Re: [9fans] ports from GPL

2006-03-16 Thread erik quanstrom
i don't think that you're hitting on the main problem. i think that open source code has a very different outlook on the world than plan 9. it's very hard (and frustrating) to deal with the culture clash when porting. i don't think it's a case of laziness. - erik "Anthony Sorace" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [9fans] zonetransfer _from_ plan9

2006-03-16 Thread erik quanstrom
you need the arguments -z zonerefreshprog set for ndb/dns to send a notification. you'll probablly need to roll your own zonerefreshprog. (there isn't one in the distribution.) - erik ]On Thu Mar 16 17:51:45 CST 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'am struggling to get dns zonetransfers w

Re: [9fans] install kernel fails to find hard disk

2006-03-16 Thread geoff
Perhaps your SATA controller isn't recognised by Plan 9? sdata.c contains case (0x24DB<<16)|0x8086: /* 82801EB (ICH5) */ but perhaps yours has a different did (device id)? What's lspci (or equivalent on netbsd) list as vid & did for it? --- Begin Message --- I just tried t

[9fans] zonetransfer _from_ plan9

2006-03-16 Thread Steve Simon
Hi, I'am struggling to get dns zonetransfers working from plan9 to a Unix box. The Unix box is one of the dnsslave= entries so it should be alowed to do the transfer. I get a valid packet TCP packet back, it just contains zero answers to my query. A snippet of my /lib/ndb/local - below. ndb/dnsq

Re: [9fans] ports from GPL

2006-03-16 Thread Jack Johnson
On 3/16/06, Anthony Sorace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > additions needed to support plan 9 (although in every such case i'm > aware of, the plan 9-specific stuff subsequently rotted due to lack of > exercise and/or maintenance); most, sadly, seem like they can't be > bothered. If there are bits th

Re: [9fans] ports from GPL

2006-03-16 Thread Anthony Sorace
that depends entirely on the originating project. when folks have ported existing open-source applications in the past, results have been mixed. some projects have been willing to merge any changes or additions needed to support plan 9 (although in every such case i'm aware of, the plan 9-specific

[9fans] install kernel fails to find hard disk

2006-03-16 Thread John Stalker
I just tried to install plan9 on a machine at work. At partdisk it tells me The following disk devices were found. sdD0 - TEAC DVD+RW DV-W58E D.0C09/14/03 Disk to partition (sdD0)[sdD0]: No mention of the hard disk. Typing sdC0 at the prompt doesn't help. Neither does turning off DMA.

[9fans] ports from GPL

2006-03-16 Thread Fernan Bolando
I was just wondering ... If a port for plan9 using APE or native that where derived from from GPL or others. Are they considered forks of the original or are they eventually going to be merged in. -- Public PGP/GnuPG key (http://www.fernski.com) pub 1024D/3576CA71 2006-02-02 Fernan Bolando Key fi