Bug#4456: filenames not escaped: bug & security problem
Package: most Version: 4.5.0-1 Filenames passed to a shell by most are not properly escaped: $ most '/usr/doc/tapes/SPEED&MEMORY.gz' /usr/doc/taper/SPEED.gz: No such file or directory This allows trojan horse filenames to be constructed: $ echo gotcha | gzip > 'bug;cp `which sh` hole; chmod u+s hole' $ most bug* $ ls -l hole -rwsr-xr-x 1 bap bap232956 Sep 9 11:14 hole
Bug#4454: Distribution: unstable' but it goes into project/experimental
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Ian Jackson wrote: > When I uploaded debiandoc-sgml 1.0.5 the .changes file below was > included. As you can see it said `Distribution: unstable'. However, > I see that the package has not been installed into unstable but into > project/experimental. It should be moved, and steps should be taken > to stop the problem from recurring. I will move debiandoc-sgml, but dinstall's behavior was correct. The override files instructed dinstall to put debiandoc-sgml into experimental, overriding what was in the .changes file. This problem will recur whenever a package moves from one section or distribution to another. dinstall cannot handle this case because it doesn't know where to look for the older version to unlink it. Instead it assumes that the .changes file listed incorrect sections and distributions (a fairly frequent occurrence actually), and installs the package into the old location. Since package movements are much more rare than .changes files with incorrect locations, dinstall's assumption is the right one. dinstall could, alternatively, require human intervention in this case. But it was written to run as automatically as possible. It will make a recoverable error, which is usually the right thing to do, rather than do nothing at all. A third alternative is to turn the `Override file lists section as ... overriding your choice of ...' message into an error, so the package would get rejected. But this is illogical as it would require MORE intervention: maintainers would be forced to reupload new .changes files and the distribution maintainer would still have to edit the override file. So I would like to close this bug, as it's not a bug. Of couse, you may be able to suggest a fourth alternative which is better. Guy PS - I can't seem to log in to master right now, but I'll move debiandoc-sgml when I can.
Bug#4457: popclient conflicts with netstd
Package: popclient, netstd Version: 3.05-1, 2.07-1 The netstd package provides popclient 2.21, and the popclient package provides popclient 3.05. These two versions aren't completely compatable. Neither package conflicts with the other, yet both provide /usr/bin/popclient, /usr/man/man.1/popclient.1, and /usr/doc/copyright/popclient. Dselect is still configured to automatically override conflicts like this, so when I installed the popclient package, I had to modify my scripts, and when I installed a new version of the netstd package, I had to remodify my scripts. Suggestions: 1) Remove popclient from netstd, or 2) Update the popclient in netstd and eliminate the separate package. -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacaphony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects." -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacaphony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects." -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
Bug#4446: usr/games/fortune needs recompilation
> Package: fortune > Version: 2.1-1 > > The /usr/games/fortune executable is a.out rather than ELF. Either a > dependency upon the old a.out libraries should be added, or the > executable should be recompiled. > The executable should be recompiled. There are a few outstanding bugs on the fortune package, some dating back over a year, that could easily be fixed by a repackaging. I could be wrong, but it seems as if the maintainer has abandoned it. -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacaphony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects." -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
Bug#4387: mirror doesn't provide do_unlinks as executable
Dirk> No, because you need to first edit do_deletes locally to adapt the Dirk> $del_only variable to your site. Or change your $max_delete_files Dirk> setting. Chris> Could reasonable defaults be provided? If not, then certainly Chris> there are more trivial questions asked by postinst scripts? I will not, as mirror maintainer, change this. IMHO doo_deletes is not important enough to warrant questions in the postinst. The mirror package requires local finetuning. Life's too short to take care of everything. -- Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
Bug#4457: popclient conflicts with netstd
