Re: BS in rxvt+ncurses

On Mon, Dec 8 1997 10:58 GMT Philip Hands writes: > <--- == DEL is standard in Linux-land at the moment (very strong argument > for keeping it that way IMHO) This comes from the fact, that the Linux VC is emulating a VT102. David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubs

[geppetto@eecs.com: Re: guavac]

guavac includes a classes.zip containing Java classes. There was no mention of the copyright for these (which have been included with the guavac package since at least 0.2.6p1-1.1, which was the previous release to mine). I contacted the author, whose reply is below. I fear there may still be a co

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: packages.sgml,v 1.61 1997/12/08 23:34:40 johnie Exp $ 1. General Questions 1.1. Before reading this document You should have read the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ . 1.2. Purpose of this

Re: Duplicate messages on this list

On Dec 5, 1997, at 15:49, Tyson Dowd wrote: > On 02-Dec-1997, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >No, please don't muck with reply-to. That's evil. And if I > > hadn't lost my disk, I'd have a handy-dandy url for you. Hmmm. Try > > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.ht

Re: Duplicate messages on this list

On Dec 6, 1997, at 16:56, Fabrizio Polacco wrote: > Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Personally, I still think that reply-to is a bad solution; > > I agree. > > > The people with sad mail software and lazy fingers are > > penalizing the people with low bandwidth. Don't break

OpenBSD-pax (was: Re: Libc6 progress: 1997-12-06)

On Mon, Dec 8 1997 0:49 +0100 Richard Braakman writes: > David Frey wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 6 1997 21:50 +0100 Richard Braakman writes: > > > David Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > pax-2.1-3(Not DFSG-compliant?) > > > > Hmm. I uploaded pax a few weeks ago into non-free (this was Mark H

Re: intent to package rinetd

Speaking of socket type programs, there is a program by Mr. R. Stevens (the famous unix networking author) called sock which allows configuration of all the socket flags, and acts as both server and client sinking or souring packets that are adjustable. Though its been 3 years since I u

Re: BS in rxvt+ncurses

> Here are a few related pros and cons. > > <--- == BS, but we must decide on one or the other as the installation > default. > > <--- == BS sounds right. IMHO this is just silly. > > <--- == DEL is different from DOS. This to is just silly > > <--- == DEL gives us an extra usable key on th

Re: predepends on libc6?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Troup) wrote on 07.12.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [Deleted the part where you once again dodge the question _why_ ldconfig is important] > [dpkg does ordering on configuration and removal, not install] Aah. Now _this_ is a good (and probably sufficient) point. >From t

Re: Duplicate messages on this list

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Greenland) wrote on 07.12.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 07-Dec-1997 12:43:00, Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's true. The problem, however, is that better solutions are next to > > non-existant - I sure don't consider something that only works for a v

Re: Duplicate messages on this list

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark W. Eichin) wrote on 07.12.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 07-Dec-1997 12:43:00, Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Which easily leads (for me) to actually missing them - because of > > duplicate suppression, they do not show up where they are expected (with > >

Re: Where's the SCSI support in Debian?

Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > On Mon 08 Dec 1997, Cooper wrote: > > I've tried installing Debian on my machine via a 24-speed Pioneer CD-ROM > > attached to my Buslogic SCSI Flashpoint LT adapter. > > Imagine my surprise when the machine told me that there was no CD-ROM > > attached to my machine.

Re: Can I stay current using source packages instead of binaries?

Peter Mutsaers writes: > >Hello, > >Normally I stay current with hamm using dselect or dpkg directly. This >uses binary packages. The drawback is that sometimes (most often) the >real package doesn't change, but only the patches that were made to >'debianize' it. > >Now I wonder whether it is possi

Re: Where's the SCSI support in Debian?

