[uploaded to chiark]: dump

I've uploaded to chiark: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 07 Aug 96 22:20 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: David Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: dump Version: 0.3-7 Binary: dump Architecture: i386 source Description: dump: Ported 4.4BSD dump and restore

Bug#4072: cpio package is missing rmt.8 manual

Package: cpio Version: 2.4.2-6 /usr/sbin/rmt is a part of cpio, but there is no rmt.8 manual page. There should be a BSD one that can be appropriated and modified if necessary.

Bug#4075: Possible security problem with lrzsz

Package: lrzsz Version: 0.12a-5 I've not heard from the author wrt my query below. I'm filing this bug to make sure that this issue gets checked rather than forgotten. Thank you for your attention. Ian. Mike Neuffer writes ("Re: lrzsz ? Re: forwarded message from CERT Bulletin"): ... > I'm not

Bug#4073: make pattern rules delete intermediate files

Package: make Version: 3.74-11 Given the Makefile below in an empty directory: chiark:d> make clean rm -f t.* u.* chiark:d> make echo bar >t.bar echo foo >t.foo echo wombat >u.wombat echo spong >u.spong rm t.bar chiark:d> We see that the intermediate file used for the pattern rules (%.ba

Bug#4074: problems with 1.1 release

Package: dpkg Version: 1.3.1 Scott Barker writes ("Re: problems with 1.1 release"): ... > ok. Although, I beg to differ about the *.conffiles: > > ls /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.conffiles > /var/lib/dpkg/info/adduser.conffiles > /var/lib/dpkg/info/at.conffiles > /var/lib/dpkg/info/base.conffiles > [etc]

master.debian.org up

Simon Shapiro had a family disaster and is out of the office. Mike Neuffer talked a non-technical i-connect employee through rebooting "master". Please upload your packages. Thanks Bruce

Bug#4077: perl bug

Package: perl Version: 5.003-2 I get the following error messages every time perl starts up on my debian-linux machines (perl and return with do it!) This is the current perl-5.003 release. Any idea how I can rid my system of this problem? (The perl scripts all run fine, I am not that familiar

Bug#4076: shadow-package (not a deb-format-archive)

Package: shadow Version: 960530-1 with dpkg 1.2.13elf: ./shadow_960530-1_i386.deb prints: "dpkg-deb: 'shadow...' is not a debian format archive" Michael Gaertner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel/Fax +49-761-32684

Bug#3838: GCC should depend on CPP, not conflict with it

David Engel writes ("Re: Bug#3838: GCC should depend on CPP, not conflict with it"): > Ian Jackson writes: ... > > Hmm. Why is it necessary for gcc to know which version of cpp is > > available, or for it to have exactly the right one ? > > Would you want the front-end driver (gcc) to use differ

Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'

Package: lyx, ftp.debian.org Version: 0.9.28-1 This package depends on a non-free package (xforms). It should be in contrib, not in the distribution proper. Ian.

Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > You (Michael Shields) wrote: ... > > perfectly without deliver. sendmail should only recommend it. > > And as a result you can install sendmail without deliver and your > mail installation won't work at all.. One could introduce another virtual package (e.g., local-mail

Bug#4079: compress-package should be in `contrib'

Package: compress-package, ftp.debian.org Version: 1.0.1-1 This package is only an installer for a non-free piece of software. It should be in contrib, not in the distribution proper. Ian.

Bug#4056: mouse cursor in X3 server is cross-eyed

Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 21:45:27 -0400 From: Daniel Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Package: xserver-s3 Version: 3.1.2-5 When in the 640x480 mode, the mouse cursor points incorrectly. The point at which the cursor appears to point is not where the mouse button selects when you pus

Re: /usr/doc/copyright/ -> /usr/doc//copyright ?

Ian Jackson: > We then end up with two files per package, and it then makes even more > sense to move the copyright file. $ ls /usr/doc | wc 101 101 703 $ ls /usr/doc/copyright | wc 243 2431804 $ On my system, /usr/doc would be almost two and a half times bigger, with all

Bug#4081: xosview doesn't install a binary

Package: xosview Version: 1.3.2-4.1 It's in buzz-updates and # ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xosview ls: /usr/X11R6/bin/xosview: No such file or directory After installing the package.

Bug#4082: No documentation for fvwm modules

Package: fvwm Version: 1.24r-24 Documentation for the fvwm modules appears to be missing from this package. [Insert obligatory renewal of the fvwm-package-relying-on-fvwm2-package debate here.] :-) I only noticed this because I tried to look up information on GoodStuff. This module appears to b

Bug#3951: kernel-image-2.0.7-0 postinst looks for /bin/perl

Frank Neumann wrote to Graham Williams on 08 Aug 1996 03:11:32 +1000: Graham> My vanilla installation of Debian 1.1 seems to have perl Graham> only in /usr/bin/perl. Frank> I noticed this too, after having built a base.tar.gz for Frank> Debian on m68k. The bug is not in kernel-he

