Re: [CentOS] mach64 driver, latest update in CentOS 6.8, symbol lookup error

2017-02-10 Thread Andreas Benzler
Hello Bob,

while im test something with samba, install an old centos 6.4 and
updated it.

before i move the virual machine into trash, here are the rebuilt driver
without any modification.

http://centos.cms4all.org/repo/6/


The prelink problem should be gone - hopefully.

Sincerely

AndyBe


Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2017, 17:40 + schrieb Styma, Robert (Nokia -
US):
> I am loading a server from the CentOS 6.7 ISO and then upgrading.  After 
> loading at release 6.7, the machine behaves normally.   After running yum 
> update, the X server will not start.  Attempts to start it manually result in 
> one of the following messages depending upon which OS is loaded.  I initially 
> loaded it as 64 bit and when that did not work I tried the 32 bit version of 
> the OS.  The graphics card is part of the motherboard so swapping it out is 
> not an option.  This is a server and there is no AGP slot.  
> 
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so: 
> undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so: 
> undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> 
> I yum grouperased the X Window System and Desktop and then groupinstalled it 
> with no luck.  I then changed my repos to point to the original ISO, but 
> there were too many dependencies broken to get the system to groupinstall the 
> X Window System and desktop.  I tried forcing in just the driver, but it 
> fails with a message about the driver being at a different release than the X 
> server.  
> 
> I am planning to reload the OS and use the Yum Exclude to keep the Xorg 
> pieces.  Unfortunately, that will probably break a lot of dependencies.
> 
> I downloaded the source for the driver from Xorg, but need to find a lot more 
> stuff to get it to compile, and even then, it is likely not to work.
> 
> Does anyone have any more things to try?
> Yes I know the mach64 is an old video card, but that is what is there.
> 
> Since CentOS just follows the upstream source, I am not sure where to file a 
> bug.  Not that that is likely to help.  I am batting 0 for 5 over the last 
> decade and a half getting anything fixed.
> 
> Bob Styma
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[CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread Patrick Begou

Hello

I have more and more troubles using firefox in professional environment with 
CentOS6. The latest version is 45.7.0 But I can't use it anymore to access some 
old server hardware (IDRAC7 of DELL C6100) because of 
"/SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY/".  I had to install an old Firefox32 version 
to administrate these servers.


Today I upgrade the firmware of 2 DELL switch and now Firefox cannot connect to 
them anymore saying:
/An error occurred during a connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The server rejected 
the handshake because the client downgraded to a lower TLS version than the 
server supports//

//SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT

/Is there a CentOS6 recommended web browser allowing continuous connections to 
olds and new base level (and local) system administration services ?


Thanks

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Re: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread Nux!
Hi,

I had the same problem. Stick to the old Firefox, but only to access old idrac, 
ipmi etc.

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- Original Message -
> From: "Patrick Begou" 
> To: "CentOS mailing list" 
> Sent: Friday, 10 February, 2017 11:26:14
> Subject: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

> Hello
> 
> I have more and more troubles using firefox in professional environment with
> CentOS6. The latest version is 45.7.0 But I can't use it anymore to access 
> some
> old server hardware (IDRAC7 of DELL C6100) because of
> "/SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY/".  I had to install an old Firefox32 version
> to administrate these servers.
> 
> Today I upgrade the firmware of 2 DELL switch and now Firefox cannot connect 
> to
> them anymore saying:
> /An error occurred during a connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The server rejected
> the handshake because the client downgraded to a lower TLS version than the
> server supports//
> //SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT
> 
> /Is there a CentOS6 recommended web browser allowing continuous connections to
> olds and new base level (and local) system administration services ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Patrick
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Re: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread Andreas Benzler
Hm,

an Idee is to use a docker instance. I do that at my office, because
need JAVA 1.6 in the browser.