Michael Shields wrote: > > > Suggestions: > > > > 1) Remove popclient from netstd, or > > 2) Update the popclient in netstd and eliminate the separate package. > > I had already packaged and uploaded popclient before noticing this. > I'm not sure it needs to be in netstd; if we take it out, I can > trivially upload another version that Replaces: netstd. I'll remove it from the netstd package. There is one open bug report against the popclient in netstd. I'll reassign it to the popclient package to make sure it won't get lost. Thanks, Peter -- Peter TobiasEMail: Fachhochschule Ostfriesland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#4459: klogs does not find System.map
Package: sysklogd Version: 1.3-6 klogd seems not be able to find the /System.map file. I get the following messages from the kernel on bootup: Sep 6 05:32:01 hur kernel: klogd 1.3-0, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Sep 6 05:32:02 hur kernel: Cannot find map file. Sep 6 05:32:02 hur kernel: Console: 16 point font, 400 scans
Bug#4460: Glimpse HTTP Search not working
Package: www.debian.org The home page at Linkname: Debian GNU/Linux URL: http://www.debian.org/ has a link to Linkname: Glimpse HTTP Search URL: http://www.debian.org/ghindex.html Submitting a search from the form there (or from any of the sub-directory pages) with Lynx (Version 2.6) gives: Glimpse not found Glimpse not found This gateway relies on Glimpse search tool. If it is installed, please set the correct path in the script file. Otherwise obtain the latest version from [1]ftp.cs.arizona.edu
Bug#4461: Mailing List Archives out of date
Package: www.debian.org The home page at Linkname: Debian GNU/Linux URL: http://www.debian.org/ has a link to Linkname: Mailing List Archives Filename: http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ The latter pages seems not to have been updated since June 96. I used to be able to follow disccusion and learn about current developments regarding Debian by reading articles there, without having to subscribe to the (fairly high-volume) lists - no more so. This is aggravated by coinciding with reported problems to subscribe to (at least one of the) lists, see bug #3978 and messages to debian-users. Klaus
Bug#4462: fvwm2 doesn't include FvwmClean
Package: fvwm2 Version: 2.0.42-BETA-0 fvwm2 doesn't include the FvwmClean (aka NoClutter) module, even though it references it in the system .fvwm2rc. Preferably it should include this module, but if not it shouldn't be referenced. -- Shields, CrossLink.
Re: newsgroup creation RFD - draft
On Sep 5, 3:23pm, Bruce Perens wrote: } Subject: newsgroup creation RFD - draft } I think it might be time to go for a set of newsgroups. I would keep } debian-devel and debian-private on mailing lists, but possibly move the } server (if we can't find Anders). Here is a draft RFD. Discussion please? } Is there anyone willing to mange the passage of this through the newsgroup } creation process, so that I don't have to do it? } } Thanks } } Bruce } } REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) } } moderated group comp.os.linux.debian.announce } moderated group comp.os.linux.debian.install } moderated group comp.os.linux.debian.nontech } moderated group comp.os.linux.debian.tech } moderated group comp.os.linux.debian.changes I may say something stupid, in which case please excuse me, but: could not debian.announce and debian.changes be merged? It will be easy to distinguish between announces of new releases and announces of new packages or changes, and I'm not sure there's room/need for two separate newsgroups. Also (but here I'm less sure) why not have debian.admin instead of debian.install? If I understand it, debian.tech is for developers only despite its more open name, and debian.nontech does not look like a place where to discuss technical administration issues because of its name. I understand too that the aim is to have people starting installing/administering a Debian system find a place where to ask their questions. But will they really be answered if the group is only read by people who installs first or volunteers wanting to help (which may not do that all their time)? I think if the group discusses administration stuff in general, including first-time installation, people asking for help on this installation process will certainly find more help; in addition they will also be able to monitor the group for administration problems that interest them (for example printing, PPP, dial on demand, etc.) as first-time or long-time users. Yves. P.S.: Sorry Bruce, I Cc:. -- Yves Arrouye Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7, avenue Leon BolleeWeb: http://www.fdn.fr/~yarrouye/ 75013 Paris Work: +33 45 95 64 59 France Home: +33 53 61 09 55
upload: dpkg-ftp 1.4.3
