Novell Ebuilds

Geos_One · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:07 pm Post subject: Novell Ebuilds

Hallo Friends of Novell and Gentoo!

this is the location fo discussions for the Novell4Gentoo overlay

ConsoleOne 1.6.3h and snapins
eDirectory 8.8.6
iPrint Client 4.26
Groupwise Client 8.0.2hp3

The Link to my HP is
http://n4g.disconnected-by-peer.at

to get the overlay:

Install Layman:

Earthwings · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject:

Moved from Networking & Security to Unsupported Software.
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Geos_One · Last edited by Geos_One on Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:27 pm; edited 1 time in total

Updates for the Novell Ebuilds.

You can find them on the usual place:

http://n4g.mars.arge.at
wfg
Mario

Ctrl+Alt+Del · Guru Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 326 Location: .de

thx a lot for the groupwise ebuild, working nicely

Geos_One · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:03 am Post subject: Groupwise Ebuild

Nice to see that my Ebuilds are usefull
(untill now i thought i was building them for my own)

mfg
Mario

sedorox · Apprentice Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 206

I'm kinda moving away from novell (

) mainly because things around me are moving to linux or Microsoft. However, I do thank you for making these. I'll try them out at some point this summer (can't promise when). I need to get more ram in my one machine to do lots of VM's.

Thanks!
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sternklang · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject:

Geos_One, perhaps you should consider opening bugs as ebuild requests for these packages, including your ebuilds as attachments to the bugs. This will get better exposure for people who might need these but don't happen to come across this forum thread. The first place many people look for software that isn't in Portage is Gentoo bugzilla.

If you do this, I would recommend one bug per package, unless they belong together as part of a single Novell product -- I'm not familiar with this software so you would be in a better position to make that call.

Geos_One · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: Novell ebuilds

I think it isn't the right time for that now there are still some big bugs and extensions missing in this ebuilds
(novell-ndsserv requires libncurses-4.*, novell-xtier-base requires a spezial version of libbfd, novell-novfsd novfsd crashes on systems with glibc 2.4 (this package is build for suse 10/10.1 that has also glibc 2.4 hmmm..., and many many more ..)
I want to trak down the errors that ar still bugging me.

but some testers would be great.

mainly the novell-novfsd crashes on glibc-2.4
but someone on www.ndsengineers.com told me that it works on glibc-2.3.6

can someone please create a strace of the start of novfsd and a strace of the running novfsd prozess when you start browsing the tree (in the login window)
i dont have a glibc-2.3.6 station around.

thx in av

if this bugs are removed we would end with a bug per package (some products uses the same packages)

wfg
Mario

Geos_One

I have updatet the ebuilds to the lates beta ncl 1.2
the novfsd still crashes on my system.

Happy testing.

wfg
Mario

nesl247 · Veteran Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 1614 Location: Florida

Geos_One, do you plan to make an apparmor ebuild (and make sure it works with gentoo)?

That is the only novell product I am looking for, for gentoo and it would be appreciated. (I don't mind being a test bed for you!)

chewy_rob · n00b Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 3

I've been trying to get groupwise to work on my amd64 for a while with no luck, the novell groupwise 6.5 install script chokes on dependancies, and the rpm doesn't want to install.

I would like to try your ebuild but I get "permission denied" when I try to connect.

geos_one's e-mail as posted on ftp://home.twin.at/fetkanet/ bounces.

Could anyone forward a copy of this ebuild to me if they still have it kicking around? I'll try my hand at making it work on amd64.

chewy_rob at hotmail dot com

Geos_One · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject: Changed way of distribution

I have changed the way of distribution from direct download to tar.bz2 packages.

you can get the package at the usual place

http://home.twin.at/fetkanet/

happy using

wfg
Mario

Geos_One · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject: Apparmor

This software is interesting projekt it requires some interesting dependencies (kernel - patch, perl, apache2, pam)
I always knew that someday i would end with a spezial kernel for the novell prod ok lets start

i hope i can get the time for the ebuilds in the next weeks.

