Re: new package suggestions and offer to take over others
Ben Collins wrote: > I spent some time setting up packages for 2 pieces of software i use since > I really like having all my stuff installable/uninstallable thru dpkg. > They are: > > Abacus Sentry v0.61: Port Scan detector > > [snip] I am interested in this one. Thanks. -Mitch
Intent to Package - qiv (new maintainer)
This is a useful utility... qiv - Quick Image Viewer Quick Image Viewer (qiv) is a very small and pretty fast GDK/Imlib image viewer. Features include zoom, maxpect, scale down, fullscreen, brightness/contrast/gamma correction, slideshow, flip horizontal/vertical, rotate left/right, delete (move to .qiv-trash/), jump to image x, jump forward/backward x images, filename filer and you can use qiv to set your X11-Desktop background. see: http://appindex.freshmeat.net/view/904326964/ Anyone else working on this? I'm waiting on confirmation of maintainer status... -Mitch pgpqjqEh1mtUO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: login time limits in slink???
Craig Sanders wrote: > On 15 Oct 1998, Paul Crowley wrote: > > > Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > anyone know what it is in slink which is enforcing idle-timeout and daily > > > time limits on serial lines? > > > > I don't have this problem, and I haven't installed idled: > > > > Description: Idle Daemon. Removes idle users. > > Idled is a "daemon" that runs on a machine to keep an eye on current > > users. If users have been idle for too long, or have been logged on > > for too long, it will warn them and log them out appropriately. > > yeah, i know about idled. i even package a similar daemon for debian > (timeoutd). > > i don't have idled or timeoutd or anything similar installed on the machine > in question. that was the first thing i thought of. > > this idle timeout only seems to occur for logins on a serial line (both > terminal and ppp logins), never on console or a pty. > > thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't help. this problem seems > specific to slink...perhaps a new login binary does it. > FWIW - I have the same problem. No idled. No logoutd. No lines in /etc/porttime. Still get booted off the console after several hours. -Mitch pgpGqV4sGPNWH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: login time limits in slink???
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 12:21:06PM -0400, Mitch Blevins wrote: > > FWIW - I have the same problem. No idled. No logoutd. > > No lines in /etc/porttime. Still get booted off the console > > after several hours. > > Perhaps it's your shell; tcsh has auto-logout functionality. That was it. Thanks. -Mitch pgpX6KoCNOIAA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: possible debian cluster
On debian-devel, Barak Pearlmutter wrote: > It looks like a big Linux Beowulf cluster kind of thing is going to be > built here at UNM. Hundreds of CPUs, at least. I'd like to convince > them to use Debian and 21264s, but that's up in the air. One big > issue is finding someone good who could be in charge of systems > software for the beast. > > So, if some Debian developer is > - competent to handle the networking setup & benchmarking, PVM, etc > - potentially desirous of a job doing said > - in Albuquerque New Mexico > please drop me a line, as it might result in (1) a job, and (2) a big > cluster running Debian. > > BTW, a cluster of 256 dual-CPU 21264s with a fast disk farm all > connected to the national high-speed supercomputer networks could > recompile a lot of packages quite quickly. Hi Barak, Although I don't have any experience setting up a large cluster, I'm handy with setup and benchmarking, and could be willing to come help out gratis. I am a contract administrator and usually work 9-12 month contracts (currently in Florida). My contract will be ending Feb 18 and I was planning on taking some time off for rest and relaxation. It just happens that I think I would find setting up a large Debian cluster both resting and relaxing! So, if you need some help for a few days to a couple of weeks, and you plan on doing this late Feb or early March, I would love to come down and help out whoever you get to lead this. Mitch Blevins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debhelper & /usr/bin/passwd
In foo.debian-devel, you wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just updated my potato system. The only two packages that were being > updated were debhelper and egcs-docs. I got a warning from dpkg that > debhelper (it seemed) was trying to overwrite /usr/bin/passwd. Due to all > of the trojan rumours flying around, I got a little scared. Also, I > couldn't see why debhelper would want to overwrite /usr/bin/passwd. > > Any ideas? Is this something I should worry about? Could you please post the version(s) you have and which mirror you got it from? The /usr/bin/passwd file should be owned by the 'passwd' package [bash]$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/passwd passwd: /usr/bin/passwd Also, the debhelper package should not overwrite /usr/bin/passwd... [bash]$ dpkg --listfiles debhelper |grep /usr/bin/ /usr/bin/dh_builddeb /usr/bin/dh_clean /usr/bin/dh_compress /usr/bin/dh_du /usr/bin/dh_fixperms /usr/bin/dh_gencontrol /usr/bin/dh_installchangelogs /usr/bin/dh_installcron /usr/bin/dh_installdeb /usr/bin/dh_installdebfiles /usr/bin/dh_installdirs /usr/bin/dh_installdocs /usr/bin/dh_installexamples /usr/bin/dh_installinit /usr/bin/dh_installmanpages /usr/bin/dh_installmenu /usr/bin/dh_makeshlibs /usr/bin/dh_md5sums /usr/bin/dh_movefiles /usr/bin/dh_shlibdeps /usr/bin/dh_strip /usr/bin/dh_suidregister /usr/bin/dh_testdir /usr/bin/dh_testroot /usr/bin/dh_testversion /usr/bin/dh_undocumented /usr/bin/dh_debstd /usr/bin/dh_installemacsen /usr/bin/dh_installwm /usr/bin/dh_link /usr/bin/dh_listpackages [bash]$ dpkg --status debhelper |egrep '^Version' Version: 1.2.27 [bash]$ dpkg --status passwd |egrep '^Version' Version: 980403-0.3 [bash]$ egrep '^deb' /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
