Re: [leaf-devel] 6.0.1 - shorewall init script

2017-01-03 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich Am 03.01.2017 um 19:59 schrieb Erich Titl: > Am 03.01.2017 um 16:04 schrieb Martin Hejl: >> Hi all, >> >> the shorewall init script for 6.0.1 in /etc/init.d/shorewall currently >> reads (relevant part only): >> >> ==

[leaf-devel] 6.0.1 - shorewall init script

2017-01-03 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi all, the shorewall init script for 6.0.1 in /etc/init.d/shorewall currently reads (relevant part only): = start() { echo "Starting IPv4 shorewall rules..." wait_for_pppd [ -x /usr/sbin/mount_modules ] && /usr/

[leaf-devel] 6.0.1 issue with dropbear

2017-01-03 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi all, there seems to be an issue with dropbear on Bering uClibc 6.0.1 - trying to connect to it with putty fails with the following error: "Couldn't agree a key exchange algorithm" It looks like the defines to enable Diffie Hellman key exchange (DROPBEAR_DH_GROUP1 and DROPBEAR_DH_GROUP14) ar

Re: [leaf-devel] Server www.mpfr.org is not responding

2012-06-02 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > I am not a lawyer, so I have the right to be convinced that > as long as the source code of the project can be provided AND we > document where it came from, that should be sufficient. You're not a lawyer, and neither am I - but the rules set out at http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/si

Re: [leaf-devel] LEAF Project Logo - Time for an update?

2012-05-15 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi David, of course, I'm only speaking for myself - but I like the logo very much. Very generic and simple. To me, it brings across the idea of a framework nicely, and the "leaf" idea is very well incorporated as well. So speaking for myself, I'd be very happy with that logo for LEAF. Martin

Re: [leaf-devel] New member

2012-02-25 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Yves, > i'm so sorry. I'm sorry for my unfriendly first mail. > My REAL name is Yves Blusseau from France. I have reconfigure my email system > so it will never happen again. Oh - so your mail client replaced your name with the "***"? If so, my comment was even more out of line. Sorry again.

Re: [leaf-devel] New member

2012-02-25 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, > I know always/mostly used our (full and ) real names, and I see your > point,but then, I think it's also questionable to respond to a new > member the very first time. Probably not, and for that I apologize (I probably shouldn't go through my unread emails at midnight on a friday...) I'

Re: [leaf-devel] New member

2012-02-24 Thread Martin Hejl
Dear I wonder how " " is pronounced (either in French, or in English, or German, if you prefer). I don't speak for anybody but myself - but if you want to be part of a team, don't hide behind a throw away email address and a name that cannot be pronounced in any lang

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering-uClibc next - kernel 3.2

2012-02-18 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, > To save 300kb we may better have a look into initrd-i486 or improve a > script Erich posted some time ago, that adapts initrd to the modules > really needed, which will be an one-time-effort - and serves all images. sounds sensible to me. If we can have both (faster boot times, while sti

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering-uClibc next - kernel 3.2

2012-02-18 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, > It does cost about 300kb. Agreed that is a lot, but there is still room > for improvements in other areas (AFAIK iptables and ip6tables has been > merged, shorewall may shrink with the future versions) and finally speed > and size will improved if we carefully cleanup initrd for i486 imag

Re: [leaf-devel] Git commits

2011-09-03 Thread Martin Hejl
eforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Git#Commitemailhooksetup > > On Sat, 2011-08-06 at 22:42 +0200, Martin Hejl wrote: >> Same here - having a commits list makes it easy to keep track of what's >> happening (and possibly even avoid the redundant work, that Erich has >> b

Re: [leaf-devel] Git commits

2011-08-06 Thread Martin Hejl
Same here - having a commits list makes it easy to keep track of what's happening (and possibly even avoid the redundant work, that Erich has been pointing out). So, if it can be set up, by all means, please do so. I'll subscribe to it as soon as it's set up. Martin Am 06.08.2011 22:28, schrie