wfg
Mario

Priyantha Bleeker · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Amsterdam

Are you still working on this great idea to make ebuilds for the Novell products ?
So yes, do you already have a ebuild for the client ?
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Geos_One · Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject: Novell ebuilds

Yes i am still working on the Novell ebuilds
you can find the link to my homepage in this diskussion.

by the way the apparmor ebuilds are on the way to useable
at the moment i am fighting witch apparmor profiles ahhhhhhhhhhhh

wfg
Mario

nesl247 · Veteran Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 1614 Location: Florida

Thank you Geos.. I can't wait to try out apparmor on Gentoo. I do suggest you submit it in the bugzilla once it is fully working. Would be nice to have it in portage.

Geos_One · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: Novell and support

It took 3 weeks to get a replay from novell and it is "We are only supporting our own distro SuSE Linux." :evil:

I think they didn't realize that there are also other Linux distributions.

at the moment i am still working on apparmor-parser init.d script.
its always the same novell is scripting everything (novell-xregd registry initialization, novfsd config script .... )

wfg
Mario

Geos_One · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject: new ebuilds

Hallo all,

new ebuilds are ready for primetime.

novell linux client 1.2 is now working great (ja)
novell edirectory 8.8.1 is at production level
novell console one is working
novell groupwise client is at version 7.0.1
novell iprint at the same version 1.0 ?

the structure of the tree has changed (moved the ebuilds to the propper location)
to be on the save site unmerge all net-misc/novell-* packages

appermor is now maintined by Matthew Snelham <zeypher@sigalrm.com>
i have included them into my subversion tree

the new location of this ebuilds are http://n4g.mars.arge.at

to get the sources use the following command

svn co http://mars.arge.at/svn/n4g/trunk/novell4gentoo

happy using

Mario (geos_one)

sternklang · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:15 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I would suggest you contact Gunnar Wrobel (wrobel@gentoo.org) about getting your svn overlay included in layman. A lot more people will try it out that way.

Thanks for your work on this! I'm curious to check out apparmor.

phlexx · n00b Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 42

net-misc/novell-client-1.2.0_p2-r1 fails with the following error :/

>>> Downloading 'http://:@cache.novell.com/prot/2JyMn7sWP_Q~/novell-client-1.2-SLE10.tar.gz'
http://:@cache.novell.com/prot/2JyMn7sWP_Q~/novell-client-1.2-SLE10.tar.gz: Ungültiger Benutzername.
!!! Couldn't download 'novell-client-1.2-SLE10.tar.gz'. Aborting.

(Ungültiger Benutzername means wrong username)

Geos_One · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject: novell-client

the download shoud stop
you are not registerd at novell.
you must register at novell

normally this package is fetch restrickted.

you must add
NOVELL_ACCOUNT_USERNAME="balduin" <<<--- add your username here
NOVELL_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD="derfisch" <<<--- add your password here
to your /etc/make.conf
or add your infos in the download and fetch by hand
http://balduin:derfisch@cache.novell.com/prot/2JyMn7sWP_Q~/novell-client-1.2-SLE10.tar.gz

i have done it that way
my servers and workstations shoud download this packeges if they need it.

wfg
Mario

Geos_One · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject: Help for homepage

is here someone that has the motifation to create the start wiki page for this overlay as you all know my english is bad, very bad, damm its really bad.

it would be a great help

wfg
Mario

phlexx · n00b Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 42

ok thanks =) i've thought it is an syntaxerror in the ebuild

Geos_One · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:46 am Post subject:

glock · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2003 Posts: 9

I get the following

lsd portage # emerge -pv novell-consoleone

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies -
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=net-nds/novell-nldapsdk-8.8.1_p7" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- net-nds/novell-nldapsdk-8.8.1_p7 (masked by: package.mask)
# <mario-fetka@gmx.at> (14 Aug 2006)
# For me eDir 8.8 is not ready for
# Primetime

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
(dependency required by "app-crypt/novell-npkit-3.1.1_p1" [ebuild])

Any ideas?