NNTP Server

2005-07-29 Thread Richard A Downing
Is there any realistic expectation that the facility to write to the lists via the NNTP service will be fixed? There is also a suggestion that it might be withdrawn. I ask, since I'm updating the text in the BLFS book, and I want to accurately reflect the true situation. My current draft reads:

Re: New BLFS Editor

2005-07-29 Thread Richard A Downing
Thank you all for your good wishes. I shall endeavour to limit the damage I cause by, for instance, my tipografikal inexaktytudes. Richard. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: NNTP Server

2005-07-29 Thread Matthew Burgess
Richard A Downing wrote: Is there any realistic expectation that the facility to write to the lists via the NNTP service will be fixed? There is also a suggestion that it might be withdrawn. I came up with a plan that may well have fixed NNTP, but have been too busy to get around to it. As

Re: Shadow Group Support

2005-07-29 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Matthew Burgess wrote: FWIW, if upstream believe it shouldn't be on by default, then we should follow their recommendation and drop the optional 'grpconv' command from the book. I have no idea how common shadowed groups are out in the wild though. AFAIK, the only time that gshadow is used

Re: NNTP Server

2005-07-29 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Richard A Downing wrote: Is there any realistic expectation that the facility to write to the lists via the NNTP service will be fixed? There is also a suggestion that it might be withdrawn. I ask, since I'm updating the text in the BLFS book, and I want to accurately reflect the true

Re: Change r6572 Roadmap

2005-07-29 Thread Randy McMurchy
Jim Gifford wrote these words on 07/29/05 11:54 CST: So as you can see, yes I did look at Greg's scripts, but I did not use them. What I don't understand here Greg is why you can say I stole your work and didn't give you credit, when I patch glibc to fix the issue and you don't. I think

Re: Change r6572 Roadmap

2005-07-29 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Jim Gifford wrote: In my book patching GCC should only be done when neccessary, to me there had to be a better solution. Hi Jim, Applying that remark to a different context, I guess that means you'll be dead against lib|lib32 (instead of lib64|lib), or indeed pure64

Re: Change r6572 Roadmap

2005-07-29 Thread Jim Gifford
Randy McMurchy wrote: Jim Gifford wrote these words on 07/29/05 11:54 CST: So as you can see, yes I did look at Greg's scripts, but I did not use them. What I don't understand here Greg is why you can say I stole your work and didn't give you credit, when I patch glibc to fix the issue

Re: Change r6572 Roadmap

2005-07-29 Thread Jim Gifford
Ken Moffat wrote: On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Jim Gifford wrote: In my book patching GCC should only be done when neccessary, to me there had to be a better solution. Hi Jim, Applying that remark to a different context, I guess that means you'll be dead against lib|lib32 (instead of

Re: Dependency on libiconv in J2SDK-1.4.2 ?

2005-07-29 Thread Matthew Burgess
Tushar Teredesai wrote: There is no good place to warn in BLFS (there is no section Packages Not to Install, maybe there should be!). Hence, IMO the best option is the package with which it clashes. Right, my thought on this was that a note could be put on each of the packages that are known

Re: Change r6572 Roadmap

2005-07-29 Thread Randy McMurchy
Jim Gifford wrote these words on 07/29/05 13:22 CST: I was pointing out the facts, as I see them and as they are on the list. This is my only post on this whole issue, everything else has come through Gerard after communicating with me. It's time for me to defend myself, because this

Re: Dependency on libiconv in J2SDK-1.4.2 ?

2005-07-29 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 7/29/05, Matthew Burgess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can think of suitable wording for the Glibc page in LFS, I don't mind adding it. I know that's more my job than yours, but I'm not fully up to speed on the exact issues involved. Netiher am I :-) All I know is glibc and libiconv

Re: Dependency on libiconv in J2SDK-1.4.2 ?

2005-07-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Matthew Burgess wrote: for the Glibc page in LFS, I don't mind adding it. I know that's more my job than yours, but I'm not fully up to speed on the exact issues involved. Matt, it's called delegating *g* It's no longer your job when you deem it to be somebody elses. -- Gerard Beekmans

Re: New BLFS Editor

2005-07-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Richard A Downing wrote: Thank you all for your good wishes. I shall endeavour to limit the damage I cause by, for instance, my tipografikal inexaktytudes. That would just make things more...interesting -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */

autoconf-2.59 error in lfs-gcc4-20050728

2005-07-29 Thread John Burrell
I get the folowing error doing make in autoconf-2.59 in lfs-gcc4-20050728 Can't locate Data/Dumper.pm in @INC.( @INC contains: ---blah blah ... /test/../lib/Autom4te/C4che.pm line 35 BEGIN failed --compilation aborted at /sources/autoconf-2.59//test/../lib/Autom4te/C4che.pm line 35. I

RE: autoconf-2.59 error in lfs-gcc4-20050728

2005-07-29 Thread David Fix
I get the folowing error doing make in autoconf-2.59 in lfs-gcc4-20050728 Where can a fellow take a look at the gcc4 book? :) I'd be interested in providing some feedback on this! :) Dave -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ:

Re: Shadow Group Support

2005-07-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Greg Schafer wrote: No, that is the whole problem. The upstream developer has not made it Gotcha, I misunderstood that bit. Well that does change things a bit. If the developers don't have it figured out yet, let's then maintain the status quo for now? -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux

Re: Change r6572 Roadmap

2005-07-29 Thread Greg Schafer
Jim Gifford wrote: So as you can see, yes I did look at Greg's scripts, but I did not use them. What I don't understand here Greg is why you can say I stole your work and didn't give you credit, Jim, never once have I used the word stolen. The changes you made to the LFS Cross build made it

Re: Change r6572 Roadmap

2005-07-29 Thread Jim Gifford
Greg Schafer wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: So as you can see, yes I did look at Greg's scripts, but I did not use them. What I don't understand here Greg is why you can say I stole your work and didn't give you credit, Jim, never once have I used the word stolen. The changes you made

Re: Change r6572 Roadmap

2005-07-29 Thread Randy McMurchy
Jim Gifford wrote these words on 07/30/05 00:29 CST: [snip bunch of garbage] How do you expect me to work with you on something when you attacked me like you did, what you did was totally uncalled for and unacceptable by moral standards. You should of communicated to me privately, instead of