Re: [leaf-devel] patch for /etc/init.d/inetd

2011-07-23 Thread Martin Hejl
?). Short version is, I'm still confused about operating this git thing :-) Martin Am 23.07.2011 20:21, schrieb KP Kirchdoerfer: > Am Samstag, 23. Juli 2011, 19:53:17 schrieb Martin Hejl: >> Hi everybody, >> >> it appears that the busybox version of inetd doesn't c

[leaf-devel] patch for /etc/init.d/inetd

2011-07-23 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi everybody, it appears that the busybox version of inetd doesn't create a pidfile, hence "svi inetd stop" doesn't work (and "svi inted start" doesn't notice it's already running). The attached patch seems to fix the issue for me Martin -- I have always wished for my computer to be as easy

Re: [leaf-devel] Package name / rename, Debian patches etc.

2011-07-12 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, >> - dropbear vs. sshd suite (dropbear does not appear to support sftpd) >> - dnsmasq vs. djbdns suite and dhcp >> - pump vs. isc-dhcp client vs. dhcpcd >> there must be more of those... > > openvpn vs openswan? :)) I'm all for dropping unneeded extra packages (and sshd suite would be one

Re: [leaf-devel] glitch in buildtool

2011-05-16 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > If we stick with the buildtool code I would suggest to port the > _makeEnvString ($$) method from buildtool::Make::Source to > buildtool::Make::Common. I have not completely checked this though. > Maybe Martin would know. I wouldn't - for all I know, I didn't write the code ( http://

Re: [leaf-devel] Open Source License(s) for LEAF, Bering-uClibc, Wiki etc.

2011-05-16 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, > I'm not aware that any docbook content has been written with a special license > in mind. Is it necessary to ask the original authors individually? I don't know if it's required, but just to be sure: feel free to publish any documentation I have written under any reasonable* license (CC

Re: [leaf-devel] tagging 4.0?

2011-05-02 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, >> Sorry - I do not remember what exactly went wrong (and what I did to >> solve the problems) almost 7 years ago... > > No surprise, I would believe the configure system for openssh has > evolved some too. hopefully it has, since it was a mess back then, from what I remember ;-) Martin

Re: [leaf-devel] tagging 4.0?

2011-05-02 Thread Martin Hejl
> I tested without the patch and it compiled, how did you determine that > the native openssl library leaked into openssh? Most likely by trying it without a patch first. Things ended up breaking during the compile, and while fiddling with things, I figured out that things worked with that change

Re: [leaf-devel] tagging 4.0?

2011-05-02 Thread Martin Hejl
>> I don't know why we need to patch configure.ac for openssh in such a >> drastic way, maybe someone can tell me. It will break with every new >> release of the underlying ssl library. > > The question maybe answered by Martin, who wrote the buildtool.* files > (looking > into sources it is note

Re: [leaf-devel] Approach to updating the Wiki

2011-03-29 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi David, > Thanks for asking but please go ahead! Many of the existing pages are > unmodified copies of Bering-uClibc 3.x content and need correcting and > expanding. One good thing about the Wiki is that it is easy to make > minor corrections, and to see what has been changed. > > kp has covered

[leaf-devel] Approach to updating the Wiki

2011-03-28 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi again, I've been wondering - what's the "accepted" approach to updating the wiki? Should everybody with write access (I seem to have write access) just go ahead, or should there be some discussion about proposed changes first? I know, changes in the Wiki can be backed out again relatively e

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering-uClibc4.0-beta2 Observations

2011-02-08 Thread Martin Hejl
Am 08.02.2011 18:36, schrieb Andrew: 1. The contents of modules.tgz have UID/GID 1000/1000 rather than 0/0. Perhaps buildimage.pl was not run using "fakeroot"? >>> Yes, I missed that. Changed my notes. >> +# Check we are running as (fake)root >> +warn "WARNING: Not running as (f

Re: [leaf-devel] Howto Create Bering4 diskimage for emulator use

2010-12-01 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi David, > One practical challenge is that AFAIK most systems only PXE boot from > the "WAN" NIC, Indeed, that's also been the case for all of the PXE enabled boxes that I've played with. > so a bit of cable swapping will be required in order to > boot from a machine on the internal network. Wo

