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[News] rPath Intro, SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 Released, and Mandriva Linux Praised

  • Subject: [News] rPath Intro, SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 Released, and Mandriva Linux Praised
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:39:18 +0100
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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The why and how of RPATH

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| But before I go to the core of the 
| problem, let me try to give a brief 
| introduction of what weâre talking about 
| here, because jumping straight to talk 
| about injection is going to be too much 
| for most of my readers, Iâm sure. Even 
| though, this whole topic reconnects with 
| multiple other smaller topics I discussed 
| about in the past on my blog, so youâll 
| see a few links here and there for that.
| 
| First of all, what the heck is RPATH? When 
| using dynamic linking (shared libraries), 
| the operating system need to know where to 
| look for the libraries an executable uses; 
| to do so, each operating system has one or 
| more PATH variables, plus eventual 
| configuration files, that are used to look 
| up the libraries; on Windows, for 
| instance, the same PATH variable that is 
| used to find the commands is used to load 
| the libraries; and the libraries are 
| looked for in the same directory where the 
| executable is first of all. On Unix, the 
| commands and the libraries use distinct 
| paths, by design, and the executableâs 
| directory is not searched for; this is 
| also because the two directories are quite 
| distinct (/usr/bin vs /usr/lib as an 
| example). The GNU/Linux loader (and here 
| the name is proper, as the loader comes 
| out of GLIBC â almost identical behaviour 
| is expected by uClibc, FreeBSD and other 
| OSes but I know that much for sure) 
| differs extensively from the Sun loader; I 
| say this because Iâll introduce the Sun 
| system later.
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http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2010/06/20/the-why-and-how-of-rpath

SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 Features Linux Kernel 2.6.34

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| FranÃois Dupoux announced on June 18th the 
| new SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 Linux-based 
| operating system. Being powered by the 
| alternative Linux kernel 2.6.34, and the 
| standard 2.6.32.15 Linux kernel, 
| SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 includes now the 
| popular GParted 0.6.0 application for 
| partitioning tasks with support for drives 
| with sectors larger than 512 bytes. 
| Moreover, the FSArchiver and Memtest86+ 
| apps were also updated. Without further 
| introduction, let's take a closer look at 
| the changes brought by SystemRescueCd 
| 1.5.4...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/SystemRescueCd-1-5-6-Features-Linux-Kernel-2-6-34-145020.shtml

Mandriva Linux Wins My BIg Fat Gratitude

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| I swallowed my pride and reinstalled 
| Mandriva, then spent the day fixing the 
| desktop well enough that I my eyes donât 
| hurt when I look at it. Everything works 
| well enoughâIâve got networking running. 
| Iâve got Ruby 1.9, the latest version of 
| PHP, Squeak, and Lispbox running. Iâm now 
| officially good to go. No more fiddling 
| for me.
| 
| Itâs been fun taking a tour of Linux and 
| FreeBSD land. Try it the next time you 
| have a few days to spare. All of the 
| distros are awesome in their way, but you 
| may find, as I have, that there is one 
| particular version that works best for 
| you. You just have to kiss a lot of frogs 
| to find your princess, or prince, as the 
| case may be.
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http://hackingthevalley.com/2010/06/19/mandriva-linux-wins-my-big-fat-gratitude/


Recent:

rPath Enhances Intelligent Linux Patching Capabilities in Next-Generation System Automation Platform

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| rPath, an innovator in automating system
| provisioning and maintenance, today announced
| enhancements to the intelligent patching
| capabilities of its next-generation system
| automation platform. Specifically, rPath now
| automates inventory discovery, allows users
| to "cherry pick" updates and errata for
| incremental updates, and simplifies the user
| experience for Linux patching and system
| administration. To encourage Red Hat Network
| (RHN) Satellite users to try the rPath
| platform, the company has launched its
| "Satellite Swap-Out" promotional offer. For
| existing RHN Satellite customers, rPath will
| match or beat their current subscription to
| RHN Satellite with a richer, more complete
| solution.
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http://www.rpath.com/corp/component/content/article/70-2010-news-archive/630-04132010
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