Sincerely

Andy

Am Freitag, den 10.02.2017, 12:26 +0100 schrieb Patrick Begou:
> Hello
> 
> I have more and more troubles using firefox in professional environment with 
> CentOS6. The latest version is 45.7.0 But I can't use it anymore to access 
> some 
> old server hardware (IDRAC7 of DELL C6100) because of 
> "/SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY/".  I had to install an old Firefox32 
> version 
> to administrate these servers.
> 
> Today I upgrade the firmware of 2 DELL switch and now Firefox cannot connect 
> to 
> them anymore saying:
> /An error occurred during a connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The server 
> rejected 
> the handshake because the client downgraded to a lower TLS version than the 
> server supports//
> //SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT
> 
> /Is there a CentOS6 recommended web browser allowing continuous connections 
> to 
> olds and new base level (and local) system administration services ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Patrick
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Re: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread Tru Huynh
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:26:14PM +0100, Patrick Begou wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I have more and more troubles using firefox in professional
> environment with CentOS6. The latest version is 45.7.0 But I can't
> use it anymore to access some old server hardware (IDRAC7 of DELL
> C6100) because of "/SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY/".  I had to
> install an old Firefox32 version to administrate these servers.
> 
Can you try: (in Firefox's about:config):
possible workaround for SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY
security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha
security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha

> Today I upgrade the firmware of 2 DELL switch and now Firefox cannot
> connect to them anymore saying:
> /An error occurred during a connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The
> server rejected the handshake because the client downgraded to a
> lower TLS version than the server supports//
> //SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT

possible workaround for SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT
security.tls.version.max 3 -> 1

You might want to revert for safer browsing, after.

> /Is there a CentOS6 recommended web browser allowing continuous
> connections to olds and new base level (and local) system
> administration services ?
maybe different profiles with differents security setup?

Cheers

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Re: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread Leon Fauster
> Am 10.02.2017 um 12:26 schrieb Patrick Begou 
> :
> 
> I have more and more troubles using firefox in professional environment with 
> CentOS6. The latest version is 45.7.0 But I can't use it anymore to access 
> some old server hardware (IDRAC7 of DELL C6100) because of 
> "/SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY/".  I had to install an old Firefox32 
> version to administrate these servers.
> 
> Today I upgrade the firmware of 2 DELL switch and now Firefox cannot connect 
> to them anymore saying:
> /An error occurred during a connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The server 
> rejected the handshake because the client downgraded to a lower TLS version 
> than the server supports//
> //SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT
> 
> /Is there a CentOS6 recommended web browser allowing continuous connections 
> to olds and new base level (and local) system administration services ?


What says the current Firefox (version 45.7.0) while trying to connect to the 
upgraded IDRAC7's ?

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Re: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread Patrick Begou

Tru Huynh wrote:

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:26:14PM +0100, Patrick Begou wrote:

Hello

I have more and more troubles using firefox in professional
environment with CentOS6. The latest version is 45.7.0 But I can't
use it anymore to access some old server hardware (IDRAC7 of DELL
C6100) because of "/SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY/".  I had to
install an old Firefox32 version to administrate these servers.


Can you try: (in Firefox's about:config):
possible workaround for SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY
 security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha
 security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha

These are yet set to true.



Today I upgrade the firmware of 2 DELL switch and now Firefox cannot
connect to them anymore saying:
/An error occurred during a connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The
server rejected the handshake because the client downgraded to a
lower TLS version than the server supports//
//SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT

possible workaround for SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT
 security.tls.version.max 3 -> 1

You might want to revert for safer browsing, after.
With this setting I get SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP and I cannot connect to the 
switch.
Of course I can re-activate the old firmware version of the switch, but it has a 
bug I would like to solve too.


I know that to remains compatible with old config could have security problems 
but all of these devices
use dedicated ports (IDRAC, Out of band port management) on a private network 
which could be easily isolated.
The idea is to have a browser dedicated to this administration (instead of 
several versions/profiles)

/Is there a CentOS6 recommended web browser allowing continuous
connections to olds and new base level (and local) system
administration services ?

maybe different profiles with differents security setup?

Cheers

Tru


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Thanks all for your suggestion to find a solution or detailing your local work 
around


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Re: [CentOS] mach64 driver, latest update in CentOS 6.8, symbol lookup error

2017-02-10 Thread Styma, Robert (Nokia - US)
Thank you AndyBe.  
 I downloaded the files maintaining the directory structure.  I will take the 
backup machine and try this out.  Since the failed machine was my main machine, 
I will use another machine of the same type.  I have a few more things to clean 
up on the main machine.
Thank you again.

Bob Styma

> Hello Bob,

> while im test something with samba, install an old centos 6.4 and
> updated it.

> before i move the virual machine into trash, here are the rebuilt driver
> without any modification.