Re: [leaf-devel] Howto Create Bering4 diskimage for emulator use

2010-11-30 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi dMb, Am 30.11.2010 22:51, schrieb e-mail dmb.leaf-devel: > It *should* work but right now we have a problem with > /sbin/fdisk from hdsupp.lrp which I have just confirmed - See > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/leaf/ticket/11 :-( Well, if all else fails, you might try booting with Bering uClin

Re: [leaf-devel] Howto Create Bering4 diskimage for emulator use

2010-11-30 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Per, > Booted OK but stuck on /dev/sda1 does not exist as no partition exist. > > > Tried several ways of creating a partition with no . > Linux host does not recognize a filesystem. > > I also tried making a disk.img with qemu-img and from > qemu -cdrom sysrecover.iso -hda disk.img -boot orde

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering-uClibc4: removing obsolete packages + lcd4linux build error

2010-10-25 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi everybody, if I'm not mistaken, support for the GPIO ports of the Elan and SC1100 processors are already included in kernel 2.6 (never tried it though), so the gpio package is no longer needed. Martin Am 25.10.2010 16:34, schrieb davidMbrooke: > On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 23:17 +0200, Erich Titl

Re: [leaf-devel] importing packages into git

2010-10-01 Thread Martin Hejl
Am 01.10.2010 22:47, schrieb Martin Hejl: just to avoid misunderstandings > (and to others working on the project, at least > this was the case the last time this kind of thing was talked about on > and off the list). I should have said "and to those who work on the project"

Re: [leaf-devel] importing packages into git

2010-10-01 Thread Martin Hejl
Am 01.10.2010 22:24, schrieb Enrico Weigelt: > For example bash: > > > http://pubgit.metux.de/download/oss-qm/bash/VENDOR::leaf::bash-2.5.2.5.tar.bz2 > > > BTW: we really should consider upgrade these ancient packages ;-) Well, remember, leaf is a distro that up until the latest (upcoming)

Re: [leaf-devel] Talks about versioning system

2010-10-01 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, >> On that page it's mentioned 'FRS or other project resources' - so IMHO >> at least it'll be good to ask about this to SF support - will >> git/svn/etc snapshot meet source availability requirements. > > I'll talk with SF staff next week. As always, I very much appreciate your help. Th

Re: [leaf-devel] Talks about versioning system

2010-10-01 Thread Martin Hejl
Am 01.10.2010 11:38, schrieb Andrew: >> So, looking for a different SCM, might be interesting (and >> possibly/probably provide benefits) - but it doesn't address the issue >> that we're not providing sources for binary releases in FRS. > > Source availability requirements are applicable for all ve

Re: [leaf-devel] Talks about versioning system

2010-09-30 Thread Martin Hejl
Am 30.09.2010 22:06, schrieb Enrico Weigelt: > hmm, one thing we could do is: > > #1: adding download protocol specifiers, eg.: > > > Protocolcurl > URL http:// > > > (if no protocol is given, falling back to cvs) > > > #2: adding a new object type "t

Re: [leaf-devel] Talks about versioning system

2010-09-30 Thread Martin Hejl
Am 30.09.2010 18:48, schrieb Enrico Weigelt: > Of course. Perhaps you could explain the current process from > fetching the tarball (and maybe other files, eg. patches) until > the local source tree is set up and the actual package build begins > to me. I'll try to find a solution for a soft migrat

Re: [leaf-devel] Talks about versioning system

2010-09-30 Thread Martin Hejl
Am 30.09.2010 19:22, schrieb Enrico Weigelt: >> We also have the requirement (per Sourceforge terms of use) to provide >> the sources for a binary release in the FRS (which we currently don't >> do, since according to the link Mike provided, having those sources in >> CVS is not sufficient). > > I

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering-uClibc4: Shorewall 4.4.13 -> 4.4.13.1

2010-09-30 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, >> By the way - are you aware of a way to automate the process of uploading >> something into FRS, apart from using some form of screen-scraping the SF >> website? >> Never having used the FRS in any shape or form, I'm afraid I don't know >> much about it - other than hearing from a coupl

