Requests for -current (14.2-->15.0)

chrisretusn · 04-26-2021, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nobby6

Before you wasted your time on this copy paste you should have read my reply to Pat first

I did read it before posting. It is one of the reasons I made my post. Back in the day is not today.

Nobby6 · 04-26-2021, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisretusn

I did read it before posting. It is one of the reasons I made my post. Back in the day is not today.

wow, ok I'll post on irc Chrisretusn expects all of us who have been running it for about 2 decades to stop, change our configurations, because thats what is decided for todays use.

you should apply for a job as a writer on the comedy channel.

pssst not even RedHat overwrites existing files

and go d/l the source and install postfix,, look at where it puts the alias file oh lookie there it is in /etc/postfix ;P

pghvlaans · 04-26-2021, 11:22 PM

One of the Japanese mirrors (ftp.kddilabs.jp) in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors hasn't updated -current (32 or 64 bit) since last October. 14.2 patches since that time are also missing. Maybe it should be taken off the list.

volkerdi · 04-26-2021, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nobby6

pssst not even RedHat overwrites existing files

I still don't see where the postfix package does this. I mean, if you're *deleting* the /etc/postfix/aliases symlink and creating a same-named file, do you really expect that a package upgrade shouldn't overwrite that?

I've still not heard a good reason why you can't just use the /etc/aliases file.

Quote:

and go d/l the source and install postfix,, look at where it puts the alias file oh lookie there it is in /etc/postfix ;P

I did that. Then this happens:

Code:

# newaliases
postalias: fatal: open /etc/aliases: No such file or directory

Note that the postfix INSTALL documentation doesn't mention anything about being able to *use* the aliases file while leaving it in /etc/postfix:

Code:

10.8 - Create the aliases database

Postfix uses a Sendmail-compatible aliases(5) table to redirect mail for local
(8) recipients. Typically, this information is kept in two files: in a text
file /etc/aliases and in an indexed file /etc/aliases.db. The command "postconf
alias_maps" will tell you the exact location of the text file.

First, be sure to update the text file with aliases for root, postmaster and
"postfix" that forward mail to a real person. Postfix has a sample aliases file
/etc/postfix/aliases that you can adapt to local conditions.

    /etc/aliases:
        root: you
        postmaster: root
        postfix: root
        bin: root
        etcetera...

Note: there should be no whitespace before the ":".

Finally, build the indexed aliases file with one of the following commands:

    # newaliases
    # sendmail -bi

In short, what you're demanding runs contrary to the documentation and doesn't even work. I suspect if the sample file were to be left alone in /etc/postfix, people would try to edit it there and wonder why it doesn't work. Plus it would get overwritten. I'm not about to .new protect something that's not a functional config file (the /etc/aliases file *is* currently .new protected).

franzen · 04-26-2021, 11:57 PM

EDIT: Seems pat posted the previous while i was writing

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nobby6

pssst not even RedHat overwrites existing files

Your aliases won't get overriden if you would stop replacing the symlink /etc/postfix/aliases from the system package.

Quote:

and go d/l the source and install postfix,, look at where it puts the alias file oh lookie there it is in /etc/postfix ;P

Maybe this helps:
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view...2/ch04s02.html

Quote:

All Postfix parameters are listed and described in the various *sample configuration* files. The *sample files* are located in the directory specified by the sample_directory parameter, which is usually the same directory as your main.cf file.

/etc/postfix/aliases is a there as a *sample file*.

gmgf · 04-27-2021, 01:47 AM

Please add ' Kuserfeedback-1.0.0 ', all kde distros, include, it:

https://download.kde.org/stable/kuserfeedback/

https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kuser...tml/index.html

probably more package need rebuild with it:

( akgregator, discover, dolphin, kaddressbook, kate, korganizer, labplot, pim-data-exporter, pim-sieve-editor, plasma-workspace )

gsl · 04-27-2021, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by franzen

Your aliases won't get overriden if you would stop replacing the symlink /etc/postfix/aliases from the system package.

Assuming Nobby's root filesystem supports file attributes, perhaps he could try "chattr +i /etc/postfix/aliases" to stop his replaced file from getting clobbered by a symlink whenever the postfix package is updated. I haven't tried it myself so I'm not sure if upgradepkg would freak out.

Geoff.

2slguevH · 04-27-2021, 03:25 AM

Please add swap file support for mkinitrd.

