Re: New APT version

1998-05-06 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > This version of apt is probably the most effective way to upgrade from > > bo/rex. It has been tested in several bo upgrades and has undergone > > simulated upgrades for 18 different configurations, including a few rex > > systems.

Re: New APT version

1998-05-06 Thread Joey Hess
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > This version of apt is probably the most effective way to upgrade from > bo/rex. It has been tested in several bo upgrades and has undergone > simulated upgrades for 18 different configurations, including a few rex > systems. This makes me wonder if we should think about

Re: Tiny libraries

1998-05-06 Thread Carlos Barros
On 5 May 1998, Ole J. Tetlie wrote: > I have a package that uses two very small libraries, shhmsg and shhopt. > I packaged the libs separately from the program that uses them, but it > has been suggested that I just incorporate them in the package that > uses them (snake4). > > The li

New APT version

1998-05-06 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
I have compiled a version of APT for rex/bo. It was built on my 486 that runs some strange rex/bo mix and should work on every system from 1.2 onwards. For completeness I built up a matching version for hamm. http://www.debian.org/~jgg/apt_0.0.pre9-0.1_i386.deb http://www.debian.org/~jgg/apt_0.0

Re: Coming to closure on ae...

1998-05-06 Thread Carlos Barros
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 04:48:28PM +0300, Carlos Barros wrote: > > What about trying to connext to X server, and if an error, do it in > > terminal mode. > > Which would result in opening X connections when working on the > console. No, tha

Re: Intent to package: eggdrop

1998-05-06 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On 5 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > I guess we shold also remove rm. That program can be downright > nasty in the hands of the uninitiated. What about mkfs? oh, man, the > kind of damage _that_ does. Oh, you say that that can only harm the > local machine? Well, we should ta

Intent to package SAML (math)

1998-05-06 Thread G John Lapeyre
This is GPL'd, the package is nearly finished. Description: SAML is a C library for symbolic calculations, accompanied by some application programs (samuel, factorint, induce), and Python bindings. The library provides an object-oriented framework for

Re: Debian volunteers needed for Atlanta Linux Showcase

1998-05-06 Thread vaidhy
Hi! I am at Atlanta and a potential developer. I am willing to man the booth Please let me know !!! Thanks, Vaidhy > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 5 18:49:48 1998 > Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Received: from murphy.debian.org (murphy.novare.net [205.229.104.6]) by > mail.wwdg.com

Re: Bug#21969: debian-policy: needs clarification about Standards-Version

1998-05-06 Thread Bill Leach
Manoj, you are really 'hitting the nail on the head' with the stuff that you have written lately (and I will admit to not necessarily recogniaing the significance of what you have written in the recent past)... On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 01:01:17AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Raul" ==

Re: Apt is cool (yay!) - What about bo?

1998-05-06 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 5 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I also experimented with a veruy wide xterm, and doscovered > that apt truncates the status line ;-( (I personally would not mind > a wrapped line, or a long line, so I know what is going on rather > than 'Waiting to coneect to blah.blah.blah.bla

Re: Intent to package: eggdrop

1998-05-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I guess we shold also remove rm. That program can be downright nasty in the hands of the uninitiated. What about mkfs? oh, man, the kind of damage _that_ does. Oh, you say that that can only harm the local machine? Well, we should take away all the MTA's then (is spam not 80% of al

Re: Apt is cool (yay!) - What about bo?

1998-05-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I also experimented with a veruy wide xterm, and doscovered that apt truncates the status line ;-( (I personally would not mind a wrapped line, or a long line, so I know what is going on rather than 'Waiting to coneect to blah.blah.blah.blah (122.122.122.122)'. Not that I am compl

Re: hamm

1998-05-06 Thread James R. Van Zandt
Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> Trying to upgrade via FTP to hamm would be too painfull at 28.8KB! > >Hi, > It depends on your pain threshold, I guess. I thought that too, >until I started the bo testihng program a little over a year ago. >Since then I

Re: apt and caching .deb's

1998-05-06 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Tue, 5 May 1998, G John Lapeyre wrote: > Apt downloads all the packages and then installs them. Every RH > and Debian network method I've seen does this. Is there a way to download > a package, install it and throw the deb away, to save disk space ? > If I wait too long between

apt and caching .deb's

1998-05-06 Thread G John Lapeyre
Apt downloads all the packages and then installs them. Every RH and Debian network method I've seen does this. Is there a way to download a package, install it and throw the deb away, to save disk space ? If I wait too long between upgrades, I run into big problems. Ot

Re: dpkg-http and proxy cache

1998-05-06 Thread Drake Diedrich
On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 08:25:44PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i have squid cache > i have dpkg-http > > there was a time, when it worked. i could do [U]pdate in dselect, and he > used the version of Packages.gz in the Cache. > i can check that he uses the cache, because if i stop the cac

Re: Apt is cool (yay!) - What about bo?

1998-05-06 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Joost Kooij wrote: > I love the staus display too. It is a bit "jumpy" though, maybe you want > to printf the numbers etc. in a fixed-size field. Oh, and an expected TOA > per package would be a nice finishing touch (I'm getting carried away I > guess ;-). I was thinking of r

Re: Coming to closure on ae...

1998-05-06 Thread Jules Bean
--On Wed, May 6, 1998 1:45 am +0200 "Remco Blaakmeer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 5 May 1998, Carlos Barros wrote: > >> On Wed, 6 May 1998, Anand Kumria wrote: >> >> > On Sat, 2 May 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: >> > >> > > There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determinin

Re: [dpkg] Installing software as a non privileged user - A suggestion

1998-05-06 Thread Jules Bean
--On Tue, May 5, 1998 5:52 pm -0700 "G John Lapeyre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is a great idea.Sysadmins can't keep up with the needs of > an experienced user. > I am almost sure dpkg won't do this now. There will be all sorts > of problems with locations of files.

Re: [dpkg] Installing software as a non privileged user - A suggestion

1998-05-06 Thread G John Lapeyre
This is a great idea.Sysadmins can't keep up with the needs of an experienced user. I am almost sure dpkg won't do this now. There will be all sorts of problems with locations of files. To make sure every package supports this would add complexity and burden. We coul

Debian volunteers needed for Atlanta Linux Showcase

1998-05-06 Thread Robert Edmonds
Volunteers are needed for October's ALS. I already have several possible people that can man the booth. We need people around, or close to the Atlanta area to be able to help man the booth (bring your screamer box, etc.) and also less obvious donations. Redhat will be there with its ubiquitious fre

Re: PGP

1998-05-06 Thread LeRoy D. Cressy
The Gecko wrote: > > Ok... I can't seem to find a linux PGP program -- commercial, shareware, > freeware, open source, GPL, anything... can any one point me in the right > direction > There is a list of sites that contain Debian files where to get pgp and such programs located at: http://ww

Re: PGP

1998-05-06 Thread Will Lowe
On Tue, 5 May 1998, The Gecko wrote: > Ok... I can't seem to find a linux PGP program -- commercial, shareware, > freeware, open source, GPL, anything... can any one point me in the right > direction http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-5.html#ss5.11

PGP

1998-05-06 Thread The Gecko
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Re: Intent to package: eggdrop

1998-05-06 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Johnie Ingram wrote: > > This software has served the #debian channel for over 9 months, and is GPL. > >From the README: > > Eggdrop is an IRC bot, written in C. If you don't know what IRC is, > this is probably not whatever you're looking for! Eggdrop, being a >