Note: I havn't added in the ability to use passive mode because the perl module Net::FTP dosn't like it - or I am doing something wrong. If anyone has any info about this please help. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 13:15:37 -0600 Source: dpkg-ftp Binary: dpkg-ftp Architecture: source all Version: 1.4.3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Andy W.P. Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: dpkg-ftp - Ftp method for dselect. Changes: dpkg-ftp (1.4.3) unstable; urgency=low . * Checks disk space * No longer connects if nothing to download (4241) * Uses new source packaging Files: 8788ed7898c2775de89beab659093158 541 base extra dpkg-ftp_1.4.3.dsc bc9d0f4005659d4acd49f012c8f731f0 15770 base extra dpkg-ftp_1.4.3.tar.gz c90af52a5ae43f77fafe1f1513ed00d9 15514 base extra dpkg-ftp_1.4.3_all.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMjUCVF994FoFqUU1AQFORgP/St3BKR044QSVrouLy27Hnake/mHBMFHM 5DcryWaLXhjOSS28kDQhUJBYSjKT5Ie6LiIVdqHjTzn/73djfaKDgsf0jnt/NXWV mBvgO2CFD6llPmVkvHpN135mEadFeZw5NwmyYSuHGFzYMlaq2UczkMbVg5BkXk7q PaFEKTT/oqE= =YzOl -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Bug#4463: fspd uses incorrect file location
Package: fsp Version: 2.71-4 The distribution fspd uses /var/tmp as cache dir. According to FSSTND /var/tmp is for 'temporary files, used to keep /tmp small'. However, the contents files of fspd cached here are not temporary. Unless the archive changes these files will remain unchanged all the time. If it changes the files are recreated. I suggest to use a dir under /var/lib instead. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__ \/ /_ / // /_/ /_/ / _ \/ ___/ ___/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]| ___/ / __/ /__ __/\__, / __/ / (__ ) Use Debian GNU/Linux!| //_/ /_/ //\___/_/ //
Bug#4460: Glimpse HTTP Search not working
> The home page at > >Linkname: Debian GNU/Linux > URL: http://www.debian.org/ > > has a link to > >Linkname: Glimpse HTTP Search > URL: http://www.debian.org/ghindex.html > > Submitting a search from the form there (or from any of the > sub-directory pages) with Lynx (Version 2.6) gives: > > Glimpse not > found www.debian.org will shortly be moved to a new host; expect it to be fixed then. Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with auto- destructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it comes to the crunch it'll be someone else's bones which go crack and not their own. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Bug#4461: Mailing List Archives out of date
> Package: www.debian.org > > The home page at > >Linkname: Debian GNU/Linux > URL: http://www.debian.org/ > > has a link to > >Linkname: Mailing List Archives >Filename: http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ > > The latter pages seems not to have been updated since June 96. Correct. The scripts that automated the archiving were lost in a disk crash then. I hope to recreate them soon. Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with auto- destructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it comes to the crunch it'll be someone else's bones which go crack and not their own. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Bug#4459: klogs does not find System.map
Hallo Christoph! }Package: sysklogd }Version: 1.3-6 } }klogd seems not be able to find the /System.map file. I get the following }messages from the kernel on bootup: Have you tried this with 1.3-11, too? If so I will upload a new release within the next days. Regards, Joey -- / Martin Schulze * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 26129 Oldenburg / / http://home.pages.de/~joey/ /Eine Kette ist nur so stark wie ihr schwächstes Glied /
Bug#4457: popclient conflicts with netstd
> Michael Shields wrote: > > > > > Suggestions: > > > > > > 1) Remove popclient from netstd, or > > > 2) Update the popclient in netstd and eliminate the separate package. > > > > I had already packaged and uploaded popclient before noticing this. > > I'm not sure it needs to be in netstd; if we take it out, I can > > trivially upload another version that Replaces: netstd. > > I'll remove it from the netstd package. There is one open bug report > against the popclient in netstd. I'll reassign it to the popclient > package to make sure it won't get lost. > That sounds good... However, please -DON'T- mark popclient as Replaces: netstd. As far as I understand, Replaces should only be used when one package completely replaces another's functionality, and I don't thing popclient replaces all of netstd. -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacaphony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects." -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
Bug#4465: security hole in netdiag package
Package: netdiag Version: 0.2-3 The postinst script copies the tcpdump binary from the tcpdump package and the traceroute binary from the netstd package to /usr/bin and makes them setuid root.adm. This allows all users in the existing adm group to use tcpdump to get the unencrypted passwords that are transmitted over the network. IMHO the netdiag package shouldn't use tcpdump/traceroute (neither as binaries nor as links). Copying/linking binaries from other packages just to have them in /usr/bin is a bad idea. Maybe something like this should be added to the guidelines. Thanks, Peter -- Peter TobiasEMail: Fachhochschule Ostfriesland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#4465: security hole in netdiag package
Alright I tried all the ideas I had. What shall I do to get consistency
with network diagnostic tools that should be be in the hads of
troublemakers?
