /boot?

2020-03-21 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Caveman Al Toraboran" , 21.03.2020, 14:49: > questions: >  * what's going on? >  * how to find out? "dmesg -T" is your friend. It should show the error messages with their timestamps. >  * how to fix? For spinning HDs: If the error messages point towards faulty sectors that can't be written,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: looking for email provider

2020-02-03 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"John Covici" , 02.02.2020, 23:58: > I do have my own server, but I have problems sending to gmail address, > I never get a bounce, but the messages disappear, maybe they are in > the senders spam folder, but I don't think so. As it happens, I've been investigating a DKIM-related problem for

Re: [gentoo-user] External hard drive and idle activity

2020-01-06 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Dale, "Dale" , 06.01.2020, 09:29: > Also, when looking for a drive to buy, what should one look at to see if > it is a SMR drive? While it may be OK for my backups, I'd like to avoid > them on the drives inside my rig that are used for the OS or /home. I > dunno, just a gut thing. it's not

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to list orphaned services?

2019-12-13 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Daniel Frey" , 13.12.2019, 01:52: > The problem is I was removing packages without doing `rc-update del > `, leaving them added in the runlevel with no valid > script/symlink. Hi Daniel, if you have color on your terminal, try ls -l $(sudo find -L /etc -type l) The combination of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird-60,9.0

2019-09-26 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Nikos Chantziaras" , 26.09.2019, 11:22: > On 25/09/2019 21:44, james wrote: >> [...] >> not sure why/where I set something to get the latest versions , that do >> not show up with 'eix Thunderbird' > Did you forget to run eix-update? You need to do that after every emerge > --sync. or just

Re: [gentoo-user] Black Screen of Death

2019-07-19 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"jdm" , 19.07.2019, 07:28: > I have updated firmware line in kernel as this now includes a few extra > lines so not loading all of the available firmware. > Thanks for advice and I'll see how I get on. Can you trigger the crash by (over-)exerting the system? A few years ago I had a box with

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-libs/guile-gtk-2.1-r3 fails to compile

2019-05-06 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Jack" , 06.05.2019, 20:55: > On 2019.05.06 13:26, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: >> In file included from /usr/include/guile/2.2/libguile.h:31, >> from >> /var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/guile-gtk-2.1-r3/work/guile-gtk-2.1/gtk-glue.c:4: >> /var/tmp/p

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-libs/guile-gtk-2.1-r3 fails to compile

2019-05-06 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Dale" , 06.05.2019, 14:38: > Well, trying that was worth a shot anyway. Sometimes it does fix some > problems, although it might still be a bug. However, in this case, I > don't think anything really changed. It looks like the same error > again. I copied, going backwards, from the error 1,

Re: [gentoo-user] how to fix syslog-ng warning about escaped regexp

2019-05-01 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Neil Bothwick" , 01.05.2019, 19:33: > On Wed, 01 May 2019 07:23:50 -0400, John Covici wrote: >> > > Hi. Since my last update I get the following warning when syslog-ng >> > > runs: >> > > awk: cmd. line:130: warning: regexp escape sequence `\"' is not a >> > > known regexp operator >> > > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] mariadb confused about expire_logs_days

2019-04-15 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Hi John, "John Blinka" , 15.04.2019, 17:20: > (/etc/mysql/mariadb.d/logs) contains > [mysql] > expire_logs_days= 1 > Clearly, this is being ignored, since I now have 3 weeks of It is not ignored, it is used by mysql as indicated in the section label. But since mysql does not know this

Re: [gentoo-user] Autoexecute when "returning" from sudo ?

2018-10-31 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
user shell. >> > >> > Now I have to do a "rehash" (I am using zsh) to make the change >> > visible/accessible. Sometimes I forget that. >> > >> > So...is it possible to auto-execute a "rehash" or whatever is needed, >> > when the user is comeing back from his alternate life as root? >> > >> > Thanks a lot for any help in advance! >> > Cheers! >> > Meino >> > >> > >> > >> > -- Stefan Schmiedl EDV-Beratung Schmiedl, Berghangstr. 5, 93413 Cham Büro: +49 (0) 9971 9966 989, Mobil: +49 (0) 160 9981 6278

Re: [gentoo-user] mono and stale files.

2018-03-04 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Hi Alan, this might be the following problem: https://github.com/mono/mono/issues/6752 > directhex commented on 1 Feb > Looks like a big ol' new ABI in NCurses 6. > https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ > gfhcs commented 24 days ago > Workaround: On OpenSUSE Tumbleweed I was able to downgrade

Re: [gentoo-user] Point

2014-04-22 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 18:21:57 +0200 DocRog rc...@club-internet.fr wrote: You can set it back correctly using the following HOWTO: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Localization/HOWTO#Keyboard_layout_for_the_console Thank you for your help, but I couldn't solve my problem using the HOWTO.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine: incremental back-ups

2012-10-06 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Philip Webb (05.10. 20:49): The machine is running c 16 hr/day , so I have to ensure that cron jobs wb run at times when it's awake, which is not predictable on any given day. Or, if you don't especially care when the box actually shuts down, you could put something nifty into

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] About ready to move /usr, /var and /home to LVM.

2012-04-14 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Dale, Saturday, April 14, 2012, 5:46:44 AM, you wrote: D Stefan Schmiedl wrote: I'd expect to see root (hd1,0) in there somewhere. D I tried changing the root line and it still booted sda. Also, note that D I also tried a grub entry that doesn't even have a root line. It just D points

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] About ready to move /usr, /var and /home to LVM.

2012-04-13 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
ideas folks. I'm running out of things to try. D Dale D :-) :-) -- Stefan Schmiedl EDV-Beratung Schmiedl, Berghangstr. 5, D-93413 Cham im Büro: 09971 9966 989, am Handy: 0160 9981 6278 This is why Science and Mathematics are still much fun: You discover things that seem impossible to be true

Re[4]: [gentoo-user] Nginx with PHP-FPM

2012-04-05 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Silvio, Thursday, April 5, 2012, 2:11:55 AM, you wrote: S thanks i have compile php and nginx with ur flags. But the result is same. S Nginx like not PHP. The website is blank. Not give out phpinfo(); If you have compiled nginx and php with these flags, things should work, if you tell both

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Nginx with PHP-FPM

2012-04-04 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Silvio, Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 11:39:05 PM, you wrote: S Could someone possibly provide me the USE flags available S if someone has run Nginx, PHP and Fpm. S It were nice. # emerge nginx php:5.3 -pv These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies ...

Re: [gentoo-user] tracking IT work

2012-03-09 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
Am 08.03.2012 20:00, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: oh, sorry, vi(m) here :-P I'm using a plain text file (ok |-separated values) for this and a single macro: imap localleaderm SPACE\| ESC=strftime(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M)CRpa¶ Then, in insert mode \m appends | now after the cursor, and you have

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-20 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:12:40 -0800 Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. I think I want to match only the name, creation date file size. The