Re: debhelper & /usr/bin/passwd
Ossama Othman wrote: > Hi Mitch, > > > Could you please post the version(s) you have and which mirror you > > got it from? > > Sure! chsh and chfn were also in debhelper! I got debhelper using > dselect/apt. Here is all the info you requested: > > % cat /etc/apt/sources.list > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US > > % dpkg -l debhelper > ii debhelper 1.2.28 helper programs for debian/rules > > % dpkg --listfiles debhelper | grep /usr/bin/ > /usr/bin/dh_builddeb > /usr/bin/dh_clean > /usr/bin/dh_compress > /usr/bin/dh_du > /usr/bin/dh_fixperms > /usr/bin/dh_gencontrol > /usr/bin/dh_installchangelogs > /usr/bin/dh_installcron > /usr/bin/dh_installdeb > /usr/bin/dh_installdebfiles > /usr/bin/dh_installdirs > /usr/bin/dh_installdocs > /usr/bin/dh_installexamples > /usr/bin/dh_installinit > /usr/bin/dh_installmanpages > /usr/bin/dh_installmenu > /usr/bin/dh_makeshlibs > /usr/bin/dh_md5sums > /usr/bin/dh_movefiles > /usr/bin/dh_shlibdeps > /usr/bin/dh_strip > /usr/bin/dh_suidregister > /usr/bin/dh_testdir > /usr/bin/dh_testroot > /usr/bin/dh_testversion > /usr/bin/dh_undocumented > /usr/bin/dh_debstd > /usr/bin/dh_installemacsen > /usr/bin/dh_installwm > /usr/bin/dh_link > /usr/bin/dh_listpackages > /usr/bin/passwd > /usr/bin/chsh > /usr/bin/chfn > > Okay, I think we can be pretty sure the last three entries don't belong > there. What do you think is the problem? Well, I got the deb and source and dsc from the mirror you pointed out, and it _does_ have these files as symlinks in them pointing to sysdb-wrapper. It doesn't look like a trojan (this weeks hot topic) because his pgp sig matches the md5sum of the tarfile, and the tarfile reproduces the symlinks in the resulting deb. So, I would just treat it as a bug. Please file a critical bug report against this package, or let me know if you don't and I will file it. I would downgrade your debhelper to 1.2.27 and reinstall the passwd package. Thanks for finding this bug. -Mitch pgpUf3EhA37to.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: debhelper & /usr/bin/passwd
In foo.debian-devel, I wrote: > Well, I got the deb and source and dsc from the mirror you pointed out, > and it _does_ have these files as symlinks in them pointing to > sysdb-wrapper. > > It doesn't look like a trojan (this weeks hot topic) because his pgp sig > matches the md5sum of the tarfile, and the tarfile reproduces the symlinks > in the resulting deb. > > So, I would just treat it as a bug. Please file a critical bug report > against this package, or let me know if you don't and I will file it. > > I would downgrade your debhelper to 1.2.27 and reinstall the passwd > package. Thanks for finding this bug. John Goezen has uploaded an NMU of the package, I assume he already filed the bug, so feel free to ignore. -Mitch
Gnome-apt debs now available
Who says package management can't be Sexy? Be the first one on your block to try Gnome-apt, the new GUI front end for the Debian package tool. It slices... it dices... it makes fresh pasta... and it has a groovy search function! debs for gnome-apt are now available at http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/gnome-apt/ Gnome-apt is a gnomeified front-end for apt, written by Havoc Pennington. You can read more about gnome-apt at Havoc's page http://www.debian.org/~hp/gnome-apt.html Gnome-apt requires the latest cvs build of apt_0.3.0, which you can also find at the above site. All other dependencies should be available at your local Debian mirror. You can fetch both gnome-apt and the required cvs version of apt by adding the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/gnome-apt ./ Please do _not_ send bug reports to the BTS. Send bugs directly to Havoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and copy any packaging bugs to me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patches and suggestions from gtk/gnome coders are appreciated. **DISCLAIMER** gnome-apt is ALPHA software, and manipulates the package database for your system. Please do not use unless you are willing to get your hands dirty or take risks. -Mitch pgpnABQIRO561.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Gnome-apt debs now available
