ufs write safety
by David Kewley
Hi all,
Can anyone here provide experience reports or pointers to reports,
regarding the safety of Linux's write support for Sun UFS? It is
marked as experimental and dangerous, but it appears to have been
around since 1998. I'm wondering whether this might be one of those
things that works fine but still carries old labels.
I've googled and found only the same warnings that I would write myself,
if I only read fs/Kconfig & Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt. I tried
contacting the author, Daniel Pirkl, but his email address listed in
the code the docs is now invalid.
I have several external RAID arrays that up to now have been attached to
Sun boxes and formatted with UFS filesystems. I will be attaching
these arrays now to a RHEL 4 host. If I can safely get away with it,
I'd prefer to keep writing to the UFS volumes, since we're talking
about several TB of data. But if writing is still not believed to be
safe, then I will need to transfer the data to a Linux filesystem with
spare TB of space, reformat the external filesystems, and move the data
back (or variations on that plan). These are filesystems that several
people use for daily work, so I'd rather avoid the copy time if
possible.
Any pointers would be very welcome.
Thanks,
David
18 years, 11 months
rawhide report: 20050525 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
alsa-lib-1.0.9rc4-1
-------------------
* Tue May 24 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> 1.0.9rc4-1
- update to 1.0.9rc4 (#157180, #158547)
boost-1.32.0-6
--------------
* Tue May 24 2005 Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz(a)redhat.com> 1.32.0-6
- (#153093: boost warns that gcc 4.0.0 is an unknown compiler)
- (#152205: development .so symlinks should be in -devel subpackage)
- (#154783: linker .so symlinks missing from boost-devel package)
* Fri Mar 18 2005 Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz(a)redhat.com> 1.32.0-5
- Revert boost-base.patch to old behavior.
- Use SONAMEVERSION instead of dllversion.
* Wed Mar 16 2005 Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz(a)redhat.com> 1.32.0-4
- (#142612: Compiling Boost 1.32.0 Failed in RHEL 3.0 on Itanium2)
- (#150069: libboost_python.so is missing)
- (#141617: bad patch boost-base.patch)
- (#122817: libboost_*.so symlinks missing)
- Re-add boost-thread.patch.
- Change boost-base.patch to show thread tags.
- Change boost-gcc-tools.patch to use SOTAG, compile with dllversion.
- Add symbolic links to files.
- Sanity check can compile with gcc-3.3.x, gcc-3.4.2, gcc-4.0.x., gcc-4.1.x.
control-center-1:2.10.1-6
-------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> - 1:2.10.1-6
- don't ship static versions of nautilus extensions
dbus-0.33-3
-----------
* Mon May 23 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> - 0.33-3
- remove static libraries from python bindings
eclipse-1:3.1.0_fc-0.M7.5
-------------------------
* Sun May 22 2005 Andrew Overholt <overholt(a)redhat.com> 3.1.0_fc-0.M7.4
- Remove compilation of jdt.ui jar.so on ppc.
* Sat May 21 2005 Ben Konrath <bkonrath(a)redhat.com> 3.1.0_fc-0.M7.3
- Add ecj-options patch to bootstrap source.
- Make embedded browser widget work (Robin Green).
- Bump required version of java-gcj-compat to the latest (-40jpp_24rh).
- Use -lgcjawt when building with gcj.
* Wed May 18 2005 Ben Konrath <bkonrath(a)redhat.com> 3.1.0_fc-0.M7.2
- Disable org.eclipse.osgi_3.1.0.jar.so.
- Add ecj-options patch, remove ecj-extdirs patch.
eclipse-cdt-1:3.0.0_fc-0.M6.7
-----------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Andrew Overholt <overholt(a)redhat.com> 3.0.0_fc-0.M6.7
- Bring in new I-build to enable jump to Eclipse 3.1M7 and fix some critical
issues.
