Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:11:33 +0200 From: Matthias Saou <matthias@xxxxxxxxx> To: RPM-List <rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Red Hat Linux 9 freshrpms packages Hi all, Red Hat Linux 9 is here, and so are the new freshrpms.net packages! Of course, as the main distribution is only currenty available to RHN subscribers, the "os" and "updates" apt/yum modules aren't avaible yet, and won't be until the release actually hits the stores and public ftp servers, which should happen one week from now. The new website is: http://shrike.freshrpms.net/ All relevant parts of freshrpms.net and apt.freshrpms.net have been (or are soon going to be) updated to reflect the change. New stuff: (*IMPORTANT*) - The apt server is now http://ayo.freshrpms.net/ and the paths no longer include "en". For the info, "ayo" stands for "apt, yum and others" ;-) - All files are also available through yum, although no yum package for Red Hat Linux 9 is currently available from freshrpms.net (soon!). See http://www.dulug.duke.edu/yum/ for more. - Some packages have had their non-relevant epoch value removed. These may be problematic if you decide to upgrade your system instead of performing a complete reinstall. The affected packages are: - apg - anjuta - blackbox (but was 0 anyway) - gentoo - gkrellm - gkrellm-plugins - gkrellm-themes - gtktalog - i8kutils - libdvdcss - ltris - proftpd - subtitleripper - xine The only packages with epoch set are the ones that need it in order to keep upgradability with older Red Hat packages. - The ALSA kernel modules don't work with the default Red Hat 9 kernel, so until a solution is available, no ALSA :-( - The mjpegtools won't recompile, so transcode is currently built without mjpeg support (required for (S)VCD IIRC). - The sylpheed and sylpheed-claws packages don't seem to recompile with SSL and produce include errors (krb5 from openssl) that I also have on YellowDog Linux 3.0, I'll dig into that. For now, the 8.0 binary packages should work fine. - A few packages now compile again in their latest version, most notably the screem web editor and the totem xine/gtk2 player. For the impatient ones, remember that signing up with RHN will allow you to support Red Hat, which is still providing us with a great (my favorite ;-)) GNU/Linux distribution! For the others, only one week left to go... and... have you considered subscribing to RHN? :-) That's all for now, please report back to me any eventual problems, but most of all... have fun! Matthias -- Clean custom Red Hat Linux rpm packages : http://freshrpms.net/ Red Hat Linux release 8.0.9x (Phoebe) running Linux kernel 2.4.20-2.54 Load : 0.17 0.20 0.18, AC on-line, battery charging: 100% (5:39)
