From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from phoenix.nolabel.net (aboukir-101-1-5-katios.adsl.nerim.net [80.65.225.144]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 154A02019ECA for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:23:48 -0600 (CST) Received: from katios.nolabel.net (katios.nolabel.net [192.168.0.2]) by phoenix.nolabel.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF0761D425 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 01:23:20 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Install report, bugs, questions & suggestions From: Sylvain OBEGI To: gentoo-dev In-Reply-To: <20020306203417.46DFD33B3B@cismrelais.univ-lyon1.fr> References: <1015438682.30336.9.camel@katios.nolabel.net> <20020306203417.46DFD33B3B@cismrelais.univ-lyon1.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: 07 Mar 2002 01:20:26 +0100 Message-Id: <1015460426.12140.19.camel@katios.nolabel.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 905ed6a1-d583-492b-a748-64f8a17831e5 X-Archives-Hash: aa67ee63f327590346b41f44dd517643 On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 21:36, Maciek Borowka wrote: > Some answers.... Thanks a lot for answering! > > XSANE > > latest xsane is 0.84. latest in gentoo is 0.77, quite old. Is there a > > particular reason for keeping an old version? >=20 > I don't think so. Upgrade the ebuild file and send it to bugs.gentoo.org = if=20 > you want it in gentoo Attach it to a bug report or something? Will try to read some build doc soon to be able to do something useful. Anyway, renaming the current xsane ebuild file to the current version and ebuild digest-ing it seems to be working. I guess it would be the same with xchat (1.8.8 just released -- untested) =20 =20 > > BASESYSTEM > > basesystem wants me to install isapnptools, but i haven't used a isa > > cards for year! i don't even have an isa slot! i think hotplug would be > > a much better thing to have in core system than isapnptools.. how to > > tell emerge i don't want it with update (without having to do it at eac= h > > emerge rsync) ? >=20 > Take a look at /usr/portage/profiles directory. There is a lot of interes= ting > stuff there : package.mask for the packages that you don't want, or=20 > default/packages for the list of default packages.=20 > You can create your own profile too, and put there only the packages you = want. Theses files seem to be overwritten at rsync. I will search the docs instead of making noise here :). Thanks anyway. > > LANGUAGE > > Is there any way to have non-english language in other apps than kde > > itself? >=20 > Yes, use LANG environnement variable : > maciek@dune maciek $ export LANG=3D"fr_FR" > maciek@dune maciek $ ls /rien > ls: /rien: Aucun fichier ou r=E9pertoire de ce type > maciek@dune maciek $ export LANG=3D"en_EN" > maciek@dune maciek $ ls /rien > ls: /rien: No such file or directory Oh, yes, thanks.. Btw, where is the better place to put it in conf files? Anyway, it doesn't seem to work for everything, at least not for evolution. Maybe something missing elsewhere? =20 =20 > > EBUILDS > > How do we find the list (and description?) of packages that can be > > installed? I'm talking of something equivalent to rpmdrake for example >=20 > All the packages are organised in /usr/portage tree. You can use find (or= =20 > locate) to browse them. Yep, but sometimes some package names are not really explicit. I was thinking of some graphical tool to browse thru some descriptions. > > RPM > > rpm is present so i guess it's supported.. but why using rpm 3.0.6 as > > 4.0.3 is the latest version? >=20 > Gentoo is NOT a rpm distribution. The rpm ebuild is put in portage in ord= er=20 > to let you install some (almost always proprietary) software distributed = only=20 > in rpms files. Personnally, I don't know any of these that needs rpm 4. Yes, you're probably right, I'm just of the "use latest version if possible" school ;-) > Anyway, I am sure that your ebuild will be welcome ;+) I'll try to learn how to deal with it (i mean, better than only copying them -- damn that thing is easy ;) to do something useful Some other things : i receive all messages of this list twice, but i subscribed only once.. A bit strange. need help here :) Can someone point me to an _easy_ guide to configure sshd please? I'm having some troubles with it (can't login, maybe key problems) and since I was used to Mandrake "PnP" for this, i'm a bit lost ;) Thanks again =20 > HTH, > /Maciek --=20 Sylvain OBEGI=20 Email : katios@nolabel.net ICQ : 661913=20