I know the adm group is not the right one. Shall I try to set up a new
group of users being able to use network diagnostics?
tcpdump and traceroute are essential network diagnostic tools. Somehow
they need to fit into the scheme. Before the netdiag package I manually
changed permissions on all machine I installed because our administrative
staff is doing troubleshooting on campus quite frequently.
Please respond by cc to me since I dont have access to debian-devel.
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Peter Tobias wrote:
tobias>Package: netdiag
tobias>Version: 0.2-3
tobias>
tobias>The postinst script copies the tcpdump binary from the tcpdump
tobias>package and the traceroute binary from the netstd package to /usr/bin
tobias>and makes them setuid root.adm. This allows all users in the existing
tobias>adm group to use tcpdump to get the unencrypted passwords that are
tobias>transmitted over the network.
tobias>
tobias>IMHO the netdiag package shouldn't use tcpdump/traceroute
tobias>(neither as binaries nor as links). Copying/linking binaries from
tobias>other packages just to have them in /usr/bin is a bad idea. Maybe
tobias>something like this should be added to the guidelines.
tobias>
tobias>
tobias>Thanks,
tobias>
tobias>Peter
tobias>
tobias>--
tobias> Peter TobiasEMail:
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tobias> Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tobias> Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bug#4466: NE2000 clone not detected
Package: bootdisk Version: When I boot, the ne2000 clone (a Genius 2000 II) is not detected. Other Linux boot disks from Slackware and Redhat (containing pre-2.0 kernels) both detect the card no problems. Subsequent upgrading to 2.0 for Redhat still finds the card. Here is the listing for Slackware's case: NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x340: 00 c0 df 45 07 8b eth0: NE2000 found at 0x340, using IRQ 3. ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I have tried many different I/O ports and IRQ settings and also "reserve"ing the right bits. I have no SCSI. I have also disconnected my CDROM and sound-card to no avail. Is the ne2k probe in these boot disks ? Debian 1.1 (latest stable - is this 1.1.8?) Kernel: 2.0.6 #2 Many thanks Ian -- Ian Thurlbeckhttp://www.stams.strath.ac.uk/ Statistics and Modelling Science, University of Strathclyde Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow, UK, G1 1XH Tel: +44 141 552 4400 ext 3667 Fax: +44 141 552 2079
Making date timestamp the changelog
I am having problems getting date to produce the date in the format for the changelog. It is probably just ignorance, although I have read the date manpage frontwards and backwards, there is no definition of datestr. The closest I have gotten is: date -d "+%a, +%d +%B +%Y +%T" which gives the error: "invalid date format" Ian, how do you do this? Anybody? TIA, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you don't see what you want, just ask --
Change of Ian Jackson's email address
Due to circumstances beyond my control my email addresses @chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk are going to go away very shortly. The new addresses are: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - general stuff, dpkg, &c [EMAIL PROTECTED] - bug system [EMAIL PROTECTED] - if you reply to anything I sent from [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - admin of cron-uploader to master I'll make a new release of most of my packages before this happens. Ian.
automated uploading to chiark.