Re: [leaf-devel] Talks about versioning system

2010-09-30 Thread Martin Hejl
Am 30.09.2010 17:07, schrieb Enrico Weigelt: > Recoursive wget would perform much better. CVS isn't particularily > well suited for such things. Possibly - I don't really want to get into an argument about what SCM works better for whom under what circumstances (I'll leave that discussion to othe

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering-uClibc4: Shorewall 4.4.13 -> 4.4.13.1

2010-09-29 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, >> To me it sounds (if we want to stay in line with the terms of use with >> SF), that we either do that (but then, what actually _is_ a "binary >> releases made via our File Release System or any other project resource" > > Martin, > The SF policy applies to the FRS only. If you release

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering-uClibc4: Shorewall 4.4.13 -> 4.4.13.1

2010-09-29 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > Either way, what is the canonical way to keep an existing build > environment in sync with CVS. Buildtool does not check for modifications > once a package is built. since nobody else chimed in (and since I'm partly to blame for some of the shortcomings of buildtool), I'll respond - I

Re: [leaf-devel] Talks about versioning system

2010-09-29 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, > (btw: the issue started with DavidMBrookes question, if sources should go into > cvs or not? The discussion drifted away - any ideas on that topic?) I'd say yes - it will be easier that way to provide a source tarball (whatever that has to include remains to be seen) if it's decided we

Re: [leaf-devel] Talks about versioning system

2010-09-29 Thread Martin Hejl
Am 29.09.2010 08:38, schrieb Andrew: > On 28/09/10 22:19, Martin Hejl wrote: >> To me it sounds (if we want to stay in line with the terms of use with >> SF), that we either do that (but then, what actually _is_ a "binary >> releases made via our File Release S

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering-uClibc4: Shorewall 4.4.13 -> 4.4.13.1

2010-09-28 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, > Thx for the pointer. > > AFAIK that reads that we have to provide a tarball of our cvs with each and > every release (currently 108M). I didn't really want to respond to Mike's mail, since I was hoping that I was misreading the implications. But unfortunately, I read the page the same w

Re: [leaf-devel] buildall.sh - why 'buildpacket.pl' started via 'fakeroot'?

2010-05-26 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Andrew, > This cause on my system troubles with initrd package building through > buildall script. Why it was done in that way? Possible it'll be good > (and safe) to remove fakeroot call? fakeroot (or "real" root) is needed for buildpacket because it needs to "chown" the files before putting

Re: [leaf-devel] The UnNamed One

2010-04-27 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > KP, > See: > > http://leaf.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/leaf/src/bering-uclibc4/ Something doesn't seem to be quite right either with the cvs-commits list, or with Andrew's permissions to post to that list - at least, that's how I read the total lack of messages on that list for the com

Re: [leaf-devel] The UnNamed One

2010-04-27 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi everybody, > the UnNamedOne was a "design study" two years ago by Martin Hejl, which is > different from Andrews work. the first part is not quite true - it was a joint effort by Dirk Gförer, Eric Spakman and myself (and truth to be told, my part in it probably was the small

Re: [leaf-devel] Buildtool

2010-04-06 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > What assistance will help with 'buildtool' conversion from cvs to git? > > http://leaf.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/leaf/src/bering-uclibc/buildtool/ For starters, somebody who knows something about git (if that person was also a perl hacker, even better. But the code should be commente

Re: [leaf-devel] Mailing Lists

2010-04-06 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > I'm willing to resume my duties as list manager. feel free to do so if you'd like to. Due to the fact that the lists have been _very_ low traffic lately (apart from the spam that's automatically discarded), it's not been a burden - but if you'd like to take care of the lists again, t

Re: [leaf-devel] Mailing Lists

2010-04-06 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > Are there any objections to deleting the following mailing lists: > > leaf-announce, leaf-auto, leaf-hardware, leaf-wisp-dist No objections at all - they've done nothing but receive spam for quite a while now. > leaf-cvs-commits (rename to leaf-commits, or delete in favor of

