Re: [vserver] Create a new virtual on debian - some problem

From: Corey Wright <undefined_at_pobox.com>
Date: Wed 21 Apr 2010 - 07:44:52 BST
Message-Id: <20100421014452.0f4805ce.undefined@pobox.com>

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:29:38 -0500 (CDT)
"Corey Wright" <undefined@pobox.com> wrote:

> On Tue, April 20, 2010 2:47 am, ben@bristolwireless.net wrote:
> > Quoting "Jeff Jansen" <jeff.jansen@kkoncepts.net>:
> >
> >> ben@bristolwireless.net wrote on 2010-Apr-20:
> >>> I'd also like to point out that there's 2.6.32 Linux-Vserver kernels
> >>> in the
> >>> backports.org repo now too, which are also good.
> >>
> >> I'd be interested to hear about the experiences of folks who are using
> >> the
> >> vserver kernel and util-vserver packages from backports.org. Does it
> >> "solve"
> >> the problems that the standard lenny kernels have?
> >>
> >> Is backports tracked by the debian security team? It looks like it
> >> from here:
> >>
> >> http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/status/release/stable-backports
> >>
> >> but I thought you were "on your own" for security in backports. :-)
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Jeff Jansen
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Backported 2.6.32 kernels work really well, they are more of less
> > current patches and so much better than 2.6.26 from Lenny.
> >
> > I made this page section for Sid which is also relevant if you want to
> > use cgroups: http://tinyurl.com/y5nu9cf . You'd need to apply the
> > patch for Lenny: http://tinyurl.com/y5642dw , or get a newer
> > util-vserver somehow also (for cgroups, most other stuff works).
>
> i previously backported a cgroup-ns patch from util-vserver cvs to lenny's
> package to address what you noted at the bottom of
> http://linux-vserver.org/util-vserver:Cgroups#Ben.27s_install_on_Debian_Squeeze.2FSid.
> i don't currently have access to that patch, but when i do later this
> week, i'll attach it to a follow-up to this email.

stupid me! i remembered the patch, but i forgot that it only applies to
util-vserver's sysv & gentoo init scripts (which mount cgroup), and debian
provides their own init script.

upstream change (in util-vserver revision 2882 and later)
http://svn.linux-vserver.org/projects/util-vserver/changeset/2882/trunk/scripts/vserver.functions

corey

> to the original poster, i've posted how to backport testing's/squeeze's
> util-vserver (with patch). i've built and am using the resulting package,
> but i don't have anywhere to host it. i'm not going to approach
> backports.org with the package, but i would support the effort if someone
> else wanted to.
>
> my production environment uses 2.6.27 and the lenny util-vserver with
> minor patches (conservative) while my testing environment uses 2.6.32 and
> the backport (not exactly bleeding edge, but more progressive).
>
> > There is no backports.org version of util-vserver. I personal mainly
> > use a slightly patched version of Lenny's util-vserver, or the one
> > from repo.psand.net.
> >
> > You aren't "on your own" with backports, the difference is that
> > backports aren't managed in the same way. So far as I understand it,
> > individual packages are maintained by people who aren't necessarily
> > official Debian package maintainers. Most of them will release
> > security updates when updated packages are available in Sid, but as
> > you know fixes aren't gauranteed to be timely in Sid. Some backports
> > maintainers will also patch independently of sid updates too.
>
> see the bottom of http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faq for
> backports.org simplified security update policy or
> http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contribute for the site's
> processes.
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > ==
> > From Ben Green
>
> corey
> --
> undefined@pobox.com
>
Received on Wed Apr 21 07:45:15 2010

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