Re: OS upgrade

From: Hironori Ito (hito@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2003 - 18:16:19 EDT

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    Hello.  About rcas software.
    
    Who use xv, xfig and latex over the long network?  I wouldn't do it.  Do 
    we realy ask for this?  (Note: rcf only wants to install the same image 
    to all rcas including othere rhic experiments.)
    
    
    Hiro
    
    
    Flemming Videbaek wrote:
    > I compiled the messages from Bjoern+Christian into this kind of list.
    > 
    > Since I will probably not make it to (all) of the meeting I hope/assume 
    > Hiro can go.
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > Other comments-
    > 
    > Kris have you had a chance to checkout the RH9.0 machine-oops I guess 
    > not since the
    > 
    > message about the RH9 was probably not ever forwarded to you.
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > |
    > | The respective Liaisons are encouraged to test (or ask
    > | your users to test) these 3 different RH Linux flavors
    > | (rplay1 -> RH 7.3, rplay15 -> RH 8 and rplay10 -> RH 9)
    > | in the next few weeks (the earlier the better). At the
    > | meeting, each experiment will be asked for their OS
    > | upgrade wishlist (flavor, extra software packages, etc).
    > | Since USATLAS uses the LSF shared queues in the RHIC Linux
    > | Farm, is is encouraged to attend in order to understand
    > | how the RHIC OS upgrade will impact its access to the
    > | RHIC Linux Farm.
    > |
    > | I will make a short presentation at the meeting to
    > | summarize our upgrade plan and schedule. Discussion of
    > | the experiments' needs will follow.
    > 
    > Flemming
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > Bjorn (sys op at NBI) and my general experience is, that one should
    > wait for Red Hat x.1 rather than jumping into Red Hat x.0 straight
    > away, as x.0 always has child-diseases.  That said, we should get onto
    > a newer system ASAP. 
    > 
    >  
    > 
    >  >> As I hear RH 9.0 is in reality RH 8.1 thus should be ok
    > 
    >  
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > Compilers:
    >   * GCC 3.2 or 3.3 (probably available at that time)
    >   * Intel C++ compiler
    >   * GDB
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > scripting
    > 
    >     * Perl an obvious must
    >     * python2.2,
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > Libraries:
    >   * XFree86 4.2.x run-time and developer libraries + headers
    >     (in particular the OpenGL and libfreetype stuff)
    >   * libmysqlclient (what ever version)
    >   * LDAP for GRID solutions
    >   * GSL  (Gnu Scientific library)
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > Tools
    > 
    >   * The MS True Type Fonts installed somewhere on the system.
    >   * Autotools:
    >     - Autoconf 2.53+
    >     - Automake 1.7+
    >     - Libtool  1.5+
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > could we also add utility programs like
    > 
    >  >>  (request for making overseas work easier, except of course these 
    > services are available on rcf2 ).
    > 
    > 
    > * latex
    > * xv
    > * xfig
    > 
    >  
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > Services:
    >   * MySQL server on brahms-db0
    >   * rootd - that's a can of worms to say the least.  To do that really
    >     effectively, we should get the RCF guys to have `rootd' controlled
    >     by `xinetd' (see the `rootd' man page, and the RPM stuff in the
    >     ROOT source tree). 
    > 
    >    >> This is how it is done, apart from the fact it points not to a /uar/..
    > 
    >    >> but a brahmlib version.
    > 
    >   * LSF or OpenPBS. (will likely have condor)
    > 
    >      >>
    >   * LDAP
    >   * CVS server.  Rather than insisting on people using AFS to access
    >     our CVS repositories, we could use a CVS server.
    > 
    >      >> -- Certainly not on all machines?
    >  
    > Other stuff:
    >   * The MS True Type Fonts installed somewhere on the system.
    >   * Autotools:
    >     - Autoconf 2.53+
    >     - Automake 1.7+
    >     - Libtool  1.5+
    > 
    >  
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > The web search engine is as I realized since Betty left our own problem 
    > not RCF since the
    > 
    > messages end up under our control on the br_list user account.
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > Flemming
    > 
    >  
    > 
    >  
    >  
    > ------------------------------------------------------
    > Flemming Videbaek
    > Physics Department
    > Brookhaven National Laboratory
    >  
    > tlf: 631-344-4106
    > fax 631-344-1334
    > e-mail: videbaek@bnl.gov <mailto:videbaek@bnl.gov>
    


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