- openSUSE Packaging

Proposing community repositories in YaST2
by Pascal Bleser 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Some (many) weeks ago, I started a discussion with a few SUSE folks about adding a feature in YaST2 that would download a list of community repositories from a central location (opensuse.org) - in a similar fashion as YOU does - and propose it as a checklist (including a description, etc...) to the end-user. She'd just need to click the community repository and it would be included in the list of installation sources for YaST2. The main issue (besides YaST2 developers most certainly not being happy about adding a feature ;)) is legal: some repositories (such as packman and mine) provide packages that are not unencumbered for distribution in some countries, most notably the US (e.g. lame, mad, MPlayer). SUSE Linux would still not _include_ such repositories but would _link_ to them, indirectly. Although this seems unproblematic, it is not, see the Heise case (lost in german court because they published an article that links to a piece of software with which one can read encrypted DVDs). Adrian and/or AJ wanted to ask Novell's legal dept about it, but there has not been any feedback up to now. As I can imagine both of you guys have shitloads of work to do all the time, I post this mail as a reminder. And if you have some more information about it, it would be nice to let us know :) cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <pascal.bleser(a)skynet.be> <guru(a)unixtech.be> _\_v FOSDEM 2006 -- 25+26 February 2006 in Brussels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDlDwFr3NMWliFcXcRAl4wAJ9AO8FYVDlK76Iu15sEoYT1rQW0ZgCfdElW dh6sxsrSHk57PxXg8nIzKUw= =EAHJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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"error: gpg-error.h:" running make
by James PEARSON 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Hello all, Excuse me if this is not the correct place for this question. I am (was?) trying to build the new version of "sylpheed-claws-2.0.0-rc1" under opensuse 10.0 (linux 2.6.13-15) just for fun. I used the same "configure" options that are used in "sylpheed-claws-1.9.100-0.pm.1.src.rpm" - the current version. ./configure --host=i686-suse-linux --build=i686-suse-linux --target=i686-suse-linux --program-prefix= --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-crash-dialog --enable-openssl --enable-spamassassin-plugin --enable-pgpcore-plugin --enable-pgpmime-plugin --enable-pgpinline-plugin --enable-aspell --enable-ldap --enable-jpilot --enable-gnomeprint --enable-clamav-plugin --disable-mathml-viewer-plugin --enable-dillo-viewer-plugin --enable-compface The ".configure" runs fine. If, however, I try to do a "make|gmake" or "rpmbuild --rebuild --target=i686 sylpheed-claws-1.9.100-0.pm.1.src.rpm", I get a pile of errors related to "gpgme.h" file I was hoping that someone could give a few ideas on what I could try next. The first sign of the error is "/usr/include/gpgme.h:53:23: error: gpg-error.h: No such file or directory..." ##################################################### ERROR during build (SHORT) ##################################################### -DPIC -o .libs/passphrase.o In file included from passphrase.h:23, from passphrase.c:48: /usr/include/gpgme.h:53:23: error: gpg-error.h: No such file or directory In file included from passphrase.h:23, from passphrase.c:48: /usr/include/gpgme.h:95: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_error_t’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:96: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_code_t’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:97: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_source_t’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:101: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_make’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:101: error: syntax error before ‘source’ ##################################################### ERROR during build (LONG) ##################################################### ... mkdir .libs gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../ -I../../common -I../../gtk -pthread -I/opt/gnome/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/gnome/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/gnome/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/gnome/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/opt/gnome/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/gnome/lib/glib-2.0/include -Wno-deprecated-declarations -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -Wall -MT passphrase.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/passphrase.Tpo -c passphrase.