Hello you out there, for you in Europe, using chiark as relay to master.debian.org ... since the procedure of uploading to Incoming and moving to ../queue is somewhat error prone, I've written a little perl script (using ftp.pl and lchat.pl from the mirror package) to do this for me. If somebody is interested in, please mail me. Features: * using *.changes file to determine the files to be uploaded * checking the md5 sums before starting further processing * logging of uploads (preventing duplicated uploads) * moving around on the ftp server, if necessary * sending mail to debian-changes after completed upload of every package Bugs: * not too smart about several directories (for now you'll have to put the files (*.changes, *.diff.gz, *.deb, ...) into the directory where you'll fire up `upload' * not too (to none) smart about locating the *ftp.pl and *chat.pl modules. (Will be fixed soon.) Heiko -- email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp : A1 7D F6 7B 69 73 48 35 E1 DE 21 A7 A8 9A 77 92 finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Uploaded logwrites_1.1-2_i386 to chiark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:26:19 +0200 Source: logwrites Binary: logwrites Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.1-2 Distribution: stable unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: logwrites - Loggging and saving of file modifications Changes: logwrites (1.1-2) stable unstable; urgency=low . * changed to new source packaging format Files: 2123e1b82f25aec44ec7a475c7eca5bc 612 misc extra logwrites_1.1-2.dsc 96e78c3bc3b0079c5deed9da50bcf526 10440 misc extra logwrites_1.1.orig.tar.gz fe2a6977cacec99e4a115953a121d7ad 9549 misc extra logwrites_1.1-2.diff.gz 439e34e23bd9a114b232d5eba54f5188 15656 misc extra logwrites_1.1-2_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMjQR/dBsuuHx3GhhAQGu0gP/bHusxAuWIMoOR+mG/btxD51Dpmne9aId Vv02clQuuzdbefcZoB+C2EpkZ0bK+plkGdc+S02EnqiZSEix3g6h6Z4eIp2YEY6W +hXf99hjm/Ll24qHDFicDt2m1ec0ix0+e5sZJkmxNSjmnRP5sZDLq/AHnNHucsR2 2txwZXsFQ8k= =ZHMl -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Uploaded ctags_1.4-1_i386 to chiark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:12:32 +0200 Source: ctags Binary: ctags Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.4-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: ctags - The reincarnation of the classic ctags(1). Changes: ctags (1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low . * initial release Files: e1cfbb93f64d95f16b48d3d688194026 596 devel optional ctags_1.4-1.dsc 944902006d0c51c0eed2598585452c5f 28950 devel optional ctags_1.4.orig.tar.gz d6b778e929e59d72485c5077eb860a4d 2743 devel optional ctags_1.4-1.diff.gz 9fbe342599293788ade9cb5cff65c4d4 20004 devel optional ctags_1.4-1_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMjQQ7dBsuuHx3GhhAQFmogP9FDIrzFqtNhiWXvHgjoODnE6tdmAIukkX htBwqIqFCJFv+LqqvyHuQK/5f8FT7nrnr7DbhM4BiMY3E+6aTtbiX//shHjWb5XC xW37roW0Hh+9hrtvWPATvx/8BN2YfjBuZnQJZo6x+R1kh7IgNTEBN1MZsvong3ia WvspFmbVck8= =CvXo -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Making date timestamp the changelog
Dale> Ian, how do you do this? Anybody? Just Use the 822-date Ian provides with dpkg: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> 822-date Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:38:13 -0400 I'd rather use the emacs changelog mode, though. -- Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
Re: Making date timestamp the changelog
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dale> Ian, how do you do this? Anybody? > > Just Use the 822-date Ian provides with dpkg: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> 822-date > Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:38:13 -0400 > Coolness! Works fine! Was I supposed to see this in the docs somewhere? Thanks, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you don't see what you want, just ask --
Bug#4466: NE2000 clone not detected
The NE2000 driver is in a module. Use the "modconf" tool to configure it, or "modprobe ne io=0x", where is the I/O bus address of the card in hex. You might be able to make it work without the "io=" part, I wasn't sure if that is possible or not from a glance at the driver source. We couldn't fit all of the devices in one kernel and still have it boot on a 4MB system. Thus, almost all network card drivers are modules. Thanks Bruce
Bug#4467: dpkg-deb fails to build package