fedora-logos-1.1.31-1
---------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 1.1.31-1
- copyright date on anaconda splash (#153964)
firstboot-1.3.41-4
------------------
* Tue May 24 2005 Adrian Likins <alikins(a)redhat.com> - 1.3.41
- fix #158095 - Subscription Alert (on first login) on non network installs
* Thu May 19 2005 Adrian Likins <alikins(a)redhat.com> - 1.3.40
- fix #154606 - First boot displays "please insert the red hat enterprise linux extras disk"
ftp-0.17-26
-----------
* Tue May 24 2005 Miloslav Trmac <mitr(a)redhat.com> - 0.17-26
- Fix passive mode with SELinux (#158234, patch by Nalin Dahyabhai)
- Fix format string mismatch
gamin-0.1.0-1
-------------
* Thu May 12 2005 Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> 0.1.0-1
- Close inherited file descriptors on exec of gam_server
- Cancelling a monitor send back a FAMAcknowledge
- Fixed for big files > 2GB
- Bug when monitoring a non existing directory
- Make client side thread safe
- Unreadable directory fixes
- Better flow control handling
- Updated to latest inotify version: 0.23-6
gdm-1:2.6.0.8-16
----------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> 1:2.6.0.8-16
- Make sure username/password incorrect message gets displayed
(bug 158127).
- reread system locale before starting gdm in early login mode
(bug 158376).
kernel-2.6.11-1.1353_FC4
------------------------
* Tue May 24 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Update various cpufreq drivers.
* Mon May 23 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Add extra id to SATA Sil driver. (#155748)
- Fix oops on rmmod of lanai & ms558 drivers when no hardware present.
* Mon May 23 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Fix double unlock of spinlock on tulip. (#158522)
libgnomeprint22-2.10.3-1
------------------------
* Tue May 24 2005 David Zeuthen <davidz(a)redhat.com> - 2.10.3-1
- Update to upstream release 2.10.3 (#158397). Temporarily disable
the fix for #154939 since that may be fixed upstream.
libxslt-1.1.14-2
----------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com>
- remove static library from python bindings
log4j-0:1.2.8-7jpp_4fc
----------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson(a)redhat.com> 0:1.2.8-7jpp_4fc
- Work around chainsaw failure (#157585).
lvm2-cluster-2.01.09-3.0
------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Alasdair Kergon <agk(a)redhat.com> - 2.01.09-3.0
- Changed arch again, now: 'ExclusiveArch: i386 ppc ppc64 x86_64'
- Fix clvmd init script.
- Don't add it to any runlevels by default. (#157468)
openoffice.org-1:1.9.104-2
--------------------------
* Tue May 24 2005 Dan Williams <dcbw(a)redhat.com> - 1:1.9.104-2
- Add -IN glyph fallbacks for Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, and Tamil
(penoffice.org-1.9.104.oooXXXXX.indic-font-fallbacks.patch)
- Add Croatian 'hr' langpack
- Package libportaudio and libsndfile libraries in -core package
- drop workspace-db4.patch and workspace-db4-2.patch since it appears we can use
db4 with gcc again
- add openoffice.org-1.9.104-gcjawt.patch to deal with gcj AWT library change
to libgcjawt.so
- add openoffice.org-1.9.104-berkeleydb-jni-casting-misuse.patch to fix grievous
misuse of C casting in berkeleydb's JNI glue
rhpl-0.167-1
------------
* Tue May 24 2005 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat(a)redhat.com> - 0.167-1
- Fix for ALPS specific settings
* Thu May 19 2005 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 0.166-1
- Retranslate keyboard names each time so that it works with anaconda's
lang changing (#157733)
rpm-4.4.1-21
------------
* Tue May 24 2005 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat(a)redhat.com> - 4.4.1-21
- Update translations (#154623)
setools-2.1.0-5
---------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> 2.1.0-5
- put libraries in the right place (also puts debuginfo in the right
package)
- add %defattr for -devel too
* Thu May 12 2005 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 2.1.0-4
- Move sepcut to gui apps.
* Fri May 06 2005 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 2.1.0-3
- Fix Missing return code.