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/passphrase.o In file included from passphrase.h:23, from passphrase.c:48: /usr/include/gpgme.h:53:23: error: gpg-error.h: No such file or directory In file included from passphrase.h:23, from passphrase.c:48: /usr/include/gpgme.h:95: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_error_t’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:96: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_code_t’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:97: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_source_t’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:101: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_make’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:101: error: syntax error before ‘source’ /usr/include/gpgme.h: In function ‘gpgme_err_make’: /usr/include/gpgme.h:103: error: ‘source’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/include/gpgme.h:103: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /usr/include/gpgme.h:103: error: for each function it appears in.) /usr/include/gpgme.h:103: error: ‘code’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/include/gpgme.h: At top level: /usr/include/gpgme.h:114: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_error’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:114: error: syntax error before ‘code’ /usr/include/gpgme.h: In function ‘gpgme_error’: /usr/include/gpgme.h:116: error: ‘GPG_ERR_SOURCE_USER_1’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/include/gpgme.h:116: error: ‘code’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/include/gpgme.h: At top level: /usr/include/gpgme.h:121: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_code’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:121: error: syntax error before ‘err’ /usr/include/gpgme.h: In function ‘gpgme_err_code’: /usr/include/gpgme.h:123: error: ‘err’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/include/gpgme.h: At top level: /usr/include/gpgme.h:128: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_source’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:128: error: syntax error before ‘err’ /usr/include/gpgme.h: In function ‘gpgme_err_source’: /usr/include/gpgme.h:130: error: ‘err’ undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/include/gpgme.h: At top level: /usr/include/gpgme.h:136: error: syntax error before ‘err’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:145: error: syntax error before ‘err’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:150: error: syntax error before ‘err’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:156: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_code_from_errno’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:161: error: syntax error before ‘code’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:166: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_err_make_from_errno’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:166: error: syntax error before ‘source’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:170: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_error_from_errno’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:522: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_error_t’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:545: error: syntax error before ‘}’ token /usr/include/gpgme.h:664: error: syntax error before ‘*’ token /usr/include/gpgme.h:667: error: ‘gpgme_error_t’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:667: error: ‘gpgme_error_t’ redeclared as different kind of symbol /usr/include/gpgme.h:95: error: previous declaration of ‘gpgme_error_t’ was here /usr/include/gpgme.h:676: error: ‘gpgme_edit_cb_t’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:682: error: ‘gpgme_new’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:688: error: ‘gpgme_set_protocol’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:716: error: ‘gpgme_set_keylist_mode’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:724: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_passphrase_cb_t’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:728: error: syntax error before ‘gpgme_passphrase_cb_t’ /usr/include/gpgme.h:744: error: ‘gpgme_set_locale’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:759: error: ‘gpgme_signers_add’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:788: error: ‘gpgme_get_sig_key’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:794: error: ‘gpgme_io_cb_t’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:803: error: ‘gpgme_register_io_cb_t’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:892: error: ‘gpgme_data_new’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:902: error: ‘gpgme_data_new_from_mem’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:911: error: ‘gpgme_data_new_from_cbs’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:913: error: ‘gpgme_data_new_from_fd’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:915: error: ‘gpgme_data_new_from_stream’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:922: error: ‘gpgme_data_set_encoding’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:933: error: ‘gpgme_data_new_with_read_cb’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:940: error: ‘gpgme_data_new_from_file’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:947: error: ‘gpgme_data_new_from_filepart’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:951: error: ‘gpgme_data_rewind’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:959: error: ‘gpgme_get_key’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1007: error: ‘gpgme_cancel’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1014: error: field ‘reason’ declared as a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1041: error: ‘gpgme_op_encrypt_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1044: error: ‘gpgme_op_encrypt’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1053: error: ‘gpgme_op_encrypt_sign_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1056: error: ‘gpgme_op_encrypt_sign’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1078: