Bug#324713: dillo: Move /etc/dillorc under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dillo Version: 0.8.3-1.1 Severity: minor The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. It would be better if packages kept configuration files under their own directories (easier for backups etc.). Please move /etc/dillorc => /etc//config or /etc//dillorc -- Sys

Bug#324722: grep-dctrl: Move /etc/grep-dctrl.rc under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: grep-dctrl Version: 2.6.7 Severity: minor The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. It would be better if packages kept configuration files under their own directories (easier for backups etc.). Please move /etc/grep-dctrl.rc => /etc//config or /etc//grep-dct

Bug#324713: Move /etc/dpidrc under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dillo Version: 0.8.3-1.1 Followup-For: Bug #324713 It seems that also dpidrc belongs to dillo. Same applies, so please move /etc/dpidrc => /etc//dpidrc -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686)

Bug#324723: hdparm: Move /etc/hdparm.conf under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: hdparm Version: 6.1-5 Severity: minor The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. It would be better if packages kept configuration files under their own directories (easier for backups etc.). Please move /etc/hdparm.conf => /etc//config or /etc//hdparm.conf -

Bug#324720: fdutils: Move /etc/fdmount.conf under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: fdutils Version: 5.5-20050303-1 Severity: minor The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. It would be better if packages kept configuration files under their own directories (easier for backups etc.). Please move /etc/fdmount.conf => /etc//config or /etc//fdm

Bug#324725: nfs-common: [config] Move /etc/idmapd.conf under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: nfs-common Version: 1:1.0.7-3 Severity: minor The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. It would be better if packages kept configuration files under their own directories (easier for backups etc.). Please move /etc/idmapd.conf => /etc//idmapd.conf -- System

Bug#324726: jed: Move /etc/jed* under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: jed Version: 0.99.16-5 Severity: minor The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. It would be better if packages kept configuration files under their own directories (easier for backups etc.). Please move /etc/jed.conf /etc/jed-init.d/ Under common

Bug#324728: lintian: [config] Move /etc/lintianrc under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: lintian Version: 1.23.11 Severity: minor The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. It would be better if packages kept configuration files under their own directories (easier for backups etc.). Please move /etc/lintianrc => /etc//config or /etc//lintianrc --

Bug#324729: nano: Move /etc/nanorc under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: nano Version: 1.3.8-2 Severity: minor The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. It would be better if packages kept configuration files under their own directories (easier for backups etc.). Please move /etc/nanorc => /etc//config or /etc//nanorc -- System I

Bug#324727: links: [config] Move /etc/links.cfg under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: links Version: 0.99+1.00pre12-1 Severity: minor The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. It would be better if packages kept configuration files under their own directories (easier for backups etc.). Please move /etc/links.cfg => /etc//config or /etc//links.

Bug#324722: grep-dctrl: Move /etc/grep-dctrl.rc under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
| Did you discuss your mass bug filing in [EMAIL PROTECTED], like you're | supposed to? If so, please refer me to the discussion. I wasn't aware of that list. I was under impression that the recommended wasy is to have all in their own directories. I assumed that nobody had previously taken this

Bug#324710: Move /etc/debarchiver.conf under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
| tags 324710 + wontfix | thanks | | Hello | | On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 06:50:42PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > Package: debarchiver | > Version: 0.3.2 | > Severity: minor | > | > The /etc hierarchy is quite polluted with various configuration files. | > It would be bette

Bug#324712: devscripts: Move /etc/devscripts.conf under /etc//

2005-08-23 Thread Jari Aalto
| On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 06:53:33PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | | I'm not convinced why an extra directory for a single configuration | file is warranted or needed. How does this make backups easier? Hi, I'm taking this to debian-devel for further discussion and ideas in some tim

Bug#324723: hdparm: Move /etc/hdparm.conf under /etc//

2005-08-24 Thread Jari Aalto
| Now, what to do with the bug report? It appears to me that policy says | to put files in /etc, and make a subdirectory if there are many. Since | the second part does not apply, I am inclined to say I'm following | policy pretty much exactly, and just close the report. However, I will | wait t

Bug#324957: doodle: /etc/default/doodle add DOODLE_RUN_OPTIONS (and use /usr/bin/doodle)