On Mon 08 Dec 1997, Cooper wrote: > I've tried installing Debian on my machine via a 24-speed Pioneer CD-ROM > attached to my Buslogic SCSI Flashpoint LT adapter. > Imagine my surprise when the machine told me that there was no CD-ROM > attached to my machine. When examining the FAQ and the README,

Re: intent to package rinetd

Gergely Madarasz wrote: > > Well, no objections, but we already have the redir package, which seems to > > do the same thing. However, it seems that rinetd is designed for more heavy > > duty uses, right? > > Oh, I was not aware of redir. But as you say, it really seems so... only > one running ex

Re: intent to package rinetd

On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > > Well, no objections, but we already have the redir package, which seems to > do the same thing. However, it seems that rinetd is designed for more heavy > duty uses, right? Oh, I was not aware of redir. But as you say, it really seems so... only one runni

Where's the SCSI support in Debian?

I've tried installing Debian on my machine via a 24-speed Pioneer CD-ROM attached to my Buslogic SCSI Flashpoint LT adapter. Imagine my surprise when the machine told me that there was no CD-ROM attached to my machine. When examining the FAQ and the README, I found that Debian claims to support all

Re: intent to package rinetd

Sounds like a good idea. Brian On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Gergely Madarasz wrote: > Hello! > > Here is the description: > > rinetd redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another. > rinetd is a single-process server which handles any number of connections > to the address/port pa

Re: intent to package rinetd

Gergely Madarasz wrote: > Here is the description: > > rinetd redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another. > rinetd is a single-process server which handles any number of connections > to the address/port pairs specified in the file /etc/rinetd.conf. Since > rinetd runs a

postgresql update

Someone was asking on one of these lists for up-to-date files of postgresql, since there were some problems with earlier versions. Unfortunately, I have lost the message; sorry about that. The latest version is in Incoming. If you cannot get into master.debian.org, you can download the current ve

Re: Compiling question

Syd Alsobrook wrote: >I am trying to compile apache 1.2.4 with the dbm auth module on >linux, but when it tries to compile the module it can not find the >db.h file so it quits. I have gdbm installed and find reports >/usr/include/db/db.h but I don't know how to tell apache where to >

intent to package rinetd

Hello! Here is the description: rinetd redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another. rinetd is a single-process server which handles any number of connections to the address/port pairs specified in the file /etc/rinetd.conf. Since rinetd runs as a single process using non

Re: Bug#15484: cvs in bo is still vulnerable

On Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 10:02:00PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > Package: cvs > Version: bo version > Severity: grave > > Hmbf, > > the version of cvs in bo is still vulnerable to the pserver bug. I'm > sorry, but at the moment I can't provide a bugtraq or cert message, > but there was one. >

Re: announcement lists

Hi, Also, there are packages that watch URL's, I think (lurkftp does a nice job for ftp sites). I'm sure there is one for other url's as well (can be easy to write one using LWP) manoj -- "Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live ne

Re: Duplicate messages on this list

Hi, >>"Kai" == Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kai> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Manoj Srivastava) wrote on 06.12.97 in Kai> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> If I set a reply-to address for the list manually, then having it >> munged is not just being less pleasing, it is *broken* >> behaviour. Why should

Compiling question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I apologise for this of topic question,but I have not been able to find the answer elsewhere. I am trying to compile apache 1.2.4 with the dbm auth module on linux, but when it tries to compile the module it can not find the db.h fil

Re: libc5

On Sat, Dec 06, 1997 at 03:51:26PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: > Good point David. That is all your point are good. But stopping libc5 > work means we have to convert all packages before the next release. IMO > this should even hold for non-free or contrib packages. I doubt we are > able to do tha

Re: libpwdb-0.54D-1.1

On Mon, Dec 08, 1997 at 11:31:10AM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: > I just downloaded the latest libpam packages. They depend on a new libpwdb > package that doesn't seem to be anywhere on master. Where do I find it? I > have now installed libpam in parts due to this dependency. Hopefully I can > for