error: ‘gpgme_op_decrypt_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1080: error: ‘gpgme_op_decrypt’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1086: error: ‘gpgme_op_decrypt_verify_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1088: error: ‘gpgme_op_decrypt_verify’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1141: error: ‘gpgme_op_sign_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1144: error: ‘gpgme_op_sign’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1187: error: field ‘status’ declared as a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1205: error: field ‘validity_reason’ declared as a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1221: error: ‘gpgme_op_verify_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1224: error: ‘gpgme_op_verify’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1254: error: field ‘result’ declared as a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1317: error: ‘gpgme_op_import_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1318: error: ‘gpgme_op_import’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1320: error: ‘gpgme_op_import_ext’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1326: error: ‘gpgme_op_export_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1328: error: ‘gpgme_op_export’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1333: error: ‘gpgme_op_export_ext_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1336: error: ‘gpgme_op_export_ext’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1360: error: ‘gpgme_op_genkey_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1362: error: ‘gpgme_op_genkey’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1371: error: ‘gpgme_op_delete_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1373: error: ‘gpgme_op_delete’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1380: error: ‘gpgme_op_edit_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1383: error: ‘gpgme_op_edit’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1389: error: ‘gpgme_op_card_edit_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1392: error: ‘gpgme_op_card_edit’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1412: error: ‘gpgme_op_keylist_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1415: error: ‘gpgme_op_keylist_ext_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1418: error: ‘gpgme_op_keylist_next’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1421: error: ‘gpgme_op_keylist_end’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1463: error: ‘gpgme_op_trustlist_start’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1467: error: ‘gpgme_op_trustlist_next’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1470: error: ‘gpgme_op_trustlist_end’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1506: error: ‘gpgme_get_engine_info’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1513: error: ‘gpgme_engine_check_version’ declared as function returning a function /usr/include/gpgme.h:1533: error: syntax error before ‘GpgmePassphraseCb’ In file included from passphrase.c:48: passphrase.h:32: error: ‘gpgmegtk_passphrase_cb’ declared as function returning a function passphrase.c:297: error: ‘gpgmegtk_passphrase_cb’ declared as function returning a function passphrase.c: In function ‘gpgmegtk_passphrase_cb’: passphrase.c:303: error: ‘GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR’ undeclared (first use in this function) passphrase.c:312: error: ‘GPG_ERR_CANCELED’ undeclared (first use in this function) gmake[5]: *** [passphrase.lo] Error 1 gmake[5]: Leaving directory `/space1/sylpheed-claws-2.0.0-rc1/src/plugins/pgpcore' gmake[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/space1/sylpheed-claws-2.0.0-rc1/src/plugins' gmake[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/space1/sylpheed-claws-2.0.0-rc1/src' gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/space1/sylpheed-claws-2.0.0-rc1/src' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/space1/sylpheed-claws-2.0.0-rc1' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 ##################################################### Has anyone else had the above error(s). The first one is "/usr/include/gpgme.h:53:23: error: gpg-error.h: No such file or directory" Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA James

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Fedora Directory server
by etherboot＠gmail.com 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Is anybody working on packaging the just released Fedora Directory (LDAP) Server 1.0? http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/ I hope this is the right place to ask this question.

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openSUSE @ FOSDEM 2006
