Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-13 Thread Glenn McGrath
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:45:35 -0400 "Matt Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:06:44AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > > > release is coming soon ... and we need a bit of feedback about > > a new feature we plan to use on CD1 of Debian woody

Requesting for comments: automatically and mechanically obtaining shared library package names

2002-04-13 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, The following script is a script to obtain a shared library package name that would be feasible to be used within Debian package. It outputs a pseudo-debian/control file. There are quite a few people, and quite a few packages that aren't currently done in this way (i.e. many library packag

Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-13 Thread Otto Wyss
> > http://rsync.samba.org/rsync-and-debian/ > > > > I'd appreciate comments. > This is certainly a very informative page. I'd appreciate if the CPU load problem could be solved somehow. IMO the versioning patch from Paul Russell is not the right approach since this is Debian specific and has

Rsync and single file transfer

2002-04-13 Thread Otto Wyss
Most of the scripts/methods I've seen which downloads Debian packages with rsync do only single file transfer. IMO this must be much more server friendly than a multi file transfer (no filelist). Is it possible run a rsync server with anonymous login but restricted to single file transfer next to

Re: rsync and debian -- summary of issues

2002-04-13 Thread Martin Pool
On 13 Apr 2002, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 10:19:27PM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote: > > The big problem with rproxy is it's implemented in perl (perl: crypto for There might be some other unrelated program called rproxy that's in Perl, but the one I wrote certain

Re: Faster Release Cycle = More Up to date Packages...

2002-04-13 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:15:05 +0100, Carlos Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >testing is, in my opinion, the feature that sets Debian apart from all >other Linux distributions. It's as if woody is released every day. If we had a security team working for testing, testing would be the distribution o

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-13 Thread Pixel
Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > The burden of proof is on you, who want to make a change with such broad > > effect so late in the release cycle. I have never even tried isolinux, > > while I have used syslinux many times. > > Other distros (such as slackware and mandrake) a

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Pixel wrote on Sat Apr 13, 2002 um 12:40:43PM: > FYI mandrake is still not using isolinux on its first CD. We provide isolinux > on the second CD, but most people don't use it. Well, you also do not use a code veteran as the default kernel. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- In /etc steht, was

[WARNING] Broken libxml2 2.4.19-2 in unstable

2002-04-13 Thread christophe barbé
libxml2 2.4.19-2 in unstable is broken. All programs using this library fail with : relocation error: /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2: undefined symbol: pthread_once This could be harmless but scrollkeeper use this library and then the upgrade of a few packages (gnome packages) fail. Downgrading to 2.4.

Re: Bug#128852: doc-linux-text: Suggested addition to package: rank newbie pointers

2002-04-13 Thread Colin Watson
retitle 128852 Ultra-newbie introductory documentation needed somewhere reassign 128852 general thanks I honestly have no idea where this documentation ought to go. doc-linux is not appropriate, as those packages contain documentation from the LDP. The doc-debian maintainer isn't convinced that it

Processed: Re: Bug#128852: doc-linux-text: Suggested addition to package: rank newbie pointers

2002-04-13 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 128852 Ultra-newbie introductory documentation needed somewhere Bug#128852: doc-linux-text: Suggested addition to package: rank newbie pointers Changed Bug title. > reassign 128852 general Bug#128852: Ultra-newbie introductory documentation nee

Re: Bug#128852: doc-linux-text: Suggested addition to package: rank newbie pointers

2002-04-13 Thread Otavio Salvador
Colin, > retitle 128852 Ultra-newbie introductory documentation needed somewhere > reassign 128852 general > thanks > > I honestly have no idea where this documentation ought to go. Why don't create one package named doc-newbie? []s Otavio -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R -

Overtaking ircd?

2002-04-13 Thread Martin Loschwitz
Hi all, since the 'ircd'-package is broken in various ways and last MU for it was in December 1999, i plan to overtake to the package. I've already made new packages available on http://gidentd.neveragain.de/debian/ircd. Are there any doubts against this plan? If not, my sponsor will upload th

Re: Bug#128852: doc-linux-text: Suggested addition to package: rank newbie pointers

2002-04-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 11:45:42AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Colin, > > > retitle 128852 Ultra-newbie introductory documentation needed somewhere > > reassign 128852 general > > thanks > > > > I honestly have no idea where this documentation ought to go. > > Why don't create one pack

Re: Bug#128852: doc-linux-text: Suggested addition to package: rank newbie pointers

2002-04-13 Thread Otavio Salvador
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 11:45:42AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > Colin, > > > > > retitle 128852 Ultra-newbie introductory documentation needed somewhere > > > reassign 128852 general > > > thanks > > > > > > I honestly have no idea where this documentation ought to go. > >

Re: Bug#128852: doc-linux-text: Suggested addition to package: rank newbie pointers

2002-04-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 12:22:25PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Yes... then, why don't create one new task to newbie > documentation... is the easy way to this may installed by user. Hm. I thought we used to have one of those. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pgi default configuration WIPES OUT whole filesystems without asking!!!