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote: > > > You can fetch both gnome-apt and the required cvs version of > > apt by adding the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list > > > > deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/gnome-apt ./ > > It is customary to use an entry like > > deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin gnome-apt/ > > That gives nicer displays with APT - to do so you must generate the > package file in ~mblevin and put it in gnome-apt. I don't want to put a Packages in my base public_html, but you can also access this thru deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/apt gnome-apt/ > > Please do _not_ send bug reports to the BTS. Send bugs directly > > to Havoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and copy any packaging bugs to me > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Might just say 'send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED]' which is this list > that you and havoc are on - it also should be listed as the maintainer > field for gnome-apt. *Retraction* Please send all bug reports/suggestions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > **DISCLAIMER** > > gnome-apt is ALPHA software, and manipulates the package database > > for your system. Please do not use unless you are willing to get > > your hands dirty or take risks. > > Well, it might call dpkg with funny args but manipulates the package > database is kinda overkill :> An earlier version of gnome-apt caused the CD-ROM to eject so forcefully that the CD flew across the room and I came _this_ close to spending the rest of my life with a Greatful Dead CD embedded 2 inches into my skull. Please use Caution. ;) -Mitch
Re: Gnome-apt debs now available
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote: > > > > That gives nicer displays with APT - to do so you must generate the > > > package file in ~mblevin and put it in gnome-apt. > > > > I don't want to put a Packages in my base public_html, but > > you can also access this thru > > > > deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/apt gnome-apt/ > > No you can't, your paths are like this: > > Filename: ./apt_0.3.0_i386.deb > > They need to be > > Filename: gnome-apt/apt_0.3.0_i386.deb > > Now how you do that is like this: > > cd ~/public_html > dpkg-scanpacakges gnome-apt/ /dev/empty | gzip > gnome-apt/Packages.gz Thanks Jason... I was trying to be too clever with symlinks for my own good and make it work also with the original posting. You should be able to access now thru either the original post: deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/gnome-apt ./ Or thru the following (which will be used for all future releases): deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/apt gnome-apt/ -Mitch
Re: request for package
In foo.debian-devel, Wichert wrote: > Can someone please package plib, which is Steve's Portable Game Library. > It has a LGPL license so it can go into main without problem. > > The reason I want this is so I can try `Tuxedo T. Penguin, A Quest for > Herring' (http://www.woodsoup.org/projs/tux_aqfh/). If someone can > package that as well I'ld be really happy :) I can't resolve that domain. Are you sure of the URL? -Mitch
Adding a global UID/GID?
GENERAL QUESTION: What is the procedure for getting a UID in the 0-99 range added to Debian? SPECIFIC QUESTION: I've noticed in the course of setting up a CVS pserver that it is not very easy on Debian, and the default is not secure. I would like to either work with the existing cvs maintainer (Tom Lees) to change the package or else create an add-on package similar to cvsd on freshmeat. In particular, what I would like to see is to have the cvs pserver run under its own UID/GID (as opposed to root). Also, running in a chroot environment would be desirable. Support scripts for easily adding/removing non-system-account cvs users is also a goal. So, the question is: Should this be done with a cvsd.cvsd user in the 0-99 range, or should it use a dynamically assigned UID (100-999)? I noticed we already have users like "irc" and "msql" in the 0-99 range. -Mitch -- Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. -- Winston Churchill
Re: Adding a global UID/GID?
In foo.debian-devel, Brian wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 03:13:39AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > >>>>> "Mitch" == Mitch Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Mitch> GENERAL QUESTION: What is the procedure for getting a UID in > > Mitch> the 0-99 range added to Debian? > > > > Add a wishlist bug to 'base-passwd' I believe. > And pray. :-) (http://bugs.debian.org/28158) hmmm. Maybe this is better suited for a dynamic system ID (101-1000)? It doesn't look like we have much room to expand in the 0-100 range. -Mitch (minorly annoyed that a non-free package like qmail uses up 5% of our global UID space)
Re: Hints about future improvements
In foo.debian-devel, you wrote: > I was browsing the debian-devel archives recently and came across an old > thread on distributing binary diffs of packages. Did anything ever come out > of > that? It looked pretty intriguing but even the program mentioned (xdiff) > seems > to have vanished from the distribution. I think the ideal solution would be to have a caching proxy based on rsync to communicate with the upstream mirror, and http (or a new apt method) to communicate with apt. -Mitch
Re: What has happened to gnome-apt?
Oliver Elphick wrote: > gnome-apt is no longer installable, because it depends on libapt-pkg2.5, > which does not exist. libapt-pkg2.5 was provided by apt 0.3.11 However, the latest version of apt (0.3.12) provides libapt-pkg2.6 So, if you want to keep gnome-apt, you should put a hold on apt (don't upgrade to 0.3.12) until an updated version of gnome-apt is available. I'll upload a compatible gnome-apt to Incoming today, barring any objections, hurricanes, or other natural disasters. -Mitch