Bug#4085: /etc/init.d/sendmail does not stop and restart correctly

Package: sendmail Version: 8.7.5-4 After saying `/etc/init.d/sendmail stop', `/etc/init.d/sendmail start' will not restart sendmail because it thinks it is already running. I think this is because /var/run/sendmail.pid isn't unlinked for some reason. This is a serious problem; if you edit /etc/m

New gawk and mawk packages uploaded, finally

Greetings: In spite of my hardware woes, I got new gawk and mawk packages uploaded. Sorry, about the delay. I put them in the /home/Debian/ftp/debian/project/experimental directory on master --- is that right? Neither package is essential. Both provide an 'awk' package. Mawk is section base, prior

Re: elm problems

On 8 Aug 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miquel van Smoorenburg) wrote on 05.08.96 in <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>: > > > You (Dale Scheetz) wrote: > > > No! Not a typo. This is the only difference between what gets executed > > > when debian.rules calls for a make, and when I call fo

Re: Bug#4083: psutils: psnup does not handle -Pletter properly.

On 7 Aug 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > > Package: psutils > Version: 1.16-3 > > It could be my imagination, but the latest psutils doesn't seem to > honor the "letter" paper size. > > psnup -2 -Pletter < /usr/doc/lout/user.ps > loutout.ps > > Gives output that falls off the side of the page, bu

Re: /usr/doc/copyright/ -> /usr/doc//copyright ?

Ian Jackson writes: > > I do, however, think we should move the examples directory. I've > > always thought the distinction between /usr/doc/ and > > /usr/doc/examples/ was arbitrary. It usually leads to the > > obtuse arrangement where the example is in one directory and its > > accompanyin

Bug#4057: compress package install additional zcat

> > There should be one zcat and it should always be gzip. This won't > break anything as gzip understands .Z files... > > Making zcat point to compress even sometimes will definitely break > things; IME much of the Linux world has been assuming it's gzip for a > number of years. That se

Bug#4086: rsh segfaults with baudrate=115200

Package: netstd version: 2.05-1 RSH does not work with baud rates above 115200. [miriam]~:stty speed 115200 baud; line = 0; eol2 = M-^?; susp = ; rprnt = ; werase = ; lnext = ; flush = ; -imaxbel tab3 -iexten -echoctl -echoke [miriam]~:rsh aaron Segmentation fault Works from any host to any othe

Re: Documentation formats

Someone: > IMHO info is a great format. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kai Henningsen) > Actually, I have just about the same problems with info that you > have with lynx - it's ugly, it has a *really* arcane user interface. *** Project Leader Fiat Power On *** The unification of Debian documentation

ae-962-8 uploaded to master.

I removed the Essential field and added Provides: editor as well as incorporating the Architecture field correctly. Date: 08 Aug 96 23:27 UT Format: 1.5 Distribution: unstable Priority: Low Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: ae Version: 962-8 Binary: ae Architecture: i386 sourc

Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

>One could introduce another virtual package (e.g., local-mail), have sendmail >depend on this. Both procmail and deliver could provide this package. Sounds >like a bit of an overkill for this problem, though. Umm, no. There are many ways of configuring sendmail, and a number of these (includin

Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'

> Subject: Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib' > Package: lyx, ftp.debian.org I assume that the subject is wrong? (Actually, I know it is, but I'm not sure if it matters for the bug system.) -- Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please don't Cc: me when replying to my

Re: /usr/doc/copyright/ -> /usr/doc//copyright ?

> What is the feeling on this ? > > Since the new source format mandates the existence of the changelog > and specifies that it must be in one of a small number (currently 1) > of formats I'm inclined to say that we should mandate its inclusion - > gzipped. > > We then end up with two files per

Bug#4081: xosview doesn't install a binary

> > > Package: xosview > Version: 1.3.2-4.1 > > It's in buzz-updates and > > # ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xosview > ls: /usr/X11R6/bin/xosview: No such file or directory > > After installing the package. Yes, that's Ians wish. I already corrected Ians error (he uploaded a known buggy xosview even w

Bug#4082: No documentation for fvwm modules

On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Larry Gilbert wrote: > Package: fvwm > Version: 1.24r-24 > > Documentation for the fvwm modules appears to be missing from this > package. Yes, that's because although the manpages have changed a little between the two versions of fvwm, they still have the same names. This me

Qmail, smail and sendmail

I'd like to know if there's a qmail Debian package, and how aliases work in qmail: the Apache package used to add an alias to /etc/aliases and then run sendmail -bi (or newaliases). Does qmail support /etc/aliases, have a newaliases command and support being called as sendmail with the -bi option?

Package priority: Extra/Optional

Some time ago, 4th of June, Ian wrote a very clear message about what the package priorities like Extra/Optional/Required, e.d. should mean. I think Ian did a real good job with this message, finally makeing clear something to me that I've always felt unsure about. However, in this message, "Extr

uploaded texlib 1.0-5 to master

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 09 Aug 96 14:54 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: Erick Branderhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: texlib Version: 1.0-5 Binary: texlib Architecture: all source Description: texlib: Auxiliary Files to run TeX Changes: Fri A

Automating printcap configuration...

