Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Released 110
An anonymous reader writes "The fourth update in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 family is released. From the press release — this version includes kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) virtualization, alongside of Xen virtualization technology. The scalability of the Red Hat virtualization solution has been incremented to support 192 CPUs and 1GB hugepages. Other updates including GCC 4.4 and a new malloc(), clustered, high-availability filesystem to support Microsoft Windows storage needs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This article covers the upgrade procedure for RHEL 5.4 from the previous version."
Re:Debian still in the game? (Score:5, Insightful)
Disclaimer:I love Debian's way of doing things; but wonder whether it (Debian) has any answer to what this Redhat release has to offer. Does it?
Debian offers a far wider selection of software backed up by the same reliability level as redhat. But, Redhat is able to feature enterprisey features earlier than other distros because it employs a large number of linux developers.
Re:Python (Score:3, Insightful)
Here... have a specfile for 2.6.2 and modify to your own heart's content... (IIRC you have to unpack the tarball, rename the directory to Python-2.6.2, and repack to make this work, but nothing else.)
%define dist %(uname_r=`uname -r | egrep 2.6.9`; if [ "$uname_r" != "" ];then dist_tmp="el4";else dist_tmp="el5";fi ; echo "$dist_tmp")
Summary : Python 2.6.2
Name : Python
Version : 2.6.2
Source : Python-2.6.2.tgz
Release : 1.%{?dist}
Group : Development
Packager : cheile
License : Open Source
AutoReqProv : no
PreReq :
BuildRoot : %{_builddir}/%{name}-root
%description
Python 2.6.2
%prep
rm -rf %buildroot/*
%setup
%build
./configure --with-threads --with-zlib=/usr/include --prefix=/usr/local/python2 --enable-bz2
make
%install
make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
mkdir %buildroot/usr/local/bin/
ln -sf
ln -sf
%files
/usr/local/python2/*
/usr/local/bin/python2*
Re:Oblig. XKCD (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Oblig. XKCD (Score:4, Insightful)
What exactly is funny about that comic? All I see is an inability to understand who is responsible for what (Linux kernel devs are responsible for Adobe Flash now?), and the fallacy that only one problem can be worked on at a time. Sure, jokes don't usually make much sense under scrutiny, but this comic was never funny, and is just an obvious troll.
Re:CentOS repos in RHEL (Score:2, Insightful)
How do I point my pirated copy of RHEL toward the CentOS repos so I can update?
Seeing as how CentOS isn't ready yet, they undoubtedly don't have repos set up yet. And when they do, you might as well use CentOS itself.