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[opensuse] leap 15.0 gcc?
by Mark Hounschell 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Leap 42.3 had gcc 4.8 as default and 7.x as an option. Leap 15.0 has gcc 7.3 as default but so far no gcc 4.8 as an option. I this going to change before the release of 15.0? Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Two questions
by John Andersen 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

What are .aug files? Seeing a lot of these in /usr/share/augeas/lenses/dist/ under Leap 15 I've traced it to http://augeas.net/index.html but Have no idea why it is on my machine. Second Why does this happen: jsa@poulsbo:~> locate updatedb /etc/updatedb.conf /usr/bin/updatedb ... jsa@poulsbo:~> sudo updatedb [sudo] password for jsa: jsa@poulsbo:~> locate updatedb locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied jsa@poulsbo:~> Why does /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db get set as owned by root/root? (Not accepting the "security" nonsense, its a single user machine, and I want to find things that my normal user account can't see.) You will note that after some time, I am again able to use locate, so something seems to change its permissions somewhere along the line. This is the only version of Linux I've ever run into where this happens. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Leap 15.0 live - Legacy boot from USB and DVD ??
by Radule Šoškić 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Hi, I tried to boot my old Lenovo R61 to Leap 15.0 live, from USB and from DVD, but it didn't work. Both L15 media boot my other computers ok, and other bootable media boot my Lenovo fine. I am thinking of EFI. My R61 has no EFI. I wander if L15 doesn't support boot on legacy BIOS machines? Is there anybody on list to confirm or oppose this? Best regards, R.Soskic

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[opensuse] clamav outdated for 42.3
by David C. Rankin 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

I know releases are generally a "dance-with-the-one-that-brung-you" proposition, but for security related packages, they should probably be updated, e.g. [15:03 wizard:/tmp/tmp-david] # zi clamav ... Selecting 'clamav-0.99.4-23.1.x86_64' from repository 'Main Update Repository' for installation. Resolving package dependencies... Force resolution: No The following 2 NEW packages are going to be installed: clamav 0.99.4-23.1 libmilter1_0 8.15.2-6.1 2 new packages to install. Overall download size: 4.3 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 13.7 MiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/...? shows all options] (y): ... [15:03 wizard:/tmp/tmp-david] # freshclam ClamAV update process started at Tue Apr 24 15:03:56 2018 WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED! WARNING: Local version: 0.99.4 Recommended version: 0.100.0 DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/documents/upgrading-clamav -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Leap 42.3 is supported, but contains unmaintained packages?
by Bjoern Voigt 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