2005-08-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: doodle Version: 0.6.2-4 Severity: minor In /etc/default/doodle please add possiblity to define run options: DOODLE_RUN_OPTIONS="-b" In /etc/cron.daily/doodle it might be better use absolute path for 'doodle'. Perhaps the test "-z" should be "! -z" to test existence of variable. #!/

Bug#323909: dpkg-dev: Ignore Revision Control directories during making source package

2005-08-24 Thread Jari Aalto
| >W: foo source: source-contains-svn-control-dir src/os/.svn" | > | > It is typical that packages are put into Revision control and worked | > in there. However not all programs are able to "export" things (like | > RCS). It would help if there was a way to suppress including certain | > direc

Bug#325095: dpkg-dev-el: [debian-bts-control.el] Pick bug number at point for debian-bts-control messages

2005-08-25 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dpkg-dev-el Version: 24.11-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch While editing debian/changelog (or any other file) which contains lines like: Bug#NN or simply #NN The natural action is to use number at current point. Attached patch adds the support. 2005-08-26 Jari Aalto

Bug#333059: dovecot-common: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf::log_timestamp use ISO 8601 date

2005-10-10 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dovecot-common Version: 1.0.alpha3-1 Severity: wishlist I'd like to suggest to use ISO 8601 date stamp as default value: log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " The previous value was: log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S " -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT pre

Bug#333061: libpango1.0-common: Pango-1.4.0...Inconsistency detected by ld.so: ../sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h: 670

2005-10-10 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: libpango1.0-common Version: 1.8.2-2 Severity: important Upgrade on testing does not proceed. The error is: Setting up libpango1.0-common (1.8.2-2) ... Updating the modules list for Pango-1.4.0...Inconsistency detected by ld.so: ../sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h: 670: elf_machine_rel_

Bug#333061: libpango1.0-common: system information

2005-10-12 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: libpango1.0-common Version: 1.8.2-3 Followup-For: Bug #333061 > Loic Minier: > Is your libc6 already updated? Do you run non-Debian binaries in your > .bash_rc or at login? Do you have locally built libraries in eg. > /usr/local/lib? > > Please check your libc6 is the latest version on

Bug#333061: libpango1.0-common: Remove + resinstall solved this error

2005-10-12 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: libpango1.0-common Version: 1.8.2-3 Followup-For: Bug #333061 I decided to remove --purge libpango1.0-common (which also removed other libraries + programs), and then I reinstalled everything that got removed. This cured the upgrade problem: Get:1 http://deb testing/main libpango1.0

Bug#333659: distcc: /etc/init.d/distcc - move 'set -e' upward

2005-10-12 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: distcc Version: 2.18.3-3 Severity: minor Currently etc/init.d/distcc reads: # Reads config file (will override defaults above) [ -r /etc/default/distcc ] && . /etc/default/distcc test -x $DAEMON || exit 0 set -e This doesn't take into account possible errors in /etc/d

Bug#333660: distcc: Add NICE variable to /etc/default/distcc

2005-10-13 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: distcc Version: 2.18.3-3 Severity: wishlist Add new variable "NICE" to /etc/default/distcc, so that start-stop-daemon can use: -N|--nicelevel int This alters the prority of the process before starting it. -- Package-specific info: -- System Information: Debian Rel

Bug#333662: distcc: Manula page does not list all exit codes

2005-10-13 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: distcc Version: 2.18.3-3 Severity: normal Manual page reads: EXIT CODES ... 100General distcc failure. 105Out of memory. 110Compiler not found. 111Recursive call to distcc. 116No hosts defined and fallbacks disabled.

