[gentoo-user] Does this qualify as some bug ?
Hi While trying to prevent 'net-dns/pdnsd' to listen on TCP and on to avoid TCP queries, I changed 'tcp_server' parameter to 'off' and 'query_method' parameter to 'udp_only' in /etc/pdnsd/pdnsd.conf . But when I restarted pdnsd I found it is still listening on TCP. I checked /etc/conf.d/pdnsd and found no option related to listening to 'TCP' set. So, then I checked /etc/init.d/pdnsd and I found that 'pdnsd' has been launched with '-t' command line argument (enables the TCP server thread. pdnsd will then serve TCP and UDP queries.) . So to disable, I need to append '--notcp' to PDNSDCONFIG in /etc/conf.d/pdnsd. So I think, listening shouldn't be made by default, even if it is, then it should be in configuration file, not in init.d script . So does this qualify as a bug ? I'm a new Gentoo user, so I'm not sure if qualifies as some bug. Thanks in advance -- Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ ·-- ·- ·--- ·- ···- ·- ·--·-· --· -- ·- ·· ·-·· ·-·-·- -·-· --- -- z� ��(��j)b� b�
Re: [gentoo-user] Any glaring use flags here
On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:53:10 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This machine is been prepped to be a sort of DMZ machine, but not more wannabe than really since it will not route stuff to my home lan at all... just be the recipient of all blocked stuff at an upsteam NETGEAR firewall/router. I would like an opinion about the USE flags I keep in /etc/make.conf USE=mysql emacs mbox hal acpi logrotate vga nptl nptlonly \ -ipv6 -imap -maildir -gnome -X -kde It depends on the profile you use, since that affects the defaults for flags not set/unset in /etc. Which profile are you using, hopefully a server one, and what does emerge --info show. The output from emerge --info shows the actual USE flags that will be used, which will be far too many if you are using a desktop profile. -- Neil Bothwick I heard Tasha Yar is the Enterprise's expert on Data entry. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Any glaring use flags here
Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:53:10 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This machine is been prepped to be a sort of DMZ machine, but not more wannabe than really since it will not route stuff to my home lan at all... just be the recipient of all blocked stuff at an upsteam NETGEAR firewall/router. I would like an opinion about the USE flags I keep in /etc/make.conf USE=mysql emacs mbox hal acpi logrotate vga nptl nptlonly \ -ipv6 -imap -maildir -gnome -X -kde [...] - Notes - Notes - First let me reiterate what this OS is supposed to do. My original post was so riddled with typos and bad grammer, I'm amazed you understood enough of it to make a sensible reply. Briefly: This machines' purpose is to receive the output of a DMZ switch at a NETGEAR router upstream. It will not be routing anything to the local lan and has only 1 nic. I just want a pipeline of all the baloney my firewall is dropping for my own investigation. The netgear router/firewalls' own logging capabilities produces a big awkward, poorly formatted log. Getting it mailed and processed is a pain, and having it log directly to a lan machines' syslog seems to truncate the data to the point its nearly useless. The configuration proceedure is also way awkward compared to hand editing an iptables script. I plan to install an iptables firewall that drops incoming portscans sweeps untoward connection attempts etc. etc.logs the info and study the logs with tcpdump etc. End Notes - End Notes - Neil wrote: It depends on the profile you use, since that affects the defaults for flags not set/unset in /etc. Which profile are you using, hopefully a server one, and what does emerge --info show. The output from emerge Gack I've never given a moments thought to which profile I used. It appears to be pointing at the default one. /etc/make.profile - ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1 emerge --info shows a hefty list of USE flags. Good lord. I had no idea all those were being used during emerges. I think I better do some reading before proceeding with this. I'm thinking, switching to the `hardened' profile is probably what I should be doing. How does one go about changing the profile? Is it as simple as just changing the symlink? googling on `site:gentoo.org profile' I find a little guide showing how to change from 2004.0 to 2006.X. It talks about a different setup being deployed post 2004.0. So I'm wondering if there are more or different steps involved now? The full output of that search even when adding `-forums' is too much to swim thru without a little more paring down. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any glaring use flags here
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:03:39 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does one go about changing the profile? Is it as simple as just changing the symlink? Pretty much, then run emerge -uavDN world followed by emerge --depclean, with and without -p, then revdep-rebuild -p -i. -- Neil Bothwick When you play a Microsoft CD backwards you can hear demonic Voices... that's nothing - when you play it forward it installs Windows signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] rsync for backup, can anybody help
