1.12r7 is available at the usual places. ftp.solucorp.qc.ca/pub/linuxconf/devel in the following sub-directories alpha-rpm caldera redhat-4.x redhat-5.0 redhat-5.1 src SRPMS suse Here is the change log Linuxconf 1.12r7 1.12r7 contains various features and bug fixes. It is the last in the 1.12 series. Next one will be 1.13. The goal of 1.12 was to produce another unified version. With 1.13, the goal will be to make more modules and to help those who want to create module (the module builder tool) LILO LILO configuration now support passwords for the global section as well as for each configuration. The restricted feature is also supported. This password feature allows you to secure somewhat your console. Filesystems and partitions The new fdisk is producing a slightly different format and Linuxconf is parsing that to get the partition information. 1.12r7 properly support both the old and new format. New modules Since 1.12r5, it is possible, using the linuxconf-devel package, to produce module outside of the Linuxconf tree. The archive now contain a modules directory which closely looks like the devel directory, so on ftp://ftp.solucorp.qc.ca/pub/linuxconf/modules you will find the following sub-directories � alpharpm � caldera � redhat-4.x � redhat-5.0 � redhat-5.1 � sparcrpm � src � SRPMS � suse The managerpm module In the modules sub-directory, you will find the managerpm module. This is a tool to do various stuff with RPM packages. While not completed, it is promising. Here are the few things it can do: � Install one or more package. � Choose which package to update from an archive by comparing with the one you already have. It pops a list of package to update and you can "check" which one you want. � Browse the list of installed package by "group". � Browse a list of package in an archive by "group". � Show all package not member of the distribution (add-ons) � Search an archive using keywords. It searches into the package summary, description and file list (selectable). This is useful when you want to install a POP server but have no clue about the name of the package (which is not always obvious). Various tools are doing about the same things or close. The advantage is that managerpm works in Linuxconf, so provide multiple user interfaces. The "virtual" module This module is not available yet, but 1.12r7 do contain some of the work needed by this module. The virtual module is a one stop dialog to create a new domain and configure all virtual services associated with this domain. This module relies on inter-module messaging and co- manager concept. It is a dispatcher which synchronize the work of all Linuxconf modules managing virtual services (dnsconf,mailconf,wuftpd,apache). I suspect that this module will be a killer for ISPs. Should be available shortly. Translations Translators are pretty busy these days. The Portuguese translator is working fast, the same could be said for finish. Linuxconf is now translated in Slovak. -------------------------- Jacques Gelinas [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to linuxconf-announce as: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
