Changeset 6ed5123

Timestamp:

07/09/2012 06:31:25 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

2f4014b

Parents:

a716dec

Message:

Add pages on libraries and vulnerabilities, icewm-1.3.7, gvolwheel-1.0.0 and retire gnome-media.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@10406 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• archive/gnome-media.xml (moved) (moved from multimedia/audioutils/gnome-media.xml )
• general.ent (modified) (4 diffs)
• introduction/important/beyond.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• introduction/important/important.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• introduction/important/libraries.xml (added)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• multimedia/audioutils/audioutils.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• multimedia/audioutils/gvolwheel.xml (added)
• multimedia/libdriv/alsa-lib.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• postlfs/security/security.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• postlfs/security/vulnerabilities.xml (added)
• x/wm/icewm.xml (added)
• x/wm/wm.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general.ent

@@ -4 +4 @@
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "07">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "09">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "07">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2012">
@@ -10 +10 @@
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "July 7th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "July 9th, &year;">
 <!-- <!ENTITY releasedate  "November &day;st, &year;"> -->
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
@@ -689 +689 @@
 <!-- Chapter 26 -->
 <!ENTITY fluxbox-version              "1.3.2">
+<!ENTITY icewm-version                "1.3.7">
 <!ENTITY openbox-version              "3.5.0">
 <!ENTITY sawfish-version              "1.6.1">
@@ -1058 +1059 @@
 <!ENTITY audacious-plugins-version    "3.2.2">
 <!ENTITY amarok-version               "2.5.0">
+<!ENTITY gvolwheel-version            "1.0.0">
+<!-- Obsolete
 <!ENTITY gnome-media-version          "2.32.0">
+-->
 
 <!-- Chapter 40 -->

introduction/important/beyond.xml

@@ -83 +83 @@
   <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
-      <para>If you know the name of the package, then search FreshMeat for
-      it at <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>. Also search Google at
+      <para>If you know the name of the package, then search Freecode for
+      it at <ulink url="http://freecode.com/"/>. Also search Google at
       <ulink url="http://google.com/"/>. Sometimes a search for the
       <filename class='extension'>rpm</filename> at
@@ -120 +120 @@
       searching the LFS archives at
       <ulink url="http://www.&lfs-domainname;/search.html"/> for the error or if
-      that fails, try searching Google. If everything else fails,
-      try the blfs-support mailing-list.</para>
+      that fails, try searching Google. Often, a distribution will have already
+      solved the problem (many of them use development versions of packages, so
+      they see the changes sooner than those of us who normally use stable released
+      versions).  But be cautious - all builders tend to carry patches which are no
+      longer necessary, and to have fixes which are only required because of their
+      particular choices in how they build a package. You may have to search
+      deeply to find a fix for the package version you are trying to use, or even
+      to find the package (names are sometimes not what you might expect, e.g.
+      <application>ghostscript</application> often has a prefix or a suffix in its
+      name), but the following notes might help:</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Arch
+          <ulink url="http://www.archlinux.org/packages/"/> - enter the package name
+          in the 'Keywords' box, select the package name, select one of the 'SVN
+          Entries' fields, then select the <filename>PKGBUILD</filename> to see how
+          they build this package, or look at any patches.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Debian
+          <ulink url="ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool"/> (use your country's
+          version if there is one) - the source will be in .tar.gz tarballs (either
+          the original upstream <filename class='extension'>.orig</filename> source,
+          or else a <filename>dfsg</filename> containing those parts which comply
+          with debian's free software guidelines) accompanied by versioned .diff.gz
+          or .tar.gz additions. These additions often show how the package is built,
+          and may contain patches. In the .diff.gz versions, any patches create files
+          in <filename class="directory">debian/patches</filename>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Fedora
+          <ulink url="http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/"/> - this site
+          is often overloaded since they moved to git-web, but when available it is
+          an easy way of looking at .spec files and patches. If unavailable, try
+          looking for a local mirror of ftp.fedora.com (the primary site is usually
+          unavailable when fedora gitweb is not responding) and download a source
+          rpm to see what they do.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Gentoo - the mirrors for ebuilds and patches seem to be well-hidden,
+          and they change frequently.  Also, if you have found a mirror, you need to
+          know which directory the application has been assigned to.  The ebuilds
+          themselves can be found at <ulink url="http://packages.gentoo.org/"/> -
+          use the search field.  If there are any patches, a mirror will have them
+          in the <filename class="directory">files/</filename> directory. Depending
+          on your browser, or the mirror, you might need to download the ebuild to
+          be able to read it.  Treat the ebuild as a sort of pseudo-code / shell
+          combination - look in particular for <command>sed</command> commands and
+          patches, or hazard a guess at the meanings of the functions such as
+          <command>dodoc</command>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>PLD
+          <ulink url="http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/packages/"/> -
+          another distro which uses rpms, cvsweb provides access to patches and the
+          spec files.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Slackware - the official package browser is currently broken.  The
+          site at <ulink url="http://slackbuilds.org/"/> has current and previous
+          versions in their unofficial repository with links to homepages, downloads,
+          and some individual files, particularly the <filename>.SlackBuild</filename>
+          files.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Ubuntu <ulink url="ftp://ftp.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/"/> - see the
+          debian notes above.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+      <para>If everything else fails, try the blfs-support mailing-list.</para>
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
@@ -134 +202 @@
     <ulink url="&downloads-project;/rpm2targz.tar.bz2"/> to convert the archives
     into a simple <filename>tar.gz</filename> format.</para>
+    <para>You may also find an rpm2cpio script useful.  The perl version in the
+    linux kernel archives at <ulink
+    url="http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0210.2/att-0093/01-rpm2cpio"/>
+    works for most source rpms.  The rpm2targz script will use an rpm2cpio script
+    or binary if one is on your path.  Note that rpm2cpio will unpack a source
+    rpm in the current directory, giving a tarball, a spec file, and perhaps patches
+    or other files.</para>
   </tip>
 

