Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 update: re-emerge of cracklib failed, how can I fix it?

2011-03-26 Thread Adam Carter
> > File "setup.py", line 22, in >from setuptools import setup, Extension, find_packages > ImportError: No module named setuptools > * ERROR: sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.16 failed (compile phase): > * Building failed with CPython 2.7 in d

[gentoo-user] Re: python-2.7 update: re-emerge of cracklib failed, how can I fix it?

2011-03-26 Thread Remy Blank
Jarry wrote: >File "setup.py", line 22, in > from setuptools import setup, Extension, find_packages > ImportError: No module named setuptools Try re-emerging setuptools. -- Remy signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[gentoo-user] python-2.7 update: re-emerge of cracklib failed, how can I fix it?

2011-03-26 Thread Jarry
Hi, apparently I screwed something during python update, and now I can not fix my system. This is what I did: emerge --sync emerge --ask --update --deep --newuse world At the end, I have seen: You should run 'python-updater ${options}' to rebuild Python modules. So I did, then "emerge --depclea

[gentoo-user] Re: encrypted email (gentoo-windows)

2011-03-26 Thread James
Sebastian Beßler darkmetatron.de> writes: > Mail encryption is, as far as I know, something that works on the > client-side only. The mail server doesn't see the encryption, encrypted > mails contain only text, just like every other mail. > OK let's ignore the mail server portion. Your basicall

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:33:14 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Aren't those manually added to the list by python-updater? So you > > need to use -dmanual to prevent further rebuilding of them. > I guess I'm not clear on the use of 'manual' here. It's explained in the manual page (sorry :) Manual me

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

2011-03-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 26 March 2011 15:36:19 Mark Knecht wrote: > Dale, >I understand your position and concerns. While I have a number of > systems, I have little time or patience for dealing with a lot of this > stuff and LVM has been one of them. > >One thing I'm considering to try out LVM is a s

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

2011-03-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 26 March 2011 17:20:48 Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Saturday 26 March 2011 15:06:31 Elaine C. Sharpe wrote: > >>> Just because something works for most people, doesn't mean it will > >>> for > >>> everyone either. If you lose data, it doesn't matter. LVM just > >>> adds >

[gentoo-user] OT: SEO

2011-03-26 Thread Matt Harrison
Hi list, I really don't know where to go to find out this information so I am hoping that someone here can point me in the right direction. I worry that most information out there on this subject is somewhat..."suspicious" in nature and I'm looking for a reliable source to answer some questions.

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Adam Carter
> I guess I'm not clear on the use of 'manual' here. They are > automatically added. If they are correctly rebuilt then they shouldn't > need to be added a second time, correct? However they are. (Over and > over...) > > Basically, it is my understanding that if everything is correctly > updated th

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> On Saturday 26 March 2011 15:06:31 Elaine C. Sharpe wrote: >> Just because something works for most people, doesn't mean it will for everyone either.  If you lose data, it doesn't matter.  LVM just adds o

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

2011-03-26 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 26 March 2011 15:06:31 Elaine C. Sharpe wrote: Just because something works for most people, doesn't mean it will for everyone either. If you lose data, it doesn't matter. LVM just adds one more layer of something to go wrong. Me, I don't need the extra ri

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:10:12 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> I've been through this 2.7 update process on 4 machines now. It seems >> on all of my machines the python-updater thing is pretty much always >> broken with respect to: >> >> openoff

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:10:12 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > I've been through this 2.7 update process on 4 machines now. It seems > on all of my machines the python-updater thing is pretty much always > broken with respect to: > > openoffice-bin > boost > emul-linux-x86-baselibs Aren't those manual

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

2011-03-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:17:41 -0500, Dale wrote: > Just because something works for most people, doesn't mean it will for > everyone either. If you lose data, it doesn't matter. LVM just adds > one more layer of something to go wrong. Me, I don't need the extra > risk of having a system that

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

2011-03-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 26 March 2011 15:06:31 Elaine C. Sharpe wrote: > > Just because something works for most people, doesn't mean it will for > > everyone either. If you lose data, it doesn't matter. LVM just adds > > one more layer of something to go wrong. Me, I don't need the extra > > risk of hav

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Mick
On Saturday 26 March 2011 20:53:50 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Bill Longman wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > >> I had nothing linked to libmpfr.so.1 so that wasn't the root cause/ > >> > >> In my case it seems to be driven by bug

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz?

2011-03-26 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Sat, Mar 26 2011, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:24:29 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> I do have buildsyspkg so have many versions of portage as tbz files. >> But emerge won't install it (again, just returns). >> >> Can I do something analogous to an untar on one of the portag

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz?

