On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Chris wrote: > It looks like some element relating to su has been broken. I apologize for > not knowing which package contains su, but I have the latest version for > Potato (x86) as of Wednesday (yesterday). I've just discovered that > su fails to work on the console, too. Should I downgrade some packages (and > if so, how is that done?) or wait until the next version of package x(y,z) > to come out? Is anyone else having this problem?
The easiest way to find out which package an installed file comes from is to use the dpkg -S option. For example: $ dpkg -S /bin/su shellutils: /bin/su The su problem has beed fixed as of a few hours ago: a new shellutils package was uploaded as soon as they confirmed the bug reports and rebuilt the package with the suid bit properly set. After that, it takes a few hours to propagate to the mirrors. i believe the ppp problem has beed discussed on the list as well, check the archives for more info and probably fixes.
