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List:       crux
Subject:    Re: [ANN] CRUX 2.4 released
From:       Brett Goulder <predatorfreak () dcaf-security ! org>
Date:       2007-12-23 21:40:20
Message-ID: 20071223164020.6cd1b41d () predatorbox
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:09:38 +0100
Juergen Daubert wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 03:36:37PM -0500, Brett Goulder wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:04:59 +0100
> > Juergen Daubert wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 11:49:58AM -0500, Brett Goulder wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:56:18 +0100
> > > > Tilman Sauerbeck wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > we're happy to announce that CRUX 2.4 has been released.
> > > > > 
> > > > > For your documentation pleasure, please see
> > > > > o the release notes at http://crux.nu/Main/ReleaseNotes2-4
> > > > > o the handbook at http://crux.nu/Main/Handbook2-4
> > > > > o and the ChangeLog at 
> > > > > http://crux.nu/gitweb/?p=system/iso.git;a=blob_plain;f=ChangeLog;h=bcac6e4b0a902d094d36cb2ef61084c9bb66232d
> > > > >  
> > > > > The ISO itself is available by BitTorrent
> > > > > (http://crux.nu/files/crux-2.4.torrent) and will also be
> > > > > available by ftp/http on our mirror servers soon. See
> > > > > http://crux.nu/Main/Download.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Enjoy!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tilman, for the CRUX team.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I noticed that the handbook makes no mention of the SYSLOG
> > > > variable in rc.conf and that the release notes didn't mention
> > > > that people should add that to their rc.conf, which means that
> > > > if people update and don't add the SYSLOG variable, they'll
> > > > have no logging. Perhaps you should put a quick mention of it
> > > > in the release notes? :)
> > > 
> > > That should be done during update by setup-helper, so no user
> > > action is required. See at the bottom of [1]. 
> > > 
> > > regards
> > > Juergen
> > > 
> > > 
> > > [1]
> > > http://crux.nu/gitweb/?p=system/iso.git;a=blob_plain;f=iso/bin/setup-helper;hb=2.4
> > >  
> > 
> > Yes, but not everyone runs that, however, tilman pointed out that
> > rejmerge would find it, so assuming everyone runs rejmerge even
> > after a non-CD update, it's no longer an issue (beyond the update
> > to the handbook, which is already done).
> 
> Sorry, I was unclear here. Setup-helper is a script called by setup
> in case the user select upgrade. The purpose is to handle stuff like
> package renames/injections and other things. 
> For the 2.3 -> 2.4 update we added the action to insert the SYSLOG
> variable in /etc/rc.conf, if not defined.
> So, again, no user action is required after an upgrade to keep a
> working sysklogd.
> 
> 
> regards
> Juergen
> 

Not everyone updates from the CD.

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~predatorfreak
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