Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 7
[Posted February 17, 2004 by ris]
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| Yuji Carlos Kosugi <carlos-AT-gentoo.org> |
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| [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 7 |
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| Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:56:06 -0500 |
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1. Gentoo News
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* Gentoo growing in popularity
Gentoo growing in popularity
----------------------------
According to this article[1] on InternetNews, Netcraft's January survey
counted over 24,000 Gentoo installations on active web servers, showing
almost 20% growth over 6 months. Also, as we've reported in the past,
Gentoo has been getting more and more recognition from various sources
recently - while Gentoo Linux did not win the award, it was a finalist for
a Product Excellence Award at LWE 2004[2], and has been featured in
publications like Linux Journal[3] and Linux Weekly News[4]. Here's a
shout out to all the developers and community members who keep making
Gentoo great.
1. http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3313211
2. http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny/V40/index.cvn
3.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?thold=0&mode=thread&order=0&sid=7002
4. http://lwn.net/Articles/59138/
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2. Gentoo Security
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XFree86 Font Information File Buffer Overflow
---------------------------------------------
Exploitation of a buffer overflow in the XFree86 Project Inc.'s XFree86 X
Window System allows local attackers to gain root privileges.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[5]
5. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200402-02.xml
Monkeyd Denial of Service vulnerability
---------------------------------------
A bug in get_real_string() function allows for a Denial of Service attack
to be launched against the webserver.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[6]
6. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200402-03.xml
Gallery 1.4.1 and below remote exploit vulnerability
----------------------------------------------------
The Gallery developers have discovered a potentially serious security flaw
in Gallery 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.4 and 1.4.1 which can allow a remote
exploit of your webserver.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[7]
7. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200402-04.xml
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3. Heard in the Community
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Web Forums
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Switching for Developers
Moving on from Windows to a bright new future in Linux is becoming a trend
not only among desktop users, but also for software developers who grew up
using Visual Studio and other Microsoft tools to code applications for the
Windows platform. Curious about the possibilities in cross-platform design
or outright ready to switch entirely, many of them try to find their way
around POSIXish operating systems now. But are there ways to leverage all
that knowledge they accumulated before? Sure there are:
* Converting Windows/VStudio6 SDL Project to Linux/KDevelop3[8]
8. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=135866
gentoo-user
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Using 2.6 Kernels During The Install
Some Gentoo users have elected to try and use the new 2.6 kernels from the
initial install. A few problems remain, one being that devfs is
depreciated in 2.6. Read here[9] for some helpful links to get things up
and running with its replacement, udev.
9. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/66625
2.6 vs 2.4 Speed Issues
Also this week, some users have been trying the 2.6 series and
experiencing wildly varying results in regard to speed. Check out some of
the rather lengthy and interesting threads here[10] and here[11].
10. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/66065
11. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/66288
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4. Gentoo International
=======================
Reminders: International Linux Shows With Gentoo Involvement
Belgium: FOSDEM[12], 21/22 February 2004.
12. http://fosdem.org
Germany: Chemnitzer Linuxtag[13], 6/7 March 2004
13. http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/
Germany: GLUGHH Website; Next Meeting
Congratulations, the Hamburg-based Gentooists have set up their own
website[14] now! Content, desing and future plans will certainly be
discussed at the next meeting of the GLUGHH, which is going to take place
on Sunday, 22 February, 19:00 hours at the Schachcaf辿 as usual.
14. http://www.glughh.de
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5. Bugzilla
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Summary
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* Statistics
* Closed Bug Ranking
* New Bug Rankings
Statistics
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The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[15]) to record and
track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the
development team. Between 06 February 2004 and 12 February 2004, activity
on the site has resulted in:
15. http://bugs.gentoo.org
* 775 new bugs during this period
* 533 bugs closed or resolved during this period
* 24 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
Of the 5046 currently open bugs: 128 are labeled 'blocker', 192 are
labeled 'critical', and 363 are labeled 'major'.
