[olug] RE: Gentoo vs Red Hat (was Red Hat network and update removal)

[Jay Swackhamer]

I am in the process of standardizing a gentoo installation for the systems
that I build.

I would be happy to work with you if you need it.....

One plus for installation with gentoo, is that you could boot twenty
servers from CD's , set the root password, start sshd, and install them
all from you r desk/home/mojo's/rtu/etc........

> I installed from the RedHatNetwork.  Couple of clicks and the system
> updates itself.  There in lies the problem I guess.
> I have played with Gentoo in the past with no luck but I am thinking that
> it is time to try again.  I have some squid servers to setup for the
> District and I have a new server going in at the new gig I just landed.  I
> may have to make that one Gentoo also IF, IF I can get it to work this
> time.  It will be a webserver/DB/File/DHCP/Samba server with Firewall at
> the new gig (5-7 users).  This will be a proving ground to my regular boss
> that Linux can "do the job".  I DON'T want to screw this up!
>
> Answer me this: How different is Gentoo from Red Hat?  Will my limited
> knowledge of Red Hat Linux allow me to run a Gentoo Linux box effectively?
>  What major differences will I run into?  Would someone on the list be
> willing to let me call them, not email, if I get in too deep and need to
> be walked through a tough problem that google/Gentoo's website won't/can't
> answer??  In case you can't tell, I am a little nervous about this.
>
> Thanx to anyone for a reply in advance!!
>
> Craig Wolf
> Linux Web Server Support
> Backup Supervisor
> Desktop/Network Specialist
> 402-894-6283
>
>
>>>> tetherow at nicusa.com 9/25/2003 >>>
> All you need to do is recompile/install mod_perl.  The issue is that all
> of your mod_perl modules are installed against the old version of perl
> (and hence are located in /usr/lib/perl5/5.X.X but the new version of
> perl is looking for them in /usr/lib/perl5/5.Y.Y.  You can disable
> mod_perl which is one solution (although not a good one if you use it ;)
>
> The other option would be to upgrade mod_perl.  If you compiled from
> source it is just a matter of recompiling mod_perl.  If you installed
> from a package, I am suprised that the package manager didn't bitch
> about the dependancy.
>
> Craig Wolf wrote:
>> I am in a pickle and need help.  I updated perl due to the perl security
>> issue identified to me by Red Hat: RHSA-2003:256-10
>>
>> Now, Apache will not run/launch 1 of my other websites on this server.
>> I get this error message in the error_log:
>> [Wed Sep 24 12:49:27 2003] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
>> Apache.pm failed to load!.
>>
>> I found a website that says to disable mod_perl support and everything
>> will work fine.  I am not cool with that yet.  How would that affect php
>> which is used extensively?
>>
>> I am nervous about all of this and need the site back up.  Thanx!!
>>
>>
>> Craig Wolf
>> Linux Web Server Support
>> Backup Supervisor
>> Desktop/Network Specialist
>> 402-894-6283
>>
>>
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