Bug#333667: distcc: /etc/init.d/distcc should print message on failure

2005-10-13 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: distcc Version: 2.18.3-3 Severity: normal current code in /etc/init.d/distcc reads: case "$1" in start) should_start echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \ --chuid distccd

Bug#328720: Incorrect package name, should be ocaml-mode-el

2005-09-18 Thread Jari Aalto
| On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 01:05:05AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > Package: ocaml-mode | > Severity: normal | > | > It is customary to name Debian Emacs package with name: | > | >-el | > | > Like in numerous: | | I don't agree. Some packages follow this conven

Bug#329405: installation-reports: Show details after automatic partition

2005-09-21 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: installation-reports Severity: wishlist I'm reporting this feature request based on the review of "Mad Penguin." I'm aware that Ubuntu has nothing to do wit Debian, but Ubuntu uses same installer, so the remarks apply. Please consider this comment: http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&i

Bug#329706: bittorrent: Update URL in Copyright file to http://www.bittorrent.com

2005-09-22 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: bittorrent Version: 3.4.2-5 Severity: normal The copyright file uses old 'bitconjurer' address. Update this to the current site. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linke

Bug#329707: bittorrent: New upstream version available (4.0.4)

2005-09-22 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: bittorrent Version: 3.4.2-5 Severity: wishlist Please package new version. NOTE: the license has chnaged. It's no longer MIT as mentioned in Debian Copyright, but Bittorrent's own. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstab

Bug#329950: bzr 0.0.9 new upstream version available

2005-09-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: bzr Version: 0.0.7-2 Severity: wishlist New upstream version has been released. Please package http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.bazaar-ng.general/3055 -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Ar

Bug#325330: postgresql-common: /etc/logrotate.d/postgresql-common: error accessing /var/log/postgresql: No such file or directory

2005-08-27 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: postgresql-common Version: 24 Severity: normal There is logrotate script /etc/logrotate.d/postgresql-common which is not helpfule when the database server does not exist on current host. Daily maintenance mail error messages display: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error access

Bug#325331: postgresql-common: Package should be slit to postgresql-client and postgresql-admin

2005-08-27 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: postgresql-common Version: 24 Severity: minor The current packaging includes monstly admin scripts /usr/bin /usr/bin/pg_upgradecluster /usr/bin/pg_lsclusters /usr/bin/pg_createcluster /usr/bin/pg_ctlcluster /usr/bin/pg_dropcluster /usr/sbin/pg_maintenance

Bug#306089: tetex-bin: rename texconfig => tex-config; consistent with other utilities

2005-08-27 Thread Jari Aalto
| tags 306089 wontfix | > It would be good if the configuration program name was consistent | > with the other programs like apt-config, fvwm-config, gtk-config ... | > so please rename | | I cannot see a consistent naming here. In fact in /usr/bin there are | only two without the dash on my syst

Bug#325359: cogito: version 0.13 is available, please update package

2005-08-27 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: cogito Version: 0.12.1+20050730-1 Severity: minor kernel.org contain newer version. Please package. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux

Bug#325736: p7zip: [manual] small typo in option syntax

2005-08-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: p7zip Version: 4.20-2 Severity: minor The manual reads: -w[{path}] Set Working directory However, it cannnot simultaneously be required {} and optional [] if I understood the syntax tags correctly, Perhaps this should simply be: -w[path] or -w{path} -- Sy

Bug#325737: p7zip: [manual] option -m{Parameters} contains inunsufficient description

2005-08-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: p7zip Version: 4.20-2 Severity: normal Manual reads: -m{Parameters} Set Compression Method However, what are the "parameters" and thier options are not clear. There is exampe of the "ultra settings" where various -m are used: EXAMPLE 1 7z a -t7z -m0=lzma

Bug#325805: codeville: Add /etc/init.d/codeville daemon control script

2005-08-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: codeville Severity: wishlist Codeville includes server functionality, so please provide Debian daemon control scripts. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/b

Bug#325806: codeville: Missing manual pages - cdv, cdvserver, cdvpasswd, cdv-agent, cdvupgrade

2005-08-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: codeville Version: 0.1.13-1 Severity: important Please provide manuals with the package. Unable to do $ man cdv makes it hard to learn and use the program effectively. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Arch

Bug#325809: ptunnel: Please wrap long lines in package Description: (now 80th col)

2005-08-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: ptunnel Severity: minor Package's "Description:" field contains lines that are at col 80. Please shorten them to maximum for 75 or so in order to read the lines easier at console. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable

Bug#325823: dbacl: Debian copyright file sshould contains upstreams email address

2005-08-31 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dbacl Severity: minor Please add upstream author's email address to copyright file. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 Loca