shadow-utils-2:4.0.7-9
----------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Peter Vrabec <pvrabec(a)redhat.com> 2:4.0.7-9
- remove vigr binary
* Mon May 23 2005 Peter Vrabec <pvrabec(a)redhat.com> 2:4.0.7-8
- fix nscd socket path
system-config-display-1.0.29-1
------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 1.0.29-1
- put scriptlets from distcvs in this specfile
* Mon May 23 2005 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 1.0.28-1
- fix typo in cleanup leading to traceback (#157423)
* Thu Apr 28 2005 Soren Sandmann <sandmann(a)redhat.com> 1.0.26-1
- Clean up deprecation warnings (#153937)
system-config-soundcard-1.2.11-5
--------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.11-5
- fix probing of mac audio (#157932)
up2date-4.4.23-4
----------------
* Tue May 24 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> 4.4.23-4
- fix traceback in repomd support
vte-0.11.13-2.fc4
-----------------
* Mon May 23 2005 BillNottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> 0.11.13-2.fc4
- fix removal of static libs from python bindings
yum-2.3.2-6
-----------
* Tue May 24 2005 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat(a)redhat.com> - 2.3.2-6
- Erase/remove reversing for yum cli (#158577)
* Tue May 24 2005 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 2.3.2-5
- allow multiple packages _providing_ kernel-devel (or any installonlypkgs)
to be installed (#155988)
* Mon May 23 2005 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 2.3.2-4
- fix traceback on out of disk space error
18 years, 11 months
rawhide report: 20050524 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
GFS-kernel-2.6.11.7-20050519.153509.FC4.3
-----------------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Chris Feist <cfeist(a)redhat.com>
- Fixed depmod in %post scriptlet to use correct kernel.
anaconda-10.2.1.0-1
-------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 10.2.1.0-1
- Branch for FC4, betanag is off
- Hack around usb-storage slowness at finding devices that leads to the
reload not occurring
- Handle FC3 swap label format and convert to right format (#158195)
- Only set things up to change the default kernel if we're booting us (#158195)
- Fix deps on upgrades (#157754)
- Try to keep install screen from moving with length of strings
- Fix autopart problem leaving some freespace the size of where you
started your partition growing
- Allow excluding name.arch in kickstart (Dave Lehman, #158370)
- Don't spew an error if essid or wepkey isn't set (#158223)
- Add megaraid and other new drivers (#157420)
- Left pad RAID uuid (clumens, #136051)
- synaptics tweak (pnasrat)
- Fix telnetd to use devpts instead of legacy ptys (#124248)
ant-0:1.6.2-3jpp_8fc
--------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat.com> 0:1.6.2-3jpp_8fc
- Use absolute paths for rebuild-gcj-db.
* Mon May 23 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat.com> 0:1.6.2-3jpp_7fc
- Build the javah task (#157750).
- Add alpha to the list of build architectures (#157522).
* Thu May 05 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat.com> 0:1.6.2-3jpp_6fc
- Add dependencies for %post and %postun scriptlets (#156901).
cman-kernel-2.6.11.4-20050517.141233.FC4.7
------------------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Chris Feist <cfeist(a)redhat.com>
- Fixed depmod in %post scriptlet to use correct kernel.
dlm-kernel-2.6.11.4-20050517.141233.FC4.7
-----------------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Chris Feist <cfeist(a)redhat.com>
- Fixed depmod in %post scriptlet to use correct kernel.
filesystem-2.3.4-1
------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> - 2.3.4-1
- ship /usr/share/games (#158433, <ville.skytta(a)iki.fi>)
* Thu May 05 2005 Peter Jones <pjones(a)redhat.com> - 2.3.3-1
- remove /initrd, since mkinitrd doesn't use it anymore by default
gnbd-kernel-2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.29
-------------------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Chris Feist <cfeist(a)redhat.com>
- Fixed depmod in %post scriptlet to use correct kernel.
gnome-desktop-2.10.0-5
----------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> - 2.10.0-5
- Let's try this gettext patch one more time--maybe, just
maybe, I'll get it right this time (bug 155659).
gulm-1.0-0.pre30.1
------------------
hal-0.5.2-2
-----------
* Mon May 23 2005 David Zeuthen <davidz(a)redhat.com> 0.5.2-2
- Fix doublefree when locking (#158474)
- Never use the 'sync' mount option (#157674)
- Update the fstab-sync man page (#158483)
hotplug-3:2004_09_23-7
----------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> 3:2004_09_23-7
- fix path to /sbin/ifrename (#158564)
httpd-2.0.54-10
---------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Joe Orton <jorton(a)redhat.com> 2.0.54-10
- remove broken symlink (Robert Scheck, #158404)
iiimf-1:12.2-4
--------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 1:12.2-4
- really move gnome-im-properties.desktop to applications dir (#149226)
- pass _target_platform instead of _host to update-gtk-immodules
jakarta-commons-beanutils-0:1.7.0-1jpp_4fc
------------------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson(a)redhat.com> - 0:1.7.0-1jpp_4fc
- Add alpha to the list of build architectures (#157522).
