Re: build: no utmp entry available
Hi,
That's caused by a bug in the scripts (or possibly libc6), and there is
probably nothing wrong with your utmp. look up the thread "weird
utmp/perl problem" in the archives. When it is fixed, it still will not
do what you want, I think, because even if it does find the utmp entry, it
will use LOGNAME if they are not equal.
brad
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hello,
>
> when using /usr/bin/build from the devscripts package I get a lot
> of Warnings
> ...
> no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("e2od5") at
> /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16.
> ...
>
> How to suppress this more precisely how to make a valid "utmp entry"
> because my LOGNAME shouldn't be used in any *.deb file. It is a
> confusing symbolic name in our internal network and I would like to
> use my name in real live (tille) instead.
>
> Regards
>
> Andreas.
>
> PS: Should I post such kind of questions to debian-mentors?
> I'm afraid an overflow of my mailbox if I subscribe more and
> more mailing lists.
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weird utmp/perl problem
Okay, I've got a strange problem here. I'm trying to build a .deb, using
the devscripts tools and dpkg-dev...
I get a utmp error when I try to build:
<
$ build
no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("brad") at
/usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16.
okay, not a disaster, there, but sometimes it eventually dies anyway,
because it can't find LOGNAME either, or the uid of some process...?
at first I thought maybe the problem was caused by the utmp
incompatibility between libc5 and libc6, even though I have a 100% hamm
system, and I even tried deleting utmp and wtmp and rebooting.
that didn't work, so I don't believe utmp is really the problem,
especially since this is the only place I've ever gotten a utmp-related
error.
so, I look at the source of the error in /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl
<<
if (defined ($ENV{'LOGNAME'})) {
if (!defined (getlogin ())) {
warn (sprintf ('no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME
("%s")', $ENV{'LOGNAME'}));
} else {
<<
now I'm suspicious, so I write a test script using my two-bit perl skills:
<<
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
if (defined (getlogin ())) {
warn (sprintf ('no utmp entry available'));
} else {
warn (sprintf ('utmp entry is ("%s")',
getlogin()));
}
<<
and run it:
<<
$./testutmp
utmp entry is ("brad") at ./test line 6.
<<
can anybody give me some help as to why this script works, but
/usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl fails?
thanks,
brad
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Re: Gnome .debs released
On 18 Jun 1998, Jim Pick wrote: > Anybody that installed the unofficial pre-release .debs I put out last > week will probably need to install these .debs by hand (instead of > relying on dselect) - because I didn't increment the version number. hi, which ones have changed? Should we install _all_ of the new ones by hand? tnks, brad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: libungif?
it needs a symlink from libungif to libgif3g... just do: (from memory, should be right) % ln -s /usr/lib/libgif3g.so.3 /usr/local/lib/libungif.so.3 % ldconfig and it should work fine. or, if you want libungif (which is free, libgif3g is not) it's in slink/graphics On 19 Jun 1998, Steve Dunham wrote: > Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've just installed Jim Pick's Gnome .20 .debs and they're all complaining > > that libungif.so.3 can't be found. Where would it be? There's no > > libungif package, according to www.debian.org/packages.html. > > They are in slink. The depends in gnome is screwed up. It says that > it depends on (libgif3g | libungif3g), but panel is linked against > libungif.3.so, which is not contained in the libgif3g package. > > > Steve > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New gnome packages
be sure to check out the panel... it's cool. -brad On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Michael Meskes wrote: > Am I correct that we currently do not have a complete desktop with gnome? > Since there is no wm yet, it's pretty difficult to judge it. > > Also it seems some libraries/binaries are compiled with debug flags set. For > intance I got this when using gnome-terminal: > > ** WARNING **: gnome_message_box_set_modal is deprecated. > > $ [l,1,1] > [s,1,1] > ,1,1] > [e,1,1] > [x,1,1] > [i,1,1] > [t,1,1] > ,1,1] > errno = 0, saverrno = 5 > out of data on read > > Finally there is one incorrect dependency. gnome-utils depend on libobgtk0 but > there is only libobgtk1 > > Michael > -- > Dr. Michael Meskes, Project-Manager| topsystem Systemhaus GmbH > [EMAIL PROTECTED]| Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 52146 Wuerselen > Go SF49ers! Go Rhein Fire! | Tel: (+49) 2405/4670-44 > Use Debian GNU/Linux! | Fax: (+49) 2405/4670-10 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New gnome packages
start up X type "panel &" if you're impressed, put it in your .xsession On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Michael Meskes wrote: > B. Bell writes: > > be sure to check out the panel... it's cool. > > -brad > > Nice to hear that. But unless I get a description of how to use gnome I > won't even try. I don't have the time to play around with it. That's what I > like with kde. You install it and you use it. I installed gnome, but have no > idea of how to use it. > > Michael > > -- > Dr. Michael Meskes, Project-Manager| topsystem Systemhaus GmbH > [EMAIL PROTECTED]| Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 52146 Wuerselen > Go SF49ers! Go Rhein Fire! | Tel: (+49) 2405/4670-44 > Use Debian GNU/Linux! | Fax: (+49) 2405/4670-10 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