Bug#325895: dpkg: [update-alternatives] Make --config listing layout evenly spaced

2005-08-31 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dpkg Version: 1.13.11 Severity: wishlist Example: # update-alternatives --config x-window-manager SelectionAlternative --- 1/usr/X11R6/bin/twm +2/usr/bin/xfwm4 * 3/usr/bin/fluxbox 4

Bug#325331: postgresql-common: Package should be slit to postgresql-client and postgresql-admin

2005-08-31 Thread Jari Aalto
| Hi Jari! | | Jari Aalto [2005-08-27 21:30 +0300]: | > The current packaging includes mostly admin scripts | | Please notice that postgresql-common does not actually contain these | programs; it just contains symlinks with the program names that point | to pg_wrapper. postgresql-client- are

Bug#326001: cups-pdf: [NFS] mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/ANONYMOUS': Permission denied

2005-09-01 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: cups-pdf Version: 1.7.3-3 Severity: normal The /home directory can be NFS mounted and may cause following error. directly. Please take a look. # mount | grep /home # server:/home on /home type nfs (rw,noatime,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,intr,bg,addr=192.168.1.2) Install these pac

Bug#326001: cups-pdf: [NFS] mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/ANONYMOUS': Permission denied

2005-09-01 Thread Jari Aalto
permission remotedly, but he must log into the machine who provides the shares. This is security issue, where root exploit in some machine does not gain further privileges. Jari | | On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 08:53, Jari Aalto wrote: | > Package: cups-pdf | > Version: 1.7.3-3 | > Severity: norm

Bug#326696: reportbug: README.developers - please clarify Send-To: where is should be put

2005-09-04 Thread Jari Aalto
nza. -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: VISUAL="env TERM=vt100 emacs -q -nw -no-site-file " EMAIL="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" DEBFULLNAME="Jari Aalto" NAME="Jari Aalto" ** /home/jaalto/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version "3.15" mode expert ui text realna

Bug#326727: dpkg-dev: dpkg-gencontrol reports 'unknown information field `C1 Send-To'

2005-09-05 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.13.11 Severity: minor With this control file: Source: ircatlite Section: x11 Priority: optional Maintainer: Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), autotools-dev Standards-Version: 3.6.1 Origin: M

Bug#326732: lintian: Added checks that prevent ftp-master uploads

2005-09-05 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: lintian Version: 1.23.12 Severity: wishlist There is now rejection criterias outlined in: http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html One of the criterias are extra "# dh_*" templates which now seem to have to be removed. Currently this is "W:" in lintian, it should probably be rais

Bug#326732: lintian: Added checks that prevent ftp-master uploads

2005-09-05 Thread Jari Aalto
| On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 02:40:03PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > There is now rejection criterias outlined in: | > | >http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html | > | > One of the criterias are extra "# dh_*" templates which now seem to | > have to be remove

Bug#286250: xfce4-themes: /usr/share/doc/*/README does not say how themes are used

2005-09-05 Thread Jari Aalto
| On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 09:35:50PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: | > For a first time user of XFCE, the README should say how the | > themes are taken into use. Or it should point the reader | > to a location where instructions are. | The (now) xfwm4-themes are accessible via Settings

Bug#326732: lintian: Added checks that prevent ftp-master uploads

2005-09-05 Thread Jari Aalto
| On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 04:07:48PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > | On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 02:40:03PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > | > There is now rejection criterias outlined in: | > | > | > | >http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html | > | > | > | &g

Bug#326840: apt-file: PLease add --quiet option to suppress messages

2005-09-05 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: apt-file Version: 2.0.6 Severity: wishlist Current run of "update" produces lot of output % Total% Received % Xferd Average Speed TimeTime Time Current Dload Upload Total SpentLeft Speed 0 00 00 0 0

Bug#326732: lintian: Added checks that prevent ftp-master uploads

2005-09-06 Thread Jari Aalto
| --=-=-= | Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable | | On 10403 March 1977, Jari Aalto wrote: | | > | > While they are listed in there at the page, they seem to be | > | > rejection criterias. At least my package "jwm" submittal was | > | > refused for upload unt

Bug#326874: debhelper: Addde new helper dh_reportbug for /usr/share/bug/$package/control

2005-09-06 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debhelper Version: 4.9.8 Severity: wishlist File /usr/share/doc/reportbug/README.developers lists several uses how reportbug can be configured. One of the things is: BTS selection = Packages not distributed by Debian can take advantage of this utility too.