- Use absolute paths for rebuild-gcj-db.
jakarta-commons-collections-0:3.1-1jpp_4fc
------------------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson(a)redhat.com> - 0:3.1-1jpp_4fc
- Add alpha to the list of build architectures (#157522).
- Use absolute paths for rebuild-gcj-db.
jakarta-commons-digester-0:1.6-2jpp_4fc
---------------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson(a)redhat.com> - 0:1.6-2jpp_4fc
- Add alpha to the list of build architectures (#157522).
- Use absolute paths for rebuild-gcj-db.
jakarta-commons-el-0:1.0-2jpp_3fc
---------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson(a)redhat.com> - 0:1.0-2jpp_3fc
- Add alpha to the list of build architectures (#157522).
- Use absolute paths for rebuild-gcj-db.
jakarta-commons-logging-0:1.0.4-2jpp_4fc
----------------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson(a)redhat.com> - 0:1.0.4-2jpp_4fc
- Add alpha to the list of build architectures (#157522).
- Use absolute paths for rebuild-gcj-db.
jakarta-commons-modeler-0:1.1-3jpp_4fc
--------------------------------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson(a)redhat.com> - 0:1.1-3jpp_4fc
- Add alpha to the list of build architectures (#157522).
- Use absolute paths for rebuild-gcj-db.
kernel-2.6.11-1.1341_FC4
------------------------
* Sun May 22 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- 2.6.12-rc4-git6
MMC update, reiserfs fixes, AIO fix.
libgal2-2:2.4.2-3
-----------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Elliot Lee <sopwith(a)redhat.com> - 2:2.4.2-3
- Remove static libraries to save space.
libofx-0.7.0-3
--------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> 0.7.0-3
- remove static libs
xen-2-20050522
--------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Rik van Riel <riel(a)redhat.com> 2-20050522
- change default display method for VMX domains to SDL
xpdf-1:3.00-19
--------------
* Mon May 23 2005 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> 3.00-19
- apply patch to fix texts in non-embedded cjk font disappear, (#158509)
18 years, 11 months
What happened to pup?
by Kyrre Ness Sjobak
What happened to pup - the yum GUI frontend that was so much talked
about?
Its not in FC4-t3...
Kyrre Ness Sjøbæk
18 years, 11 months
Update / Install CDs
by Paul F. Johnson
Hi,
Can we please have an option when updating (or installing fresh) not to
install every language pack under the sun for OOo? I've just done an
update and have spent the last 10 minutes or so ditching the lot. I have
no problems including the $LANG language pack, but why in the UK would I
want the rest?!
TTFN
Paul
--
"Space", it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how
vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big space really is. I mean, you may
think it's a long way down the road to the chemists, but that's just
*peanuts* compared to space, listen" - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
18 years, 11 months
Re: User Friendly Install
by Naheem Zaffar
From: Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org>
Subject: Re: User Friendly Install
To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core
<fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com>
Message-ID: < 20050523032434.GA8134(a)jadzia.bu.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 01:59:50AM +0100, Naheem Zaffar wrote:
>> I do not know if Nautilus can have scriptable folders, or yum install
from
>> a local folder, so these could be issues that need to be worked on.
>Recent versions of yum can indeed install from local files (and solve
>dependencies using any enabled repositories), so something like what
>you'reproposing might be workable. I'm not convinced it's the best way, but
it
>wouldn't be terribly hard.
Its not the most elegant solution, but it solves the problem at hand
without forcing package providers to provide a complete web architecture.
The problem is allowing people to install packages without going into 'DLL
Hell'. The other solutions are far more elegant, but also far more work, as
they provide a complete new architecture.
Instead of having an install folder, you can just use yum to install
instead of rpm when you (right)click on an rpm to install.
18 years, 11 months
rawhide report: 20050523 changes
by Build System
Updated Packages:
audit-0.8.2-1
-------------
* Fri May 20 2005 Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com> 0.8.2-1
- Update documentation
- Handle user space audit events in more uniform way
- Update all parsers for more robustness with new kernel changes
- Create quiet mode for error messages
- Make rotated logs readonly
eclipse-1:3.1.0_fc-0.M6.22
--------------------------
* Sun May 22 2005 Ben Konrath <bkonrath(a)redhat.com> 3.1.0_fc-0.M6.22
- Bump required version of java-gcj-compat to the latest (-40jpp_24rh).