Re: [leaf-devel] The_UnNamed_One

2009-08-10 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > Somehow this HOSTCC stuff is weird, in the process of building buildenv > a gcc 3.3.3 is downloaded, despite all definitions im MasterInclude.mk. I'm not sure what's so weird about it - it works the exact same way as the Bering uClibc branch (unless things have changed since early 200

Re: [leaf-devel] The_UnNamed_One

2009-08-07 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi again, ok, forget what I just wrote - the instructions below are no longer accurate, since kp just changed the config in CVS Martin Martin Hejl schrieb: > Hi Erich, > >> I decided to give it a try and build a buildenv. Unfortunately I did not >> get very far >>

Re: [leaf-devel] The_UnNamed_One

2009-08-07 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > I decided to give it a try and build a buildenv. Unfortunately I did not > get very far > > source/package: linux > > downloading: buildtool.cfg from server cvs-sourceforge type file > download failed: file ../apps/linux/buildtool.cfg does not exist The follo

Re: [leaf-devel] cvs commits

2009-05-07 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, > it seems that the cvs-commit mailinglist or the feature that commits activate > a message on that list is broken. > I've heard of various pb's with the latest SF platform update, maybe this ir > related? as discussed off list, the missing cvs-commit messages from our new team memeber

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-14 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi John, >> this is a little depressing. After spending years (and tons of emails) >> discussing the need for a kernel 2.6 version of LEAF, there has been >> no response on this list on the topic. > > Sorry, Martin, I only read the list as a newsgroup, every week or so. No problem. I just started

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-11 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi David, > I'm sort of fishing for stories about why that might be a bad idea, beyond > that 1: it varies from standard practice and 2: the initramfs is not backed > by swap, as normal shmfs is Well, one downside of this approach is that you cannot control the size of the root-fs by a variable in

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-10 Thread Martin Hejl
oops - sorry > Hi Nicol, make that "Hi David" sorry about that Martin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-10 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Charles, > Besides driver issues, another reason to migrate to a 2.6 kernel is > support for IPV6, which will become vastly more important in the years > to come, particularly outside the US, where the IPV4 address pool is > already beginning to be exhausted. Good point. I haven't had to touch

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-10 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Nicol, thanks for your feedback, > I had no trouble running the 3.1 release candidate with a static 2.6 kernel; Well, but doesn't a static kernel (I assume you mean that everything you needed was compiled into the kernel statically, rather than as a module) pretty much stand against everythin

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-09 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Paul, thanks for your feedback > With that > experience, > my question would be, what significant benefits does the 2.6 kernel > provide to a minimalist system? For me, the main reason was new drivers. It appears that more and more things are only added to the 2.6 kernel, and not to the 2.4

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-08 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > And for all your effort which point into the future here it is _WELL DONE_ ;-) > One of my concerns in the 2.6 branch will be IPSEC, as now we need to > use the native stack. It appears that with using the native stack IPSEC > will be an application like any other, so we may have now

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-07 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, >> I didn't expect a storm of activity - but I (perhaps foolishly) expected >> some sort of response. I'm not looking for a "good job, well done" >> response - but some sort of feedback that somebody is actually giving >> the latest developments a try would be helpful. Without any kind of

Re: [leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-07 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi all, this is a little depressing. After spending years (and tons of emails) discussing the need for a kernel 2.6 version of LEAF, there has been no response on this list on the topic. Is somebody actually interested in continued work on that image (and has just not had an issue with it what I'v

Re: [leaf-devel] Project description

2008-03-07 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > "LEAF - Linux Embedded Appliance Framework" > > Everyone, > We seem to have agreement on a name switch from Firewall to Framework. I > think we can make this change now, and continue work on a description > for later adoption. Is this acceptable? fine with me Martin

Re: [leaf-devel] Project description

2008-03-06 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, > I agree with you, that the main usage scenario is to build a network > appliance > with LEAF and most of them also acting as firewall. > > Anyway I think it has grown from a "firewall" to a "framework". That's something I have no issues with - even though, that seems to a change be t