Closed Bug Rankings
-------------------
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
are:
* Portage Team[16], with 104 closed bugs[17]
* Gentoo KDE Team[18], with 38 closed bugs[19]
* Core System Packages Team[20], with 28 closed bugs[21]
* Jeremy Huddleston[22], with 26 closed bugs[23]
* Sven Vermeulen[24], with 17 closed bugs[25]
* Gentoo Games[26], with 17 closed bugs[27]
16. dev-portage@gentoo.org
17.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&
chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&chfieldto=2004-02-12&
resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=dev-portage@gentoo.org
18. kde@gentoo.org
19.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&
chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&chfieldto=2004-02-12&
resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=kde@gentoo.org
20. base-system@gentoo.org
21.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&
chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&chfieldto=2004-02-12&
resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=base-system@gentoo.org
22. eradicator@gentoo.org
23.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&
chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&chfieldto=2004-02-12&
resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=eradicator@gentoo.org
24. swift@gentoo.org
25.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&
chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&chfieldto=2004-02-12&
resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=swift@gentoo.org
26. games@gentoo.org
27.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&
chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&chfieldto=2004-02-12&
resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=games@gentoo.org
New Bug Rankings
----------------
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during
this period are:
* Core System Packages Team[28], with 34 new bugs[29]
* Portage Utilities Team[30], with 28 new bugs[31]
* AMD64 Porting Team[32], with 23 new bugs[33]
* Mobile Herd[34], with 20 new bugs[35]
* x86 Kernel Team[36], with 16 new bugs[37]
28. base-system@gentoo.org
29.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&
bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&
chfieldto=2004-02-12&assigned_to=base-system@gentoo.org
30. tools-portage@gentoo.org
31.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&
bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&
chfieldto=2004-02-12&assigned_to=tools-portage@gentoo.org
32. amd64@gentoo.org
33.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&
bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&
chfieldto=2004-02-12&assigned_to=amd64@gentoo.org
34. mobile@gentoo.org
35.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&
bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&
chfieldto=2004-02-12&assigned_to=mobile@gentoo.org
36. x86-kernel@gentoo.org
37.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&
bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-02-06&
chfieldto=2004-02-12&assigned_to=x86-kernel@gentoo.org
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6. Tips and Tricks
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Using RCS
This week's tip shows you how to use of RCS to keep track of changes in
configuration files. To get RCS and its related tools, install
app-text/rcs from Portage. To get started with RCS, try putting
/etc/make.conf under revision control.
Note: Similarities between CVS and RCS will cause any $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/news/en/gwn/20040216-newsletter.txt,v 1.1 2004/02/17 01:53:48 carlos Exp $ or $Id: 20040216-newsletter.txt,v 1.1 2004/02/17 01:53:48 carlos Exp $
tags to be rewritten when you put files under revision control.
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| Code Listing 6.1: |
| Adding files to RCS |
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|# cd /etc |
|# mkdir RCS |
| |
|Put make.conf under revision control |
|# ci -i make.conf |
|RCS/make.conf,v <-- make.conf |
|enter description, terminated with single '.' or end of file: |
|NOTE: This is NOT the log message! |
|>> make.conf - custom settings for portage |
|>> . |
|initial revision: 1.1 |
|done |
| |
|The file is now in RCS, so put it back in /etc for reading |
|# co make.conf |
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Notice that make.conf is now under revision control and is read-only. To
edit the file, you need to perform the following steps:
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| Code Listing 6.2: |
| Editing a file under revision control |
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| |
|Checkout the file with locking enabled |
|# co -l make.conf |
|RCS/make.conf,v --> make.conf |
|revision 1.1 (locked) |
|done |
|Edit the file |
|# ${EDITOR} make.conf |
| |
|Check the file back in and unlock it. |
|# ci -u make.conf |
|RCS/make.conf,v <-- make.conf |
|new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1 |
|enter log message, terminated with single '.' or end of file: |
|>> changed DISTDIR to use a drive with more space |
|>> . |
|done |
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This can be a tedious process so it's better to put all the commands in a
script to do it automatically.
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| Code Listing 6.3: |
| Example script for revision control |
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| |
|#!/bin/sh |
|# Script to edit files under revision control |
| |
|[[ -f "RCS/$1,v" ]] && co -l $1 |
|${EDITOR} $1 |
|[[ -f "RCS/$1,v" ]] && ci -u $1 |
| |
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For more information on using RCS see man 1 rcsintro.
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7. Moves, Adds, and Changes
===========================
Moves
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The following developers recently left the Gentoo team:
* none this week
Adds
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The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team:
* Chris Aniszczyk (zx) - java
* Andrei Barbu (teval) - lisp, scheme
* Peter Bienstman (pbienst) - app-sci
* Tom Gall (tgall) - gentoo-ppc
Changes
-------
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux
project:
* none this week
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(Brazil) Translation
Otavio Rodolfo Piske <angusy@gentoobr.org> - Portuguese (Brazil)
Translation
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(Brazil) Translation
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Ventura Barbeiro <venturasbarbeiro@ig.com.br> - Portuguese (Brazil)
Translation
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Translation
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Translation
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