March 2023 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

New Tumbleweed snapshot 20230321 released!
by Dominique Leuenberger 24 Mar '23

24 Mar '23

Please note that this mail was generated by a script. The described changes are computed based on the x86_64 DVD. The full online repo contains too many changes to be listed here. Please check the known defects of this snapshot before upgrading: https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/overview?distri=opensuse&groupid=1&versio… Please do not reply to this email to report issues, rather file a bug on bugzilla.opensuse.org. For more information on filing bugs please see https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Submitting_bug_reports Packages changed: ffmpeg-5 ibus-libpinyin (1.15.1 -> 1.15.2) kiconthemes perl-Image-ExifTool (12.54 -> 12.58) python-importlib-metadata (6.0.0 -> 6.1.0) qt6-wayland rpm rubygem-activesupport-7.0 (7.0.4.1 -> 7.0.4.3) rubygem-d-installer (0.7 -> 0.8) rubygem-rack (3.0.4.2 -> 3.0.7) === Details === ==== ffmpeg-5 ==== Subpackages: libavcodec59 libavdevice59 libavfilter8 libavformat59 libavutil57 libpostproc56 libswresample4_ff5 libswscale6 - Obsolete old FFmpeg 5 libswresample4, otherwise they'll conflict - Conflict with otherproviders(ffmpeg-tools). ==== ibus-libpinyin ==== Version update (1.15.1 -> 1.15.2) - Update version to 1.15.2 * Fix bugs - Drop fix-sqlite-3_41_0-support.patch, merged ==== kiconthemes ==== Subpackages: libKF5IconThemes5 libKF5IconThemes5-lang - Add patch to fix build failures: * 0001-Add-missing-comma-between-enum-values.patch ==== perl-Image-ExifTool ==== Version update (12.54 -> 12.58) Subpackages: exiftool perl-File-RandomAccess - Update to 12.58: * Added Extra ImageDataMD5 tag to calculate MD5 of image data only * Added support for reading DJI APP4 and APP7 JPEG segments * Added a new SonyModelID value * Decode a few new Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch) * Patched possible runtime warning when API IgnoreTags option is used to ignore FileType * Fixed problem extracting NetName from Windows LNK files * Fixed issue where the %C filename format code would increment the count on an output filename collision, but it is supposed to count the input files * Added two new Nikon Z lenses (thanks LibRaw) * Added a new Sigma LensType (thanks LibRaw) * Added a new Olympus LensType (thanks Herb) * Decode more new Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch) * Decode Photoshop LayerColors, LayerSections and LayerVisible tags * Improved Verbose output for QuickTime-format files * Set family 1 group name for Garmin GPS from uuid atom * Enhanced -progress option to allow message to be displayed every NUM files * Significant improvements to parsing of Nikon ShotInfo records for newer models * Removed hex dump of APP segments from -v3 output when writing * Fixed bug writing negative MIE GPS coordinates * Fixed bug where a duplicate XMP could be generated when writing XMP to a JPEG XL image which already contained XMP * Fixed problem where HEAD lines may be duplicated in an output file if the -p option was combined with -w+ or -W+ * Added support for VNT files (both Scene7 Vignette and V-Note document) * Added read support for InfiRay IJPEG metadata (thanks Marcos Del Sol Vives) * Added some new Sony LensType values (thanks Jos Roost and FranÃ§ois Piette) * Added a new FujiFilm VideoRecordingMode value (thanks Greybeard) * Added two new Canon LensTypes and CanonModelIDs (thanks Norbert Wasser) * Added ability to extract semantic images from Apple ProRaw DNG files * Added read support for the PNG cICP chunk * Decode more Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch) * Extract PreviewImage from Insta360 trailer record 0x200 * Extract EmbeddedImageRectangle and some other new tags from VNT files * Minor improvement to arg_files/xmp2exif.args (thanks StarGeek) * Enhanced -ee option to extract metadata from all frames of a multipart EXR image * Removed EXR Layout tag and incorporated into new Flags tag * Patched possible hang problem when reading corrupted .rm audio files * Added support for geotagging from FlightAware KML files * Decode two more types of timed GPS from MOV/MP4 videos (66 types now) * Decode a few new Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch) * Decode a new Samsung HEIC tag * Decode FujiFilm RollAngle * Fixed bug where the FlatName property wasn't working properly for some user-defined structure tags ==== python-importlib-metadata ==== Version update (6.0.0 -> 6.1.0) - update to 6.1.0: * ``packages_distributions`` now honors packages and modules with Python modules that not ``.py`` sources (e.g. ``.pyc``, * ``.so``). * #434: Expand protocol for ``PackageMetadata.get_all`` to match the upstream implementation of ``email.message.Message.get_all`` in python/typeshed#9620. ==== qt6-wayland ==== Subpackages: libQt6WaylandClient6 libQt6WaylandCompositor6 libQt6WaylandEglClientHwIntegration6 libQt6WaylandEglCompositorHwIntegration6 libQt6WlShellIntegration6 - Add a _constraints file to fix build issues ==== rpm ==== Subpackages: librpmbuild9 - Add upstream patch libmagic-exceptions.patch that speeds up libreoffice package build. - add cpuid_lzcnt.patch ==== rubygem-activesupport-7.0 ==== Version update (7.0.4.1 -> 7.0.4.3) - version update to 7.0.4.3 * Implement SafeBuffer#bytesplice [CVE-2023-28120][bsc#1209506] ==== rubygem-d-installer ==== Version update (0.7 -> 0.8) - Version 0.8 - Adapted the service configuration for the s390x architecture (gh#yast/d-installer#469). - Fix gem2rpm configuration requiring the dbus-1-common package (gh#yast/d-installer#470). - Fix gem2rpm configuration to include YaST2 dependencies (gh#yast/d-installer#459). - Write /iguana/mountlist if running on Iguana (gh#yast/d-installer#445). ==== rubygem-rack ==== Version update (3.0.4.2 -> 3.0.7) - version update to 3.0.7 [3.0.7] - 2023-03-16 Make query parameters without = have nil values. (#2059, @jeremyevans) [3.0.6.1] - 2023-03-13 [CVE-2023-27539] Avoid ReDoS in header parsing [bsc#1209503] [3.0.6] - 2023-03-13 Add QueryParser#missing_value for handling missing values + tests. (#2052, @ioquatix) [3.0.5] - 2023-03-13 Split form/query parsing into two steps. (#2038, @matthewd)

