On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 12:32:15PM -0600, Randy McMurchy wrote:
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> Not to move away from Bruce's suggestion, but can anyone see why
> /dev/null shouldn't be used?
The only reason that I can think of to *not* have /dev/null is if the
program starts with root privs and then chroot's somewhere. I d
Randy McMurchy wrote:
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/07/05 18:21 CST:
You think the existing text that explains that the IPRoute2 patch
is only necessary if you don't want to install Net-Tools isn't
adequate?
Disregard my comment about this. It was a last minute add on and I
didn't reread t
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/07/05 18:21 CST:
> Also, does anyone think there should be a comment in the text that if
> net-tools are installed that the patch is not required?
You think the existing text that explains that the IPRoute2 patch
is only necessary if you don't want to install N
I'm trying to kill bug 1211 which reads:
"if the dhcp-client script (patched for iproute2) only brind down the
interface on release, then the released ip-adress is still connected to
the interface. an additional 'ip addr del' is necessary."
I took a look at the script and made changes so that th
Rincewind wrote these words on 03/07/05 11:28 CST:
> Randy McMurchy wrote:
>
>>
>> Unless there's some compelling reason to update the XFce package
>> for the BLFS-6.0 release, I'm going to reflag this package update
>> as 'future' instead of BLFS-6.0.
>>
>
> I suggest updating to 4.2.0, which is
Randy McMurchy wrote:
Hi all,
I need to create an 'lp' user for the CUPS instructions. I'm not
sure what to use as the home directory. I always use /var/spool/cups.
However, /var/spool/cups is a privileged directory. But I don't see
that being an issue as the 'lp' user in a non-login user with the
Randy McMurchy wrote:
Unless there's some compelling reason to update the XFce package
for the BLFS-6.0 release, I'm going to reflag this package update
as 'future' instead of BLFS-6.0.
I suggest updating to 4.2.0, which is much better than 4.0.4 (it also
has support for antialiased fonts) and wil
Hi all,
I need to create an 'lp' user for the CUPS instructions. I'm not
sure what to use as the home directory. I always use /var/spool/cups.
However, /var/spool/cups is a privileged directory. But I don't see
that being an issue as the 'lp' user in a non-login user with the
login shell set to /
Hi all,
Unless there's some compelling reason to update the XFce package
for the BLFS-6.0 release, I'm going to reflag this package update
as 'future' instead of BLFS-6.0.
There appears to be no editor interest in this package as it is
still at the same version as when BLFS-5.1 was released, thou