> http://centos.cms4all.org/repo/6/


> The prelink problem should be gone - hopefully.

> Sincerely

> AndyBe


Am Mittwoch, den 08.02.2017, 17:40 + schrieb Styma, Robert (Nokia -
US):
> I am loading a server from the CentOS 6.7 ISO and then upgrading.  After 
> loading at release 6.7, the machine behaves normally.   After running yum 
> update, the X server will not start.  Attempts to start it manually result in 
> one of the following messages depending upon which OS is loaded.  I initially 
> loaded it as 64 bit and when that did not work I tried the 32 bit version of 
> the OS.  The graphics card is part of the motherboard so swapping it out is 
> not an option.  This is a server and there is no AGP slot.  
> 
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so: 
> undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so: 
> undefined symbol: xf86LinearVidMem
> 
> I yum grouperased the X Window System and Desktop and then groupinstalled it 
> with no luck.  I then changed my repos to point to the original ISO, but 
> there were too many dependencies broken to get the system to groupinstall the 
> X Window System and desktop.  I tried forcing in just the driver, but it 
> fails with a message about the driver being at a different release than the X 
> server.  
> 
> I am planning to reload the OS and use the Yum Exclude to keep the Xorg 
> pieces.  Unfortunately, that will probably break a lot of dependencies.
> 
> I downloaded the source for the driver from Xorg, but need to find a lot more 
> stuff to get it to compile, and even then, it is likely not to work.
> 
> Does anyone have any more things to try?
> Yes I know the mach64 is an old video card, but that is what is there.
> 
> Since CentOS just follows the upstream source, I am not sure where to file a 
> bug.  Not that that is likely to help.  I am batting 0 for 5 over the last 
> decade and a half getting anything fixed.
> 
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[CentOS] An rpm package with country flags in PNG format for CentOS 6

2017-02-10 Thread Alexander Farber
Hello fellow CentOS users,

does anybody please know a package for CentOS 6 with at least 200 country
flag images in PNG format and (lowercased or uppercased) ISO-conform
2-letter naming (like "us.png", "de.png", "ru.png", ...)?

This does not have to be a specific graphic-related package, but can be
anything - like a Nagios package, or maybe KDE-help package...

I am looking for a package to install at my CentOS 6 LAMP server and to
(ab)use those images to display the country flags on the served webpages.

Thank you for any ideas
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Re: [CentOS] An rpm package with country flags in PNG format for CentOS 6

2017-02-10 Thread Stephen Quinney

I'm not sure if this can be found as an RPM, for a similar purpose I
used the flag icons from famfamfam.com:

http://famfamfam.com/lab/icons/flags/

You could grab the lot and put together an RPM fairly easily.


Stephen

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 04:36:39PM +0100, Alexander Farber wrote:
> Hello fellow CentOS users,
> 
> does anybody please know a package for CentOS 6 with at least 200 country
> flag images in PNG format and (lowercased or uppercased) ISO-conform
> 2-letter naming (like "us.png", "de.png", "ru.png", ...)?
> 
> This does not have to be a specific graphic-related package, but can be
> anything - like a Nagios package, or maybe KDE-help package...
> 
> I am looking for a package to install at my CentOS 6 LAMP server and to
> (ab)use those images to display the country flags on the served webpages.
> 
> Thank you for any ideas
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[CentOS] chcon failed to change context Permission denied

2017-02-10 Thread Tim Smith
Hi,

I'm confused, why can root not change context of a directory ?

I've moved a mysql dir from /var/lib to another drive.

But running sudo chcon -R -t mysqld_t ./mysql

Yields a screen full of messages such as

chcon: failed to change context of ‘schema_table_lock_waits.frm’ to
‘system_u:object_r:mysqld_t:s0’: Permission denied

(and yes, mysql was shut down before the move and is till shut down).
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Re: [CentOS] An rpm package with country flags in PNG format for CentOS 6

2017-02-10 Thread Alexander Farber
awstats is good suggestion, thank you Frank

Also found https://github.com/hjnilsson/country-flags - public domain and
any size
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Re: [CentOS] chcon failed to change context Permission denied

2017-02-10 Thread Alexander Dalloz

Am 10.02.2017 um 16:59 schrieb Tim Smith:

Hi,

I'm confused, why can root not change context of a directory ?

I've moved a mysql dir from /var/lib to another drive.

