On Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:54:45 +0100, Nigel.Metheringham@ThePLAnet.net
wrote:>1. Smaller packages - ie finer granularity, specifics for this are:-
>
> a. findutils - split the locate/updatedb bits into a sub-package
> [we upgraded some packages on a news server which then ran the
> daily updatedb script which is a seriously bad idea on a huge fs]
>
> b. netkit-base - ping is fine, but can inetd be split out
> additionally can the inetd config file start inetd
> *only* if /etc/inetd.conf exists.
Send .spec file patches for these.
>2. Config decisions. Having xntp3 is great. Having a sneaky hard wired
> set of servers in the startup file (not even the config) is less good.
How do you think it should configured by default? We tried to make it easy
for folks who aren''t xntpd experts.
> Incidently, startup order: network->named->xntpd->crond is best
> (otherwise cron can get upset if the time changes).
Yeah, there are a few places in Red Hat where the install ordering
isn''t
quite right.
>3. logrotate. Would be nice to be able to get old logfiles shoved into
> a different directory (even just a subdirectory) [we keep lots of logs]
> Also ability to cluster a set of logs - ie I want to rotate all the
> apache logs then kill -HUP - sending a whole series of HUPs in a row
> can upset (eg) mod_perl. [yes you can effectively do this by ordering
> the statements correctly, but if logrotate changes it will break]
> Other recent changes are *great* - we now actually use it all over.
You can do this using the ''olddir'' keyword in the config file;
the man
page mentions that.
>4. X. I don''t think its possible to install a system that has X
clients
> but no X servers at all. Also too many things seem to pull in X.
Sure it is, you just hit ''cancel'' when you are asked to pick a
video
card.
>5. Dependencies. There are some weird ones around. The
> lpr/print-filters/xbanner/xdm one is a touch odd (this is from memory,
> so details may be wrong).
Huh? print-filters doesn''t require xbanner.
Fwiw, redhat-devel-list is a better place for this. The secure-server
mailing list is (supposed to be) devoted to our SSL web server ;-)
Erik
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