On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Hisham <hisham...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Michael Homer <mich...@gobolinux.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Leandro Motta Barros >> <lmbar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> I am using the packages from >>> http://mwh.geek.nz/files/gobo/014.10/packages/ to make a major update >>> to my system, which was presenting some problems after these years of >>> small updates over small updates. I am doing almost an installation >>> from scratch. I updated all the packages, disabled almost everything I >>> had installed and now I am recompiling the stuff I need. >>> >>> So far, so good. The packages mostly work out of the box. I found just >>> a few problems, which I am reporting now so that everyone else can be >>> aware of them. >>> >>> (BTW, thank you very much to take the time to prepare those packages. >>> They spared me a lot of trouble!) >>> >>> First, if this is going to be put into an updated ISO, there are some >>> missing dependencies. So far, I've found that the following packages >>> should be added: >>> >>> 1) Startup-Notification (Firefox needs it) >>> 2) Popt (Rsync needs it) >>> 3) PTH (GnuPG and LibAssuan need it) >> Thanks for that list, I've put those packages into the store now. >>> Second: when running traceroute and ping (from InetUtils), I get an >>> error message like "unknown protocol icmp". I've found that the >>> /s/s/protocols file is missing (crating a proper /s/s/protocols file >>> solved the problem) I suppose that this file (and perhaps others) >>> should have been distributed in the InetUtils' default settings. >> That file is part of Netkit-Base here. I don't know whether that >> program is suitable to use or not; I use InetUtils' ping but have >> Netkit-Base's inetd linked in. If Netkit-Base should be missed out >> /S/S/protocols will need to come from somewhere else. >>> Finally, for an ISO, a GRUB package would be needed, too. >> Yes. Grub is an issue - Grub2 is where all development happens now and >> the Grub series that was on the 014 CD is completely unsupported, but >> the installer relies on the configuration file used in the old series, >> which doesn't work now. I think we may be best off using a patched >> Grub 0.97, like the recipe that's in the store, but it is finicky, and >> I'm not an expert on the subject. If anyone has any input it would be >> helpful. > > So, an option is basically to update the Installer to use the Grub2 > syntax? Looks like something I could work on. > > -- > -- Hisham
Can you take a look at the ConfigTools code base to see if that's not checked in yet? I'm sure I've implemented that before.. I'll take a look at my local copy of the tree when I get home and will let you know if I have any pending commits related to that. Thanks! -- Lucas "If you're looking for a reason I've a reason to give: pleasure, little treasure" _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