2011-03-26 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Sat, Mar 26 2011, Yohan Pereira wrote: > On Sunday 27 Mar 2011 12:57:23 AM Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 26 2011, Yohan Pereira wrote: >> > On Saturday 26 Mar 2011 06:54:29 PM Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> >> I do have buildsyspkg so have many versions of portage as tbz files. >> >> But emerg

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz?

2011-03-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:24:29 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I do have buildsyspkg so have many versions of portage as tbz files. > But emerge won't install it (again, just returns). > > Can I do something analogous to an untar on one of the portage files? tar xf package-tbz -C / Ignore the warn

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Bill Longman wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> I had nothing linked to libmpfr.so.1 so that wasn't the root cause/ >> >> In my case it seems to be driven by bugs like this: >> >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360425 >> >> S

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Bill Longman
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> I've been through this 2.7 update process on 4 machines now. It seems >> on all of my machines the python-updater thing is pretty much always >> broken with respect to: >> >> openoffice-bin >> boost >> emul-linux-x86-baselibs >> >> No matt

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Todd Goodman
* Andrzej Stycze? [110326 11:42]: > Hello, Hello Andrzej, > > I try gentoo once again a few days ago and everything go OK until I install > KDE. Then I see that I got the following symptom that something is wrong > > # eselect read 1 > ! ! ! Error: Can't load module read > exiting I think yo

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz?

2011-03-26 Thread Yohan Pereira
On Sunday 27 Mar 2011 12:57:23 AM Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26 2011, Yohan Pereira wrote: > > On Saturday 26 Mar 2011 06:54:29 PM Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> I do have buildsyspkg so have many versions of portage as tbz files. > >> But emerge won't install it (again, just returns). > >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 26 March 2011 19:10:12 Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> > On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:09:50 +0100, Stéphane Guedon wrote: >> >> I think wicd rely on python 2.6 currently. This is my setup on my >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-26 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 23 March 2011 13:34:27 Bill Longman wrote: > On 03/22/2011 11:57 PM, Mick wrote: > >> My kernel is 2.6.36-r5 gentoo-sources running on the AMD Athlon II X4 > >> machine: > >> $ zgrep RADEON /proc/config.gz > >> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m > >> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y > >> CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y >

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz?

2011-03-26 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Sat, Mar 26 2011, Yohan Pereira wrote: > On Saturday 26 Mar 2011 06:54:29 PM Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> I do have buildsyspkg so have many versions of portage as tbz files. >> But emerge won't install it (again, just returns). >> >> Can I do something analogous to an untar on one of the portage

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Mick
On Saturday 26 March 2011 19:10:12 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:09:50 +0100, Stéphane Guedon wrote: > >> I think wicd rely on python 2.6 currently. This is my setup on my > >> laptop ! (trying other version break networking w

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.7 && python-updater

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:09:50 +0100, Stéphane Guedon wrote: > >> I think wicd rely on python 2.6 currently. This is my setup on my >> laptop ! (trying other version break networking with wicd). > > Wicd works fine with 2.7. There was a problem

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz?

2011-03-26 Thread Yohan Pereira
On Saturday 26 Mar 2011 06:54:29 PM Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I do have buildsyspkg so have many versions of portage as tbz files. > But emerge won't install it (again, just returns). > > Can I do something analogous to an untar on one of the portage files? do you have qmerge installed? qmerge -K

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

2011-03-26 Thread Elaine C. Sharpe
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > Elaine C. Sharpe wrote: >> In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: >> >>> >>> Yep, I read about others having problems and loosing data. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >>> >> You can read about others having problems and losing data with pretty >> much every bit

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

2011-03-26 Thread Dale
Elaine C. Sharpe wrote: In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: Yep, I read about others having problems and loosing data. Dale :-) :-) You can read about others having problems and losing data with pretty much every bit of software ever coded. *Lots* of people are not particularly compe

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

2011-03-26 Thread Elaine C. Sharpe
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > Bill Longman wrote: >> On 03/24/2011 11:17 AM, Dale wrote: >> >>> kashani wrote: >>> On 3/24/2011 10:19 AM, Dale wrote: > I have never used LVM but when it messes up after a upgrade, as has > happened to many others, see if you

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Andrzej Styczeń
On Saturday 26 of March 2011 18:21:30 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > > Available Python interpreters: > > [1] python2.7 > > [2] python3.1 > > Then use 'eselect python set 1' to activate python 2.7 > That should fix your problem > > Greetings > > Sebastian Beßler Thank you, emrge now works.

Re: [gentoo-user] the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?)