Re: [leaf-devel] Project description

2008-03-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi all, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: > I always preferred the second one and that's, what I started with to > enhance/change it: > > "LEAF is a Linux Embedded Appliance Framework. > Branches provides various appliance-oriented tasks: LAN/WAN router, Internet > border router/firewalls, wireless acces

[leaf-devel] Bering uClibc with Kernel 2.6

2008-03-01 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi everybody, for the last few weeks, Dirk Gfroerer, Eric Spakman and myself have been working on getting kernel 2.6 to work with Bering-uClibc. By now, we have things working enough that we feel it's fit to be shown to the other leaf developers out there. It is by no means ready, probably not eve

Re: [leaf-devel] [leaf-user] Problem with buildtool.pl and Config::General

2007-11-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, please keep replies on the list > Thanks for the info, I tried to diff the buildtool tree, only got my own > changes though. > > cvs diff: Diffing . (...) That's not how "cvs diff" works. From the man page: "The default action is to compare your working files with the revisions they w

Re: [leaf-devel] [leaf-user] Problem with buildtool.pl and Config::General

2007-11-04 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, Erich Titl wrote: > KP Kirchdoerfer schrieb: >> I've commited the appropriate changes in buildtool.pl and >> buildtool/Make/Source.pm. >> >> I've tested the changes on a newly build buildenv on kubuntu 7.04. >> >> It needed one change to build the buildenvironment - /bin/sh has to have

Re: [leaf-devel] buildtool Type=list

2007-10-25 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, Erich Titl wrote: > Hi Martin > > I have defined a number of links in my buildtool.cfg file, like > > > Filename= usr/lib/cups > Type= link > Target = data/cups/usr/lib/cups > > > Which suggests that the target di

Re: [leaf-devel] buildtool Type=list

2007-10-18 Thread Martin Hejl
Martin Hejl wrote: >> Is it used to build >> the package hash, and if so wouldn't that necessitate all files to be of >> type 'list'? > Nope - all files in the package are automatically added to ".list" - the > keyword in buildtool.cfg is to ad

Re: [leaf-devel] buildtool Type=list

2007-10-18 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, >>From this document it is not completely clear to me which files have to > have the type 'list', because I don't know, what the .list file is > actually used for now that we have the new configdb. I don't think it is used for anything anymore (I don't see a single buildtool.cfg file i

Re: [leaf-devel] eql_enslave & r1000 module

2007-10-15 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > While we're at it (and the document is still botched) is there a > sepcific Type for symbolic links? yup, there is. See http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bucd-buildpacket.html (without the colon, I should have put a space between the URL and the colon - sorry about that) In short: Type

Re: [leaf-devel] eql_enslave & r1000 module

2007-10-14 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > I am about to build a cups package and I am wondering what entry is > needed in buildtool.cfg to create an empty directory in the package, e.g. > > > Filename= var/spool/cups > Source = var/spool/cups > Type= directory ? > yup, that's almost r

Re: [leaf-devel] eql_enslave & r1000 module

2007-08-12 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, ok, this will have to be quick, since I have to work tomorrow - so forgive me if I overlook something... > - but we'd surely burn a lot of disk-space on the SF >> servers... > > We would indeed, but hardly more than we do right now. Actually, we would - since the sources would not be c

Re: [leaf-devel] eql_enslave & r1000 module

2007-08-12 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > Thank you, the biggest problem was to find the correct place for a > module, in this case the r1000 thing. I don't know if a module sent to > contrib gets included into the lib/modules tree/tarball. Not as far as I know. Eric might be able to help with that. > would you guys be think

Re: [leaf-devel] eql_enslave & r1000 module

2007-08-12 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > Now the question, I am apparently a bit too dense to understand the CVS > setup for bering-uClibc. > > What _exactly_ do I have to do to to contribute it correctly. I have had > limited success with the r1000 module I contributed. Sorry for the late reply. For the sources, it's quite

Re: [leaf-devel] Can't get buildtool to work..

