llucius wrote:
> Actually, I've not gotten to "The Next Step" yet anyway. I finally bit
> the bullet and downloaded XFree86 (whew!), compiled it, and am now going
> through all the X related packages.
Speaking of X, as a member of the beta team (XFree86), I have access to
the source code for th
Dan Stromberg wrote:
> > For this reason we decided that Perl would be on our base disks, and
> > that packages could use it (well, the subset that's on the base disks)
> > in their preinst/postrm. Packages which want something else must
> > Depend on it and may only use it in their postinst/prerm
> Well, it's been a while, so lets add:
> imap-client and imap-server
> to the virtual package names list.
Sure thing. I'm not familiar with imap though, so could you give me a
description for these to go in the list?
> On another note, is there an editor virtual package? Is there any interest
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Date: 02 Aug 96 09:09 UT
Format: 1.6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: Low
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: sudo
Version: 1.4.4-1
Binary: sudo
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
sudo: Provides limited super user privileges to specific
> that require munging large numbers of files in complex regexpish ways.
> I've found that if you use "-w", "use strict", and "use English", perl
> makes/allows you to write pretty reasonable code. Certainly code that
> is far better (and usually faster) than sh.
If "-w", "use strict" and "use E
> > I'm sure C and Assembler fit "cryptic" too. Just think how much further
> > advanced the computer industry would be if neither of those had ever been
> > invented.
>
> And how much further would the industry be, if C had been typesafe (or
> if some other, typesafe language had been used)? Th
> Mr Stuart Lamble writes:
> >annoyed that if I want support for my W32p (revision A), I have to go
> >to 3.1.2E - and it's not available for Debian. Net result: either I
> >have proper support for my card, and can't install new X-based packages
> >(dpkg barfs at the postinst and configuration stag
Brian C. White wrote:
> Dan Stromberg wrote:
> > There's clearly a place for a stronger scripting language, despite the
> > argument posed above. It's just very sad that it should be perl. perl
> > really fits into many people's stereotypes of "unix as inherently
> > cryptic monster", very neatly
Package: xemacs, xemacs-support, xemacs-widget
Version 19.14-1
1) xemacs overwrites files from package emacs without having a 'replaces'
line.
2) xemacs is not configured because it depends on xemacs-support which
conflicts with emacs.
Michael
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Package: kernel
Version: 2.0.6
I recently updated from debian 1.1 - kernel version 2.0.0 - to 1.1.3
by installing the new package in base/kernel-image-2.0.6_2.0.6-0.deb
(plus the updated dpkg and kbd).
Rebooting the machine showed that all was working apart from the nfs
module failing to load wit
Package: base
Version: 1.1.0-14
The installation of this package wipes out the file /var/run/utmp and
creates /var/run/wtmp which really should be in /var/log.
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A. B <=> True B. A <=> False
Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~}
Package: emacs
Version: 19.31-2
I load hilit19.el in my .emacs but when not under X this error occurs.
Loading hilit19...
Error in init file: error: "X windows are not in use or not initialized"
Erick
Package: procps
Version: 1.01a-1
This isn't really a problem as utmp usually should not be empty
but still w should not segfault. The reason I stepped on this
is because the base package wipes out the utmp file.
Package: syslinux
Version: 1.20-0
On a kernel without module support:
$ procinfo
can't open file /proc/modules: No such file or directory
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Ian Jackson writes:
> David Engel writes ("Re: Bug#3838: GCC should depend on CPP, not conflict
> with it"):
> > This would force an exact version match between cpp and gcc and I
> > would very much like to avoid those situations. Yes, I know this is
> > already done with shared library run-time
Package: perl
Version: 5.003-2
There should be a link or note in /usr/doc/perl about
/usr/doc/examples/perl.
Package: Octave
Version: 1.1.1-3
After installing octave it won't run and giving a message like:
can't find /lib/libg++ (I don't remember exactly).
After installing libg++27 elf version (version 2.7.1-2), everything worked
fine. Octave had no dependancies on libg++ in dselect, so this may be the
A couple of days ago, Lars mentioned
> I suggest staying with rwxrwxrwt.
with respect to the permissions for /var/spool/mail.
