Re: [Ltib] *very* quickly relearning my LTIB, some simple questions

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Robert,

On 31/01/11 17:47, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   (for better or worse, stuart might remember me from a couple years
> back.  as it turns out, i have a reason to refresh my LTIB expertise
> by, oh, wednesday.  so if i may ask a few trivial questions to start
> the process...)

I do indeed remember you.

> 
>   1) is there any issue with using the CVS form of ltib if a project
> calls for the "official" 10-1-1a version?  that is, are all fixes,
> enhancements, what have you fairly assured to be backward compatible?
> not a big issue, i'm just curious if there are any reasons to
> explicitly *avoid* this?
> 

Yes, CVS is preferable as it will always have bug-fixes.  I can't
guarantee I've done regression test on everything, but the aim is always
for backward compatibility.


>   2) for now, i plan on doing all my work on ubuntu 10.10.  as far as
> i can tell, i have my initial "./ltib" running and all i needed to do
> was "sudo apt-get install rpm" to get the essential rpm utilities.
> are there any caveats i need to know about ltib on ubuntu?
> 

No, I'm using a variant of this without any issue.

>   3) a suggestion -- when i ran ltib for the first time, it printed:
> 
> If an error occurs, a log file with the full output may be found in:
> /home/rpjday/provo/ltib/tar/ltib-10-1-1a-sv/host_config.log
> 
>   which is fine, except that the new user might be confused by the
> apparent lack of any activity.  it might be worth adding right below
> that the suggestion that, if the user wants to follow along, then from
> another terminal session, run "tail -f host_config.log".  if a user is
> unsure, being told how to follow the processing can be reassuring.
> 

That's a good idea.  I've checked it into CVS.


>   and i think that's all i had for now.
> 
> rday
> 
> 

Regards, Stuart