Bug#326878: debhelper: Improve genrated 'rules' files with dh_make - define $(PACKAGE)

2005-09-06 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debhelper Version: 4.9.8 Severity: wishlist dh_make(1) generated currently uses hard coded package names in several places, like: install: build ... install -d debian/beaver/usr/bin \ debian/beaver/usr/share/doc/beaver \ debian/be

Bug#326881: devscripts: [manual] debuild - improve the EXAMPLES section (suggestion)

2005-09-06 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: devscripts Version: 2.9.5 Severity: minor Current EXAMPLE section is too terse to be helpful for quick learning. Please add these examples there as well: The typical command line options to build only the binary package: # dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -i -uc -us -b Similarly,

Bug#326874: debhelper: Add new helper dh_reportbug (PACKAGE.reportbug.control)

2005-09-06 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debhelper Version: 4.9.8 Followup-For: Bug #326874 Slight update to my previous proposal. More precisely: debian/reportbug.control would be the default. It should also be possible to provide this per package basis: debian/PACKAGE1.reportbug.control debian/PACKAGE2.reportbug.co

Bug#322034: periodic Kernel panic with reiserfs 3.6 partition (twice a month)

2005-08-08 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686 Version: 2.6.11-7 Severity: normal SYMTOMS The combination of LVM2 + Kernel 2.6.11 + Reiserfs 3.6 periodically paniced about 1-2 times a month during period of more than 6 months. BACKGROUND The 60G laptop hard drive was partitioned using standard Debian netin

Bug#322036: logcheck: [manual] typo in SYNOPSIS (TIOS => OPTIONS)

2005-08-08 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: logcheck Version: 1.2.35 Severity: minor Manual page reads: SYNOPSIS logcheck [TIONS] Perhaps it was intended to read: SYNOPSIS logcheck [OPTIONS] -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 's

Bug#322038: logcheck: [manaul] logcheck should not be run as root => write it to manual

2005-08-08 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: logcheck Version: 1.2.35 Severity: minor It appears that logcheck(1) cannot be run as is. It dislays: # logcheck -l /var/log/syslog logcheck should not be run as root. Use su to invoke logcheck: su -s /bin/bash -c "/usr/sbin/logcheck [options]" logcheck Please add this to th

Bug#322054: Added GNU --long options support (for scripts)

2005-08-08 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: logcheck Version: 1.2.35 Severity: wishlist Add GNU --long option alternatived as well. They are more readable in scripts where cryptic "-s" or "-o" can't be remembered after a month. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unst

Bug#322125: cvsd: Add $CVSDHOME/.ssh directory + explain how to use it over SSH

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: cvsd Version: 1.0.7 Severity: wishlist It would be good if the default jail script also populated $CVSDHOME/.ssh/ with appropriate files to that the admin could add the SSH keys ( .ssh/authorized_keys2 ). This method of accessing cvsd should also be documented in /us/share/doc/cvsd/*

Bug#322129: RFP: cvssh -- a secure bridge for cvs pservers using SSL tunnel

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: cvssh Version : 0.3 Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sabren.net/code/cvssh/ * License : GPL Description : a secure bridge for cvs pservers using SSL tunnel Language: python. (Include th

Bug#322132: cvsd: [FAQ] More information to 'setgid failed: Operation not permitted'

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: cvsd Version: 1.0.7 Severity: minor Corcerning /usr/share/doc/cvsd/FAQ.gz 4. cvs login works but cvs checkout or other commands fail with "setgid failed: Operation not permitted" ... There is also one thing that may cause this. In NFS networked system all UID and GID values mu

Bug#322135: nmap: [manual] EXAMPLES section should mention 'root' for -sS scan

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: nmap Version: 3.81-2 Severity: minor Manual reads: EXAMPLES ... nmap -sS -O target.example.com/24 Launches a stealth SYN scan against each machine that is up out of the 255 machines on class "C" where target.example.com resides. It also ... Cla

