-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stew Benedict wrote: > OK folks. FHS 2.3 is currently stuggling with a couple of controversial > proposals. They would like Mandrake's opinion, as part of what FHS tries > to do is formalize current convention. United Linux based distros use > these currently. My take is Red Hat is against them. I'm not sure how > to reply with a formal Mandrake position, but perhaps posting here will > give me more of a feel on how the community views these proposals. >
There seems to be a dns problem. I am seeing some issues with respect to other people resolving our DNS too (but I tested from klama and it seemd ok), so I don't know if it's more wide-spread and what the cause is ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] buchan]$ host bugs.freestandards.org ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached [EMAIL PROTECTED] buchan]$ dig freestandards.org ns ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3rc2 <<>> freestandards.org ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached [EMAIL PROTECTED] buchan]$ whois freestandards.org NOTICE: Access to .ORG WHOIS information is provided to assist persons in determining the contents of a domain name registration record in the PIR registry database. The data in this record is provided by Public Interest Registry for informational purposes only, and PIR does not guarantee its accuracy. This service is intended only for query-based access. 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Registrant: Pathname Solutions 4390 Albany Drive San Jose, CA 95129 US Registrar: DOTSTER Domain Name: FREESTANDARDS.ORG Created on: 02-MAY-00 Expires on: 02-MAY-05 Last Updated on: 30-SEP-03 Administrative, Technical Contact: Quinlan, Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pathname Solutions 4390 Albany Drive San Jose, CA 95129 US (408) 919-3000 Domain servers in listed order: NS2.KERNEL.ORG NS1.KERNEL.ORG End of Whois Information [EMAIL PROTECTED] buchan]$ dig @ns2.kernel.org freestandards.org ns ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3rc2 <<>> @ns2.kernel.org freestandards.org ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 4221 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;freestandards.org. IN NS ;; Query time: 188 msec ;; SERVER: 204.152.189.113#53(ns2.kernel.org) ;; WHEN: Wed Nov 5 16:37:36 2003 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] buchan]$ dig @ns1.kernel.org freestandards.org ns ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3rc2 <<>> @ns1.kernel.org freestandards.org ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached ns1.kernel.org seems to not be responding, and ns2.kernel.org doens't know about freestandards.org (although it does know about pathname.com and kernel.org) Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/qRhMrJK6UGDSBKcRAntUAJ4h883pIO8ChZTyzOA9oyU4fpkUTwCdEeV/ bJDZEM8Z/gl3XgVLeWiuR5A= =SgxT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************