2011-03-26 Thread Elaine C. Sharpe
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > > the best filesystem for you is the one you have > tested and found best suits your needs. > I agree with that part of what you said (which is why I've stuck with ext3 for so long), but the rest may have been a tad harsh. -- ...she kept arranging and rearrang

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Andrzej Styczeń
On Saturday 26 of March 2011 18:16:20 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Thats because you have the syntax wrong. > It is 'eselect python list' and 'eselect news read 1' > Try it and look what it says. Thank you. My mistake. I should read more carefully. > Greetings > > Sebastian Beßler Greetings, Andr

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 26.03.2011 18:12, schrieb Andrzej Styczeń: > On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:45:47 Andrzej Styczeń wrote: >> On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:17:41 Mick wrote: >>> What does eselect python list shows? > > I'm very sorry for previous mail, I wrong read your question: > > # eselect python list >

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Dale
Andrzej Styczeń wrote: On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:45:47 Andrzej Styczeń wrote: On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:17:41 Mick wrote: What does eselect python list shows? I'm very sorry for previous mail, I wrong read your question: # eselect python list Available Python int

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Knecht
2011/3/26 Andrzej Styczeń : > On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:45:47 Andrzej Styczeń wrote: >> On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:17:41 Mick wrote: >> > What does eselect python list shows? > > I'm very sorry for previous mail, I wrong read your question: > > # eselect python list > Available Python in

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 26.03.2011 17:45, schrieb Andrzej Styczeń: > On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:17:41 Mick wrote: >> What does eselect python list shows? > > The same as 'eselect read 1' > > # eselect list > !!! Error: Can't load module list > exiting Thats because you have the syntax wrong. It is 'eselect pyth

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Knecht
2011/3/26 Andrzej Styczeń : > On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:17:41 Mick wrote: >> What does eselect python list shows? > > The same as 'eselect read 1' > > # eselect list > !!! Error: Can't load module list > exiting > So I suspect you were actually trying to get to eselect news read and then

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Andrzej Styczeń
On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:45:47 Andrzej Styczeń wrote: > On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:17:41 Mick wrote: > > What does eselect python list shows? I'm very sorry for previous mail, I wrong read your question: # eselect python list Available Python interpreters: [1] python2.7 [2] py

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Andrzej Styczeń
On Saturday 26 of March 2011 17:17:41 Mick wrote: > What does eselect python list shows? The same as 'eselect read 1' # eselect list !!! Error: Can't load module list exiting If I wrote: # eselect Usage: eselect Global options: --brief Make output shorter --no-color,--n

Re: [gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Mick
On Saturday 26 March 2011 16:03:40 Andrzej Styczeń wrote: > Hello, > > I try gentoo once again a few days ago and everything go OK until I install > KDE. Then I see that I got the following symptom that something is wrong > > # eselect read 1 > ! ! ! Error: Can't load module read > exiting > > T

[gentoo-user] What is with emerge after update world ?

2011-03-26 Thread Andrzej Styczeń
Hello, I try gentoo once again a few days ago and everything go OK until I install KDE. Then I see that I got the following symptom that something is wrong # eselect read 1 ! ! ! Error: Can't load module read exiting Then I install LibreOffice and OK, but eselect as above still not work properl

[gentoo-user] Re: what is /var/log/wtmp ?

2011-03-26 Thread Jörg Schaible
Philip Webb wrote: > 110325 Alex Schuster wrote: >> Philip Webb writes: >>> In /var/log/ there is a file wtmp , which is 24 MB & owned by utmp >>> Can anyone explain what it's for & whether it cb safely deleted ? >> It tracks logins, you can use the 'last' command to show its contents. >> If

Re: [gentoo-user] what is /var/log/wtmp ?

2011-03-26 Thread Philip Webb
110325 Alex Schuster wrote: > Philip Webb writes: >> In  /var/log/  there is a file  wtmp , which is  24 MB  & owned by  utmp >> Can anyone explain what it's for & whether it cb safely deleted ? > It tracks logins, you can use the 'last' command to show its contents. > If wou want to get the space,

[gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz?

2011-03-26 Thread Allan Gottlieb
Something went wrong (I was away from the screen) with a emerge --ignore --depclean --ask ; revdep-rebuild -- --ignore-default-opts --ask I meant to answer n to the depclean since I wasn't ready to unmerge gentoo-sources, but perhaps I answered y (there were only three other--non critical p

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with python-updater ?

2011-03-26 Thread Jacques Montier
Le 25/03/2011 21:41, Neil Bothwick a écrit : > On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:17:41 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote: > >> * Adding to list: dev-libs/boost:1.42 >> * check: manual [Added to list manually, see CHECKS in manpage for >> more information.] > Do what it says. The man page explains manual ch