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x86-64-v3 libraries post build checks
by Cristian Rodríguez 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

Hi: It seems there are no targeted build checks for x86-64-v3 otherwise I won't have libraries without at least .note.gnu.property x86 ISA used: ... x86-64-v3 is there any plan to implement something like: - If only x86-64-baseline is found , build fail the v3 package (or just discard as dup?) since x86-64-vN is not used and this package will just add clutter. - if only x86-64-baseline and x86-64-v2 are found ... badness or err ? not sure. After all you are saying it is v3 when it isn't. - if > x86-64-v3 found a notice or warning because this might be either the wrong set of flags used or code has runtime checks that allow newer instructions to be used. Some kind of check like this should be IMHO added or the amount of clutter will beggar belief in a few months/years.

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Tumbleweed - Review of the week 2023/10
by Dominique Leuenberger 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, This week we have only published 6 snapshots. One was held back as we identified an issue in one package (libfdisk1) which requires manual intervention (on transactional updates) or an error to be ignored. The problem is in the %postun script of the package, so it’s already ‘on disk’, and thus not fixable. But having seen it, we at least wanted to make sure this will only happen once, and not a 2nd time later on when the script is fixed (transactional-update will learn how to deal with this specific package in the following days; so you can safely let it revert the update for now and let the process play out). The 6 snapshots published were 0302, 0303, 0304, 0306, 0307, and 0308 and they contained these changes: * KDE Plasma 5.27.2 * KDE Gear 22.12.3 * Linux kernel 6.2.1. A lockdown patch set was enabled, which created much more issues with 3rd party drivers than it was supposed to. Kernel 6.2.2 will have this disabled again for the time being. * YaST has seen a generic version bump to 4.6.0 This was only a version bump without code changes (to open the branch for internal SLE 15SP6 submissions) * Mozilla Firefox 110.0.1 * Python 3.10.10 * SELinux 3.5 * libqt5: drop support for systems without SSE2 to fix boo#1208188; this unblocked the LegacyX86 port again * GTK 4.10.0 * A bunch of new x86-64-v3 libraries is showing up in the distribution. Reminder: please don’t blindly enable this on all libraries, but assess benefits (some were identified to have negative impacts in the original analysis) Staging projects are currently busy testing these changes/additions: * Rust 1.68 * Linux kernel 6.2.2 * Systemd 253.1 * Podman 4.4.2 (snapshot 0309) * GCC 13 as the distro default compiler Cheers, Dominique

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inconsistent CFLAGS between standard and v3 builds
by Cristian Rodríguez 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Hi: Just in case it is a known issue, writing here first: I expect x86-64-v3 packages to be built with the same CFLAGS/LDFLAGS7CXXFLAGS/etc of the standard packages ´plus -march=x86-64-v3 . however this is not currently the case, LTO appears to be disabled as well stack clash protection and stack protector strong. it seems it is picking the wrong information. CFLAGS currently in use for x86_64-v3 seem to be "-O2 -g -march=x86-64-v3 -m64 -fmessage-length=0 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables" while standard builds are: " -O2 -Wall -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -fstack-protector-strong -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -Werror=return-type -flto=auto -g" This cannot be intentional.. I am missing something?

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openSUSE:Factory - Build fail notification
by DimStar / Dominique Leuenberger 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

Dear Package maintainers and hackers. Below package(s) in openSUSE:Factory have had problems for at least 4 weeks. We tried to send out notifications to the configured bugowner/maintainers of the package(s), but so far no fix has been submitted. This probably means that the maintainer/bugowner did not yet find the time to look into the matter and he/she would certainly appreciate help to get this sorted. - python-JsonWeb: Fails to build - python-VyattaConfParser: Unresolvable - python-acoular: Unresolvable - python-arviz: Unresolvable - python-audiomate: Uninstallable: nothing provides python311-librosa >= 0.7.2 needed by python311-audiomate-6.0.0.noarch - python-awscrt: Fails to build - python-cassandra-driver: Fails to build - python-cauldron-notebook: Unresolvable - python-cerealizer: Fails to build - python-chart-studio: Unresolvable - python-cirq: Unresolvable - python-cpplint: Fails to build - python-cufflinks: Unresolvable - python-cx_Freeze: Fails to build - python-dash: Unresolvable - python-datadiff: Fails to build - python-datashader: Uninstallable: nothing provides python311-dask-all needed by python311-datashader-0.14.4.noarch - python-devpi-client: Unresolvable - python-django-tagging: Fails to build - python-efl: Fails to build - python-eliot: Fails to build - python-ezdxf: Unresolvable - python-geomdl: Unresolvable - python-holoviews: Unresolvable - python-hvplot: Unresolvable - python-iminuit: Unresolvable - python-intake: Unresolvable - python-kafka-python: Fails to build - python-librosa: Unresolvable - python-lws: Fails to build - python-mechanize: Fails to build - python-nilearn: Fails to build - python-ntlm-auth: Fails to build - python-panel: Unresolvable - python-physt: Unresolvable - python-plotly: Unresolvable - python-pyUSID: Unresolvable - python-python-datamatrix: Unresolvable - python-python-pseudorandom: Unresolvable - python-python-qdatamatrix: Unresolvable - python-quimb: Unresolvable - python-resampy: Unresolvable - python-securesystemslib: Fails to build - python-sidpy: Unresolvable - python-sparse: Unresolvable - python-thewalrus: Unresolvable - python-xarray-einstats: Unresolvable Unless somebody is stepping up and submitting fixes, the listed package(s) are going to be removed from openSUSE:Factory. Kind regards, DimStar / Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar(a)opensuse.org>

