Bug#821106: xprop man pages are misleading as far as f goes

2016-04-15 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: xorg-x11-utils Version: 7.1-2 The xprop man pages read in part: A $ followed by a number n causes field number n to be displayed. [...] $n+ will display field number n then a comma then field number n+1 then another comma then ... until the last field defined. [...] This is useful f

Bug#764248: Bug 764248

2015-01-02 Thread Thibault, Daniel
> I looked at the man page and I do not see it wrong. Please specify where > exactly you see the problem. > > Ritesh Raj Sarraf The apt-offline man pages conclude with : NOTE: On a freshly installed box, that was installed without the network, the package database is null. In that case, you fi

Bug#764273: Bug 764273

2014-10-09 Thread Thibault, Daniel
>> I installed the official package, >> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt-offline/apt-offline_1.5_all.deb, >> on a fresh-from-the-factory BeagleBone Black rev. C (kernel 3.8.13-bone47, >> architecture armv7l, OS 'Debian GNU/Linux 7.4 (wheezy)'). > > Well. In that case I'm not sure

Bug#764273: Bug 764273

2014-10-09 Thread Thibault, Daniel
> Whatever is required is already a dependency, and is mentioned in the > package's dependency relation. Are you using the official package, or > the source ? I installed the official package, http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt-offline/apt-offline_1.5_all.deb, on a fresh-from-t

Bug#764273:

2014-10-08 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Envoyé : 8 octobre 2014 06:26 > I cannot reproduce this problem. > > 15:52:59 rrs@learner:~$ apt-offline get /tmp/set.uris > Fetching APT Data > Downloading icewm-common 1.3.8-1 - 295 KiB > [...] > 15:53:51 rrs@learner:~$ sudo apt-offline install > /tmp/apt-offline-downloads-10493 > /var/cache/ap

Bug#764248: Bug 764248

2014-10-07 Thread Thibault, Daniel
>> The apt-offline man pages conclude with : >> >> NOTE: On a freshly installed box, that was installed without >> the network, the package database is null. In that case, you >> first need to run apt-offline with just the --update option to >> ensure that you have a meaningful package database >>

Bug#764273: Bug 764273

2014-10-07 Thread Thibault, Daniel
> Can you provide the full log ? From the snippet of the verbose log, it > looks like you provided it the full path to the actual deb. You are > either required to give access to the directory path containing the > debs, or give path to the .zip archive file name. > > As for the unzip tool, apt-off

Bug#764273: apt-offline missing a dependency?

2014-10-06 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: apt-offline Version: 1.5 I'm trying to use apt-offline on a fresh Beagle Bone Black (rev C). I imported the apt-offline_1.5_all.deb and installed it (using 'sudo dpkg -i /apt-offline_1.5_all.deb'). It generates signature files just fine, but when I try to install the packages into the

Bug#764248: apt-offline man concludes with incorrect recommendations

2014-10-06 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: apt-offline Version: 1.5 The apt-offline man pages conclude with : NOTE: On a freshly installed box, that was installed without the network, the package database is null. In that case, you first need to run apt-offline with just the --update option to ensure that you have a meaningful p

Bug#758029: resize2fs should define its 'block' unit during user feedback

2014-08-13 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.42 Severity : minor Here is an abridged sample session highlighting the problem (on a French system; examination of the English resize2fs strings shows the problem is the same) : (quote begins) $ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb Commande (m pour l'aide) : p [...] Périphérique A

Bug#757831: What about the code of conduct?

2014-08-12 Thread Thibault, Daniel
-Message d'origine- De : Theodore Ts'o [mailto:ty...@mit.edu] > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 06:14:28PM +0000, Thibault, Daniel wrote: > > > > In a project the size of Debian, inevitably there will be people with > > whom you may disagree, or find it diff

Bug#757831: What about the code of conduct?

2014-08-11 Thread Thibault, Daniel
I quote https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct : (begin quote) Debian "Code of Conduct" Be respectful In a project the size of Debian, inevitably there will be people with whom you may disagree, or find it difficult to cooperate. Accept that, but even so, remain respectful. Disagreemen

Bug#757831: resize2fs man pages kibi/kilo diatribe is out of place

2014-08-11 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.42 Severity : minor The resize2fs man pages read in part: Note: when kilobytes is used above, I mean real, power-of-2 kilobytes, (i.e., 1024 bytes), which some politically correct folks insist should be the stupid-sounding ``kibibytes''. T

Bug#751152: dpkg rejects syntactically valid relationship fields

2014-06-10 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.5 The Debian Policy Manual describes at 7.1 the syntax of relationship fields. To test the syntax after running into trouble writing my own packages, I created a directory 'test' containing a sample file (usr/src/test/TODO) and the usual DEBIAN/conffile (s

Bug#285666: 285666 fixed?

2012-02-10 Thread Thibault, Daniel
This bug should be closed, POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL works as expected in version 1.16 of libpopt0 (and probably much earlier). Daniel U. Thibault R & D pour la défense Canada - Valcartier (RDDC Valcartier) / Defence R&D Canada - Valcartier (DRDC Valcartier) Système de systèmes (SdS) / System

Bug#655755: popt: POPT_ARGFLAG_TOGGLE has strange side effects on integer POPT_ARG_*

2012-01-13 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: libpopt Version: 1.16-1 The so-far undocumented (in the man pages) POPT_ARGFLAG_TOGGLE argument flag somehow corrupts the values recovered by popt for some values of POPT_ARG_*, specifically an integer of any width. To demonstrate, first note that the "bps" line of the popt man

Bug#655749: popt: Implementation of the POPT_ARGFLAG_TOGGLE argument flag is incomplete with respect to help and usage

2012-01-13 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: libpopt Version: 1.16-1 The so-far undocumented (in the man pages) POPT_ARGFLAG_TOGGLE argument flag is not always displayed correctly by poptPrintHelp() or poptPrintUsage(). Specifically, poptPrintUsage() never shows it, while poptPrintHelp() shows it only if the option has no

Bug#655747: popt: POPT_ARGFLAG_NOR and POPT_ARGFLAG_NAND are erroneous, new flags are needed

2012-01-13 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: libpopt Version: 1.16-1 The POPT_ARGFLAG_NOR and POPT_ARGFLAG_NAND logical operations are incorrectly implemented, at least for the universally recognised logic tables of the NOR and NAND operators. Logical operations (OR, AND, XOR, NOT, NAND, NOR) are possible when the o

Bug#655730: popt: Improve the syntax of the poptPrintUsage() output for dual-named options with parameters

2012-01-13 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: libpopt Version: 1.16-1 The string returned by the poptPrintUsage() function may be confusing when a dual-named option (an option having both a short name and a long one) expects an argument. In the popt man pages example, poptPrintUsage() outputs in part: Usage: a.out [-chnr

Bug#655729: popt: Improve the string returned by poptBadOption() when the command line includes amalgamated multiple short options

2012-01-13 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: libpopt Version: 1.16-1 The poptBadOption() function's return is confusing if the user supplies amalgamated multiple short options, only some of which are "bad". The problem does not occur with isolated bad short options nor with bad long options. To use the popt man pages

Bug#655727: popt feature request: Support long option name unambiguous abbreviations

2012-01-13 Thread Thibault, Daniel
Package: libpopt Version: 1.16-1 Unambiguous shortening of long option names is a very common feature of POSIX and GNU command lines. For instance, the documentation for tar states: "Each option has at least one long (or mnemonic) name starting with two dashes in a row, e.g., '--list'. [