by Pascal Bleser 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Being part of the core FOSDEM organization staff, I'd like to trigger this again, giving a few more details. Christoph Thiel wrote: > Hi everyone, > the sixth Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting > (commonly known as FOSDEM, [http://www.fosdem.org/]) will take place > during the last week-end (25&26) of February 2006 in the city of Brussels, > Belgium. It's an annual 2-day event hosting talks, tutorials, and stalls > for the free software/open source community. It is organized by volunteers > at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Access to all parts of > FOSDEM is free, but donations and sponsors are welcome to help fund the > event. As a side note for those who don't know the event... FOSDEM is one of the top FOSS events in Europe (for many projects it's even the major event of the year). Last time (2005) we had an estimated 2500-4000 visitors over the week-end (it's a gross estimation, as the entrance is free we don't have any exact numbers ;)), with even more visitors to expect this year (number of visitors has been growing constantly every year). Yes, you read that right: entrance is free for everyone (although donations are welcome, and you get T-shirts, O'Reilly books, ... ;)). While other events in Europe are larger in terms or raw size (e.g. LinuxTag), we believe to have the edge in terms of quality and "being a _real_ community event". FOSDEM is particularely appreciated for not being spoiled by sponsor/big vendor talks/show-offs as well as being highly technical, packed with talks by key developers and project leaders of the Free and Opensource community. As an example, here's last edition's (2005) lineup in the main tracks: Ethan Galstad (Nagios), Marty Roesch (Snort), Gerald Combs (Ethereal), Alexander Dymo (KDevelop), Andreas Zeller (DDD), Benoit Minisini (Gambas), Mathias Ettrich (KDE), Olivier Fourdan (XFCE), Alex Larsson (Nautilus), Marius Mauch (Gentoo), Jeff Johnson (RPM), Stuart Winter (Slackware), Alax Cox (Kernel), Alasdair Kergon (Kernel), Pat Mochel (Kernel), Olle Mulmo (Globus), Alan Robertson (Linux HA), Ken Preslan (OpenGFS) => http://fosdem.org/2005/index/schedule.html We also provide FOSS projects with so-called "DevRooms" (Developer Rooms) where we basically assign conference rooms to various projects (upon request), where they can schedule their activities as they wish (talks, hacking, sessions with other projects, ...). Here's the list of devrooms/projects we have this year: openSUSE, KDE, Gentoo, GNOME, Debian, Embedded Linux, Mozilla Europe, openGroupware, GNUstep, Tcl/Tk, Jabber, GNU Classpath (GCJ+Kaffee+Harmony+GNU Classpath+SableVM+...), Calibre, Ada, Debian (and one I may not disclose as of now ;)). Last year, the talks in the devrooms alone summed up to 140 over the week-end (not counting the 24 talks in the main tracks + 2 introductory + 1). Just to make clear this is a major event and a place to make a lot of contacts as well as to attend great talks ;) > As you may have already noticed (because Pascal blogged about it), we will > have an openSUSE 'DevRoom' (Developer Room) @ FOSDEM and most likely a > booth as well. Therefore, we are in the very early stages of preparation > and would like to team up with you to organize the openSUSE @ FOSDEM > event. Precisely, I think that would be the most interesting option. - - getting information about the progress and future plans of openSUSE/SUSE Linux from Novell/SUSE staff members - - people from the openSUSE community make presentations about e.g. SUPER, SLICK, community repositories, documentation, ... - - serve as a showcase to other FOSS projects and visitors But, and that's probably the most interesting part, we can also make use of that event to make very interactive sessions, where we (Novell/SUSE staff + community members) meet up to discuss future directions, possible improvements, initiatives, etc... We'll have a large room with 150 or 200 seats for the whole week-end (= 1.5 days). The event kicks off at 10:30 with the 2 introductory talks, and from 13:00 on the devrooms and main tracks have their go. This means for devrooms: - - Saturday 25th Feb: 13:00 - 17:00 - - Sunday 26th Feb..: 10:00 - 17:00 We also organize a few side activities: - - key and CAcert signing - - Tutorial sessions (6 x 1h) - - hacker rooms, open for anyone - - a buffet at a hotel in Brussels (good occasion to meet a lot of interesting people ;)) Wireless internet connectivity is provided almost everywhere, with cabled access available in the "hacker rooms" (and in most DevRooms). Also, LPI will organize 4 Linux certification exam sessions over the week-end, at a (*very*) reduced rate (exact price to be announced in the next few days). > To start off, we would like to get your opinion on what topics, > presentation, talks, tutorials, etc. you would expect from openSUSE @ > FOSDEM? And if you would like to deliver a presentation, talk, tutorial? > The ultimate goal would be to have presentations distributed equally > amongst community members and SUSE / Novell employees. > > Here are some possible topics, that are basis for discussion far: > - presentations > + openSUSE in general (what happend so far, what's up next) Yes, also to give a chance to visitors and people from other projects to have a look at what openSUSE really is and what (y)our plans are. > + openSUSE build infrastructure That's a must. Adrian, you won't escape from doing this talk ;))) And for end of February, maybe we could even see a demo... ? ;) > + SUSE Linux 10.1 - highlights and features > - dicussion > + SUSE Linux 10.2 - dicussion / plans for the future That pretty much hits what I mentioned above, an open discussion about openSUSE's future. > + Usability and Documentation > - tutorials > + packaging the SUSE-way This could be held by someone from Packman (or me) ;) > + using the build infrastructure > + LIVE CD construction Or rather a presentation of SUPER or SLICK. > + Customizing SUSE Linux > > That's it for the moment, we are all