Re: need help in identifying changed files in pacakges, + general pacakging questions

1997-12-02 Thread rdm
Radu Duta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another type of file that looked interesting is the .conffiles but I > realized that for X apps the app-default is usually not included in > the conffiles, which I think they should be, but maybe I misunderstand > the role of conffiles. That would be isolate t

[Mailer-Daemon@ods.com: Returned mail: Local configuration error]

1997-12-01 Thread rdm
Anyone know what's up with David Engle's email address? - The following addresses had delivery problems - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (unrecoverable error) - Transcript of session follows - 553 icarus.ods.com config error: mail loops back to myself 554 <[EMAIL PRO

Re: perl module packages: why do they exist?

1997-12-01 Thread rdm
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >About two months ago, I upgraded a CPAN bundle on a production server. > >Two interesting things happened: > > > >(1) perl itself got upgraded, and > >(2) wais got upgraded. Adam P. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh??? Perl itself? I don't think th

Re: perl module packages: why do they exist?

1997-12-01 Thread rdm
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do I remove packages using cpan? Can I downgrade to a > > lower version? > Adam P. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure but I don't think so. Probably, if you can think of some > cases why you need this functionality, you could a

Bug#3326: zegrep missing

1996-06-19 Thread rdm
Package: gzip Version: 1.2.4-10 bash$ type zgrep zgrep is /usr/bin/zgrep bash$ type zegrep type: zegrep: not found bash$ grep grep= /usr/bin/zgrep *egrep) grep=${EGREP-egrep} ;; *fgrep) grep=${FGREP-fgrep} ;; *) grep=${GREP-grep} ;; grep=egre

What should I do about getpgrp?

1996-06-19 Thread rdm
I'm working on a package that makes extensive use of getpgrp(pid), but the getpgrp() that comes in libc5 doesn't take an argument (which is not fun if you're managing a number of process groups from a number of distinct sessions). Unfortunately, I can't get libc5's source right now because ftp.deb

Re: Bug#3286: abuse doesn't handle ps/2 mouse correctly

1996-06-18 Thread rdm
Raul Miller: > > (2) If I set MOUSE_TYPE, then switch consoles, when I come back it has > > forgotten about the environmental variable. [I know you can't do > > anything about this one except refer it on to crack dot com, but I'd > > prefer you do this than I...] Dorg Geiger: > What? What shell