But running sudo chcon -R -t mysqld_t ./mysql

Yields a screen full of messages such as

chcon: failed to change context of ‘schema_table_lock_waits.frm’ to
‘system_u:object_r:mysqld_t:s0’: Permission denied

(and yes, mysql was shut down before the move and is till shut down).


Because mysqld_t is a process type and the proper file context would be 
mysqld_db_t?


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Re: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread James B. Byrne

On Fri, February 10, 2017 06:26, Patrick Begou wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have more and more troubles using firefox in professional
> environment with
> CentOS6. The latest version is 45.7.0 But I can't use it anymore to
> access some
> old server hardware (IDRAC7 of DELL C6100) because of
> "/SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY/".  I had to install an old Firefox32
> version
> to administrate these servers.
>
> Today I upgrade the firmware of 2 DELL switch and now Firefox cannot
> connect to them anymore saying: /An error occurred during a
> connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The server rejected
> the handshake because the client downgraded to a lower TLS version
> than the server supports// //SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT
>
> /Is there a CentOS6 recommended web browser allowing continuous
> connections to olds and new base level (and local) system
> administration services ?
>

This situation arises because older, dare I say old, equipment
released with embedded software and using http/https as the
administrative front end were shipped with minimally compliant x-509
certificates.  Often self-signed with 1kb keys and md5 signature
hashes. Not to mention many are past their expiry dates.

However, given the revelations of state sanctioned snooping on network
traffic browsers are being pushed to implement increased compliance
checking for the overall security of users. Firefox is simply
implementing what various 'authorities' are recommending as secure
practices with respect to authentication using pki and x-509
certificates.

The present situation is a PIA.  It could be a lot more user-friendly
if FF so chose. They could have easily allowed one to turn off these
advanced compliance checks for specific IP and DNS addresses so that
the intended benefit remained but the interference with existing
infrastructure was minimised.

But, FF is on its own chosen path to oblivion and the idea of
compromise is totally absent from their project plan.


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Re: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread Alice Wonder

On 02/10/2017 12:34 PM, James B. Byrne wrote:


On Fri, February 10, 2017 06:26, Patrick Begou wrote:

Hello

I have more and more troubles using firefox in professional
environment with
CentOS6. The latest version is 45.7.0 But I can't use it anymore to
access some
old server hardware (IDRAC7 of DELL C6100) because of
"/SSL_ERROR_WEAK_SERVER_CERT_KEY/".  I had to install an old Firefox32
version
to administrate these servers.

Today I upgrade the firmware of 2 DELL switch and now Firefox cannot
connect to them anymore saying: /An error occurred during a
connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The server rejected
the handshake because the client downgraded to a lower TLS version
than the server supports// //SSL_ERROR_INAPPROPRIATE_FALLBACK_ALERT

/Is there a CentOS6 recommended web browser allowing continuous
connections to olds and new base level (and local) system
administration services ?



This situation arises because older, dare I say old, equipment
released with embedded software and using http/https as the
administrative front end were shipped with minimally compliant x-509
certificates.  Often self-signed with 1kb keys and md5 signature
hashes. Not to mention many are past their expiry dates.

However, given the revelations of state sanctioned snooping on network
traffic browsers are being pushed to implement increased compliance
checking for the overall security of users. Firefox is simply
implementing what various 'authorities' are recommending as secure
practices with respect to authentication using pki and x-509
certificates.

The present situation is a PIA.  It could be a lot more user-friendly
if FF so chose. They could have easily allowed one to turn off these
advanced compliance checks for specific IP and DNS addresses so that
the intended benefit remained but the interference with existing
infrastructure was minimised.

But, FF is on its own chosen path to oblivion and the idea of
compromise is totally absent from their project plan.




IMHO FireFox is doing the right thing. Compromises in policy is how 
system compromises often happen.


If you can change the setting to be more forgiving of certain bad 
vendors, then so can malware.


What we really need to do is demand better from the manufacturers of 
products we use in a "professional environment" - and it is extremely 
important we demand better from them now, during the dawn of IoT.

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Re: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread John R Pierce

On 2/10/2017 12:44 PM, Alice Wonder wrote:
IMHO FireFox is doing the right thing. Compromises in policy is how 
system compromises often happen.


If you can change the setting to be more forgiving of certain bad 
vendors, then so can malware.


