Gentoo Weekly Newsletter 23 October 2006
Chris Gianelloni <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:01:17 -0400
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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 23 October 2006.
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1. Gentoo news
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Gentoo Linux certified on Sun Fire T1000/T2000
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Gentoo Linux 2006.1 for SPARC is one of only two Linux distributions that=20
have been certified[1] by Sun to run on their Sun Fire Servers with=20
CoolThreads. These servers utilize the new UltraSPARC T1 processor. Sun=20
has worked with the Gentoo/SPARC team[2] to ensure support of their latest=20
servers in Gentoo Linux. Many thanks to Sun for also donating a Sun Fire=20
T2000 server for the Foundation to use to further development on=20
Gentoo/SPARC.=20
1. http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/tnb/linux.jsp
2. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/sparc
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2. Heard in the community
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forums.gentoo.org
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Idea: Gentoo Automated Error Reporting/Resolution Client
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ThinkingInBinary posted an idea for an automated error reporting system to=20
help out developers and users. The client would collect information after=20
a crash and submit it to the developers. Besides automatically collecting=20
data for the developers, the client could also give step-by-step=20
instructions to the user if the problem has already been resolved.=20
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* http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-507606.html=20
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gentoo-user
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want to ditch kopete
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Roy Wright couldn't get rid of kopete-3.5.5-r1. When he tried to delete=20
it, portage insisted on bringing it back and it prevented him from=20
updating world. As a workaround, Neil Bothwick proposed:=20
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Roy reported the problem solved, but wondered what he'd done. User bn=20
explained that he'd convinced portage that kopete was installed even=20
though it wasn't. Haarm Geerts pointed out that this was a workaround=20
rather than a solution and that it might come back to haunt Roy someday in=20
the future.=20
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* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/172526=20
xorg-server update problem
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james was trying to emerge xorg-server-1.1.1-r1. Compiling failed with=20
"Cannot write to '/usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled'".=20
/usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled was a symlink to /var/lib/xkb, a non-existent=20
file.=20
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Alan McKinnon noted that running "equery belongs /var/lib/xkb" on his=20
system showed the file to have been installed by xkbcomp and suggested=20
recompiling it. James reported problem solved.=20
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* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/172393=20
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gentoo-dev
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vim syntax global use flag
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Caleb Cushing has suggested adding a vim-syntax global use flag to allow=20
users to more easily manage vim syntax ebuilds. For example, such a use=20
flag when set would make it so that when one installed x11-wm/fluxbox it=20
would also install app-vim/fluxbox-syntax as a dependency. The idea met=20
with positive reactions and Mike Kelly has opened a bug report[3] to track=20
the progress of implementing this on the about 12 affected packages.=20
3. http://bugs.gentoo.org/152275
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* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/43442=20
support for i386
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Mike Frysinger has brought to the attention of Gentoo developers that the=20
i386 sub-architecture is facing a difficult future. Starting with=20
glibc-2.6, upstream plans to require TLS and the i386 lacks the atomic=20
instructions required to support it. Debate is being had as to what=20
support, if any, Gentoo will be able to offer when this change occurs.=20
While glibc-2.5 can continue to be used (which has relevance to Release=20
Engineering which makes use of CHOST=3D"i386-*" for its builds), once an=20
exploit of glibc-2.5 comes along, it could spell the end of i386.=20
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* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/43417=20
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3. Gentoo developer moves
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Moves
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The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:=20
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* Denis Dupeyron (calchan)=20
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Adds
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The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:=20
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* Matti Bickel (mabi) PPC=20
* Piotr Jaroszy=C5=84ski (peper) voip/mozilla=20
* Jurek Bartuszek (jurek) dotnet=20
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Changes
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The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:=20
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* none this week=20
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4. Gentoo security
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Seamonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
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The Seamonkey project has reported multiple security vulnerabilities in=20
the application.=20
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[4]=20
4. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xml
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CAPI4Hylafax fax receiver: Execution of arbitrary code
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CAPI4Hylafax allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.=20
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[5]=20
5. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-05.xml
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Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): RSA signature forgery
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NSS fails to properly validate PKCS #1 v1.5 signatures.=20
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[6]=20
6. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-06.xml
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Python: Buffer Overflow
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A buffer overflow in Python's "repr()" function can be exploited to cause=20
a Denial of Service and potentially allows the execution of arbitrary=20
code.=20
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[7]=20
7. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-07.xml
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Cscope: Multiple buffer overflows