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New Tumbleweed snapshot 20230319 released!
by Dominique Leuenberger 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

Please note that this mail was generated by a script. The described changes are computed based on the x86_64 DVD. The full online repo contains too many changes to be listed here. Please check the known defects of this snapshot before upgrading: https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/overview?distri=opensuse&groupid=1&versio… Please do not reply to this email to report issues, rather file a bug on bugzilla.opensuse.org. For more information on filing bugs please see https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Submitting_bug_reports Packages changed: ctags debianutils emacs flatpak (1.14.3 -> 1.14.4) gcc (12 -> 13) gcc13 (13.0.1+git5428 -> 13.0.1+git6669) gobject-introspection gpgme gpgmeqt highway (1.0.3 -> 1.0.4) kdeconnect-kde kdepim-runtime libqt5-qtbase (5.15.8+kde160 -> 5.15.8+kde183) libqt5-qtconnectivity (5.15.8+kde5 -> 5.15.8+kde8) libqt5-qtimageformats (5.15.8+kde6 -> 5.15.8+kde9) libqt5-qtlocation (5.15.8+kde3 -> 5.15.8+kde4) libqt5-qtmultimedia (5.15.8+kde1 -> 5.15.8+kde3) libqt5-qtwayland (5.15.8+kde57 -> 5.15.8+kde63) libstorage-ng (4.5.85 -> 4.5.86) lightdm lzo python-M2Crypto qemu salt vmaf xscreensaver === Details === ==== ctags ==== - mark u-a generics as non-%ghost ==== debianutils ==== - Move run-parts to /usr/bin, Run-parts runs just fast as regular user. ==== emacs ==== Subpackages: emacs-el emacs-eln emacs-info emacs-nox emacs-x11 etags - don't create ghosted files - mark ctags update-alternatives as non-%ghost ==== flatpak ==== Version update (1.14.3 -> 1.14.4) Subpackages: flatpak-remote-flathub flatpak-zsh-completion libflatpak0 system-user-flatpak - Update to version 1.14.4 (CVE-2023-28101, CVE-2023-28100): + Escape special characters when displaying permissions and metadata, preventing malicious apps from manipulating the appearance of the permissions list using crafted metadata (CVE-2023-28101, boo#1209410). + If a Flatpak app is run on a Linux virtual console (tty1, tty2, etc.), don't allow copy/paste via the TIOCLINUX ioctl (CVE-2023-28100). Note that this is specific to virtual consoles: Flatpak is not vulnerable to this if run from a graphical terminal emulator such as xterm, gnome-terminal or Konsole. (boo#1209411) + Updated translations. ==== gcc ==== Version update (12 -> 13) Subpackages: cpp libstdc++-devel - Switch gcc to default 13. ==== gcc13 ==== Version update (13.0.1+git5428 -> 13.0.1+git6669) Subpackages: libasan8 libatomic1 libgcc_s1 libgcc_s1-32bit libgfortran5 libgomp1 libitm1 liblsan0 libobjc4 libquadmath0 libstdc++6 libstdc++6-32bit libstdc++6-locale libstdc++6-pp libstdc++6-pp-32bit libtsan2 libubsan1 - Bump to 42630fadbe248717859d61c0244c821c32b4e52c, git6669. - Always enable the link mutex. - Bump to 529e03b9882fe48cfa3c182abb12a5858a5762a2, git6353. - Rebase gcc44-rename-info-files.patch patch. ==== gobject-introspection ==== Subpackages: girepository-1_0 libgirepository-1_0-1 - Update path regex used in gobjectintrospection.attr: the old one was not sufficiently escaped, which resulted in many more files being scanned than needed. ==== gpgme ==== Subpackages: libgpgme11 libgpgmepp6 - drop python2 subpackage handling. we do not support python 2.x anymore, and if we would it would happen via singlespec ==== gpgmeqt ==== - drop python2 subpackage handling. we do not support python 2.x anymore, and if we would it would happen via singlespec ==== highway ==== Version update (1.0.3 -> 1.0.4) - Update to release 1.0.4 * Add PPC8..10, SSE2, AVX3_ZEN4, NEON_WITHOUT_AES targets * Add Expand, LoadExpand, integer AbsDiff, SumsOf8AbsDiff * Improved Half/Twice support, codegen for Shift*Same * Faster KV128 sorting * Update RISC-V V intrinsics for 1.0-draft - Remove arm-disable-runtime-dispatch.patch (appears merged) ==== kdeconnect-kde ==== Subpackages: kdeconnect-kde-lang kdeconnect-kde-zsh-completion - Fix some potential scriptlet bugs and style issues - Automatically handle firewalld setup during initial install or final removal of kdeconnect-kde for openSUSE distros. (boo#1175627) - Drop kdeconnect-kde-firewalld.xml, service definition now shipped with firewalld package. * the 'kdeconnect-kde' firewalld service is migrated over to 'kdeconnect' ==== kdepim-runtime ==== Subpackages: kdepim-runtime-lang - Requires akonadi-server ==== libqt5-qtbase ==== Version update (5.15.8+kde160 -> 5.15.8+kde183) Subpackages: libQt5Concurrent5 libQt5Core5 libQt5DBus5 libQt5Gui5 libQt5Network5 libQt5OpenGL5 libQt5PrintSupport5 libQt5Sql5 libQt5Sql5-mysql libQt5Sql5-sqlite libQt5Test5 libQt5Widgets5 libQt5Xml5 libqt5-qtbase-platformtheme-gtk3 - Update to version 5.15.8+kde183: * Add nullptr guard in QStyleSheetStyle::drawPrimitive(PE_PanelLineEdit) * QAbstractItemView: don't access invalid indexes on copy-key * Apply CVE-2023-24607-qtbase-5.15.diff * QXcbConnection::getTimestamp: do not return stale timestamp * QToolButton: Elide text when constraints prevent from showing whole text * correctly set up ref counting in QThreadPool::tryStart(std::function) * Do not set Qt::ToolTip flag for QShapedPixmapWindow * Fix deletion order also for QImageReader/Writer::setDevice() * Fix deletion order in QImageReader/Writer destructors * QNetworkReply: Fix typos in the documentation * Doc: Fix typo in the online documentation template * Doc: Link to page documenting Qt trademarks in the copyright footer * [doc] Fix typo in QBuffer::setBuffer() description * qwindowsdrag: Fix typo in documentation * openglblacklists: Fix typo in description * qxcbscreen: Fix typo in documentation * Fix typos in SQL driver documentation * qxcbwindow.cpp: Fix sign-compare and another warnings * QToolButton: reimplement the fix for QTBUG-95255 * QSysInfo::prettyProductName(): Add macOS Ventura product name * QSysInfo::prettyProductName(): add missing macOS product names * xcb: correctly disconnect xsettings callbacks * ibus: add SetCursorLocationRelative in InputContext.xml ==== libqt5-qtconnectivity ==== Version update (5.15.8+kde5 -> 5.15.8+kde8) Subpackages: libQt5Bluetooth5 libQt5Bluetooth5-imports libQt5Nfc5 libQt5Nfc5-imports libqt5-qtconnectivity-tools - Update to version 5.15.8+kde8: * SDP scanner: encode input URLs and escape XML-specific characters * sdpscanner: fix URL processing * sdpscanner: fix potential unwanted truncation for SDP_TEXT_STR{8,16,32} ==== libqt5-qtimageformats ==== Version update (5.15.8+kde6 -> 5.15.8+kde9) - Update to version 5.15.8+kde9: * TGA Plugin: Fix reading of CMapDepth * Implement support for file memory mapping for tiff reading * Explicitly include QVarLengthArray header ==== libqt5-qtlocation ==== Version update (5.15.8+kde3 -> 5.15.8+kde4) Subpackages: libQt5Location5 libQt5Positioning5 libQt5PositioningQuick5 - Update to version 5.15.8+kde4: * Update mapbox-gl-native - Drop patches, now upstream: * 0001-Add-some-missing-cstdint-inclusions-872.patch ==== libqt5-qtmultimedia ==== Version update (5.15.8+kde1 -> 5.15.8+kde3) - Update to version 5.15.8+kde3: * Drop obsolete QtOpengl dependency * Pass explicit GL api when initializing GStreamer backend ==== libqt5-qtwayland ==== Version update (5.15.8+kde57 -> 5.15.8+kde63) Subpackages: libQt5WaylandClient5 libQt5WaylandCompositor5 - Update to version 5.15.8+kde63: * Client: Remove flip popup constraints * client: set_constraint_adjustment() for popups in xdg * client: Do not cast placeholder screens to QWaylandScreen * Client: Manage QMimeData lifecycle * client: Force a roundtrip when an XdgOutput is not ready yet * Client: Fix handling of Qt::BlankCursor ==== libstorage-ng ==== Version update (4.5.85 -> 4.5.86) Subpackages: libstorage-ng-lang libstorage-ng-ruby libstorage-ng1 - merge gh#openSUSE/libstorage-ng#919 - always delegate used_features from Action to Device - 4.5.86 ==== lightdm ==== Subpackages: liblightdm-gobject-1-0 lightdm-lang - Split bash-completion to separate sub-package ==== lzo ==== - adjust lzo-2.08-rhbz1309225.patch download reference - Build AVX2 enabled hwcaps library for x86_64-v3 ==== python-M2Crypto ==== - Adapt tests for OpenSSL v3.1.0 * Add openssl-adapt-tests-for-3.1.0.patch ==== qemu ==== Subpackages: qemu-accel-tcg-x86 qemu-audio-spice qemu-block-curl qemu-block-nfs qemu-block-rbd qemu-chardev-spice qemu-guest-agent qemu-hw-display-qxl qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pci qemu-hw-display-virtio-vga qemu-hw-usb-host qemu-hw-usb-redirect qemu-hw-usb-smartcard qemu-ipxe qemu-ksm qemu-kvm qemu-lang qemu-microvm qemu-seabios qemu-sgabios qemu-tools qemu-ui-curses qemu-ui-gtk qemu-ui-opengl qemu-ui-spice-app qemu-ui-spice-core qemu-vgabios qemu-x86 - Fix bsc#1209064 - Backport the "acpi: cpuhp: fix guest-visible maximum access size to the legacy reg block" patch, as it makes developing and testing OVMF/EDK2 easier * Patches added: acpi-cpuhp-fix-guest-visible-maximum-acc.patch s390x-pci-reset-ISM-passthrough-devices-.patch s390x-pci-shrink-DMA-aperture-to-be-boun.patch ==== salt ==== Subpackages: python3-salt salt-master salt-minion salt-transactional-update - Require python3-jmespath runtime dependency (bsc#1209233) - Fix problem with detecting PTF packages (bsc#1208691) - Added: * skip-package-names-without-colon-bsc-1208691-578.patch - Fixes pkg.version_cmp on openEuler systems and a few other OS flavors - Added: * fixes-pkg.version_cmp-on-openeuler-systems-and-a-few.patch - Make pkg.remove function from zypperpkg module to handle also PTF packages - Added: * 3005.1-implement-zypper-removeptf-573.patch ==== vmaf ==== - Fix "no such built-in model" due to missing build dependency ==== xscreensaver ==== Subpackages: xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-lang - Drop obsolete patch (bsc#1203594). - xscreensaver-slideshow-dri-detect.patch - Use autosetup