I find that I really need the ability to run filters on remote printers, something that the current lpr package Just Won't Do, so I quickly packaged LPRng, and now have it running on one of my machines. Before foisting it off onto the rest of the world, I'm interested to find out what people would

Bug#4051: access permissions for /usr/bin/fdmount

Daniel Quinlan writes: > > Package: fdutils > Version: 4.3-3 > > /usr/bin/fdmount should be mode 4755, not 4750. I agree that the installation is not correct, but I doubt mode 4755 is a solution. I for one don't like the idea that everyone is able to access my floppy drive. Since the Debian stan

Re: Package priority: Extra/Optional

On Fri, 9 Aug 1996, joost witteveen wrote: >$ grep -i "Priority: Extra" Packages|wc -l >179 >$ grep -i "Priority: Optional" Packages|wc -l >230 >$ pwd >/home/ftp/pub/Linux/Debian/unstable/binary-i386 Most of the extra packages are misfiled. They were entered into

Re: Documentation formats

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) > The unification of Debian documentation will be carried out via > HTML. To clarify the above, I don't care what the SOURCE format of the document is, as long as you can _convert_ it to HTML for display. SGML, info, man, etc. are just fine, as long as we can

Re: New virtual packages suggestion

At 1996-07-25 16:29 +, Guy Maor wrote: >On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Michael Shields wrote: > >> Shouldn't all non-cosmetic bugs [in buzz] be fixed? > >No, only serious bugs and security holes. Otherwise there would be no >difference betweem rex and buzz. The definition of 'serious' is a bit >vague (

Bug#4073: make pattern rules delete intermediate files

I've since found the documentation where it explains where this happens. However: (a) It doesn't say that it doesn't remove the intermediate targets of suffix rules. (b) The documented way to turn it off, using .PRECIOUS, has other undesirable side-effects - namely, it prevents make from removin

Bug#4081: xosview doesn't install a binary

On Fri, 9 Aug 1996, joost witteveen wrote: > xosview-1.3.2-6 doesn't contain this bug. So should it be in buzz-updates? Guy

tar_1.11.11-2

This is a new upstream release of tar. Thanks to Erick Branderhorst, we've now got NLS enabled, and a few other tweaks. Erick uploaded a -1 version that included /bin/rmt, which we had agreed would not be provided by the tar package. This -2 version fixes that, and makes a few other small twea

mime-support 2.01-1 released

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 09 Aug 96 15:33 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: mime-support Version: 2.01-1 Binary: mime-support Architecture: all source Description: mime-support: MIME files 'mime.types' and 'mai

Pb: gdb cannot read core from 2.0.8 (is it a gdb or kernel problem)?

marin157# file core core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file, Intel 80386, version 1, stripped marin158# gdb core GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB; type "show warra

mfbasfnt 1.0-5 on master

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 09 Aug 96 13:41 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: Erick Branderhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: mfbasfnt Version: 1.0-5 Binary: mfbasfnt Architecture: all source Description: mfbasfnt: TeX's default fonts and a few others.

wg15-locale architecture depend?

Hi, is wg15-locale architecture dependend package??? it is uploaded with i386 in it. Erick

uploaded mfdcfnt 1.0-1 to master

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 09 Aug 96 14:02 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: Erick Branderhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: mfdcfnt Version: 1.0-1 Binary: mfdcfnt Architecture: all source Description: mfdcfnt: TeX's dc and tc fonts. Changes: Fri Au

Re: Documentation formats

Bruce Perens: > The unification of Debian documentation will be carried out via HTML. I assume the unification won't mean that the native formats aren't supported -- they _do_ have benefits. That said, I fully agree with choosing HTML. Debiandoc, supports on-line conversions to HTML from man an

Bug#4087: xgc dumps core

Package: xcontrib Version: 2.1.2-1 marin146# xgc That test doesn't exist yet. That test doesn't exist yet. zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped) xgc What I did was: - select Function orReverse - select LineStyle DoubleDash - select (Image Text 16), click Run [gives test

Documentation formats

I've just added the subsection below to the draft policy manual. Bruce, tell me if you want me to say something different. I'd like to come up with some rather more formal way of distributing our different documentation formats. Perhaps we should create a new subdirectory of the FTP site for pac

Re: Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

Richard Kaszeta: > Please, don't 'depend' on things unless they are *really* needed. OTOH, if not depending on it will let inexperienced people get easily in trouble, then by all means do depend on something that isn't strictly needed. Hackers can use --force. E = Nu * Tu + Nh * Th where

Re: wg15-locale architecture depend?

On Fri, 9 Aug 1996, Erick Branderhorst wrote: > > Hi, > > is wg15-locale architecture dependend package??? > it is uploaded with i386 in it. > I really should be arch independent, but I haven't had a chance to open a critter complaint yet. Maybe this will suffice? B-) Thanks for noticing...

metamail_2.7-4

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 09 Aug 96 14:46 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: metamail Version: 2.7-4 Binary: metamail Architecture: i386 source Description: metamail: An implementation of MIME. Changes: metam

Re: sysv `news' package is unclear

> Package: news > Priority: extra > Section: admin > Description: System news tool. (System V) > > In addition the fact that this description is inadequate (which will > have been reported automatically a few weeks ago), IMO the package > name is very misleading - it will make people think the