looking forward to a lively discussion > and a great collaboration. ... which didn't really happen up to now. Cmon folks, there have been a lot of people criticizing openSUSE for "not being open enough", now that's a great occasion to show off and move forward as a community ;) As a side note, every project that has a devroom _must_ send in a schedule of the planned activities. The deadline hasn't been set yet, but expect it to be something like mid January. That means we have to start discussing it right now. Who would be interested a) to come to the event, and attend the openSUSE devroom b) participate and make a presentation or demo (30-45) on something about openSUSE/SUSE Linux c) propose a topic to be presented by Novell/SUSE staff members Send in some feedback. cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <pascal.bleser(a)skynet.be> <guru(a)unixtech.be> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDj4Xqr3NMWliFcXcRAhTwAJ9qa+jsytj3YLkmBCvxH4nz2P4OnwCfa+bE 9/5Jc+EXekQDV7Ozd21yx4E= =XCrg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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fpc
by Peter Czanik 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hello, Anyone tried to compile Free Pascal Compiler on openSUSE? It's on the whishlist ( http://www.opensuse.org/Wishlist_Productivity#F ), added by somebody else, but I need it as well. I wanted to compile it. They have source rpm as well ( http://www.freepascal.org/download.html ). Just one little problem: fpc is required to compile itself ;-) Would be nice, if somebody solved this 'catch 22' for 10.1! Bye, Peter

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Announcement: tools for web developers (tidy, mod_tidy, w3c markup validator)
by Sierk Bornemann 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi! I am primary a web developer, and my interest is very high, that the popular SUSE Linux offers tools to make a (web-)developer's life easier. Fedora has an eye on developers, also Debian. Why not also SUSE? Making the openSUSE platform interesting for developers more than ever before? Since month, I build my own RPMs of tidy (http://tidy.sourceforge.net) and mod_tidy (http://mod-tidy.sourceforge.net/), which both have been also taken as a basis for SuSEs current tidy packages on ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/apache/tidy/ and mod_tidy packages on ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/apache/apache-mod_tidy/. Unfortunately, SUSEs official packages are not updated so regulary, as I wish they could be, so I want to point to my resources on http://sierkbornemann.de/pub/tools/tidy/ and http://sierkbornemann.de/pub/tools/mod_tidy/, where I store much more up-to-date RPMs for SUSE Linux. The mod_tidy packages, recently shipped with SUSE Linux 10 are outdated. Since I have overtaken the project, some important things have been changed (updated License, updated code, etc.). These URLs on my personal site are still inofficial (for developers only). I hope, that in long time view the official SuSE resources get in sync with wether my packages, which try to be as close and up-to-date as possible to the original, or with the official resources. Since several weeks, I also offer the official W3C Markup Validator of http://validator.w3.org/ as a RPM for SUSE Linux. These packages are still located on http://sierkbornemann.de/pub/tools/w3c-markup-validator/. As it happened with my tidy and mod_tidy packages, I hope, my w3c validator packages will be copyied to one of SUSEs FTP-Servers and offered from there to the public (here again, I want to keep the traffic to my server in a reasonable limit, that's because I hope, that somebody of Novell/SuSE gives them a place on a public SuSE FTP server). Concerning the W3C Markup Validator, I went on optimizing it for local use (the W3C developers themselves have an eye on it and made a lot of adjustments). It's easy to install and configurate. Hints for improvements are welcome (this belongs to the validator as to tidy and to mod_tidy). For the near future, I aim SUSE Linux packages of the W3C Validator to be also mentioned on http://validator.w3.org/source/ (besides Fedora and Debian packages). I have strong encouragement from the Validator Dev team in continuing so. and I still hope, Novell/SUSE is able to give me more official assistance (minimum: updating more frequently the packages taken from me). So, have a look into my packages, try them out. Any help for improvements and advocacy is welcome. Sierk Bornemann Sierk Bornemann | Hannover | Germany e-mail: sierkb(a)gmx.de URL: http://sierkbornemann.de/

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Patch RPM's and the -P option
by Scott Lowrey 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

The rpm command on SuSE 9.1 and 9.3 provides a patch select option (-P, --patches). I have not had a chance to review rpm on OpenSUSE, yet but will be doing that soon, so apologies if this message appears to be a bit misdirected - it's not. :-) Anyway, I'm guessing that a patch RPM is a "partial package" that does not contain all files, instead providing only the files that have been updated? If I issue the "rpm -qPa" command, I see a small subset of RPMs - notably, those that appear to have been applied as part of an online update. The Red Hat/Fedora/rpm.org guides and the master RPM change list do not document a -P option. Can someone give me some background? Is this a SuSE creation? What distinguishes a patch RPM from a regular RPM? I do know that any RPM can be considered a "patch" or "update", but I have a need to track RPMs that have been specifically applied in response to customer problem reports - this feature seems to meet that need. Thanks for your help. -Scott Lowrey

