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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_QUAR,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from kabbu.akopia.com (cj647207-a.reston1.va.home.com [65.1.132.232]) by cvs.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E905B33096 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 01:12:42 -0700 (MST) Received: by kabbu.akopia.com (Postfix, from userid 1020) id 5763A28CEA; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 03:13:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 03:13:06 -0500 From: Jerry A! To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild, ip6tables headaches, kernel confusion, xinetd vs. tcpwrappers Message-ID: <20010110031306.A6956@kabbu.akopia.com> References: <20010108190102.65304328A2@cvs.gentoo.org> <000f01c07ada$b31486e0$0701a8c0@rayuela> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <000f01c07ada$b31486e0$0701a8c0@rayuela>; from zielot@thebestisp.com on Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 01:55:24AM -0600 Organization: Broken Toys Unlimited Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 96b107a3-8c18-45bf-8ab8-7556cebd8ac3 X-Archives-Hash: 9901ecd91fb2fbdf21c5135f8cdb371c On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 01:55:24AM -0600, Justin Vander Ziel wrote: : Hello folks. : : 1. I managed to revise the iptables-1.1.2.ebuild script to handle : iptables-1.2 -- and it worked! That is, except for one small problem: I : forgot to build a package list for ebuild and BTW, how do I do this? That's the nifty thing about the portage system--it takes care of creating the packing list. : 2. the ebuild script chokes on versions such as in autofs-4.0.0-pre9.tar.bz2 : (with accompanying ebuild file) -- when I do : : # ebuild autofs-4.0.0-pre9.ebuild merge That's not a valid name for an ebuild. Try something like "autofs-4.0.0_p9.ebuild". Then in the ebuild, explicitly set $P to the package name to use (eg "P=autofs-4.0.0-pre9") : 4. kernel confusion : When all is said and done why not just go with 2.4.0 stable? My neophyte : logic says that if it's a final kernel release that has been blessed by : Linus than at the very least, it must be more stable than the 2.3.X series : or the 2.4.0-testX series (I don't know where the ac1/2/3 fit into this). Ahh, grasshopper. When many release cycles you've been through, trust a point-oh release you will not. : 5. xinetd vs. tcpwrappers (a.k.a tcpd) : OK, xinetd already provides the services of tcpwrappers so why would you : want to install both by default as it is implied on the Gentoo home page? Choice. Some applications (like exim and I think sudo) have intrinsic support for tcpwrappers. These are a few other services (that I can't think of off the top of my head). Anyway, lots of daemonizing services have support for tcpwrappers. Some people find the syntax of /etc/hosts.allow for the one or two services they run, to be a lot simplier than setting up firewall rules. : 6. app suggestions : I haven't seen a master plan/list regarding what get's included in the : production release -- although I do think that it should be limited to one : CD -- AT MOST. IMHO there is definitely such a thing as too many apps. The I agree. Just so long as the apps are the ones that I want. 8) : 9. Nifty cd package label in ps if your interested. : I spent a little time in Photoshop LE (I don't have $600 smackers to pay for : the real thing!) and whipped this up. I think it's attractive but it's not : exactly 'production quality'. Anyways if you want a copy I'll send you a : postscript file with the cd label and jacket for gentoo 1.0 rc3 Hey, I'd dig a copy of that. --Jerry name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... email: jerry@akopia.com || ...It's much more important || than that!