2007-07-31 Thread Martin Hejl
Adam Niedzwiedzki wrote: > Resend, I couldn't attach the zip'd logfile (it can be gotten from > http://www.genis-x.net/buildtoollog.zip) tried it on Centos 5, and it works fine without any problems (well, I temporarily had to replace gcc 4.1 with gcc 3.x, but that's a known issue, and I think it'

Re: [leaf-devel] [leaf-user] [RFC] Target "privatebuild" for Buildtool

2007-04-18 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mats, since nobody else has spoken up so far, I'll give it a shot. First of all, remember, I'm speaking for nobody but myself (seems like in the past, statements of individual developers were misunderstood as being the group's point of view). Then, this kind of discussion is probably suited b

Re: [leaf-devel] SF Project Wiki Beta (replacement for DocManager)

2007-03-17 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > I conclude you're > indicating the UI looks to complex to grasp in a short time. the UI isn't the problem - it's more about the time required to figure out how to use everything properly (i.e. read the documentation provided). It looks easy enough, but that doesn't change the fact that

Re: [leaf-devel] SF Project Wiki Beta (replacement for DocManager)

2007-03-16 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > Is there a reason I'm the only one that's done anything with the new > wiki? as always, I can speak only for myself - but I'm going to assume that I speak for at least a few of the developers who might look at the wiki at some point. While the wiki might be a big help down the road, at

Re: [leaf-devel] mailing list archive

2007-03-13 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi kp, > the mailing list archive on SF is not up to date. The last archived messages > for leaf-user is Feb 23th. Are there any known issues? SF status does not > show a pb related to mailing list archives. I've opened a tracker - see https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=16

Re: [leaf-devel] outdated LEAF derivatives

2007-01-29 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, Mike Noyes wrote: > Martin or I should probably contact Vladimir, and inquire if the > leaf-wisp-dist mailing list is still necessary. leaf-wisp-dist currently has 150 subscribers, but it's extremely low traffic (last message from November, as far as I can see). I don't have an issue with

Re: [leaf-devel] small glitch in ssh/scp in bering-uClibc

2006-11-28 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, Erich Titl wrote: > Starting with bering-uclibc3.x I observed an error when trying to use > ssh/scp. > > debug2: calling socket with 10 , 1 , 6 > socket: Address family not supported by protocol > > This is due to the fact that the socket call is using an address family > of inetv6 by

Re: [leaf-devel] initial 3.0 beta feedback

2006-09-08 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Paul, > lrpstat & friends aren't in the packages directory lrpstat is commented out in conf/sources.cfg because it needs a jdk plus some extras (a classes.zip file from a 1.1 JDK) to compile. See the note in conf/sources.cfg what you need in order to build lrpstat Martin ---

Re: [leaf-devel] latest cvs checkout does not compile

2006-08-28 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > OK, i have to admit it, I do not grok this buildtool. > > What is the canonical way to get up to date without building buildenv > again? There is no canonical way. The short version is that there simply isn't any way to get the buildenv up to date, because it would most likely caus

Re: [leaf-devel] latest cvs checkout does not compile

2006-08-28 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > BTW. does anyone know why S/MIME signed messages are _not_ showing up on > the list? most likely because the messages had a content type other than multipart/mixed multipart/alternative message/rfc822 multipart/signed text/plain Please send a signed message to leaf-devel again (I chang

Re: [leaf-devel] Buildtool and buildenv

2006-06-18 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > I am not sure I understand completely. > > Example: > > I want to make a small modification in the kernel configuration. What > directory will these changes be made in, as it is neither in apps nor > contrib. Basically the sources reside in > > $BUILDROOT/source/linux/ > > the mods

Re: [leaf-devel] Buildtool and buildenv

2006-06-17 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, >>If you change the config, the safest way (I'm going from memory here, I >>didn't double-check this) would be to do >> >>$ ./buildtool.pl srcclean busybox >>$ ./buildtool.pl build busybox > > > I am afraid this will erase my modifications. No, it won't, unless you're making the modifi

Re: [leaf-devel] Buildtool and buildenv

2006-06-17 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, sorry - I'm not around the computer much these days, so don't expect speedy responses from me for the next few weeks. > I found that in the corresponding apps/busybox, there is no unpacked > busybox source. Will buildtool use such a source when it exists or just > unpack the tar archive