Bug#322137: nmap: [manual] Rewrite option section to mention privileged users/normal users

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: nmap Version: 3.81-2 Severity: minor PROBLEM DESCRIPTION There a wealth of options in NMAP and the on problem is that most of the time regular user is faced with: $ nmap -sU host You requested a scan type which requires r00t privileges, and you do not have them. By reading the

Bug#322142: RFP: pgfsck -- PostgreSQL table checker and dumper

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: pgfsck Version : 0.14 Upstream Author : Martijn van Oosterhout * URL : http://svana.org/kleptog/pgsql/pgfsck.html * License : GPL Description : PostgreSQL table checker and dumper (Include the long descrip

Bug#322184: mount: [manual] Clarify sentence in topic 'Mount options for nfs'

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: mount Version: 2.12p-4 Severity: minor Manual page reads: Mount options for nfs Instead of a textual option string, parsed by the kernel, the nfs file system expects a binary argument of type struct nfs_mount_data. The program mount itself parses the fo

Bug#322279: debhelper: [dh_make] Option -c is ambiguous (manual includes typo)

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debhelper Version: 4.9.5 Severity: normal PROBLEM $ dh_make -e [EMAIL PROTECTED] -c bsd Option c is ambiguous (cdbs, copyright) <...and help is displayed> However this reads in the manual: OPTIONS -c, --copyright Usetype in copyright file. can b

Bug#322288: lintian: [manual] all dh_make and dpkg-buildpackage to SEE ALSO

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: lintian Version: 1.23.11 Severity: minor As lintian is closely used with packaging tools, it would be good if there were more cross references. The manual now reads: SEE ALSO lintian-info(1), Lintian User's Manual(file:/usr/share/doc/lintian/lin- tian.html/index.html) P

Bug#322290: dlocate: Incorrect exit code 0 on failed search

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dlocate Version: 0.5-0.1 Severity: normal When searching packages that are not found: $ dlocate debbuild; echo $? 0 This is a problem, because then the binary cannot be chained like dlocate || or-do-other-thing Likewise this fails: if ! dlocate pkg ; t

Bug#322289: linda: [MANUAL] Change non-standard tag "COMPARE WITH" to "SEE ALSO"

2005-08-09 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: linda Version: 0.3.16 Severity: minor IT would be good if manual pages were unified for, so that find + grep "SEE ALSO" would work. So please change: COMPARE WITH lintian(1) To SEE ALSO lintian(1), dh_make(8), dpkg-buildpackage(1) Those two additional references pro

Bug#322337: subversion: segmentation fault: access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT

2005-08-10 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: subversion Version: 1.2.0-1 Severity: normal For some reason subversion suddendly stopped working. It dies on segmentation fault. Strace reveals lines of: access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No s

Bug#322132: cvsd: [FAQ] More information to 'setgid failed: Operation not permitted'

2005-08-10 Thread Jari Aalto
| > There is also one thing that may cause this. In NFS networked system | > all UID and GID values must be kept same, so the admin sometimes | > need to hand adjust the cvsd(uid,gid) values by hand in | > | > /etc/passwd | > /etc/group | > | > Now, the catch is that the admin amy forgot to upd

Bug#322125: cvsd: Add $CVSDHOME/.ssh directory + explain how to use it over SSH

2005-08-10 Thread Jari Aalto
| | --=-GomcteejOnwv9ANMXz7y | Content-Type: text/plain | Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable | | On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 10:29 +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > It would be good if the default jail script also populated | >=20 | >$CVSDHOME/.ssh/ | >=20 | > with appropriat

Bug#322125: cvsd: Add $CVSDHOME/.ssh directory + explain how to use it over SSH

2005-08-10 Thread Jari Aalto
| > just regular SSH account and $HOME/.ssh will do. | | So you are using ssh to access a repository provided by cvsd? What would | be the benefit of using cvsd in such a setup over directly accessing the | repository over ssh (using the ext method)? | | The extra protection that cvsd buys you

Bug#322337: subversion: segmentation fault: access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT

2005-08-10 Thread Jari Aalto
| * Jari Aalto: | | > For some reason subversion suddendly stopped working. It dies on | > segmentation fault. Strace reveals lines of: | > | > access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) | > open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_R

