From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:17:55 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Generated. X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/commitdiff_plain/7741607ecee91d447bbddf0076e531ec3f52f2eb?ds=sidebyside Generated. --- diff --git a/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html b/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html index 0b344a2a79..d8e3d50eeb 100644 --- a/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html +++ b/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ the Coverity system, and discovered that the ipmitool projects I am involved with was already registered. But these are fairly big, and I would also like to have a small and easy project to -check, and decided to request +check, and decided to request checking of the chrpath project. It was added to the checker and discovered seven potential defects. Six of these were real, mostly resource "leak" when the program detected an diff --git a/blog/archive/2014/01/01.rss b/blog/archive/2014/01/01.rss new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..01b20a2567 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/archive/2014/01/01.rss @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ + + + + Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries from January 2014 + Entries from January 2014 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + + + New chrpath release 0.16 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html + Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:00:00 +0100 + <p><a href="http://www.coverity.com/">Coverity</a> is a nice tool to +find problems in C, C++ and Java code using static source code +analysis. It can detect a lot of different problems, and is very +useful to find memory and locking bugs in the error handling part of +the source. The company behind it provide +<a href="https://scan.coverity.com/">check of free software projects as +a community service</a>, and many hundred free software projects are +already checked. A few days ago I decided to have a closer look at +the Coverity system, and discovered that the +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/">gnash</a> and +<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool/">ipmitool</a> +projects I am involved with was already registered. But these are +fairly big, and I would also like to have a small and easy project to +check, and decided to <a href="http://scan.coverity.com/projects/1179">request +checking of the chrpath project</a>. It was +added to the checker and discovered seven potential defects. Six of +these were real, mostly resource "leak" when the program detected an +error. Nothing serious, as the resources would be released a fraction +of a second later when the program exited because of the error, but it +is nice to do it right in case the source of the program some time in +the future end up in a library. Having fixed all defects and added +<a href="https://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/chrpath-devel">a +mailing list for the chrpath developers</a>, I decided it was time to +publish a new release. These are the release notes:</p> + +<p>New in 0.16 released 2014-01-14:</p> + +<ul> + + <li>Fixed all minor bugs discovered by Coverity.</li> + <li>Updated config.sub and config.guess from the GNU project.</li> + <li>Mention new project mailing list in the documentation.</li> + +</ul> + +<p>You can +<a href="https://alioth.debian.org/frs/?group_id=31052">download the +new version 0.16 from alioth</a>. Please let us know via the Alioth +project if something is wrong with the new release. The test suite +did not discover any old errors, so if you find a new one, please also +include a test suite check.</p> + + + + + diff --git a/blog/archive/2014/01/index.html b/blog/archive/2014/01/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7d2080ed5a --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/archive/2014/01/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,374 @@ + + + + + Petter Reinholdtsen: entries from January 2014 + + + + + + +
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+ Petter Reinholdtsen + +

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Entries from January 2014.

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+ New chrpath release 0.16 +
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+ 14th January 2014 +
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Coverity is a nice tool to +find problems in C, C++ and Java code using static source code +analysis. It can detect a lot of different problems, and is very +useful to find memory and locking bugs in the error handling part of +the source. The company behind it provide +check of free software projects as +a community service, and many hundred free software projects are +already checked. A few days ago I decided to have a closer look at +the Coverity system, and discovered that the +gnash and +ipmitool +projects I am involved with was already registered. But these are +fairly big, and I would also like to have a small and easy project to +check, and decided to request +checking of the chrpath project. It was +added to the checker and discovered seven potential defects. Six of +these were real, mostly resource "leak" when the program detected an +error. Nothing serious, as the resources would be released a fraction +of a second later when the program exited because of the error, but it +is nice to do it right in case the source of the program some time in +the future end up in a library. Having fixed all defects and added +a +mailing list for the chrpath developers, I decided it was time to +publish a new release. These are the release notes:

+ +

New in 0.16 released 2014-01-14:

+ +
    + +
  • Fixed all minor bugs discovered by Coverity.
    • +
  • Updated config.sub and config.guess from the GNU project.
    • +
  • Mention new project mailing list in the documentation.
    • + +
+ +

You can +download the +new version 0.16 from alioth. Please let us know via the Alioth +project if something is wrong with the new release. The test suite +did not discover any old errors, so if you find a new one, please also +include a test suite check.