Comparing to the hibernation with swap partition, hibernation into swap
file requires both 'resume' and 'resume_offset'. In addition, the
'resume' parameter should point to the unlocked or mapped device that
contains the filesystem with swap file when using LVM or dm-crypt and
the 'resume_offset' parameter contains the offset of the swap header.

Swap partition:

Code:

echo $RESMAJMIN > /sys/power/resume

Swap file:

Code:

echo $RESMAJMIN > /sys/power/resume
     echo $RESUME_OFFSET > /sys/power/resume_offset

The patch file:
https://paste.debian.net/plain/1195340

ref.:
[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/late...er/swsusp.html
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/late...wap-files.html

j12i · 04-27-2021, 05:19 AM

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a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-22.txz: Rebuilt.
When / is on LVM, include the dm-snapshot module. Thanks to I.G.O.R.

This includes the dm-snapshot module in the initrd even if you only use LUKS and not LVM, which is unneccessary. I solved it thus:

Code:

--- mkinitrd.orig       2021-04-27 12:01:05.216701904 +0200
+++ mkinitrd    2021-04-27 12:01:42.695568840 +0200
@@ -653,7 +653,8 @@
   elif ! echo ${MODULE_LIST} | grep -q dm-mod ; then
     MODULE_LIST="$MODULE_LIST:dm-mod"
   fi
-  if ! echo ${MODULE_LIST} | grep -q dm-snapshot ; then
+  # dm-snapshot is only needed if you use LVM
+  if [ ! -z "$LVM" -a ! echo ${MODULE_LIST} | grep -q dm-snapshot ]; then
     MODULE_LIST="$MODULE_LIST:dm-snapshot"
   fi
   mkdir -p $SOURCE_TREE/lib/udev/rules.d

mumahendras3 · 04-27-2021, 05:26 AM

Hi, it seems /sbin/mkinitrd also uses non-POSIX compliant commands (brace expansion, echo flags, and some more) while still having #!/bin/sh as the shebang line.

Thanks!

chrisretusn · 04-27-2021, 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nobby6

wow, ok I'll post on irc Chrisretusn expects all of us who have been running it for about 2 decades to stop, change our configurations, because thats what is decided for todays use.

you should apply for a job as a writer on the comedy channel.

pssst not even RedHat overwrites existing files

and go d/l the source and install postfix,, look at where it puts the alias file oh lookie there it is in /etc/postfix ;P

From the aliases file:

Code:

#
# Sample aliases file. Install in the location as specified by the
# output from the command "postconf alias_maps". Typical path names
# are /etc/aliases or /etc/mail/aliases.

postfix was added to Slackware on Fri Nov 17 00:56:25 UTC 2017; 3 years 5 months 11 days ago from date of this post. Last I checked a decade was 10 years.

I retired 18 years ago, not looking for a job. Now it's all work, no pay.

I'm done with this subject.

camerabambai · 04-27-2021, 06:56 AM

I use the slackware-current DVD as "live-cd", I prefer it to "real" livecd because, boot fast and no useless gui, only need rsync preinstalled.

allend · 04-27-2021, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmgf

Please add ' Kuserfeedback-1.0.0 ', all kde distros, include, it:

https://download.kde.org/stable/kuserfeedback/

https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kuser...tml/index.html

probably more package need rebuild with it:

( akgregator, discover, dolphin, kaddressbook, kate, korganizer, labplot, pim-data-exporter, pim-sieve-editor, plasma-workspace )

OK - I will bite after mulling on this for some hours and checking that the date is well past 1 April.
Why would I want this, apart from the fact that all other kde distros include?
I have read the documentation, the default is off. If allowed, supposedly the data only goes to KDE servers, but history teaches that such databases are prone to being breached. Any data collected provides information that could be used for fingerprinting.
Given KDE's history of being prepared to break users to force hardware manufacturers to comply with standards, I do not expect that this is in users best interests, but rather the interest of KDE.

marav · 04-27-2021, 10:57 AM

EDIT : moved to a new thread

gmgf · 04-27-2021, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

OK - I will bite after mulling on this for some hours and checking that the date is well past 1 April.
Why would I want this, apart from the fact that all other kde distros include?
I have read the documentation, the default is off. If allowed, supposedly the data only goes to KDE servers, but history teaches that such databases are prone to being breached. Any data collected provides information that could be used for fingerprinting.
Given KDE's history of being prepared to break users to force hardware manufacturers to comply with standards, I do not expect that this is in users best interests, but rather the interest of KDE.

No problem, you do what you want, me too.