On Tuesday 25 December 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: --one-file-system Hi Neil, Still not sure what the above will produce, I didn't find the man page very readable. Take sys for example, if it is saying that the directory would be created, would I still need to exclude everything under it?. I also have another problem:- rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/pod failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/libexec/webmin/webmin failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/share/terminfo/a failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/share/terminfo/e failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/share/terminfo/l failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/share/terminfo/m failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/share/terminfo/n failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/share/terminfo/p failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/share/terminfo/q failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat /mnt/external/CompleteBackup/usr/share/terminfo/x failed: No such file or directory (2) These directories are duplicate on my gentoo system e.g. in terminalinfo I have a directory a and A, it's the same for the other errors. Just to let you know I am using fat on the backup disc not as I thought ext2 (that's another disc all together) Any help please, regards Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] rsync for backup, can anybody help
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:07:38 +, Paul Stear wrote: --one-file-system Still not sure what the above will produce, I didn't find the man page very readable. Take sys for example, if it is saying that the directory would be created, would I still need to exclude everything under it?. The /sys mount point is on the same filesystem as /, so it will be included, but the contents are no a separate (virtual) filesystem, so they won't be copied. The same goes for /proc /dev and removable devices mounted under /mnt and /media. It also applies to your backup drive, which you need to exclude, and /home, which you don't. So you'll need to backup /home, and any other partitions you need, separately. I prefer to keep backups of the OS and user data separate anyway, so this suits me. -- Neil Bothwick Due to inflation, all clouds will now be lined with zinc. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog
On Dec 25, 2007 11:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using the same HaXML you are, actually. Interesting ... unmerge quits by itself, but with the same error. I am tempted to delete haskell itself, as far as possible, and see if the haxml unmerge would get any further. What if you tried deleting HaXML from /var/lib/portage/world and then remerging it? It would skip the `prerm` action and just overwrite everything. -- _jsn -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: rsync for backup, can anybody help
Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:07:38 +, Paul Stear wrote: --one-file-system Still not sure what the above will produce, I didn't find the man page very readable. Take sys for example, if it is saying that the directory would be created, would I still need to exclude everything under it?. Neil has handled this... I wanted to include the rsync syntax to collect only directories... full or empty: So to collect all the directories regardless of your excludes put this before any excludes: --include=/**/ The trailing slash confines it to direcotories only. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 11:40:53AM -0800, Jason Dusek wrote: On Dec 25, 2007 11:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using the same HaXML you are, actually. Interesting ... unmerge quits by itself, but with the same error. I am tempted to delete haskell itself, as far as possible, and see if the haxml unmerge would get any further. What if you tried deleting HaXML from /var/lib/portage/world and then remerging it? It would skip the `prerm` action and just overwrite everything. Nah, no luck. Emerge -p shows it still knows that haxml is a remerge, not a merge from scratch. Whether I try an unmerge or a merge, it still has the prerm phase and it still gobbles memory. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman rocket surgeon / [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:51:15 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if you tried deleting HaXML from /var/lib/portage/world and then remerging it? It would skip the `prerm` action and just overwrite everything. Nah, no luck. Emerge -p shows it still knows that haxml is a remerge, not a merge from scratch. Whether I try an unmerge or a merge, it still has the prerm phase and it still gobbles memory. You'd need to delete it fro the package database in /var/db/pkg. That would convince portage that it wasn't installed, but I have no idea what side effects this may produce with this package... if any. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 25: New York culture signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Dusek wrote: What if you tried deleting HaXML from /var/lib/portage/world and then remerging it? It would skip the `prerm` action and just overwrite everything. Nah, no luck. Emerge -p shows it still knows that haxml is a remerge, not a merge from scratch. Whether I try an unmerge or a merge, it still has the prerm phase and it still gobbles memory. Okay, I figured it out -- remove it from /var/lib/portage/world and remove /var/db/pkg/dev-haskell/haxml-1.13.2 (I moved it to my home directory). Now when you run `emerge haxml --pretend`, it will show it as new. I am on FreeNode as jsnx, by the way. Please feel free to message me. -- _jsn -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] using q commands compared to equery