Package: dpkg Version: 1.3.14 When I try to build a package dpkg-deb complains: mycroft# dpkg --build debian/tmp-dev .. dpkg-deb: building package `libtclobjc-dev' in `../libtclobjc-dev_1.1b3-1_i386.deb'. dpkg-deb: unable to create `../libtclobjc-dev_1.1b3-1_i386.ddebian/tmp-dev/DEBIAN/conffiles': No such file or directory If I give dpkg a specific file for output it works fine: mycroft# dpkg --build debian/tmp-dev ../foo dpkg-deb: building package `libtclobjc-dev' in `../foo'. mycroft# dpkg --build debian/tmp-dev foo dpkg-deb: building package `libtclobjc-dev' in `foo'. -- Karl Sackett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Run silent, run deep
Bug#4465: security hole in netdiag package
Christoph> tcpdump and traceroute are essential network diagnostic Christoph> tools. But only for root. Christoph> Somehow they need to fit into the scheme. Before the netdiag Christoph> package I manually changed permissions on all machine I Christoph> installed because our administrative staff is doing Christoph> troubleshooting on campus quite frequently. It's entirely your business what you do on the machines that you admin. But you are plain WRONG to move binaries from other Debian packages around. Please don't do that. And Peter is right --- this has to go into the Guidelines. -- Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
Bug#4457: popclient conflicts with netstd
> That sounds good... However, please -DON'T- mark popclient as Replaces: > netstd. As far as I understand, Replaces should only be used when one > package completely replaces another's functionality, and I don't thing > popclient replaces all of netstd. I thought it meant the package replaced files in netstd. If not, what *should* I be using? The package maintainer's guide on www.debian.org doesn't seem to cover Replaces: at all. -- Shields, CrossLink.
Bug#4466: NE2000 clone not detected
(This isn't CC'd to the bug database, just a question) At 01:51 PM 9/10/96 +0100, you wrote: >When I boot, the ne2000 clone (a Genius 2000 II) is not >detected. Other Linux boot disks from Slackware and >Redhat (containing pre-2.0 kernels) both detect the card >no problems. Subsequent upgrading to 2.0 for Redhat >still finds the card. You are loading the module for the ne2000 after the system has booted havent you? I don't think we 'auto-detect' anything anymore so as to save space on the installation floppies. If you load the ne2000 module from the menu what happens? My SMC Elite 16C Ultra card doesnt get detected at bootup when I installed Debian 1.1.6 to test the distribution - I loaded the module and it found it fine. Hope that helps. ...Karl -- Karl Ferguson, Tower Networking Pty Ltd (ACN: 072 322 760)[EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +61-9-455-3446 Fax: +61-9-455-2776 http://www.star.net.au/
Bug#4457: popclient conflicts with netstd
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Buddha Buck wrote: > That sounds good... However, please -DON'T- mark popclient as Replaces: > netstd. As far as I understand, Replaces should only be used when one > package completely replaces another's functionality, and I don't thing > popclient replaces all of netstd. That's not true. Replaces should be used whenever one package overwrites files from another. See the dpkg programmer's manual for details. In this case, popclient should use Replaces: netstd (<= 2.07-1) assuming that future versions of netstd will not include popclient. Guy
Re: xforms for both architectures!
Hi, Michael Meskes wrote: > Could anyone with an m68k machine please check if the packages work? There's > no real change to the i386 version except the maintainer. I did so - shouldn't the runtime version depend on elf-x11r6lib? DEBIAN/control: Package: xforms Version: 0.81-3 Architecture: m68k Depends: libc5 (>= 5.2.18) Regards, Frank
Re: Making date timestamp the changelog
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I am having problems getting date to produce the date in the format for > the changelog. Run the program `822-date'. Guy
Bug#4446: usr/games/fortune needs recompilation
Buddha> The executable should be recompiled. There are a few outstanding Buddha> bugs on the fortune package, some dating back over a year, that Buddha> could easily be fixed by a repackaging. I could be wrong, but it Buddha> seems as if the maintainer has abandoned it. Raul> More likely, he's waiting for the new package specification issues to Raul> settle out. Excuse my French, but that is bullshit. He had six months to do an Elf release when our guidelines were unchanged. Moreover, both formats are currently allowed, you he could use the old one if need be. Aout needs to be extinguished soon rather than later. -- Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
