Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 2
Yuji Carlos Kosugi <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:41:09 -0500
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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of January 12th, 2004.
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1. Gentoo News
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Summary
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* 2003 Gentoo Bug Hunt Winners
2003 Gentoo Bug Hunt Winners
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The 2003 Gentoo Bug Hunt has come to a close. Here are the winners, who
are developers who have closed the most bugs in the last quarter of 2003
(in order):
* Mike Frysinger[1], with 672 bugs closed
* Martin Holzer[2], with 565 bugs closed
* Heinrich Wendel[3], with 480 bugs closed
* Caleb Tennis[4], with 277 bugs closed
* Michael Sterett[5], with 192 bugs closed
* Markus Nigbur[6], with 180 bugs closed
* Marinus Schraal[7], with 179 bugs closed
1. [email protected]
2. [email protected]
3. [email protected]
4. [email protected]
5. [email protected]
6. [email protected]
7. [email protected]
In addition, the following developers receive an honorable mention for
their great bug stomping efforts:
* Seemant Kulleen[8], with 161 bugs closed
* Marius Mauch[9], with 160 bugs closed
* Brad House[10], with 160 bugs closed
* Sven Vermeulen[11], with 158 bugs closed
* Nicholas Jones[12], 156 bugs closed
* Robin Johnson[13], with 153 bugs closed
* Tim Yamin[14], with 145 bugs closed
* Alastair Tse[15], with 138 bugs closed
* Mike Gardiner[16], with 111 bugs closed
* Martin Schlemmer[17], with 108 bugs closed
* Paul de Vrieze[18], with 93 bugs closed
* Donnie Berkholz[19], with 84 bugs closed
8. [email protected]
9. [email protected]
10. [email protected]
11. [email protected]
12. [email protected]
13. [email protected]
14. [email protected]
15. [email protected]
16. [email protected]
17. [email protected]
18. [email protected]
19. [email protected]
And last but not least, non-developer bug janitor Andrew Cooks had an
impressive showing easily worth an honorable mention: he closed 100 bugs.
If you are one of the winners or have received an honorable mention,
please contact Daniel Robbins[20] and make sure that he has your mailing
address. If you're a winner, then we need to determine what hardware you
should receive. Daniel has decided not to purchase the prize hardware
components in advance so that winners can suggest or request components
they may need.
20. [email protected]
Thank you everyone (not just those mentioned here) for your efforts to
make Gentoo better for everyone! :)
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2. Featured Developer of the Week
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Olivier Cr??te
Figure 2.1: Olivier Cr??te
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20040112_tester.jpg
This week, we are featuring Olivier Cr??te[21] (tester), a Montr??al
resident who is currently spending a year in Europe. Olivier is on the
AMD64 project, maintains a few packages that would otherwise have been
abandoned, and is working on some of the Adelie Linux[22] clustering
enhancements to Gentoo. He is also co-maintainer of GnomeICU[23], a
Gnome-based ICQ client.
21. [email protected]
22. http://www.adelielinux.com
23. http://gnomeicu.sourceforge.net/index.php
Olivier has been using Linux since 1997, progressing from RedHat 4.2
through 7.3 before the brand-new laptop he acquired in early-2002 caused
him to look around for a distro that could be optimized for his new
hardware. He has been on Gentoo ever since, largely because he "found the
Gentoo forums to be really helpful, and the Gentoo community was
wonderful". The next summer, he was employed at Cyberlogic[24], a Montreal
company providing computers and support services, including clustering.
One of the projects he worked on there was Adelie Linux,using Gentoo as
the foundation for clustering, including AMD Opteron-based clusters.
Cyberlogic was very supportive of their staff pursuing an AMD64 version of
Gentoo, and Olivier worked with Daniel Robbins[25] and others to start
making it a reality. In particular, Olivier noted that Brad House[26], the
current Gentoo AMD64 Project[27] lead, "is doing a tremendous job and the
AMD64 port would not be anywhere near where it is without his
contribution."