2002-04-13 Thread Andrea Mennucc
Package: pgi Version: 0.9.6 Severity: critical Justification: causes serious data loss hi I wanted to create an ISO image using pgi-build I read some of the guide, gave a look at the options, and then said 'well lets try it and see what come out' so I typed TMPDIR=/media/tmp/ nice pgi-build

Re: Bug#141847: O: dupload -- Utility to upload Debian packages.

2002-04-13 Thread Colin Walters
On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 19:42, Brian May wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 01:47:05AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > I like dput's DWIM features. For example, it figures out automatically > > whether or not a package is in non-US, and uploads to the correct > > place. > > This may not be as much

Re: Bug#142710: bad depends

2002-04-13 Thread Joey Hess
RISKO Gergely wrote in several bug reports: > Your package's got a serious policy violation, namely it depends on > debconf which has the priority: optional. > > Your package's priority is: important. I should be encouraging you to use -maintonly for mass bug reporting like you've done here, but

Re: dput says "size doesn't match"

2002-04-13 Thread Jochen Voss
Hello! On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 11:04:15AM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 04:50:31PM +0200, Jochen Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > --> size doesn't match for /home/debian/devel/sanduhr_1.0.orig.tar.gz > If the .orig.tar.gz is a symlink, see #138821. My sa

Re: pgi default configuration WIPES OUT whole filesystems without asking!!!

2002-04-13 Thread Jochen Voss
Hello, On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 08:09:47PM +0200, Andrea Mennucc wrote: > Package: pgi > Version: 0.9.6 > Severity: critical > Justification: causes serious data loss Just for the record: I got bitten by this, too. (But I had a backup for most of the stuff :-) Jochen --

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2002-04-13 Thread reciclado de cartuchos
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Re: Faster Release Cycle = More Up to date Packages...

2002-04-13 Thread David Schmitt
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 10:57:57AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:15:05 +0100, Carlos Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >testing is, in my opinion, the feature that sets Debian apart from all > >other Linux distributions. It's as if woody is released every day. > > If we had

Re: pgi default configuration WIPES OUT whole filesystems without asking!!!

2002-04-13 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 11:18:14PM +0200, Jochen Voss wrote: > On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 08:09:47PM +0200, Andrea Mennucc wrote: > > Package: pgi > > Version: 0.9.6 > > Severity: critical > > Justification: causes serious data loss > > Just for the record: I got bitten by this, too. > (But I had a b

Re: Vancouver keysigning request

2002-04-13 Thread Carl B. Constantine
Well, I'm in the process myself, and I'm in Victoria. If I make it in, I'll try to remember to contact you. * Shaun Jackman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm looking for a Debian developer in Vancouver, Canada to sign my key. If > you fit the bill, please reply! > > Thanks, > Shaun Jackman > > >

Re: Vancouver keysigning request

2002-04-13 Thread Norman Jordan
I am a developer in Victoria. I don't go to Vancouver very often but I can sign keys for people in Victoria. On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 04:52:05PM -0700, Carl B. Constantine wrote: > Well, I'm in the process myself, and I'm in Victoria. If I make it in, > I'll try to remember to contact you. > * Shau

Re: Bug#142710: bad depends

2002-04-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 03:10:35PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > You should close all of these bug reports, none of which would be worth > holding up the release for anyway. ... and all of which can be overridden by the ftpmasters without changing packages. In fact, even if a package does change its p

Re: Vancouver keysigning request

2002-04-13 Thread elf
I'm in Seattle, Washington. I'll keep your addresses on file for when I make my next visit to BC. On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 05:10:46PM -0700, Norman Jordan wrote: > I am a developer in Victoria. I don't go to Vancouver very often but I > can sign keys for people in Victoria. > > On Sat, Apr 13, 20