Mine is:
drwxrwsr-t 2 mail mail 1024 Jul 31 13:08 /var/spool/mail/
I couldn't find the debian package that installed this directory, so
I couldn't figure ou
Package: dchanges
Version: 3.4
If dchanges finds an old style file name, it gives the following messages:
Deb file ok: libelf-dev_0.5.2-1_i386.deb
Deb file ok: libelf_0.5.2-1_i386.deb
WARNING: old style file name: libelf-0.5.2-1.tar.gz
should be: libelf_0.5.2-1.deb
WARNING: old style f
Package: netstd
Version: 2.05-1
It should refer to adjtimex(2), I believe.
Package: kbd
OS: Debian Linux 1.1, 17.JUN.96
1. The Linux keyboard maps, /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/*,
include only one "dvorak" map file.
There are actually 3 dvorak keyboard layouts:
both handed, left handed, right handed.
Please have Linux include map files for all 3 layouts.
2. It would be nice
You (Brian C. White) wrote:
> Package: nis
> Version: 1.20-1
>
> I having problems with cron reporting the following error should the
> NIS server be unavailable.
>
> yp_first: clnt_call: RPC: Remote system error
>
> This is very annoying as I will get mail every minute or two when cron
>
Package: procps
Version: 1.01a-1
-chiark:~> w
2:13pm up 17 days, 12:23, 12 users, load average: 0.31, 0.20, 0.14
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
richard ttyp0mojave.elmail.co 9:24am 26.00s 0.65s 0.65s -bash
pjb1008 ttyp2ash.eng:0.0 10:00
Package: base
Version: 1.1.0-14
I'd like to be able to remove `ae', but it won't deinstall. It should
be possible to remove ANY package if I really want to. I don't like
it when I'm treated like a child by the packaging system.
Package: xbase
Version: 3.1.2-9
FSSTND R1.2 writes in chap. 5.3.5 to place xdm-errors in
/var/lib/xdm/. This is not the location xdm-errors get logged by default
in above package.
Suggestion: change /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config in line
"DisplayManager.errorLogFile:" to
"DisplayManager.errorLogFile:
You (Carlos Carvalho) wrote:
> The newer base packages create /dev/tty* with permission rw-rw.
> This causes an error when you try to open an xterm/rxvt window. They
> quit with "couldn't open a pseudo-terminal" msg. I don't know whose
> fault it is.
>
> However, the newest sysvinit has this c
Package: dselect
Version: 1.12.2
dselect is more complicated than it needs to be. Anyone who has used
the package selector for RedHat can understand why people like it so
much. I like having a versatile interface such as the one dselect
offers, but it shouldn't be so incompatible keystroke-wise
Package: perl
Version: 5.003-2
/usr/doc/examples/perl
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1024 Jul 23 02:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 1024 Jul 26 12:13 ..
-r--r- 1 root root 192 Jul 1 14:23 ADB.gz
-r--r- 1 root root 567 Jul 1 14:23 RE
Package: mount
Version: 2.5j-1
The transcript should explain the problem pretty well. I believe the
problem is the different between the options line in the fstab and the
options listed by `mount', but I haven't had any time to examine the
problem further.
There is also a 2.5k version of mount.
"Brian C. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I propose to add the following virtual packages:
> > >
> > > - gnu-makeuseful for packages like kernel-package and my new
> > > compress-package (not yet released) that *need* a GNU make
> > > to be used.
> >
>
It seems obvious from the responses I've had, that one of the programs needs
to be renamed (no other solutions were presented, and, frankly, I can't
really think of one that won't cause problems). If we assume this is the
case, it is fairly obvious which one should be renamed: the Mercury one.
Me
You (Dan Stromberg) wrote:
> Ian Jackson wrote:
> >
> > sh is not suitable for many of the things Perl gets used for -
> > consider update-inetd, update-info &c.
>
> Actually, a /bin/sh script to add inetd.conf entries, and another to
> remove entries keyed off the service field, was unmentionabl
Package: lynx
Version: 2.5 and 2.4-FM-960316
OS: Debian 1.1, 17 JUN 96, with dpkg 1.2.11elf
Bug: Lynx thinks *.deb files are "text/plain",
rather than "binary". Therefor downloads corrupt *.deb files.
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Date: 02 Aug 96 11:49 UT
Format: 1.6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: Low
Maintainer: Erick Branderhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: babel
Version: 3.6-4
Binary: babel
Architecture: all source
Description:
babel: Support for multilingual typesetting with (La)
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Date: 02 Aug 96 11:32 UT
Format: 1.6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: Low
Maintainer: Erick Branderhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: fileutils
Version: 3.13-3
Binary: fileutils
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
fileutils: GNU file management utilities.