I wonder about the following comment on bug #1089987 (https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1089987). > Please note that mysql-community-server in openSUSE Leap 42.3 is marked as EOL and therefore unmaintained: > > https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/507283 This rises some questions: 1) How do I know that some official packages in openSUSE 42.3 are unsupported (and thus potentially unsafe)? (Only very few MySQL/openSUSE users may read the bug reports and build service requests.) 2) If a package gets unmaintained, how do I get the notice? Personally I currently create my own fixed MySQL 5.6.40 version on openSUSE build service. But I a bit unsure and disappointed about the openSUSE security situation now. 3) Is there a openSUSE policy, which allows openSUSE to stay with unsafe packages? Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Can somebody obtain this text from the installation DVD?
by Carlos E. R. 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, The installation of the Beta of 15.0 presents a warning that starts with: "you are installing the future openSUSE version not the stable" I'd like to add that text to the wiki (<https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Leap/Things_to_know_about_betas>), but I failed to copy paste the text from a virtual machine (guest tools not running during the install, I guess). I tried to google and find the text, no hits. Somebody knows where I can download the exact text from? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlrfK98ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9V3EQCfZHho9rRFB+q7Qvw4XNAgDxx+ vM0An2y9Akp3ZnkcVHXJVDqLikscLfDs =0q9h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] What means "Transactional server"?
by Carlos E. R. 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Leap 15.0 installations has the option to install a "Transactional server". What is that? And it calls that a "role". - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlrfKi8ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Vq8QCfVq4rZFShcBlrWBPjGOYLRGKg I88AnjQySN/Pyq0D/BC2brtKf8uhSDDp =Y0Gb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] su anomaly
by Mark Hounschell 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Previously, in 13.2 and Leap the su command did not need the "-" to get the full --login PATH env variable. I forget when this changed. In Leap-15 it appears to have changed back to the MUCH older way. 13.2: #su # echo $PATH /sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin Leap 42.3: #su # echo $PATH /sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin Leap-15: #su # echo $PATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin # su - # echo $PATH /sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin Just curious if that was intended? Regards Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] What is the universal (world wide) understanding behind degaussing harddisks?
by Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Good evening from Singapore! The foremost question which I want to ask is, what is the universal (world wide) understanding behind degaussing hard drives? I work for No Secrets Agency (NSA) Pte Ltd (fictitious company name used). My sales manager Edward Joseph Snowden (fictitious individual name used) had *promised* our customer Leave Me in the Lurch (S) Pte Ltd (fictitious company name used) that we would "DEGAUSS" their hard disks after the PC replacement and data migration exercise for 15 trillion PCs (fictitious number used). PC = Personal Computer, which includes desktops and laptops Last Friday, I had already reflected to my sales manager Edward Snowden that since we are definitely NOT going to wipe our customer's data by using strong and powerful magnets (physical means), should I send an email to the IT Administrator of our customer Lady Gaga (fictitious individual name used) asking her which data sanitization method (by software means) I should use? My sales manager Edward Snowden had quickly deflected my concerns (that is, wanting to send an email to our customer Lady Gaga asking her which data sanitization method I should use). I had brought up to the sales manager Edward Snowden a number of data wiping methods by software means last Friday. (1) Very very simple 1-pass data wiping, quickest a. Using "sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda", overwriting harddisks from beginning to end with zeroes, where /dev/sda refers to the 500 GB harddisk, not /dev/loop0 and not /dev/sdb which refers to the bootable live operating system on thumb drive b. Using "sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda", overwriting harddisks from beginning to end with random data, where /dev/sda refers to the 500 GB harddisk, not /dev/loop0 and not /dev/sdb which refers to the bootable live operating system on thumb drive Any bootable Live CD/DVD/flash media could do it. (2) 3-pass U.S. Government/Department of Defense (DoD) standard (DoD 5220.22-M) Certified commercial software required (3) 7-pass U.S. Government/Department of Defense (DoD) standard (DoD 5220.22-M) Certified commercial software required (4) 35-pass Gutmann method, slowest Certified commercial software required All these was last Friday. In the midst of our argument over the cellular network "just now", my sales manager Edward Snowden tried to cover up himself by suddenly and unexpectedly making an excuse that he had told me last Friday I was supposed to wipe user data only, not the operating system! If he had wanted me to wipe user data and retain/keep the Windows operating system, he should simply have told me to Reset the PC (for Windows 10 only) or use a =secure File Shredder=! For Windows 7, you can still wipe user data and preserve the operating system by using the Recovery Partition. On Lenovo desktops, press and hold F11 when Windows 7 is starting and reset to factory defaults. I had advised my sales manager Edward Snowden not to use BIG WORDS like "degaussing the harddisk" and market to the customer using these big words. Any person who sees the word "degauss" would have understood it to mean sanitize *ALL* data on the harddisk straight away and without question. Please refer to Figure 1. Exhibit A below for the "degaussing" instructions communicated to me by my sales manager Edward Snowden. Please click the link below. URI: https://i.imgur.com/bGOMyVs.png Please advise. Thank you very much. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Systems and Network Engineer Republic of Singapore 2nd April 2018 Monday 9:35 PM Singapore Time GMT+8 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Please help with enscript and fonts
by don fisher 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

I currently use enscript to print my text files. For a long time I have used the font description "-fCourier7". I wished to change this to a larger font, and perhaps bold. But I cannot determine how I discovered the -fCourier7. I have tried listing fonts without success: xfontsel xlsfonts fc-list and looked in the directory /usr/share/fonts. I do not understand how Courier7 gets translated into a filename, and what fonts are available. There is probably some way to view available fonts using LibreOffice Writer, but I do not know how to do it. I also looked under Yast at configuring fonts, but saw no help there. My major questions are, 1. What fonts can I use under enscript and what do I call them? 2. What fonts are on my machine? I am afraid this is probably a stupid question for those of you in the know, but I have spent many hours under Google without success. Thanks Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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