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  • From: Nick Jennings <nkj AT namodn.com>
  • To: Ryan Abrams <rabrams AT sourcemage.org>
  • Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org, sm-sorcery AT lists.ibiblio.org, sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: [SM-Grimoire]ANNOUNCEMENT: Sorcery 0.8.1 Released
  • Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:02:23 -0700

I hade some last minute changes I hadn't checked (oops) just
did, and tested it locally. it *kinda* works... though there
are some problems.

too tired right now, but i'll take a look again tommorow.



On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 07:45:55PM -0500, Ryan Abrams wrote:
> Found the bugs in the two spells. I will be submitting updated versions
> to Nick, Eric, Tony, and Eric. Hopefully one of them will be able to
> get it corrected in the grimoires today.
>
> -Ryan
>
> On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 07:39 PM, Ryan Abrams wrote:
>
> > Actually, hold off on the whole thing people. It is not a happy camper
> > if you do it without sustain.
> >
> > If you want to upgrade, grab
> > http://download.sourcemage.org/sorcery/sorcery-<branch>.tar.bz2 and
> > run ./install manually. The spells are fux0red.
> >
> > -Ryan
> >
> > p.s. Dont worry.. we will get this sorcery thing right eventually. ;)
> >
> > On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 07:44 PM, Nick Jennings wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> Sorcery version 0.8.1 (1.0 BETA2) has been tagged in CVS and the
> >> tarball
> >> should be available on download.sourcemage.org within minutes.
> >>
> >> There have been *many* bug fixes, and minor feature enhancements in
> >> numerous areas.
> >>
> >> One thing to note, is *DO NOT USE THE 'sorcery' SPELL* (this should
> >> actually have been removed, and should be shortly, but for now, just
> >> be aware). Use 'sorcery-devel' for nightly CVS tarballs or
> >> 'sorcery-stable'
> >> for 0.8.1 (and future stable releases).
> >>
> >> So the first thing you should do:
> >>
> >> # cast -c -r sorcery-stable (or devel)
> >> # sorcery update
> >>
> >>
> >> - System Account Management:
> >>
> >> One of the major new features is the introduction of the System
> >> Account
> >> management for spells to create the accounts they need.
> >>
> >> Some of you may recall me asking for lists of accounts needed by
> >> spells some time ago, I've generated a system (hasn't been tested
> >> much <grin>) in /etc/sorcery/accounts & /etc/sorcery/groups.
> >>
> >> The function (in libgrimoire) for spells to use is:
> >>
> >> create_account <account_name>
> >>
> >> If the account is registered in the accounts file, the account will
> >> be created with the UID assigned to it. This will ensure that spell
> >> accounts will not interfere with user-space UID's (1000+), and that
> >> the UID/GID's will be the same across systems.
> >>
> >> Guru's update your spells in devel (but don't advance it into
> >> testing, or stable, because sorcery 0.8.x is only in devel).
> >>
> >> So, there you have it, test away.
> >>
> >> Release Notes will be put up later tonight (no time right now) and
> >> you will be able to get them here:
> >>
> >> http://wiki.sourcemage.org/index.php?page=Sorcery+0.8.1+Release+Notes
> >>
> >> Thanks for all your help (i.e. testing and bug reports), and (as
> >> always)
> >> special thanks to the Sorcery Team (and our honorary member Ryan
> >> Abrams :)
> >> for all of the hard work.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Nick Jennings
> >> Sorcery Team Lead
> >>
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