Bug#322566: mon: /etc/mon/* please strip Revision control headers from distributed files

2005-08-11 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: mon Version: 0.99.2-8 Severity: minor file /etc/mon/mon.cf contains line # $Id: mon.cf,v 1.4 2003/03/10 18:06:27 roderick Exp $ this created problems when the configuration files in /etc are kept in local version control as well (import / diffing ..). Please distribute /etc/* files wi

Bug#322567: reportbug: [improve checking] the following files appear to be missing or changed

2005-08-11 Thread Jari Aalto
question may would have bee in place before reporting the bug. -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: VISUAL="env TERM=vt100 emacs -q -nw -no-site-file " EMAIL="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" DEBFULLNAME="Jari Aalto" NAME="Jari Aalto" -- System Information

Bug#322572: mon: [manual] mon(1) uses binary name 'mosmon' which doe snot exist. Please use 'mon'

2005-08-11 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: mon Version: 0.99.2-8 Severity: minor The manual page of mon(1) reads: MOSMON(1) BSD General Commands Manual MOSMON(1) NAME mosmon - openMosix load monitor SYNOPSIS mosmon [-v | -w] [-t] [-d] However there is no 'mosmon' bi

Bug#322337: subversion: [update] ENOENT segmentation fault fixed by reboot

2005-08-11 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: subversion Version: 1.2.0-1 Followup-For: Bug #322337 After searching full day for cause of the error with GOOGLE, where people suggested hardware failure (disk => installed smartmontools and ran all checs; all passes) and trying various other suggestion like running chkrootkit to check e

Bug#322626: approx: Rename package to apt-proxy

2005-08-11 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: approx Severity: wishlist It is unfortunate that the package name was initially selected as 'approx'. The problem is that seaching for tools for use with APT, the normal searches would not reveal it. apt-cache search apt-* If it is possible, consider changing the package name to

Bug#322627: trayer: Add GNU --long options for -h and -v (--help, --verbose)

2005-08-11 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: trayer Version: 1.0-1 Severity: wishlist Please add GNU long options format for -h and -v, so that whole program is consistent with the rest of the LONG option style. trayer 1.0 - lightweight GTK2+ systray for UNIX desktops Command line options: -h -- print this help and exit: -v --

Bug#322898: procmail-lib: New *.deb created from CVS. Please upload.

2005-08-13 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: procmail-lib Version: 1:2002.01.02-1 Severity: normal I made new procmail-lib *.deb file based on latest *.deb in Debian. This is snapshot from CVS and stable release. Please use as a base it if you can upload new version (change debian/changelog version + rebuild) http://cante.net/~j

Bug#323336: openbox: please add homepage URL to packages' 'Description'

2005-08-15 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: openbox Severity: wishlist The projects seems well maintained, so please add to the end of 'Description:' of package the homepage URL: Homepage: icculus.org/openbox/ See 6.2.4 Upstream home page http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-pr

Bug#323353: RFP: jwm -- Extremely small and lightweight pure X11 window manager

2005-08-16 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: jwm Version : 0.32 Upstream Author : Joe Wingbermuehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.joewing.net/programs/jwm/index.shtml * License : GPL Description : Small and lightweight pure X11 window manager

Bug#323353: jwm: 0.23 has been packaged. A sample *.deb available

2005-08-16 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Followup-For: Bug #323353 The example packaging can be found at: deb http://debian.cante.net/debian unstable main Jari -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shel

Bug#323606: dpkg-dev: [manual] Clarify -b option of dpkg-source (than /debian is allowed)

2005-08-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.13.10 Severity: wishlist The manual page of dpkg-buildpackage(1), which is same a dpkg-source's, reads: -b Build: pack up a source tree. One or two non-option arguments should be supplied. The first is taken as the name of the

Bug#323612: debarchiver: [manual] Please arrange options in alphabetical order

2005-08-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debarchiver Version: 0.3.2 Severity: wishlist The manual page reads: OPTIONS --debug-level | --dl level What information that should be printed. 1=critical, 2=error, 3=normal, 4=message, 5=debug, 6=verbose debug (modules). --quit-level level

