On 29 Apr 2013, Richard James Salts wrote[0]:
> [..] pcretest was a handy utility. It would be good if the program
> could instead be included with the pcregrep package in pcre-utils
> package or the like.
On 31 Jul 2012, Gedalya wrote:
> As per #616660, pcretest is no longer distributed in any
Package: src:linux
Version: 4.9.82-1+deb9u3
Severity: normal
File: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-6-amd64
Dear Maintainer,
I bought a Startech SDOCK2U33EB USB 3.0 / eSATA HDD dock (
https://www.startech.com/HDD/Docking/usb-3-esata-dual-drive-dock~SDOCK2U33EB).
I did not use the eSATA functionality of that
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: idemptables
Version : 2012
Upstream Author : Xyne
* URL : https://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/idemptables/
* License : GPLv2
Programming Lang: sh
Description : Idempotent iptables wrapper for appending and
Package: unattended-upgrades
Version: 0.93.1+nmu1
(N.B. in the below, I have replaced the domain of my VPS hosting
provider with ``, for privacy.)
My Debian 9.3 "Stretch" instance is showing a kernel update as being available:
# apt list --upgradable -a
Listing... Done
linux-image-am
On 05/05/2017, Sam Kuper wrote:
> Bill McGrath's request matches my suggestion above[3],
> and Neil McGovern's reply suggests it is already on Debian's roadmap.
> Why, then, is this bug (Bug#861263) marked as wontfix?
>
> [3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugre
On 06/05/2017, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 22:52 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote:
>> If so, is there
>> any reason in principle why that installer could not in future be
>> distributed with the capability to (download and) compile and run ZFS,
>> and to provide
er fit for resolving this feature request. However,
although "Expert install" would be appropriate, it might not be
necessary to use an unofficial installer. See below.
On 05/05/2017, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 14:26 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote:
>> If the Debian Inst
On 05/05/2017, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> I shall not share my opinion of Eben Moglen, because I don't want to
> get sued. But I would say that "Eben Moglen says X" is not going to
> convince me of X.
>
> And, the FTP team has made its decision.
>
> I'm not going to argue this further.
Apologies if
P.S. Ben, thank you again for taking the time on this. It is providing
a great deal of clarity to me, and I hope that other people who also
desire a ZFS-capable Debian Installer will also find it helpful.
On 05/05/2017, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 21:40 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote:
>> I am not sure why you say that ZFSonLinux binaries are non-free.
>> Please could you explain?
>
> I was referring specifically to the binary kernel modules, which have a
> mixtur
On 05/05/2017, Sam Kuper wrote:
> On 05/05/2017, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> The legal status of ZFSonLinux was discussed by the FTP team and DPL
>> over a long period, with input from legal counsel, resulting in a
>> decision to put it in the 'contrib' section. Tha
On 05/05/2017, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 20:27 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote:
>> On 05/05/2017, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 19:50 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote:
>> > > 1. Move ZFS *source* into "main". Would this be possi
On 05/05/2017, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 19:50 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote:
>> 1. Move ZFS *source* into "main". Would this be possible without
>> compromising Debian's "obviously prudent" arrangement?[1] Should I CC
>> debian-legal?
&
On 05/05/2017, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 14:26 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote:
>> On Wed, 2017-04-26 at 19:51:23 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2017-04-26 at 18:20 +0200, Timo Haas wrote:
>> > > do you plan to support zfs as root filesystem i
On Wed, 2017-04-26 at 19:51:23 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-04-26 at 18:20 +0200, Timo Haas wrote:
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> do you plan to support zfs as root filesystem in the installer?
>
> ZFS binaries are not distributable due to the licence conflict, so this
> is unlikely to hap
Any chance this fix will make it into Jessie? Thanks.
Package: libxml2-utils
Version: 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u1
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
The xmllint man page gives the impression that it summarises every
command available in the xmllint shell.
However, running `xmllint --shell` and then entering the `help` command
reveals that there are several
Package: keepass2
Version: 2.28+dfsg-1
Followup-For: Bug #727651
Dear Maintainer,
I am experiencing what seems to be the same bug: unnecessary debug ouput, and
an unhandled exception upon quitting:
$ keepass2 &
$ SendMessage (33554474, 0x112c, 0x4, 0x4)
SendMessage (33554468, 0x101f, (nil), (nil
Package: yubikey-personalization-gui
Version: 3.1.16-1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Running yubikey-personalization-gui, with a Yubikey NEO-n plugged in, results
in yubikey-personalization-gui starting as expected, on the "About" tab.
Information about the plugged-in Yubikey appears in th
Package: opus-tools
Version: 0.1.9-1
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
Running `man opusenc` yields a man page that is missing some text, as compared
to the man page at
https://mf4.xiph.org/jenkins/view/opus/job/opus-tools/ws/man/opusenc.html .
In particular, it is missing the text:
--quie
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: 1 December 2008, 8pm GMT
Machine: HP ML110 G3
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.20 GHz
Memory: 1.5GB
Partitions: Used guided - all
I'm relatively new to system administration. I picked Debian over FreeBSD,
Ubuntu, Fedora and a few other systems for a number of reasons, one of these
being its reputation for internal consistency. This issue is making me
question that reputation.
The opportunity to avoid having to monkeypatch th
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