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+ + + Tags: chrpath, debian, english. + + +
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+ + + diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html index de5c31e57c..c084736de2 100644 --- a/blog/index.html +++ b/blog/index.html @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ the Coverity system, and discovered that the ipmitool projects I am involved with was already registered. But these are fairly big, and I would also like to have a small and easy project to -check, and decided to request +check, and decided to request checking of the chrpath project. It was added to the checker and discovered seven potential defects. Six of these were real, mostly resource "leak" when the program detected an diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 421d115001..6b63d95f46 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ the Coverity system, and discovered that the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool/">ipmitool</a> projects I am involved with was already registered. But these are fairly big, and I would also like to have a small and easy project to -check, and decided to <ahref="scan.coverity.com/projects/1179">request +check, and decided to <a href="http://scan.coverity.com/projects/1179">request checking of the chrpath project</a>. It was added to the checker and discovered seven potential defects. Six of these were real, mostly resource "leak" when the program detected an diff --git a/blog/tags/chrpath/chrpath.rss b/blog/tags/chrpath/chrpath.rss new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3e2e9a2921 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/tags/chrpath/chrpath.rss @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ + + + + Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries tagged chrpath + Entries tagged chrpath + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + + + New chrpath release 0.16 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_16.html + Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:00:00 +0100 + <p><a href="http://www.coverity.com/">Coverity</a> is a nice tool to +find problems in C, C++ and Java code using static source code +analysis. It can detect a lot of different problems, and is very +useful to find memory and locking bugs in the error handling part of +the source. The company behind it provide +<a href="https://scan.coverity.com/">check of free software projects as +a community service</a>, and many hundred free software projects are +already checked. A few days ago I decided to have a closer look at +the Coverity system, and discovered that the +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/">gnash</a> and +<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool/">ipmitool</a> +projects I am involved with was already registered. But these are +fairly big, and I would also like to have a small and easy project to +check, and decided to <a href="http://scan.coverity.com/projects/1179">request +checking of the chrpath project</a>. It was +added to the checker and discovered seven potential defects. Six of +these were real, mostly resource "leak" when the program detected an +error. Nothing serious, as the resources would be released a fraction +of a second later when the program exited because of the error, but it +is nice to do it right in case the source of the program some time in +the future end up in a library. Having fixed all defects and added +<a href="https://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/chrpath-devel">a +mailing list for the chrpath developers</a>, I decided it was time to +publish a new release. These are the release notes:</p> + +<p>New in 0.16 released 2014-01-14:</p> + +<ul> + + <li>Fixed all minor bugs discovered by Coverity.</li> + <li>Updated config.sub and config.guess from the GNU project.</li> + <li>Mention new project mailing list in the documentation.</li> + +</ul> + +<p>You can +<a href="https://alioth.debian.org/frs/?group_id=31052">download the +new version 0.16 from alioth</a>. Please let us know via the Alioth +project if something is wrong with the new release. The test suite +did not discover any old errors, so if you find a new one, please also +include a test suite check.</p> + + + + + New chrpath release 0.15 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_15.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_chrpath_release_0_15.html + Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:30:00 +0100 + <p>After many years break from the package and a vain hope that +development would be continued by someone else, I finally pulled my +acts together this morning and wrapped up a new release of chrpath, +the command line tool to modify the rpath and runpath of already +compiled ELF programs. The update was triggered by the persistence of +Isha Vishnoi at IBM, which needed a new config.guess file to get +support for the ppc64le architecture (powerpc 64-bit Little Endian) he +is working on. I checked the +<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/chrpath">Debian</a>, +<a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chrpath">Ubuntu</a> and +<a href="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/chrpath">Fedora</a> +packages for interesting patches (failed to find the source from +OpenSUSE and Mandriva packages), and found quite a few nice fixes. +These are the release notes:</p> + +<p>New in 0.15 released 2013-11-24:</p> + +<ul> + + <li>Updated config.sub and config.guess from the GNU project to work + with newer architectures. Thanks to isha vishnoi for the heads + up.</li> + + <li>Updated README with current URLs.</li> + + <li>Added byteswap fix found in Ubuntu, credited Jeremy Kerr and + Matthias Klose.</li> + + <li>Added missing help for -k|--keepgoing option, using patch by + Petr Machata found in Fedora.</li> + + <li>Rewrite removal of RPATH/RUNPATH to make sure the entry in + .dynamic is a NULL terminated string. Based on patch found in + Fedora credited Axel Thimm and Christian Krause.</li> + +</ul> + +<p>You can +<a href="https://alioth.debian.org/frs/?group_id=31052">download the +new version 0.15 from alioth</a>. Please let us know via the Alioth +project if something is wrong with the new release. The test suite +did not discover any old errors, so if you find a new one, please also +include a testsuite check.</p> + + + + + diff --git a/blog/tags/chrpath/index.html b/blog/tags/chrpath/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a8437429b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/tags/chrpath/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,436 @@ + + + + + Petter Reinholdtsen: Entries Tagged chrpath + + + + + +
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+ Petter Reinholdtsen + +