Re: BS in rxvt+ncurses

Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I started using PCs when the only choice for me was MS-DOS with probably > MS-Windows 3.0 on it. Things were easy back then. The 'Backspace' key did > 'Backspace' and the 'Delete' key did 'Delete', just like the letters on > the keys said. > > A year ag

RE: libc5

Good point David. That is all your point are good. But stopping libc5 work means we have to convert all packages before the next release. IMO this should even hold for non-free or contrib packages. I doubt we are able to do that, so I prefer to have a libc5 version that is as compatible with libc6

Re: BS in rxvt+ncurses

On Mon 08 Dec 1997, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > > I just want to be able to use both the 'Backspace' key and the 'Delete' > key on any VC, xterm or rxvt and I want them to do just what I expect them > to do, which is the same as what they do in MS-DOS. > > Now, if I am seeing it totally wrong, then

Re: IP Masquerade setup package

Please do. Thanks, Costa Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 22:58:26 -0800 To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org From: Brian Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IP Masquerade setup package I've got a package which sets up firewalling/forwarding for kernels with that support compiled in.

libpwdb-0.54D-1.1

I just downloaded the latest libpam packages. They depend on a new libpwdb package that doesn't seem to be anywhere on master. Where do I find it? I have now installed libpam in parts due to this dependency. Hopefully I can force the installation without breaking anything. Michael -- Dr. Michael

non-US mirror at ftp.rising.com.au/debian-non-US

non-US's README.mirrors lists a mirror of non-US at ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au. I find this site a bit unreliable so I have set up a mirror at ftp.rising.com.au/debian-non-US. Who do I contact to get listed in README.mirrors? Although I see that ftp.au.debian.org has non-US but is not listed in the mi

IP Masquerade setup package

Hello all, I've got a package which sets up firewalling/forwarding for kernels with that support compiled in. These scripts started life in a howto, and are GPL'd. Would anyone object to me uploading it to master for inclusion? Thanks, Brian Bassett +-+-

Re: BS in rxvt+ncurses

On Sun Dec 7 21:56:55 1997 + (Sekmadienis, 1997 m. gruodÅio 7 d. 23:56:55 +0200), Philip Hands wrote: > Sorry, but don't we keep on agreeing that the <--- key generating DEL is the > right thing to do ? > No, I don't think so. > I could have sworn that I've been in sev

Re: Does it conform our demands?

Jozef, I am the assistant sysadmin in the Computer Science Dept. at Wichita State Univ. There, we use Debian for everything you mention except PPP. At home, I use PPP dial-on-demand successfully. My comments below refer to Debian 1.3.1, the latest release. Jozef Bednarik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Maintainer of procps?

I have written a 'tmem' program, similiar to tload, and would like to see if there is interest in including it in procps. So.. since Helmut Geyer seems to have dissappeared (anyone know if he is ok?:-(, I'm curious who I ought to be sending this to... Thanks, -- David Welton

Re: libc5 backports problem

On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 07:11:56PM +0100, Paul Seelig wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hamish Moffatt) writes: > > The only prolbem is that you cannot produce these packages > > on a purely bo system as some have promised/hoped. For example, > > Tim Sailer is offering access to a bo system for backporti

Re: X question

On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Bill Bauer wrote: > just rename the XF86_S3V server to XF86_S3 or create a symbolic > link from XF86_S3 to XF86_S3V (ln -s XF86_S3V XF86_S3)." > > do you have a better way? Edit /etc/X11/Xserver. Change the first line. Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mai

X question

I recently installed a copy of Debian Linux I acquired through a subscription to Boot Magazine and I'm havig trouble getting X configured. I've been getting some help from a guy on the linux user's group tells me that it is because /usr/X11R6/bin/X is linked to the wrong server, I have an S3 ViRGE

Re: pentium specific packages

On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > How about a binary-pent directory with symlinks back to binary-i386 until > a package is uploaded. Then we need to tell dselect(ftp) to get the > packages from binary-pent instead of binary-i386. it's the obvious way... create another architecture tr