[Buildroot] [Hosting] Gentoo updates

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at sunsite.dk
Thu Sep 29 21:43:32 UTC 2011


>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Harder <tim at osuosl.org> writes:

FYI, expect minor down time on git/www/mailinglist next week.

 Tim> Starting next week (10/3 - 10/7) the OSL will be updating all of
 Tim> its Gentoo systems to baselayout-2. For those who don't know what
 Tim> baselayout is, it and openrc manage all the services on a Gentoo
 Tim> system. The update procedure will also include upgrading glibc and
 Tim> moving to modular, hardened kernels on managed machines.

 Tim> The update process will cause a temporary downtime due to
 Tim> rebooting, but this should only last a few minutes for most
 Tim> machines. We will be performing the update process mainly between
 Tim> 10:00-16:00 PST. Anyone that wishes to schedule a specific update
 Tim> time should contact us on IRC or respond to this email.

 Tim> --
 Tim> Tim Harder
 Tim> Part-time Systems Administrator                          Open Source Lab
 Tim> Network Services                                 Oregon State University

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard


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