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Getting bbwin central config mode on Debian Etch

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list Shawn Heisey · Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:38:27 -0600 ·
Background information:  We have an install of Big Brother BTF, an install I inherited when I took the job a few years ago.  Recently I discovered the unfortunate fact that we're not covered by the BTF license, so we are exploring other options.  Hobbit seems to be our best option.

I am using another server to build up a Hobbit configuration.  I installed it from the source tarball because I couldn't get the bbwin central config patch to apply against the debian source package.

I started looking into the Hobbit 4.3 snapshots, but I haven't been able to get them to build using 'debian/rules binary'.  Just a few minutes ago I got an idea.  I unpacked the pristine 4.2.0 source, applied the allinone patch, applied the bbwin patch, and then ran 'debian/rules binary'.  This successfully built packages.

First question - will these packages built from patched 4.2.0 work properly?  Second question - anything I can do to get the Hobbit 4.3 snapshot (2008/06/05) to build?  Error output from my attempt to build debian packages below:

gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DLINUX -I. -I/usr/src/hobbit/snapshot/include -I/usr/include -I./c-ares -c -o dns.o dns.c
In file included from /usr/src/hobbit/snapshot/include/libbbgen.h:76,
                 from dns.c:24:
/usr/src/hobbit/snapshot/include/../lib/sendmsg.h:36: error: redeclaration of enumerator âns_c_noneâ
/usr/include/arpa/nameser.h:325: error: previous definition of âns_c_noneâ was here
make[2]: *** [dns.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/hobbit/snapshot/bbnet'
make[1]: *** [bbnet-build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/hobbit/snapshot'
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
list Ralph Mitchell · Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:50:49 -0500 ·
quoted from Shawn Heisey
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Shawn Heisey <user-5d0d01dba542@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Background information:  We have an install of Big Brother BTF, an install
I inherited when I took the job a few years ago.  Recently I discovered the
unfortunate fact that we're not covered by the BTF license, so we are
exploring other options.  Hobbit seems to be our best option.

I am using another server to build up a Hobbit configuration.  I installed
it from the source tarball because I couldn't get the bbwin central config
patch to apply against the debian source package.

I started looking into the Hobbit 4.3 snapshots, but I haven't been able to
get them to build using 'debian/rules binary'.  Just a few minutes ago I got
an idea.  I unpacked the pristine 4.2.0 source, applied the allinone patch,
applied the bbwin patch, and then ran 'debian/rules binary'.  This
successfully built packages.

First question - will these packages built from patched 4.2.0 work
properly?

I believe 4.2.0 + allinone patch is the current stable configuration.
quoted from Shawn Heisey

 Second question - anything I can do to get the Hobbit 4.3 snapshot
(2008/06/05) to build?  Error output from my attempt to build debian
packages below:

The snapshot is literally a work-in-progress.  As I understand it, Henrik's
source tree is simply bundled up every night, in whatever state it happens
to be in, working or not.  Sometimes it will compile, sometimes it won't.

Ralph Mitchell
list Christoph Berg · Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:06:11 +0200 ·
Re: Shawn Heisey 2008-06-05 <user-47b1a0738887@xymon.invalid>
quoted from Ralph Mitchell
I am using another server to build up a Hobbit configuration.  I  
installed it from the source tarball because I couldn't get the bbwin  
central config patch to apply against the debian source package.
I might be able to throw the patch into the 4.2 packages that will
ship with Debian Lenny. We have a few windows clients that could
probably benefit from the central config - I'll post here when I have
something ready.

Christoph
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list Shawn Heisey · Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:17:03 -0600 ·
quoted from Christoph Berg
Christoph Berg wrote:
I might be able to throw the patch into the 4.2 packages that will
ship with Debian Lenny. We have a few windows clients that could
probably benefit from the central config - I'll post here when I have
something ready.
  
I am using the backports apt repository.  A bunch of questions relating to this:  Will the new hobbit packages be there?  If not, what does it take to get something included in backports?  Will the lenny source package compile cleanly on etch?

Thanks,
Shawn
list Shawn Heisey · Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:55:23 -0600 ·
quoted from Shawn Heisey
Shawn Heisey wrote:
Christoph Berg wrote:
I might be able to throw the patch into the 4.2 packages that will
ship with Debian Lenny. We have a few windows clients that could
probably benefit from the central config - I'll post here when I have
something ready.
I am using the backports apt repository.  A bunch of questions relating to this:  Will the new hobbit packages be there?  If not, what does it take to get something included in backports?  Will the lenny source package compile cleanly on etch?
I did get the bbwin patch to apply against the current source package from lenny, and the packages built ok. I'll be testing it at home before I try and deploy it at work.
list Christoph Berg · Sat, 7 Jun 2008 16:28:26 +0200 ·
Re: Shawn Heisey 2008-06-06 <user-c7d79d909ce3@xymon.invalid>
quoted from Shawn Heisey
I am using the backports apt repository.  A bunch of questions relating  
to this:  Will the new hobbit packages be there?  If not, what does it  
take to get something included in backports?  Will the lenny source  
package compile cleanly on etch?
I'll keep the backport up to date with the testing (Lenny) versions.
(4.2.0.dfsg-12 is still missing, will do that later today.)

Upcoming versions should compile fine on Etch as well. I don't intend
to make life harder for myself as the backporter ;)


Oh, btw, a poll: So far I haven't been shipping the all-in-one patch,
but the plain 4.2.0 version plus some patches. What would you rather
like to see included in Lenny?

Christoph
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