various computers for adoption

1997-12-02 Thread bruce
I have a number of computers for adoption by people who will use them to support Debian, and preferrably people who will keep them online for others to use. Original DEC Alpha Multia. I want money for this one. Round out your architecture collection. No RAM or disk. Insists on true parity RAM. De

Re: bugs...

1997-12-02 Thread Mark W. Eichin
>nedit installed its files to /usr/X11/bin, which didn't previously >exist. I can't remember if there was supposed to be a symlink from Ok, we can at least get that one fixed... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [E

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Jim Pick
> The logo I chose is > > http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/profile/si02.html Good choice. You forgot to give some credit to the artist (Simon?) though. Do you think SPI should trademark it? What sort of licensing do you think would be best? What does the original

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Jim Pick wrote: > > > The logo I chose is > > > > http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/profile/si02.html > > Good choice. You forgot to give some credit to the artist (Simon?) though. > > Do you think SPI should trademark it? What sort of licensing

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread bruce
From: Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Good choice. You forgot to give some credit to the artist (Simon?) That's why. All I have is "Simon?". > Do you think SPI should trademark it? Yes, definitely, right away. It turns out that it is absurdly easy to file for a trademark, I did the "debian" one

Intent to package: umich-ldap

1997-12-02 Thread Brian Bassett
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone was working on packaging the University of Michigan's LDAP server and client suite. I noticed that hamm does not contain anything LDAP related and thought this might be a good addition. I just would like to pick everyone's brains and make sure of something.

regarding the recent problems with http://www.debian.org

1997-12-02 Thread Sue Ann Campbell
As many of you know, there have been some problems with http://www.debian.org Bruce has given permission for www.debian.org to be moved to va.debian.org and I have already moved the main part of the pages. There are a few minor corrections to be made and mirroring of the bug lists and list archives

Re: regarding the recent problems with http://www.debian.org

1997-12-02 Thread bruce
Watch out, they haven't done the IP number change yet. Hopefully I can get it done tomorrow. Bruce -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Intent to package: umich-ldap

1997-12-02 Thread Adam P. Harris
[Brian Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > I was wondering if anyone was working on packaging the University of > Michigan's LDAP server and client suite. I noticed that hamm does > not contain anything LDAP related and thought this might be a good > addition. According to the debian prospective pack

Re: Intent to package: umich-ldap

1997-12-02 Thread Brian Bassett
Oops... forgot about that doc. Sorry for any confusion. Brian On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Adam P. Harris wrote: > > [Brian Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > I was wondering if anyone was working on packaging the University of > > Michigan's LDAP server and client suite. I noticed that hamm does > > n

Re: regarding the recent problems with http://www.debian.org

1997-12-02 Thread James A . Treacy
> Watch out, they haven't done the IP number change yet. Hopefully I can get > it done tomorrow. > No problemo. No DNS changes will be made to www.debian.org until everything is stable and va.debian.org's IP i changed. The only rush is to get a fully working www.debian.org - Jay -- TO UNSUBSCRI

Re: Packages available for expert maintainers or newbies

1997-12-02 Thread David Welton
> pftp FTP client Got it! -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

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

1997-12-02 Thread Radu Duta
I'm trying to develop a system of identifying all the files belonging to packages that have changed on a system. This is very important if you want to save a current configuration. For example I go in and tweak various files here and there (init scripts) or change config files (sendmail, etc...)

Debian Logo - Transparent Version

1997-12-02 Thread Paul J Thompson
I have converted our new logo into a transparent GIF, if anyone is interested. It looks pretty decent and is nice for light colored backgrounds. It can be found at the bottom of my web page: http://thomppj.student.okstate.edu/~thomppj/ - Paul J Thompson -

Re: not a first amendment question

1997-12-02 Thread Petri Wessman
On Mon, 01 Dec 1997 16:40:00 -0500, Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Brian> Morality is a touchy subject and (in my opinion) the _only_ place to Brian> draw this line is all or nothing. Agreed, except that clearly illegal stuff should be banned, of course. I doubt anyone would condone a chil

Shared library major version number

1997-12-02 Thread Oliver Elphick
How do I get gcc to link in the shared library major version number? I get this: gcc -o psql -L../../interfaces/libpq psql.o stringutils.o -lpq -lcrypt -ldld -lnsl -ldl -lm -lreadline -lhistory -lcurses -export-dynamic -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/lib/postgresql/lib linda:/usr/src/postgresql