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new package: ksmbd-tools
by David Disseldorp 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

Hi, The openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel has been shipping with ksmbd.ko (CONFIG_SMB_SERVER=m) since its initial merge into mainline 5.15. The ksmbd-tools package provides user-space dependencies for the in-kernel server, such as a DCE/RPC server, user, share and service management utilities: https://github.com/cifsd-team/ksmbd-tools A devel project with the latest ksmbd-tools 3.4.7 release is located at https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network:samba:STABLE/ksmbd-tools I plan on submitting a request for openSUSE Factory inclusion in the coming days. Cheers, David

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Re: VMs vs using several /home directories in a partition?
by Fritz Hudnut 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

> Subject: Re: VMs vs using several /home directories in a partition? > Good morning, > > this thread should be moved to the support mailinglist, as it is no longer > factory-related. Indeed. . > > Are you sure that all of the linux installations use the same uid/gid for your > user? If not, then you will run into trouble. > > If you are using different usernames and only us the same partition for /home on > each linux, then you should be fine. /home/user1 will be used on one > distribution and /home/user2 on another. That is in fact what I am doing, as mentioned several times, my user names are a little more "creative" than "user1" and "user2" but not radically different--just something to distinguish one from two, etc. Hopefully this will clear that point up and we can move on to more interesting discussions?? It does seem that no matter which decision is made in this world "running into trouble with it" will follow, at some point. > > Kind Regards, > Johannes

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Questions on openSUSE Leap Micro and the repository setup
by Johannes Kastl 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

Hello everyone, I recently had some time to try out Leap Micro 5.3 and got a little confused on its intention. My idea was to setup a Uyuni server on this machine, but during the initial preparation I found that the repository setup is quite different to Leap 15.4 and openSUSE MicroOS. openSUSE MicroOS is basically Tumbleweed with a special btrfs subvolume setup to get the read-only root filesystem. But the repositories are the same as on Tumbleweed. Leap Micro 5.3 has separate repositories, and lots of other repositories are missing compared to a standard 15.4 installation. My guess would be that the reason behind this is to get a really "micro" system. But I was missing several of the packages that I normally install on the host, even if all the actual workloads are in containers or Kubernetes etc. Things like postfix, tcpdump, nmap. Sure, I can run them some of them inside containers (think toolbox), but for debugging I prefer to have them on the host. I have not yet tried out what happens if I install openSUSE Leap 15.4 with the "transactional server" selection, if this would be more in line with the setup I am used to (or spoiled by :-) ) from MicroOS. And I did not try out what happens if I add back all of the normal Leap 15.4 repositories. Felt like a good way to get nice and very subtle errors due to slight changes in some packages... As Uyuni did not yet support installation on Leap Micro / SLE Micro I just switched to a normal Leap installation. So not an urgent issue. I read the 5.2 release notes and the ones from SLE Micro 5.3, but I failed to find a clarification on the repository setup. I personally like the microOS approach of having the full flexibility and full list of packages and was looking forward to getting the same experience with a more "stable" set of packages (aka far less updates to download :-) ). Maybe the Leap 15.4 transactional-server installation is more what I am looking for? Thanks in advance, Johannes -- Johannes Kastl Linux Consultant & Trainer Tel.: +49 (0) 151 2372 5802 Mail: kastl(a)b1-systems.de B1 Systems GmbH Osterfeldstraße 7 / 85088 Vohburg http://www.b1-systems.de GF: Ralph Dehner Unternehmenssitz: Vohburg / AG: Ingolstadt,HRB 3537

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VMs vs using several /home directories in a partition?
by Fritz Hudnut 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

> > > > Thanks for the suggestion, so far I have not liked the "window in a > > window" aspect of a VM, but instead prefer the "bare metal" install, > > each distro has its own / partition, and some of them share the > > partition for the /home. > > Your first answer says you do not share the /home partition but this > answer says Yes. The /home is a "directory" right?? One can have numerous "directories" "sharing the partition" without any issues of corruption or interminglingness . . . . And, if there is an issue with /, as I recently had with my Sid install, it is easy and clean to install a new / while maintaining the same name for the /home directory. > > You do NOT have to run the VMs in a Window, you can run them full screen > with VMWare and there is NO indication you are not running on bare metal > unless you drop down the VM menu in the middle of the screen. > KVM/QEMU can also go full screen too. OK, good to know, but to me "full screen" is still "a window" it is now just "filling the, um, "window"?? > > Just my $0.02 but I do most of the same stuff you are doing but without > the headaches :-) > > VirtualBox can as well. > > Larry Cool. I do have a VB installed somewhere, just haven't used it in some years.

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