Kernel 4.13 rebase plans
by Laura Abbott
Hi,
Kernel 4.13 was released this past weekend. This kernel has been
built for rawhide and is building for F27 as well. We will be
following the same upgrade procedure as in the past. F25 and F26
will get rebased to 4.13 after a few stable releases, typically
4.13.2 or 4.11.3 depending on how stable the kernel is. Upstream
does not give release dates for stable release but given past
timings, this will probably happen towards the end of September.
As always, if you have any questions please let me know.
Thanks,
Laura
6 years, 6 months
[HEADS UP] Default value of SELinux boolean httpd_graceful_shutdown
will changed.
by Lukas Vrabec
I'm planning change the default value of httpd_graceful_shutdown boolean
in Fedora Rawhide because of improving SELinux configuration. Rawhide
builds with this change will be available in ~5 days.
Together with Dan Walsh, we agreed on that httpd_graceful_shutdown
boolean should be by default turned off. This boolean allows HTTPD to
connect to port 80 for graceful shutdown, but it's breaking the
functionality of another boolean called: httpd_can_network_connect. This
boolean allows HTTPD scripts and modules to connect to the network using
TCP and it's turned off by default.
Turning this boolean off can cause some troubles, on web-servers where
processes with httpd_t SELinux domain connecting to tcp ports: 80, 81,
443, 488, 8008, 8009, 8443, 9000
If you would like to turn in on again, use semanage command:
# semanage boolean -m --on httpd_graceful_shutdown
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Lukas.
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Lukas Vrabec
Software Engineer, Security Technologies
Red Hat, Inc.
6 years, 6 months
Is it possible to upload new sources of a package from a URL?
by Hedayat Vatankhah
Dear all,
Currently, AFAIK, the suggested method to upload new sources for a
package is using 'fedpkg new-sources' which uploads new sources from
your local system. I wonder if there is a method to upload new sources
from a URL rather than your local filesystem? It is specially useful for
large packages.
Regards,
Hedayat
6 years, 6 months