From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 329 invoked from network); 12 May 2004 12:39:06 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 12 May 2004 12:39:06 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BNt0s-0000jZ-Lv for arch-gentoo-gwn@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 May 2004 12:39:06 +0000 Received: (qmail 19129 invoked by uid 50004); 12 May 2004 12:37:27 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-gwn-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 26035 invoked from network); 12 May 2004 12:36:14 +0000 Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 08:36:42 -0400 From: Kurt Lieber To: gentoo-gwn@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040512123642.GM13780@mail.lieber.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UtommGWv0FiQz65x" Content-Disposition: inline X-GPG-Key: http://www.lieber.org/kurtl.pub.gpg [NOTE: Apologies for the delay in sending out the email version of this User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Subject: [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 19 X-Archives-Salt: 33fc2c65-6f2d-4417-8a77-bea5902e6de4 X-Archives-Hash: 0b6e0eae96775deadd5c334e7500c7ed --UtommGWv0FiQz65x Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable week's GWN. We had some email troubles on our side of things] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentoo Weekly Newsletter http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of May 10th, 2004. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 1. Gentoo News =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Gentoo Documentation Project Status Report ------------------------------------------ =20 The Gentoo Documentation Project[1] has released a new status report[2].=20 Much new documentation has been added since the last status report in=20 April - a coLinux HOWTO[3] has been added, and many other sections have=20 been updated too, like the Gentoo Security Guide[4], which now has a note= =20 on the -glsa-check option to emerge.=20 1. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/ 2. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/status/status_20040503.xml 3. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/colinux-howto.xml 4. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-security.xml =20 In addition, the third part[5] of the Gentoo Handbook, concerned with=20 configuring a desktop machine, is progressing, with sections on various=20 desktop environments, X, 3d acceleration, and sound now complete, and=20 drafts are available for viewing. The Documentation Project plans to=20 officially release this third chapter once the section on integrating a=20 Gentoo machine into a Windows network is complete.=20 5. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/draft/desktop.xml?part=3D0&chap= =3D0 =20 GLEP 26: Handling kernels with Portage -------------------------------------- =20 Developers Nathaniel McCallum[6] and Joshua Campbell[7] submitted GLEP=20 26[8] last Sunday. This proposal has to do with kernel handling by Portage= =20 - specifically, Nathan and Joshua propose that emerge kernel-name, in=20 addition to or instead of installing the kernel sources, also give the=20 user the option of installing a binary kernel, its modules, and a=20 tarballed package of kernel-headers. For more information about the=20 advantages and disadvantages of such a change, read the GLEP or the=20 discussion[9] on gentoo-dev.=20 6. npmccallum@gentoo.org 7. warpzero@gentoo.org 8. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0026.html 9. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/17741 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 2. Gentoo Security =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Multiple format string vulnerabilities in neon 0.24.4 and earlier ----------------------------------------------------------------- =20 There are multiple format string vulnerabilities in libneon which may=20 allow a malicious WebDAV server to execute arbitrary code.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[10]=20 10. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-01.xml =20 Multiple vulnerabilities in LHa ------------------------------- =20 Two stack-based buffer overflows and two directory traversal problems have= =20 been found in LHa. These vulnerabilities can be used to execute arbitrary= =20 code or as a denial of service attack.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[11]=20 11. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-02.xml =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 3. Heard in the Community =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Web Forums ---------- =20 Porthole to Portage=20 =20 Here's one of those cases where the Forums were the first to hear about a= =20 programming group effort, and a few months down the line the utility that= =20 emerged (pun entirely unintentional) got ascended to Portage. Daniel G.=20 Taylor, Frederik Arnerup, Brian Dolbec and Bill Wheeler Brian Dolbec have= =20 rounded some of the edges of their Porthole (a GUI frontend for Portage)=20 enough to get it unmasked in the official Portage tree:=20 =20 * Porthole-0.3 Released![12]=20 * Project web site[13] 12. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D155477 13. http://porthole.sourceforge.net =20 gentoo-user ----------- =20 Setting Up a Local Email Server=20 =20 If you have more than one PC used for email access, this thread[14] may be= =20 for you. It contains a helpful link to setting up a central email box with= =20 IMAP that you may use to retrieve your email from anywhere.=20 14. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/78385 =20 Mounting Partition Images=20 =20 Check out this thread[15] for some tips on imaging and mounting hard drive= =20 partitions as a file.=20 15. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/77818 =20 Slowest Gentoo Ever=20 =20 Gentoo was named after the fastest species of penguin on Earth. However,=20 some very patient people talk about the slowest machines[16] they've ever= =20 installed Stage1 Gentoo on. 486/33Mhz? Yikes.=20 16. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/77749 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 4. Gentoo International =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Japan: GentooJP Core Socialising=20 =20 Masatomo Nakano[17] is one of the founders of GentooJP, the large and=20 ever-growing Japanese community with a most active developer crowd and a=20 truly exciting web presence[18]. His current visit to Japan (taking a few= =20 days off from his overseas job in England) serves as the perfect excuse=20 for a get-together of the Japanese Gentoo developers, translators and=20 other activists. Just in case you're around Shibuya station on Thursday,=20 13 May at 19:00 hours, do join them for dinner and a drink or two. Cost=20 per person will be 5000 JPY, check the GentooJP mailing list[19] (in=20 Japanese) for further details. 17. http://www.madoro.org/ 18. http://www.gentoo.gr.jp 19. http://ml.gentoo.gr.jp/misc/200405.month/thread.html =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 5. Tips and Tricks =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Renaming Files =20 Often files need to be converted from uppercase to lowercase. Sometimes=20 this is a side effect of moving from case-insensitive file systems to=20 case-sensitive ones. =20 Here's a quick shell command that will convert everything in the current=20 directory from uppercase to lowercase. =20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Code Listing 5.1: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |for n in *; do mv $n `echo $n | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`; done | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D 6. Moves, Adds, and Changes =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D =20 Moves ----- =20 The following developers recently left the Gentoo team: =20 * None this week=20 =20 Adds ---- =20 The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: =20 * None this week=20 =20 Changes ------- =20 The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux=20 project: =20 * None this week=20 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 7. Contribute to GWN =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? Send us an=20 email[20]. 20. gwn-feedback@gentoo.org =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 8. 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