Re: [leaf-devel] Buildtool and buildenv

2006-06-17 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > I know you want to avoid branches in CVS. What is the canonical way to, > let's say > > - replace openswan with strongswan and still track current kernel > development/configuration.. don't know about that one - the whole *swan integration into the kernel is a bit obscure (due to the

[leaf-devel] tagging and building old releases

2006-05-14 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi everybody, now that CVS is back up again, we could finally add the tags for the 2.4.1 release of Bering-uClibc and test the ideas we had for how one could build a specific release. So, the sources in CVS are tagged (reflecting the state of CVS when 2.4.1 was released) - the tag name is "Releas

Re: [leaf-devel] [Fwd: SUBJECT: SourceForge.net: CVS service offering changes]

2006-05-12 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > It is operational now. The SF staff had to restart xinetd on that > server. Indeed - seems to work nicely now. Thanks. Martin ___ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-de

Re: [leaf-devel] [Fwd: SUBJECT: SourceForge.net: CVS service offering changes]

2006-05-12 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > Rsync should be available from SF now too. Please check it if you have > the time. Thanks. > > rsync://leaf.cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/leaf/* Either I'm doing something wrong, or rsync doesn't work yet - all I get is: rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so

Re: [leaf-devel] rebuilding initrd packages

2006-05-07 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Andrea, > What happens: is really run only the first time. A very easy workaround > is to change in: > > #include common.cfg > #include common1.cfg > #include ...common2.cfg > > and so on. Simply create links with ln, and all initrd packages are > built correctly (with ash, linuxr

Re: [leaf-devel] Glitch in initrd backup when using alternative initrdfile

2006-05-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Charles, > You don't understand how subversion works. I never claimed otherwise ;-) > It's like a file-system and > making a tag or branch is like copying a directory. Everything > underneath is copied too. Well, to me, the way things are stored in the backend are pretty much meaningless (l

Re: [leaf-devel] CVS tags

2006-05-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Charles, > This is where subversion's branching would really shine. You would > simply change the repository URL in the main config file and 'head' > would point to the latest version of that branch, which is probably what > you'd want (ie: security updates/bug fixes included). Ah, ok, I get i

Re: [leaf-devel] Glitch in initrd backup when using alternative initrdfile

2006-05-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Charles, > This might be one benefit to subversion. It might be (I don't know, I've not used subversion so far). But the problem I see for buildtool is not so much that it's too hard to fetch a file for a specific branch, but rather that buildtool currently isn't fetching anything other than HE

Re: [leaf-devel] CVS tags

2006-05-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi again, Martin Hejl wrote: > * Check out src/bering-uclibc/buildtool for the release branch of 2.4.1 > * check out src/bering-uclibc/apps for the release branch of 2.4.1 > * modify cvs-sourceforge use the "file" target for server > cvs-sourceforge and make it point

Re: [leaf-devel] CVS tags

2006-05-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > Is buildtool able to use a checked out working copy to build from? It is, if one adjusts the main config (changes the "cvs-sourceforge" server setting in conf/sources.cfg to use the "file" type, which will use the local filesystem rather than CVS). But wether that will work to build an

Re: [leaf-devel] CVS tags

2006-05-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > I assume the code within buildtool to access a certain file is pretty > central. How difficult is it for this piece of code to use an > environment variable specifying a TAG (defaulting to HEAD). It is, but that doesn't solve the problem. The idea behind buildtool is that it can use wh

Re: [leaf-devel] CVS tags

2006-05-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, Mike Noyes wrote: > Subject was: Re: [leaf-devel] Glitch in initrd backup when using > alternative initrdfile > > On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 02:58, Eric Spakman wrote: > >>>How does one to go about building the buildenv for a specific release, >>>e.g. does CVS have release tags? For example

Re: [leaf-devel] Glitch in initrd backup when using alternative initrdfile

2006-05-05 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Erich, > Thanks for the clarification. The release tags would not hurt though. Sure. >> When making a checkout from CVS, remember to use a SF developer account >> - synching between the "real" CVS server and the backup server (which is >> used for anonymous access) still doesn't seem to work (

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