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Thoughts on making Crux more `alive' and `attractive'.
by Hans Bezemer 16 Mar '24

16 Mar '24

Dear fellow Crux-users, Recently there was some discussion in the IRC channel about how to make crux more `alive' and `attractive'. Being a relative new user I would like to share my thoughts. First of all, Crux has a lot of good things to offer: It's simplicity and script based orientation are unique. The package management through ports is simple but effective. Also there is some good documentation (but may be improved). And (last but not least) there's a friendly and helpful community. When I started out with Crux it took a while before I had everything up and running. Although I had used Arch for some while, went through the LFS-book twice, there was still a lot of ground to make up before I had my laptop configured the same way when using Arch. I had to hone several skills: building my own kernel, creating some udev rules, setting up networking using wpa_supplicant only (I know nm is at hand) and so on. Although the somewhat steep learning curve belongs to the way Crux works, there can be some minor improvements made which may help newcomers finding their way around more easily. First of, maybe Crux can become a rolling distro, with a new iso every month / 2 months. In practice it already seems to be. There are unofficial updated iso's and once you got everything installed everything can be kept up-to-date. As a new user I used the official iso (which is good practice I think), but after building the kernel, running a sysup was a bit of a showstopper. Almost all of the packages needed to be updated. When using the more recent unofficial iso, this is obvious not the case. Secondly, there is a lot of good documentation -especially on the Crux specific parts- but having two sources (Handbook and wiki) is somewhat confusing sometimes. Maybe merge the handbook into the wiki with an entry for installing Crux (like the installation guide on the Arch wiki)? The guide will walk the new user through a basic installation with links to several options (e.q. encrypting harddrive, using different bootloaders). At the end of the guide there can be some links to other entry (how to install packages, e.d.). It would be helpful if there is a basic `how to compile your own kernel'-tutorial. Something along the lines of `make defconfig', enabling audio and video support, untick some of the wlan firmware drivers, etc. Copying the bzImage and System.map and updating the boatloader. Lastly a guide on creating and maintaining your own repo (which is part of the charm of using Crux I think), would be very helpful. Beerman / Tim's guide would be a great starting point IMHO. https://gist.github.com/TimB87/6cf010c0c10d67faf98ae03e62ffb029 As for the documentation, for the most part it's a matter of reorganizing. Maybe a `further reading' section can be added at the end of an entry, with links to useful sources like the Arch wiki / offical kernel documentation and so on. The goal here is to keep it simple (of course ;-)) I'll be happy to help out with (re)writing some parts. What do you think? Would this be helpful? Or are there other / better options? Kind regards, Hans

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Mistake on ReleaseNotes3-7 page
by Vitaly Sinilin 11 Nov '22

11 Nov '22

Hi, The ReleaseNotes3-7 page contains the following sentence: > The ISO image is processed with isohybrid and is suitable for burning > on a CD and putting on a USB drive. Since the image size is about a gigabyte now, it's actually no longer suitable for burning on a CD. Looks like it's time to update the sentence and change CD to DVD. The same is true for the ReleaseNotes3-6 page. -- Vitaly Sinilin <vs(a)kp4.ru>

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ports/core (3.7): [notify] openssl: upadte to 3.0.7
by crux＠crux.nu 02 Nov '22