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SynCE 0.9.1 out there since 2005-07-08
by Joern Ende 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi Folks, a new version of SynCE (software to sync a windows CE based PDA to linux) has been released. http://sourceforge.net/projects/synce/ There are new releases of orange and unshield to. On the SuSE 10.0 DVD and in the repos there is only the version 0.9.0 from 2004-09-12. The new release has a lot of bugfixes and new features. Perhaps any of the packagers out there could build rpms for SuSE 10.0. Regards JOern

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Buggy binutils package on 10.0
by Pascal Bleser 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The binutils on 10.0 has a bug, it doesn't work well when using gcc 3.3.x or 3.4.x When using the latest binutils (2.16.1, compiled from source) it works, but when using the binutils package shipped with SL 10.0 (2.16.91.0.2-8), I get the following when building shared libs: `.L631' referenced in section `.rodata' of build/linux26-gcc344-ora920-d/carma/otl_result_set.os: defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t._Z17otl_var_type_namei' of build/linux26-gcc344-ora920-d/carma/otl_result_set.os `.L612' referenced in section `.rodata' of build/linux26-gcc344-ora920-d/carma/otl_result_set.os: defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t._Z17otl_var_type_namei' of build/linux26-gcc344-ora920-d/carma/otl_result_set.os `.L613' referenced in section `.rodata' of build/linux26-gcc344-ora920-d/carma/otl_result_set.os: defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t._Z17otl_var_type_namei' of etc.. etc... I've been googling on that, and it definately seems to be a binutils bug. The gcc src.rpm shipped with SL 10.0 includes some patches, one of which might be a workaround for that binutils issue, but I cannot apply it to 3.4.x (and I definately need 3.4.x in this case). Now, with that background and while you're already replying "this is off-topic" ;)), I wanted to ask if anyone was already providing newer binutils packages in his repository ? I'll file a bug for this anyway but I'll most probably try to isolate a backport patch for this very issue. cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <pascal.bleser(a)skynet.be> <guru(a)unixtech.be> _\_v FOSDEM 2006 -- 25+26 February 2006 in Brussels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDiyKOr3NMWliFcXcRAjrPAKCzmpvT//awy7PUSgD3KVTcBLX8IwCfa+hB 2ba2ZiPUN+ZCgTcX3y/KbOc= =3S2G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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suser-guru updates
by Pascal Bleser 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I didn't do for a while.. here's a list of new packages in my repository (and a few updates I think I didn't mention yet) kde3-windeco-flatknifty flatknifty windeco for KDE3 kwin-decor-suse2 suse2 windeco for KDE3 kde3-style-lipstik lipstik style for KDE3 kde3-style-klearlook klearlook style for KDE3 kbfx kicker button replacement for KDE3 enca encoding converter and guesser olive console RSS reader colorscheme color scheme creation tool for GNOME basket note/url/text organizer for KDE3 kftpgrabber ftp client for KDE3 wavemixer multi-track sound file mixer (GTK2) librasc library for pulling sound samples remotely, used by wavemixer xmms-agent KDE3 systray for xmms kasablanca ftp client for KDE3 kflickr-mt kflickr (flickr client for KDE3) fork qiv quick image viewer xprintidle small tool that uses XSS xorg extension to show user idle time mguesser file encoding and charset guesser gcfilms movie collection management (GNOME) perl-dbd-sqlite Perl::DBI driver for SQLite3 perl-config-yaml Perl::Config::Yaml module perl-curses-ui Perl::Curses::UI module python-pexpect expect module for Python cutmp3 MP3 file cutter httping ping for HTTP protocol mrxvt multi-tab rxvt port codeblocks C++ IDE libut library for writing daemons If you notice any conflict with something you maintain yourself, please let me know and we'll sort it out, no reason to duplicate work. This is really starting to grow and I get the feeling that using the mailing-list for this isn't really appropriate. Maybe we should have a page on the wiki that lists *ALL* the packages we maintain, by repository. Could help avoiding packaging something that's already included in another repository. But also extra work of adding new packages to that wiki page (which isn't all that much effort IMHO, and don't complain, I'm the one who'd have the most work ;)). I'll post new versions of my spec file templates soon, as I revamped them completely, made them simpler and y2pmbuild-ready and they even seem to be ok for some SUSE devs (nicht wahr Marcus? ;P). Have a nice snowy week-end everyone. cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <pascal.bleser(a)skynet.be> <guru(a)unixtech.be> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDiItor3NMWliFcXcRAqoTAKCKUK+i5qpzYfoSQMHUmKWoKgE3NwCgl786 5ZHoxXtoOz+4gq0p6Wt+ZOQ= =lRuS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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