Upcoming util-linux
Just a heads up - util-linux 2.13 will remove several items, as per the following changelog entry for pre1 Changes: GNU autoconf/automake/libtool are now used for building. schedutils were added. Support for curses implementations other than ncurses was removed. The arch, passwd, rescuept, and setfdprm programs were removed. mkminix-0.1/ was removed. Misc fixes and documentation updates were made. A translation was added for the vi locale. The translations for the ca, de, fi, fr, it, nl, ru, and tr locales were updated. This may impact some apps that use arch in their configure stage (I know at least perl used arch at some stage) -- - Steve Crosby -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Upcoming util-linux
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, steve crosby wrote: Just a heads up - util-linux 2.13 will remove several items, as per the following changelog entry for pre1 Changes: GNU autoconf/automake/libtool are now used for building. schedutils were added. Support for curses implementations other than ncurses was removed. The arch, passwd, rescuept, and setfdprm programs were removed. mkminix-0.1/ was removed. Misc fixes and documentation updates were made. A translation was added for the vi locale. The translations for the ca, de, fi, fr, it, nl, ru, and tr locales were updated. This may impact some apps that use arch in their configure stage (I know at least perl used arch at some stage) Thanks for the heads-up Steve. I know my scripts use arch to decide on architecture-specific variations, but a quick look at the man page says it's equivalent to 'uname -m' so shouldn't be a big deal anywhere. Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Upcoming util-linux
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:46:15PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: Thanks for the heads-up Steve. I know my scripts use arch to decide on architecture-specific variations, but a quick look at the man page says it's equivalent to 'uname -m' so shouldn't be a big deal anywhere. And if need be, a wrapper named arch that calls uname -m could be created. I guess it just depends on how much stuff breaks with arch missing. -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Upcoming util-linux
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 10:54:34PM +1200, steve crosby wrote: Just a heads up - util-linux 2.13 will remove several items, as per the following changelog entry for pre1 Thanks, Steve. It's been BZ'd. -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Upcoming util-linux
steve crosby wrote: Just a heads up - util-linux 2.13 will remove several items, as per the following changelog entry for pre1 Changes: GNU autoconf/automake/libtool are now used for building. Yay! However, the autoconfigury in this pre1 release is busted. Most of the --enable-xxx and -disable-xxx switches don't work. In configure.ac for the AC_ARG_ENABLE switches, the developer has used $withval when he should be using $enableval. This is covered in the Autoconf manual. I've sent a bug report upstream. Regards Greg -- http://www.diy-linux.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Upcoming util-linux
Greg Schafer wrote: - `setfdprm' is gone, yet `/etc/fdprm' is still installed. This looks like a bug methinks. - these symlinks are installed in /sbin all pointing to `initctl': `display-services' `need' `provide'. Bug? Prolly. - these symlinks are installed in /sbin all pointing to `shutdown': `fastboot' `fasthalt' `halt' `reboot'. Bug? Prolly. There is some missing `if BUILD_INIT' stuff in login-utils/Makefile.am explaining those last 2 bugs. I've sent another bug report upstream covering all of the above. Regards Greg -- http://www.diy-linux.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