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Cscope is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that could lead to the=20
execution of arbitrary code.=20
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[8]=20
8. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-08.xml
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libmusicbrainz: Multiple buffer overflows
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Multiple buffer overflows have been found in libmusicbrainz, which could=20
lead to a Denial of Service or possibly the execution of arbitrary code.=20
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[9]=20
9. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-09.xml
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5. Upcoming package removals
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This is a list of packages that have been announced to be removed in the=20
future. The package removals come from many locations, including the=20
Treecleaners[10] and various developers.=20
10. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners
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Last Rites:
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Package: Removal date: Contact: net-misc/klapjack 15 Nov 06 Alberto=20
Su=C3=A1rez L=C3=B3pez[11] sys-devel/odinmp 16 Nov 06 Olivier Crete[12] =20
www-apps/issue-tracker 19 Nov 06 Renat Lumpau[13] www-apps/back-end 19=20
Nov 06 Renat Lumpau[14] app-editors/xwpe 19 Nov 06 Alec Warner[15] =20
dev-ruby/rudl 20 Nov 06 Diego Petten=C3=B2[16] =20
11. [email protected]
12. [email protected]
13. [email protected]
14. [email protected]
15. [email protected]
16. [email protected]
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6. Bugzilla
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Summary
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* Statistics=20
* Closed bug ranking=20
* New bug rankings=20
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Statistics
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The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[17]) to record and=20
track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the=20
development team. Between 15 October 2006 and 22 October 2006, activity on=20
the site has resulted in:=20
11. http://bugs.gentoo.org
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* 901 new bugs during this period=20
* 546 bugs closed or resolved during this period=20
* 26 previously closed bugs were reopened this period=20
* 159 closed as NEEDINFO/WONTFIX/CANTFIX/INVALID/UPSTREAM during this=20
period=20
* 167 bugs marked as duplicates during this period=20
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Of the 11121 currently open bugs: 33 are labeled 'blocker', 116 are=20
labeled 'critical', and 494 are labeled 'major'.=20
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Closed bug rankings
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The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period=20
are:=20
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* AMD64 Project[18], with 31 closed bugs[19] =20
* Gentoo Developer Relations Team[20], with 26 closed bugs[21] =20
* Gentoo Games[22], with 22 closed bugs[23] =20
* Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[24], with 20 closed bugs[25] =20
* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[26], with 16 closed bugs[27] =20
* Gentoo KDE team[28], with 15 closed bugs[29] =20
* Portage team[30], with 13 closed bugs[31] =20
* Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers[32], with 12 closed bugs[33] =20
18. [email protected]
19.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE=
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lution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
20. [email protected]
21.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE=
D&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfieldto=3D2006-10-22&reso=
lution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
22. [email protected]
23.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE=
D&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfieldto=3D2006-10-22&reso=
lution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
24. [email protected]
25.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE=
D&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfieldto=3D2006-10-22&reso=
lution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
26. [email protected]
27.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE=
D&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfieldto=3D2006-10-22&reso=
lution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
28. [email protected]
29.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE=
D&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfieldto=3D2006-10-22&reso=
lution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
30. [email protected]
31.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE=
D&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfieldto=3D2006-10-22&reso=
lution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
32. [email protected]
33.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE=
D&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfieldto=3D2006-10-22&reso=
lution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
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New bug rankings
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The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during=20
this period are:=20
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* Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[34], with 36 new bugs[35] =20
* Default Assignee for New Packages[36], with 26 new bugs[37] =20
* Python Gentoo Team[38], with 13 new bugs[39] =20
* Perl Devs @ Gentoo[40], with 11 new bugs[41] =20
* AMD64 Project[42], with 11 new bugs[43] =20
* Java team[44], with 10 new bugs[45] =20
* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[46], with 10 new bugs[47] =20
* Alpha Porters[48], with 10 new bugs[49] =20
34. [email protected]
35.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b=
ug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfield=
to=3D2006-10-22&[email protected]
36. [email protected]
37.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b=
ug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfield=
to=3D2006-10-22&[email protected]
38. [email protected]
39.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b=
ug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfield=
to=3D2006-10-22&[email protected]
40. [email protected]
41.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b=
ug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfield=
to=3D2006-10-22&[email protected]
42. [email protected]
43.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b=
ug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfield=
to=3D2006-10-22&[email protected]
44. [email protected]
45.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b=
ug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfield=
to=3D2006-10-22&[email protected]
46. [email protected]
47.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b=
ug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfield=
to=3D2006-10-22&[email protected]
48. [email protected]
49.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b=
ug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-15&chfield=
to=3D2006-10-22&[email protected]
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