What we really need to do is demand better from the manufacturers of 
products we use in a "professional environment" - and it is extremely 
important we demand better from them now, during the dawn of IoT. 


you get 'better' from vendors by maintaining paid support contracts, 
doing frequent firmware updates, and regular hardware updates. the 
hardware in question here is likely over 5 years old (I know this too 
well, I have a rack full of 3-6 year old hardware in my lab at work, all 
of which is off support due to it being test/dev, and corporate 
budgetary constraints).


Chrome is even worse as far as making it impossible to connect to older 
embedded services like the various IPMI remote consoles, etc.




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Re: [CentOS] Wich web browser on CentOS6 ?

2017-02-10 Thread David Nelson

On 2/10/17 3:26 AM, Patrick Begou wrote:
/Is there a CentOS6 recommended web browser allowing continuous 
connections to olds and new base level (and local) system 
administration services ?


FYI you can download any previous release of Firefox from the URL below, 
and it will run right out of its own directory without being 'installed' 
per se. So you could find one that is compatible and keep it separate 
from the one you use for regular browsing. You'd probably want to run it 
as a different user on your box, and/or a separate profile.


http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/

Or if you don't want to worry about which user and profile you're in, 
you could try an equivalent release of SeaMonkey.


http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/

Either way it would enable you to have a more secure, up-to-date browser 
for regular use while also having one that is compatible with the other 
systems you need to use.

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[CentOS] Licence text questions

2017-02-10 Thread Walter Dnes
  I'm running a CentOS 6.5 chroot to build Pale Moon (a Firefox fork)
for older machines running distros like Puppy linux.  Before anyone
asks...

* Yes, even though the older machines are using "ancient" glibc, etc,
  they do have security patches back-ported, e.g.
  http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90461
  "Lucid Puppy Revitalized as 5.2.8.7 - December, 2016"

* I realize that CentOS 6.5 is "not safe for surfing".  It starts at
  the commandline, and the only network activity is pulling down source
  code with git, and scp to send the compiled package to the host, i.e.
  my desktop PC.  If necessary, that could be done by the host OS.  It's
  used for building, and nothing else.  Currently just Pale Moon, but
  other software could also be built.


  Other people are interested in doing the same.  My choices are...
  * explain how to install CentOS 6.5, which options to choose, turn
off boot-to-gui, and how to download and build newer gcc, yasm,
and python-2.7 to duplicate my build environment, etc, etc.
  * or send out a 1.3 gigabyte centos65.tar.xz and give simple
instructions to extract the archive, copy over /etc/resolv.conf,
bind-mount /dev and /proc, chroot into the directory, and get
going right away.

  I'm not charging money, but the 2nd choice literally involves
re-distributing CentOS, and additional Open Source software.  I believe
that I'm required to provide at least the location from which it can be
obtained.  Here's a first draft of my "licences.txt".  Any problems,
suggestions?


  The tarball is a collection of various Open Source software, assembled
and bundled together by Walter Dnes .  It's based
on a 32-bit CentOS 6.5 install.  Additional components necessary for the
building of Pale Moon 27 were built from source.  It was originally
installed in a QEMU VM (Virtual Machine), and then rsync'd to a
directory on the host machine for use as a chroot environment.  The
tarballed directory is intended to run as a chroot environment.

  The various softwares remain subject to their original licences.  As
required by many Open Source licences, here is a list of where the
original software can be obtained.

* The CentOS 6.5 distro can be obtained at
  http://vault.centos.org/6.5/isos/i386/CentOS-6.5-i386-bin-DVD1.iso
  http://vault.centos.org/6.5/isos/i386/CentOS-6.5-i386-bin-DVD2.iso
  DVD1 is approx 3.6 gigabytes and DVD2 is approx 1 gigabyte

  The following additional source code was downloaded and used to build
additional infrastructure required for building Pale Moon.

* Python 2.7.13 can be otained at
  https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/Python-2.7.13.tgz

* gcc 4.9.4 can be obtained at
  http://gcc.parentingamerica.com/releases/gcc-4.9.4/gcc-4.9.4.tar.bz2

* gcc 5.4.0 can be obtained at
  http://gcc.parentingamerica.com/releases/gcc-5.4.0/gcc-5.4.0.tar.bz2

* YASM 1.3.0 can be obtained at
  http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-1.3.0.tar.gz


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