02 Nov '22

commit 7183d17d1f1e4c0e4138310b9646b75de873e5d6 Author: Juergen Daubert <jue(a)jue.li> Date: Wed Nov 2 12:38:35 2022 +0100 [notify] openssl: upadte to 3.0.7 includes security fixes, see https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20221101.txt diff --git a/openssl/.footprint b/openssl/.footprint index 54bf2eb5..d96b20ce 100644 --- a/openssl/.footprint +++ b/openssl/.footprint @@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man1/asn1parse.1ssl.gz -> openssl-cmds.1ssl.g lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man1/c_rehash.1ssl.gz -> openssl-rehash.1ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man1/ca.1ssl.gz -> openssl-cmds.1ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man1/ciphers.1ssl.gz -> openssl-cmds.1ssl.gz +lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man1/cmp.1ssl.gz -> openssl-cmds.1ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man1/cms.1ssl.gz -> openssl-cmds.1ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man1/crl.1ssl.gz -> openssl-cmds.1ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man1/crl2pkcs7.1ssl.gz -> openssl-cmds.1ssl.gz @@ -1815,6 +1816,8 @@ lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/EVP_OpenFinal.3ssl.gz -> EVP_OpenInit.3s lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/EVP_OpenUpdate.3ssl.gz -> EVP_OpenInit.3ssl.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root usr/share/man/man3/EVP_PBE_CipherInit.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/EVP_PBE_CipherInit_ex.3ssl.gz -> EVP_PBE_CipherInit.3ssl.gz +lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/EVP_PBE_alg_add.3ssl.gz -> EVP_PBE_CipherInit.3ssl.gz +lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/EVP_PBE_alg_add_type.3ssl.gz -> EVP_PBE_CipherInit.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/EVP_PBE_find.3ssl.gz -> EVP_PBE_CipherInit.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/EVP_PBE_find_ex.3ssl.gz -> EVP_PBE_CipherInit.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/EVP_PBE_scrypt.3ssl.gz -> PKCS5_PBE_keyivgen.3ssl.gz @@ -2640,6 +2643,9 @@ lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_fork_child.3ssl.gz -> OPENSSL_fo lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_fork_parent.3ssl.gz -> OPENSSL_fork_prepare.3ssl.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_fork_prepare.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_free.3ssl.gz -> OPENSSL_malloc.3ssl.gz +-rw-r--r-- root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_gmtime.3ssl.gz +lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_gmtime_adj.3ssl.gz -> OPENSSL_gmtime.3ssl.gz +lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_gmtime_diff.3ssl.gz -> OPENSSL_gmtime.3ssl.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_hexchar2int.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_hexstr2buf.3ssl.gz -> OPENSSL_hexchar2int.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/OPENSSL_hexstr2buf_ex.3ssl.gz -> OPENSSL_hexchar2int.3ssl.gz @@ -3517,6 +3523,8 @@ lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/PKCS7_SIGNER_INFO_free.3ssl.gz -> X509_d lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/PKCS7_SIGNER_INFO_new.3ssl.gz -> X509_dup.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/PKCS7_SIGN_ENVELOPE_free.3ssl.gz -> X509_dup.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/PKCS7_SIGN_ENVELOPE_new.3ssl.gz -> X509_dup.3ssl.gz +lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/PKCS7_add_certificate.3ssl.gz -> PKCS7_sign_add_signer.3ssl.gz +lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/PKCS7_add_crl.3ssl.gz -> PKCS7_sign_add_signer.3ssl.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root usr/share/man/man3/PKCS7_decrypt.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/PKCS7_dup.3ssl.gz -> X509_dup.3ssl.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root usr/share/man/man3/PKCS7_encrypt.3ssl.gz @@ -4966,6 +4974,7 @@ lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/X509_get_signature_nid.3ssl.gz -> X509_g -rw-r--r-- root/root usr/share/man/man3/X509_get_version.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/X509_getm_notAfter.3ssl.gz -> X509_get0_notBefore.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/X509_getm_notBefore.3ssl.gz -> X509_get0_notBefore.3ssl.gz +lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/X509_gmtime_adj.3ssl.gz -> X509_cmp_time.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/X509_http_nbio.3ssl.gz -> X509_load_http.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/X509_issuer_and_serial_cmp.3ssl.gz -> X509_cmp.3ssl.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root usr/share/man/man3/X509_issuer_name_cmp.3ssl.gz -> X509_cmp.3ssl.gz diff --git a/openssl/.signature b/openssl/.signature index 64cd233f..1b1f099a 100644 --- a/openssl/.signature +++ b/openssl/.signature @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/core.pub -RWRJc1FUaeVeqieMuNR3oT3yKqJmtR2vciGo+Y5BZXAg2jmzjE2JvvBAG91Ts2iGjcZdYNOtortNWEXMkTWR0vHuYOK8TeS1wgQ= -SHA256 (Pkgfile) = a28efd97253b7121a65e8468a93f944a5609a54081bcbfe0da334657fd340dac -SHA256 (.footprint) = 13e78dd2f2caa4f4cab8d4dbf17f5bb8539afdcccbd8af10fec2d26e712564c2 -SHA256 (openssl-3.0.5.tar.gz) = aa7d8d9bef71ad6525c55ba11e5f4397889ce49c2c9349dcea6d3e4f0b024a7a +RWRJc1FUaeVeqh5XonGjjnU/rUztYIwlvbdNYg3RVOKb7Lzb/3zCH9L1BAF2YA1Ri10NPjhfW4VE7nSNT9VUlZddNJ4QHS3TcgI= +SHA256 (Pkgfile) = b1e2b10fc866865a2940e79d95f4fa1cae1e61e58bed8472be69f63f39d653ca +SHA256 (.footprint) = deef0b4afd572c92af831f1926196ac35b752657d35e8533056f2d50be2b2207 +SHA256 (openssl-3.0.7.tar.gz) = 83049d042a260e696f62406ac5c08bf706fd84383f945cf21bd61e9ed95c396e SHA256 (mksslcert.sh) = d01cfd061b792f4f7444429582c5c9e83aaa7fc63cafd05669fd3f2970dff779 diff --git a/openssl/Pkgfile b/openssl/Pkgfile index 8ec9b4ae..ba43dc68 100644 --- a/openssl/Pkgfile +++ b/openssl/Pkgfile @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # Maintainer: CRUX System Team, core-ports at crux dot nu name=openssl -version=3.0.5 +version=3.0.7 release=1 source=(https://www.openssl.org/source/$name-$version.tar.gz mksslcert.sh)

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mpv not working with X11 - new dependency required
by Markus Heinz 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Hello. Since the update of contrib/mpv to version 0.34.1-4 video playback with X11 is no longer possible. I figured out that now libxpresent is required also for this to work. Please see the attached Pkgfile for the new dependency libxpresent. Regards Markus Heinz

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