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Entries tagged "chrpath".

+ +
+
+ New chrpath release 0.16 +
+
+ 14th January 2014 +
+
+

Coverity is a nice tool to +find problems in C, C++ and Java code using static source code +analysis. It can detect a lot of different problems, and is very +useful to find memory and locking bugs in the error handling part of +the source. The company behind it provide +check of free software projects as +a community service, and many hundred free software projects are +already checked. A few days ago I decided to have a closer look at +the Coverity system, and discovered that the +gnash and +ipmitool +projects I am involved with was already registered. But these are +fairly big, and I would also like to have a small and easy project to +check, and decided to request +checking of the chrpath project. It was +added to the checker and discovered seven potential defects. Six of +these were real, mostly resource "leak" when the program detected an +error. Nothing serious, as the resources would be released a fraction +of a second later when the program exited because of the error, but it +is nice to do it right in case the source of the program some time in +the future end up in a library. Having fixed all defects and added +a +mailing list for the chrpath developers, I decided it was time to +publish a new release. These are the release notes:

+ +

New in 0.16 released 2014-01-14:

+ +
    + +
  • Fixed all minor bugs discovered by Coverity.
    • +
  • Updated config.sub and config.guess from the GNU project.
    • +
  • Mention new project mailing list in the documentation.
    • + +
+ +

You can +download the +new version 0.16 from alioth. Please let us know via the Alioth +project if something is wrong with the new release. The test suite +did not discover any old errors, so if you find a new one, please also +include a test suite check.

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: chrpath, debian, english. + + +
+
+
+ +
+
+ New chrpath release 0.15 +
+
+ 24th November 2013 +
+
+

After many years break from the package and a vain hope that +development would be continued by someone else, I finally pulled my +acts together this morning and wrapped up a new release of chrpath, +the command line tool to modify the rpath and runpath of already +compiled ELF programs. The update was triggered by the persistence of +Isha Vishnoi at IBM, which needed a new config.guess file to get +support for the ppc64le architecture (powerpc 64-bit Little Endian) he +is working on. I checked the +Debian, +Ubuntu and +Fedora +packages for interesting patches (failed to find the source from +OpenSUSE and Mandriva packages), and found quite a few nice fixes. +These are the release notes:

+ +

New in 0.15 released 2013-11-24:

+ +
    + +
  • Updated config.sub and config.guess from the GNU project to work + with newer architectures. Thanks to isha vishnoi for the heads + up.
    • + +
  • Updated README with current URLs.
    • + +
  • Added byteswap fix found in Ubuntu, credited Jeremy Kerr and + Matthias Klose.
    • + +
  • Added missing help for -k|--keepgoing option, using patch by + Petr Machata found in Fedora.
    • + +
  • Rewrite removal of RPATH/RUNPATH to make sure the entry in + .dynamic is a NULL terminated string. Based on patch found in + Fedora credited Axel Thimm and Christian Krause.
    • + +
+ +

You can +download the +new version 0.15 from alioth. Please let us know via the Alioth +project if something is wrong with the new release. The test suite +did not discover any old errors, so if you find a new one, please also +include a testsuite check.

+ +
+
+ + + Tags: chrpath, debian, english. + + +
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