Bug#323614: debarchiver: [manual] Please explain why package goes to REJECT/ directory

2005-08-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debarchiver Version: 0.3.2 Severity: wishlist When packages get uploaded some of them end up in /incoming/REJECT Please add a section to manual to discuss about this. Why it could happen; in what circumstances and how you could find out the cause. -- System Information: Debian

Bug#323615: debarchiver: [manual] add EXAMPLES section for typical usage snippets

2005-08-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debarchiver Version: 0.3.2 Severity: wishlist It would be nice if theere were additional EXAMPLES sectiont that would quickly list the typical command option combinations in certain situations. Here is one suggestion to start: EXAMPLES Suppose you have just uploaded package

Bug#322132: cvsd: [FAQ] More information to 'setgid failed: Operation not permitted'

2005-08-17 Thread Jari Aalto
| > In NFS environment the uid/gid field values must be same across the | > whole network in order to mount shares with correct permissions. In | > case these values have been changed, you must also remember to | > check /var/lib/cvsd/etc/passwd to reflect the changes in uid/gid. | | I think this

Bug#323353: jwm: 0.23 has been packaged. A sample *.deb available

2005-08-17 Thread Jari Aalto
| | On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 14:09 +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > Package: wnpp | > Followup-For: Bug #323353 | > | > The example packaging can be found at: | > | > deb http://debian.cante.net/debian unstable main | | What you need to provide when looking for sponsors, are the

Bug#321379: gbuffy: Creating IMAP does not preserve title 'imap'

2005-08-04 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: gbuffy Version: 0.2.6-10 Severity: normal TEST EXECUTION - Open just installed gbuffy - Configure IMAP (type: imap from drop down menu to the right) Title: imap Path: INBOX Command: Now press 'insert' buttom at the bottom. RESULTS To the left pane 'Mailboxes' there appearn name

Bug#321380: gbuffy 'Login prompt' dialog should have 'Ok' button selected with RET key

2005-08-04 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: gbuffy Version: 0.2.6-10 Severity: wishlist When gbuffy starts, the login dialog box appears. However the 'return' key does nothing when pressed. SUGGESTION Have 'Ok' button selected by default for the RET key. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unst

Bug#321386: gbuffy: Change in mailbox Titles does not resize program's bounds on desktop

2005-08-05 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: gbuffy Version: 0.2.6-10 Severity: normal TEST EXECUTION - Have program running - Right click to open configuration - Select ay of the mailboxes (to the left) and try to change the Title (to the right). Try changing Title field to a a) longer or b) shorter names - Press buttons 'Save

Bug#321683: anon-proxy: [manual] please list options in alphabetical order

2005-08-06 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: anon-proxy Severity: minor It would be better if options were listed in alphabetical order in manaul page. This is the same as found from ls(1) and other manual pages. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'exp

Bug#321681: anon-proxy: syslog error - Cannot connect to next Mix!

2005-08-06 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: anon-proxy Severity: normal PROBLEM Syslog is filled with entries: ... Cannot connect to next Mix! SUGGESTION a) improve message saying what Mix IP address the connection failed. b) the default setup in /etc/init.d/anon-proxy uses line: OPTIONS="-j -h -p 4001 -n 132.199.

Bug#321714: anon-proxy: [manual] mention that program does not work without -j option

2005-08-07 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: anon-proxy Severity: minor It is not clear from the socumentatiion that the program does not work without --localproxy (or -j) option. Please mention that this option is mandatory. I found it it from following listing where it practically reads "[only for local proxy]" for every option li

Bug#321758: RFP: desproxy -- TCP tunnel for HTTP proxies - tunnel every protocol via a local proxy

2005-08-07 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: desproxy Version : 0.1.0 Upstream Author : Miguelanxo Otero Salgueiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/desproxy * License : GPL Description : TCP tunnel for HTTP proxies - tunnel e

Bug#321924: imwheel: package remove script should kill running imwheel process

2005-08-08 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: imwheel Version: 1.0.0pre12-2 Severity: minor Running this command under X: apt-get -y remove imwheel leaves running 'imwheel' process lying around. I believe it should kill that process too. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT polic

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