Re: [leaf-user] grub.lrp

2006-11-24 Thread eehouse
> Grub is a bootloader which runs before packages or even the kernel is > loaded. Why do you want to create a package out of it? I'm running several LEAF releases, and perhaps m0n0wall, on a CF card in a WRAP box, using grub to select among them. Currently I have to remove the card from the box

Re: [leaf-user] Bering 3.0b3 iso image

2006-11-24 Thread Eric Spakman
Hello Andrew, http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-ide3.html Regards, Eric > Hello all, > > > I have been trying to create a bootable cd for this version without > success. I downloaded the file > Bering-uClibc_3.0-beta3_iso_bering-uclibc-iso.bin form the > net and created a cd from the image b

Re: [leaf-user] FeatureVsBug: saving config removes 'unloaded' configfiles

2006-11-24 Thread Eric Spakman
Hi Scott, I understand your concerns, but I still think that if you remove packages, reboot, change things and save the new configuration, old stale config files from packages that don't exist anymore should be removed. And of course the technical implications of having two different backup method

Re: [leaf-user] FeatureVsBug: saving config removes 'unloaded' configfiles

2006-11-24 Thread groups, freeman
Eric Spakman wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I don't want to make the config system more complex than it needs to > be, also for future enhancements like remove packages and current > options like upgrade and show config changes (which will show strange > output because the default config file wouldn'

Re: [leaf-user] busybox telnet?

2006-11-24 Thread Eric Spakman
Hi Brad, >> But why do you want to connect to your accesspoint from the Bering- >> uClibc system instead of from a host pc? > >There is no host pc on this remote network ... just the firewall, an >access point and clients. So there isn't really another option for me. > > >According to http://bus

Re: [leaf-user] FeatureVsBug: saving config removes 'unloaded' configfiles

2006-11-24 Thread Eric Spakman
Hi Scott, >Way back on Aug 23, regarding apkg >Eric Spakman wrote: >> A 'complete' backup is always done for a few reasons: >> -it removes stale changed config files from no longer installed packages. >> -it's fast because the configdb is not big >> -it's much simpler and robust >> >it's

Re: [leaf-user] grub.lrp

2006-11-24 Thread Eric Spakman
Hi Eric, Grub is a bootloader which runs before packages or even the kernel is loaded. Why do you want to create a package out of it? Eric >Anybody tried packaging grub for LEAF? I'm wondering if it's a good >first-package project? > >Thanks, > >--Eric >-- >***

[leaf-user] FeatureVsBug: saving config removes 'unloaded' config files

2006-11-24 Thread groups, freeman
Way back on Aug 23, regarding apkg Eric Spakman wrote: > A 'complete' backup is always done for a few reasons: > -it removes stale changed config files from no longer installed packages. > -it's fast because the configdb is not big > -it's much simpler and robust > it's the removal of st

Re: [leaf-user] busybox telnet?

2006-11-24 Thread Brad Langhorst
On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 17:38 +0100, Eric Spakman wrote: > Hi Brad, > > >I've just been trying to get access to an access point that only allows > >telnet access. > > > >I'm using bering ulibc 2.4.1 > > > >I installed the netkit telnet pacakge (30 some K) > >which requires (but does not list that it

Re: [leaf-user] busybox telnet?

2006-11-24 Thread Eric Spakman
Hi Brad, >I've just been trying to get access to an access point that only allows >telnet access. > >I'm using bering ulibc 2.4.1 > >I installed the netkit telnet pacakge (30 some K) >which requires (but does not list that it requires) >libcxx (300 some K) and libm (200 some K). > >That's one heav

[leaf-user] grub.lrp

2006-11-24 Thread eehouse
Anybody tried packaging grub for LEAF? I'm wondering if it's a good first-package project? Thanks, --Eric -- ** * From the desktop of: Eric House, [EMAIL PROTECTED]* *Crosswords 4.1.4 for

[leaf-user] busybox telnet?

2006-11-24 Thread Brad Langhorst
I've just been trying to get access to an access point that only allows telnet access. I'm using bering ulibc 2.4.1 I installed the netkit telnet pacakge (30 some K) which requires (but does not list that it requires) libcxx (300 some K) and libm (200 some K). That's one heavy telnet package. A

[leaf-user] Bering 3.0b3 iso image

2006-11-24 Thread Andrew Gray
Hello all, I have been trying to create a bootable cd for this version without success. I downloaded the file Bering-uClibc_3.0-beta3_iso_bering-uclibc-iso.bin form the net and created a cd from the image but in this version I cannot get my machine to boot from the cd. Any suggestions would be