- Add patch to make swt use libgcjawt instead of libjawt for gcj.
* Fri May 20 2005 Ben Konrath <bkonrath(a)redhat.com> 3.1.0_fc-0.M6.21
- Add ecj-options patch to bootstrap source.
- Make embedded browser widget work (Robin Green).
gnome-desktop-2.10.0-4
----------------------
* Mon May 16 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> - 2.10.0-4
- run gettext initialization routines on startup (bug 155659)
(use right patch).
gnome-media-2.10.2-4
--------------------
* Fri May 20 2005 John (J5) Palmieri <johnp(a)redhat.com> 2.10.2-4
- patch that avoids a deadlock when the last track on the cd is done
(bug #151093)
kernel-2.6.11-1.1340_FC4
------------------------
* Sat May 21 2005 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Fix divide by zero in ipw2100 driver. (#158406)
- 2.6.12-rc4-git5
More x86-64 updates, Further pktcdvd frobbing,
yet more dvb updates, x86(64) ioremap fixes,
ppc updates, IPMI sysfs support (reverted for now due to breakage),
various SCSI fixes (aix7xxx, spi transport), vmalloc improvements
* Sat May 21 2005 David Woodhouse <dwmw2(a)redhat.com>
- Fix oops in avc_audit() (#158377)
- Include serial numbers in non-syscall audit messages
* Sat May 21 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com>
- bump ipw2200 conflict
nss_ldap-234-4
--------------
* Fri May 20 2005 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com> 234-4
- override glibc version detection so that mismatches between the versions of
32- and 64-bit glibc don't result in our %install installing the module
with a different name than the 'make install' target uses
* Fri May 20 2005 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin(a)redhat.com> 234-3
- fix type mismatch bug in patch for using non-blocking start_tls in
preference to the blocking version when it's available (#156582)
redhat-artwork-0.122-10
-----------------------
* Sun May 22 2005 John (J5) Palmieri <johnp(a)redhat.com> 0.122-10
- Add bluecurve weather icons for the weather applet
rpm-4.4.1-20
------------
* Sat May 21 2005 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat(a)redhat.com> - 4.4.1-20
- Drop signature patch
- dangling unpackaged symlinks
udev-058-1
----------
* Fri May 20 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> - 058-1
- update to 058, fixes conflict with newer kernels (#158371)
* Thu May 12 2005 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)redhat.com> - 057-6
- polished persistent scripts
yum-2.3.2-3
-----------
* Fri May 20 2005 Jeremy Katz <katzj(a)redhat.com> - 2.3.2-3
- add fixes from Seth for the shell to run depsolve and to clean up
output somewhat (#158267)
18 years, 11 months
User Friendly Install
by Naheem Zaffar
Hi
This was RE: what happened to pup?
I have been reading the discussion regarding how we should handle installs
that benefits an end user.
So far the discussion has been regarding web interfaces etc. that randomly
invoke yum, and add a repo file (If I understand correctly).
What I as an end user would probably prefer would be something slightly
different. A local scripted folder which is also referenced in yum. How this
could work:
1. There is a local.repo file linking to a local folder.
2. I the end user search Fedora for an RPM, but do not find one.
3. I find an rpm file. (there is a trust issue here, just like there is with
a website automatically creating a .repo file).
4. I save it onto my computer, and drag it onto the localrepo folder.
5. Yum is automatically invoked by the scripted folder, calculating any
dependencies.
6. To uninstall, just drag the rpm out of the localrepo folder,
automatically invoking 'yum remove'...
Ofcourse this method will not automatically update files (as the localrepo
is only updated by the individual, not the rpm owner).
I do not know if Nautilus can have scriptable folders, or yum install from a
local folder, so these could be issues that need to be worked on.
This method takes the mac approach and IMO beats it hands down, also having
any benefits of the windows approach without most of the drawbacks.
PS I am an End User, not a developer, so developers may disagree with me.
18 years, 11 months
netgearWG311 wireless card
by Michael Waite
anyone got an rpm for this card?
I am trying to get FC3 (rawhide) online for a summer intern that is here
this summer.
Or, is there a card that is known to work with rawhide?
Thanks.
------Mike
--
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978-943-9042
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