introduction/important/important.xml

@@ -27 +27 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="patches.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="bootscripts.xml"/>
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libraries.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="locale-issues.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="beyond.xml"/>

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -43 +43 @@
 -->
     <listitem>
+      <para>July 9th, 2012</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Added pages for &apos;Libraries: static or shared&apos;
+           and &apos;Vulnerabilities&apos;, extended &apos;Going Beyond BLFS&apos;.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Added IceWM-1.3.7.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Added Gvolwheel-1.0.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Removed gnome-media-2.32.0.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>July 7th, 2012</para>
       <itemizedlist>

multimedia/audioutils/audioutils.xml

@@ -30 +30 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="audacious.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="amarok.xml"/>
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="gnome-media.xml"/>
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="gvolwheel.xml"/>
 
 </chapter>

multimedia/libdriv/alsa-lib.xml

@@ -72 +72 @@
     <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
 
-    <para>In the Device Drivers &rArr; Sound &rArr; Advanced Linux Sound
-    Architecture section of the kernel configuration, select the settings and
-    drivers appropriate for your hardware.  Ensure that the deprecated Device
-    Drivers &rArr; Sound &rArr; Open Sound System is <emphasis>not</emphasis>
-    selected.  If necessary, recompile and install your new kernel.</para>
+    <para>In the Device Drivers &rArr; Sound card support &rArr; Advanced Linux
+    Sound Architecture section of the kernel configuration, select the settings
+    and drivers appropriate for your hardware.  Ensure that the deprecated Device
+    Drivers &rArr; Sound card support &rArr; Open Sound System is
+    <emphasis>not</emphasis> selected.  If necessary, recompile and install your
+    new kernel.</para>
 
     <indexterm zone="alsa-lib alsa-lib-kernel">

postlfs/security/security.xml

@@ -16 +16 @@
   <title>Security</title>
 
-  <para>Security takes many forms in a computing environment. This chapter
+  <para>Security takes many forms in a computing environment. After some
+  initial discussion, this chapter
   gives examples of three different types of security: access, prevention
   and detection.</para>
@@ -40 +41 @@
   "signatures" and compares for files that have been changed.</para>
 
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="vulnerabilities.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="accountsservice.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="acl.xml"/>

x/wm/wm.xml

@@ -55 +55 @@
 
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="fluxbox.xml"/>
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="icewm.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="openbox.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="sawfish.xml"/>