C
On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, marc hoffmann wrote:
> Package: Octave
> Version: 1.1.1-3
>
> After installing octave it won't run and giving a message like:
> can't find /lib/libg++ (I don't remember exactly).
> After installing libg++27 elf version (version 2.7.1-2), everything worked
> fine. Octave had n
This fixes the architectural problems in the source.
Date: 02 Aug 96 13:36 UT
Format: 1.5
Distribution: unstable
Priority: Low
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: gmp
Version: 1.3.2-3
Binary: gmp
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
gmp: Multiprecision arithmetic library
Cha
Guy Maor:
> I don't think we should move the copyright file. Most people don't
> ever need to look at them, so it's simpler if they're out of the way.
I agree, because of this, and because there are packages that only have
and need a copyright file, but not their own directory below /usr/doc.
>
Warwick HARVEY:
> Are there packages that depend on having an editor,
Without trying, I think of vipw, vigr, mail, elm, rcs (and thus cvs),
trn, tin, and nn. I grant that all but vipw and vigr can be used without
an editor -- if you only read mail and news and never check anything in.
I don't ha
Erick> Package: emacs
Erick> Version: 19.31-2
Erick>
Erick> I load hilit19.el in my .emacs but when not under X this error
Erick> occurs.
Erick>
Erick> Loading hilit19... Error in init file: error: "X windows are not in
Erick> use or not initialized"
That is your fault, not em
> There should be a link or note in /usr/doc/perl about
> /usr/doc/examples/perl.
This is standard on debian, I don't see why a link is needed.
Erick
> I'd like to be able to remove `ae', but it won't deinstall.
I can do it: dpkg --force-remove-essential --remove ae
> It should be possible to remove ANY package if I really want to.
But you have to do a little extra for it.
> I don't like it when I'm treated like a child by the packaging sys
On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Warwick HARVEY wrote:
> > On another note, is there an editor virtual package? Is there any interest
> > in adding one? It could be valuable to add Provides: editor to ae (and
> > others as well).
>
> What would it be used for? Are there packages that depend on having an
> ed
I 'm busy with mflib and thought that it might be useful to have
the weekly script run daily by cron because a daily run will have
a bigger chance to be run on systems which are on and off (like mine
at home). Therefore I would need to remove the conffigurationfile
/etc/cron.weekly/mflib from the
Erick> * added latin1.sty: Michael Meskens requested
See the documentation in /usr/doc/latex/ltnews0[23].tex.gz, this is no longer
needed since about last June.
I used to use latin1, but now prefer
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} % Umlaute
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This fixes the description bug.
Date: 02 Aug 96 13:34 UT
Format: 1.5
Distribution: unstable
Priority: Low
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: libident
Version: 0.17-2
Binary: libident
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
libident: a simple RFC1413 client library
Changes: Thi
This repairs the architecture bug reported against this package.
Date: 02 Aug 96 16:44 UT
Format: 1.5
Distribution: unstable
Priority: Low
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: diff
Version: 2.7-11
Binary: diff
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
diff: File comparison utiliti
Package: fileutils
Version: 3.13-2
The fileutils package has an empty /usr/libexec directory in the .deb
file. I don't think the FSSTND supports libexec yet, so the directory
should be removed.
David
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I just tried to build elm from the debian source package with the thought
that I might be able to maintain it. So far the verdict is not in.
The build target in debian.rules is really very simple:
make
make documentation
touch build
However, if I try "debian.rules build" I
> > I'm sure C and Assembler fit "cryptic" too. Just think how much further
> > advanced the computer industry would be if neither of those had ever been
> > invented.
>
> As to assembler, there are lots of _very_ different styles of writing it;
> there is no one "Assembler" language. It's quite
> "BCW" == Brian C White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BCW> I don't see a problem with packages creating directories and
BCW> other necessary framework in /usr/local. In some cases, this can
BCW> be quite complex and without which it isn't possible for there to
BCW> be "local" extensions.
Besid
Package: cvs
Version: 1.8.1-1
The initial format fails because it can't find the file `CVSvn.texi'.
(760) tex cvs.texinfo
This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1)
(cvs.texinfo
Hyphenation patterns for british, english, french, german, spanish, loaded.
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/misc/texinfo.tex Load
Package: netstd
Version: 2.05-1
The configuration of identd in inetd.conf is incorrect. The incorrect line
is:
ident stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/identdidentd -i
with the correct line being:
authstream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/identdidentd -i
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