March 2011 - Grml-devel

Some checks on the package lists
by Ulrich Dangel 05 Jun '11

05 Jun '11

Hi, due to a bug report about a missing package in grml-medium (the package was shipped in grml-small and grml-full but not in grml-medium) i just did some simple checks over the package lists. These checks are quite simple but help least to discover inconsistencies. Commented results: ==================== In small and full but not in medium: links # links2 is in medium but not links In small and medium but not in full: shishi-common # due to missing inetutils-inetd atftp inetutils-inetd # xinetd is used in full instead libshishi0 # due to missing inetutils-inetd socket In medium but not in full: linux-kernel-headers-grml grml-small # not really a problem alsa-tools Suggested solution: =================== We should add socket, aftp and alsa-tools to grml_full and add links to grml-medium. regards, Ulrich

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Splitting grml-scripts into grml-scripts and grml-scripts-core
by Sebastian Boehm 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hi, Recently I talked to some colleagues of mine about having a grml-scripts-core package that only contains the grml-scripts needed for grml-etc-core's screen setup. Since this idea seems to have been well received and the split has been mentioned in the minutes of the Grml Developer Meeting 2010, I thought I might as well clean up the packages I have been using for some time now and see if they can save you some work: https://github.com/sometimesfood/grml-scripts/tree/split/grml-scripts https://github.com/sometimesfood/grml-scripts/tree/split/grml-scripts-core (Obviously these should be pulled into two separate repositories, I just found the branching more comfortable until the package split is complete.) Programs I chose for inclusion in grml-scripts-core: - cpu-screen and cpu-screen.sh (used by grml-etc-core) - ip-screen (used by grml-etc-core) - lesspipe.sh (much more versatile than Debian's lesspipe(1)) - code2color (used by lesspipe.sh) - grml-screen (nice addition to grml-etc-core) I mostly tried to keep my changes to the bare minimum necessary for a proper split, if I missed something, just let me know. Things I did: - move programs - fix debian/rules, Makefiles, lintian overrides etc. - fix manpages - add package descriptions - add depends/breaks to debian/control as recommended by the Debian policy manual The resulting packages pass lintian without warnings. If you have any questions, just drop me a line and I'll be happy to help. Best regards Sebastian

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Grml User Survey 2011: results available
by Michael Prokop 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Hi! The results of the Grml user survey we've been running at the beginning of this year are available now: http://grml.org/survey2011-results/ I'd like to thank especially Christian 'ch' Hofstaedtler and Ulrich 'mru' Dangel for their help and support in running and evaluating this survey. Thanks to everyone taking part in our survey, it's refreshing to get such awesome feedback! regards, -mika-

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[Patches] grml-crypt: if no mountpoint was given to action start, create a default one
by Thomas Köhler 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Hello all, After discussing with gebi, I've just implemented the "create a default mountpoint if none was given to action start" feature in a better way than in bc3a3b852c2e7dddb0ffe3a6f9650f95b1a15593. Just forget about the previous approach and consider applying this series of patches instead :-) Bye, Thomas -- Thomas KÃ¶hler Email: jean-luc(a)picard.franken.de <>< WWW: http://gott-gehabt.de IRC: tkoehler PGP public key available from Homepage!

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