24. http://www.cyberlogic.ca/
25. [email protected]
26. [email protected]
27. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/index.xml
A third-year Software Engineering Student at the Canadian ??cole
Polytechnique de Montr??al[28], Olivier is currently studying as an
exchange student at the ??cole Nationale Sup??rieure d'Informatique et de
Math??matiques Appliqu??es de Grenoble (ENSIMAG)[29] in France He enjoys
traveling, and you can read about his adventures (in French) on his
blog[30]. He is currently working on a Dell Inspiron Laptop, and (as a
Gnome Developer) he uses Gnome[31] 2.4. He recently abandoned Pine[32] in
favor of Evolution[33] for email, and counts Mozilla Firebird[34],
xchat[35], Gossip[36], Amsn[37] and aterm[38] among his most oft-used
applications. Democratically, he uses GNU Emacs[39] for development, and
vi[40] for general editing.
28. http://polymtl.ca/
29. http://www.ensimag.fr/
30. http://www.tester.ca/
31. http://www.gnome.org/
32. http://www.washington.edu/pine/
33. http://www.ximian.com/products/evolution/
34. http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/
35. http://www.xchat.org/
36. http://gossip.imendio.org/
37. http://amsn.sourceforge.net/
38. http://aterm.sourceforge.net/
39. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html
40. http://www.guckes.net/vi/index.php3
Olivier closed our correspondence with the following observation: "What I
really like about Gentoo is not only that its a great distribution from a
technical point of view, but that it has a great community. The life and
blood of a Free Software project is in its community, and Gentoo has one
of the best communities that I have been part of." His favorite quote was
from Henry Spencer: "Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to
reinvent it, poorly."
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3. Gentoo Security
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GLSA: Linux kernel do_mremap() privilege escalation vulnerability
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A critical security vulnerability has been found in recent Linux kernels
which allows for local privilege escalation. Arbitrary code may be able to
exploit this vulnerability and may disrupt the operation of other parts of
the kernel memory management subroutines finally leading to unexpected
behavior.
Since no special privileges are required to use the mremap() system call
any process may misuse its unexpected behavior to disrupt the kernel
memory management subsystem. Proper exploitation of this vulnerability may
lead to local privilege escalation including execution of arbitrary code
with kernel level access. Proof-of-concept exploit code has been created
and successfully tested, permitting root escalation on vulnerable systems.
As a result, all users should upgrade their kernels to new or patched
versions.
There is no temporary workaround - a kernel upgrade is required. A list of
unaffected kernels is provided in the GLSA announcement[41].
41. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.announce/279
* Severity: High
* Packages Affected: see GLSA announcement[42]
* Rectification: emerge sync; emerge -pv your-favorite-sources; emerge
your-favorite-sources; follow usual procedures for compiling and
installing a kernel.
* GLSA Announcement[43]
42. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.announce/279
43. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.announce/279
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4. Heard in the Community
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Web Forums
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Greet the Repoman
Genone[44] is among those Gentoo developers with more than just occasional
guest appearances in the Forums. Last week he put up a post describing the
characteristics of an upcoming Portage version 2.0.50, which has quickly
developed in a lively thread discussing the advantages of new and improved
features, but also points out possible hickups other tools like etcat
might run into if they're used in conjunction with the new Portage:
44. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=16314
* What to expect from portage-2.0.50[45]
45. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=121499
Stuck Between An ~ARCH and A Hard Place
For the moderators, the sudden outbreak of complaints about kdelibs-3.1.4
compiles ending rather abruptly on peculiar error messages was hard to
contain, particularly because many people seem to panic and forget about
the Forum's search function. After a biug @urge of duplicates, only one
thread remained alive. Luckily, Gentoo dev Caleb[46] had both that Forum
thread and the corresponding bug report[47] in his focus and provided a
temporary solution (update autoconf to a release number beyond "x86"
stable) within a very decent response time. Anyway, the actual error is on
its way out as soon as autoconf-2.58 is bumped to usability for people not
living on the bleeding ~x86 edge:
46. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=21742
47. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37328
* The big bad kdelibs/kde/autoconf thread of Jan 2004[48]
48. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=120849
gentoo-user
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DJBDNS and Gentoo
DJBDNS[49] is a popular alternative to the traditional and sometimes buggy
BIND[50] package from ISC. This[51] thread covers some basics of getting
DJBDNS up and running on Gentoo.
49. http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
50. http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/
51. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/60142
Experimental Gentoo 2004 Stages
The new Gentoo 2004.0 stages were quietly[52] announced on gentoo-user
this week. Download them, and submit bug reports!
52. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/60607
The Command Line Editor Thread
Finally this week, a more entertaining thread. How many ways can you
replace a text string in a bunch of files from the Linux command line?
Many[53].
53. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/59700
gentoo-dev
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Submitting Ebuilds.
Interesting in submitting ebuilds? Want to know a bit more about how
developers get to be developers? Feel like finding a bit more about how
this whole portage tree thing works when dealing with fun issues like
spam, security and screwups? Have a look here[54] and here[55] for a start.
54. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/14880/
55. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/14864/
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5. Gentoo International
=======================
Time Out
There are certainly things worth noting - if only we knew about them.
Please help the GWN team with information about international events, user
stories and interesting projects from your own countries! By all means, do
send suggestions to [email protected].
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6. Bugzilla
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Summary
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* Statistics
* Closed Bug Ranking
* New Bug Rankings
Statistics
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The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[56]) to record and
track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the
development team. Between 02 January 2004 and 08 January 2004, activity on
the site has resulted in:
56. http://bugs.gentoo.org
* 578 new bugs during this period
* 322 bugs closed or resolved during this period
* 8 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
Of the 4590 currently open bugs: 100 are labeled 'blocker', 187 are
labeled 'critical', and 331 are labeled 'major'.
Closed Bug Rankings
-------------------
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
are:
* AMD64 Porting Team[57], with 51 closed bugs[58]
* Gentoo Games Team[59], with 30 closed bugs[60]
* Net-Mail Packages Team[61], with 14 closed bugs[62]
* Daniel Ahlberg[63], with 13 closed bugs[64]
* x86 Kernel Team[65], with 10 closed bugs[66]
* Sven Vermeulen[67], with 10 closed bugs[68]
* Gentoo KDE Team[69], with 10 closed bugs[70]
57. [email protected]
58.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01-08&resolution=FIX
ED&[email protected]
59. [email protected]
60.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01-08&resolution=FIX
ED&[email protected]
61. [email protected]
62.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01-08&resolution=FIX
ED&[email protected]
63. [email protected]
64.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01-08&resolution=FIX
ED&[email protected]
65. [email protected]
66.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01-08&resolution=FIX
ED&[email protected]
67. [email protected]
68.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01-08&resolution=FIX
ED&[email protected]
69. [email protected]
70.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01-08&resolution=FIX
ED&[email protected]
New Bug Rankings
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The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during
this period are:
* AMD64 Porting Team[71], with 38 new bugs[72]
* Gnustep Herd[73], with 13 new bugs[74]
* Core System Packages Team[75], with 13 new bugs[76]
* x86 Kernel Team[77], with 10 new bugs[78]
* Gentoo Sound Team[79], with 10 new bugs[80]
* Gentoo KDE Team[81], with 10 new bugs[82]
71. [email protected]
72.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01
-08&[email protected]
73. [email protected]
74.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01
-08&[email protected]
75. [email protected]
76.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01
-08&[email protected]
77. [email protected]
78.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01
-08&[email protected]
79. [email protected]
80.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01
-08&[email protected]
81. [email protected]
82.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-01-02&chfieldto=2004-01
-08&[email protected]
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7. Tips and Tricks
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Forwarding an SSH agent
This weeks tip shows you how to forward ssh sessions between hosts so you
don't have to copy private keys between hosts.
Note: Remote SSH sessions and public keys are covered in the Keychain
documentation.
If you're using remote sessions with public key authentication you are
probably used to logging into remote hosts without having to retype your
password. So logging into Host B from Host A and logging into Host C from
Host A works great. But what if you need to login to Host C from Host B
(e.g. to use scp or rsync). Instead of copying your private key from Host
A to Host B, SSH has a configuration flag you can use.
This flag is called ForwardAgent and it will forward you ssh-agent process
from Host A to Host B so that you can use the same authentication from
Host B to Host C without copying your private SSH key.
To enable ssh-agent forwarding, set ForwardAgent yes in either .ssh/config
or /etc/ssh/ssh_config.
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| Code Listing 7.1: |
| /etc/ssh/ssh_config |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Host * |
| ForwardAgent yes |
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Now you can ssh from Host A to Host B and ssh or scp to Host C using the
authentication information from Host A.
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8. Moves, Adds, and Changes
===========================
Moves
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The following developers recently left the Gentoo team:
* none this week
Adds
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The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team:
* none this week
Changes
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The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux
project:
* none this week
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83. [email protected]
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84. [email protected]
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Yuji Carlos Kosugi <[email protected]> - Editor
AJ Armstrong <[email protected]> - Contributor
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