I notice that `qdepends pkg' sometimes gives different ouput than `equery depends pkg Which is considered the more reliable? I remember some of those kinds of tools becoming depricated. Maybe the list of `q' commands were among them? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 03:35:10PM -0800, Jason Dusek wrote: Okay, I figured it out -- remove it from /var/lib/portage/world and remove /var/db/pkg/dev-haskell/haxml-1.13.2 (I moved it to my home directory). Now when you run `emerge haxml --pretend`, it will show it as new. The merge worked, an unmerge worked, and a second merge worked. The first merge complained about overwriting a bunch of files, all of them looked perfectly reasonable. There were no other fifferences between the twwo merge log. The resulting /var/db/pkg/... dir had some differences, almost all in what looked to be md5sums. I am working over a slow ssh connection right now, I'll look more into it in a few days. I am rerunning ghc-updater again; that's where this whole thing started. I was sort of hoping the unmerge would hang. Not much to debug now, unless I restore /var/db/pkg ... I'll post more when ghc-updater is done. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman rocket surgeon / [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 06:05:14PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll post more when ghc-updater is done. ghc-updater ran fine, or at least didn't hang. There was one error: src/lib/HsShellScript/Commands.chs:21:0: Failed to load interface for `Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec': Perhaps you haven't installed the profiling libraries for package parsec-2.1.0.0? Use -v to see a list of the files searched for. So I manually remerged parsec and repeated ghc-updater, which found only the same dev-haskell/hsshellscript-2.7.0 complaint about parsec. Since haskell is installed only for darcs, and haven't actually used darcs for a bit (major work right now is for people who use, yucch, subversion), I can't say much more than that darcs whatsnew etc seem to work. Don't know what parsec does, whetehr darcs uses it, whether it matters, but I guess for now, unless you think it is worth anything to restore the old /var/db/pkg... dirctory, there isn't much mroe to do on this. I don't like random errors like this, but they can be pretty tought to repeat and track down. Thanks for babysitting :-) -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman rocket surgeon / [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] modifying timezone
Hello list, as one or two of you may already know, Argentina is going to implement daylight saving time from December 30th until march 16th. We're going from GMT-03 (now) to GMT-02 (dec-mar), and my question is: what do I need to do to correctly modify my timezone? Google doesn't help this time. I've got examples on how to set your time zone, i.e.: ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/ /etc/localtime But that's not what I'm looking for... (damn politicians and all their crazy ideas...) Many thanks in advance, Norberto This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] modifying timezone
equery f sys-libs/timezone-data|grep bin zdump -v /etc/localtime gives what your system is currently doing zic allows you to create your own info. The pollies did that here in Western Australia as well - a couple of weeks notice. Within a day or so of the legislation passing, one of the local Universities made the files available. Within a couple of weeks, an official gentoo update with the changes came through. It was nice being able to sit back and laugh at the windows losers trying to cope (which they didnt do very well) BillK On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 00:10 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Hello list, as one or two of you may already know, Argentina is going to implement daylight saving time from December 30th until march 16th. We're going from GMT-03 (now) to GMT-02 (dec-mar), and my question is: what do I need to do to correctly modify my timezone? Google doesn't help this time. I've got examples on how to set your time zone, i.e.: ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/ /etc/localtime But that's not what I'm looking for... (damn politicians and all their crazy ideas...) Many thanks in advance, Norberto This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home in Perth! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ghc-updater ran fine, or at least didn't hang. There was one error: src/lib/HsShellScript/Commands.chs:21:0: Failed to load interface for `Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec': Perhaps you haven't installed the profiling libraries for package parsec-2.1.0.0? Use -v to see a list of the files searched for. So I manually remerged parsec and repeated ghc-updater, which found only the same dev-haskell/hsshellscript-2.7.0 complaint about parsec. This is caused by a package trying to load Parsec with profiling, while Parsec has not been built with profiling (`profile` USE flag, which I have enabled globally). Parsec is a parsing library for Haskell. -- _jsn -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Possible needed lib missing?
I'm building up a minimal install a bit at a time... Or I should say building down. It was a full install at one point. I'm getting strange behavior in vim when accessing the minimal machine thru ssh from another gentoo box. When using vims search tool on the remote (/) normally you can scroll thru previous search strings with up/down arrow. But I'm getting up printed literally instead when I press up/down to access a previous search. It seems a safe bet it has to do with paring down the install since it worked normally previously. I've edited down the world list, changed a number of USE flags, changed the profile to hardened/x86/minimal. Ran emerge -vuDN world followed by `emerge --depclean' and `revdep-rebuild'. All succeeded. Does anyone know what library might be involved with scrolling previous/next with up/down arrow keys in vim? I thought readline right away but that is installed and at the newest version. I also thought it might be from coming in via ssh with xterm going to a console only install so I tried: TERM=linux ssh [...] It made no difference at all. Any ideas what else to look at? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