Re: be careful with Replaces, please

1997-12-02 Thread Yann Dirson
Scott K. Ellis writes: > BTW, is there a particular reason that e2fsprogs got renamed to > e2fsprogsg? This seems to be the biggest chance to completely screw over > someone's system in all of Debian now. Yes: e2fsprogs used to contain shared libs, on which dump and quota depend. Thus, e2fspro

Re: Shared library major version number

1997-12-02 Thread fog
On 2 Dic, Oliver Elphick wrote: > How do I get gcc to link in the shared library major version number? > > I get this: > gcc -o psql -L../../interfaces/libpq psql.o stringutils.o -lpq -lcrypt > -ldld > -lnsl -ldl > -lm -lreadline -lhistory -lcurses -export-dynamic -Wl,-rpath > -Wl,

Re: be careful with Replaces, please

1997-12-02 Thread David Gaudine
On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Yann Dirson wrote: > Yes: e2fsprogs used to contain shared libs, on which dump and quota > depend. Thus, e2fsprogs was assumed to be a package with libc5 libs, > and I could not keep the name, without breaking dump and quota on a > hamm upgrade. > > I thought that, e2fsprogs

Re: be careful with Replaces, please

1997-12-02 Thread David Gaudine
On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, David Gaudine wrote: > for at least a year. After installing e2fsprogsg, I'm left with the > following "Available Required packages"; the very existence of this > section makes me nervous. I should add that I'm assuming that this is a transitional thing (that's why it's cal

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

Re: be careful with Replaces, please

1997-12-02 Thread James Troup
Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > BTW, is there a particular reason that e2fsprogs got renamed to > > e2fsprogsg? This seems to be the biggest chance to completely > > screw over someone's system in all of Debian now. > > Yes: e2fsprogs used to contain shared libs, on which dump and qu

Re: be careful with Replaces, please

1997-12-02 Thread Scott Ellis
On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Yann Dirson wrote: > Scott K. Ellis writes: > > BTW, is there a particular reason that e2fsprogs got renamed to > > e2fsprogsg? This seems to be the biggest chance to completely screw over > > someone's system in all of Debian now. > > Yes: e2fsprogs used to contain shared

Weird message ftp'ing master.debian.org

1997-12-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
master.debian.org apparently thinks that I'm an anonymous user. What's up with this? blp:/raid/home/blp$ ftp master.debian.org Connected to master.debian.org. 220-This system is for internal use by the Debian developers. It is not 220-open to anonymous FTP. Please use ftp.debian.or

Re: nedit 5.0 questions

1997-12-02 Thread Victor Torrico
On 97/12/02 at 09:13 AM -0600, Mark Edel wrote: > > I'm using the debian -2.deb package of nedit 5.0. The Page Up and Page Down > > keys don't work. The statistics line does not appear when it's preferences > > or > > default settings are selected. Sometimes I can't save a file (^S) or quit

linux/unix to NT

1997-12-02 Thread Mariusz Pagowski
Hello, I learned about samba package allowing me to access disks on NT machine from unix/linux. But does samba allow me to login/telnet to NT machine from linux/unix and run remotely a program on it? If not is there some software which would allow me to do it? Thanks, Mariusz -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE F

Re: linux/unix to NT

1997-12-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
Mariusz Pagowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I learned about samba package allowing me to access disks > on NT machine from unix/linux. But does samba allow me > to login/telnet to NT machine from linux/unix and run remotely > a program on it? If not is there some software which would allow > me

Re: linux/unix to NT

1997-12-02 Thread E. MACHA
OpenNT... from the top of my head I don't remember what their www pages are.. but OpenNT allows you to 'telnet' into an NT system and run programs as if on a console window. It is a commercial package. FYI.. clarifying Mariusz statement... samba allows NT/95/MS clients to access your linux box

question

1997-12-02 Thread Timo Pettersson
Hi. I wasn't shore were to send this mail so I sended it here. I'm wondering if I can run Linux on my machine. I have a PentiumII 266 with an AGP graphic-card (Asus 3Dexplorer). I couldn't find any of them on your site. Neither any driver for Sound Blaster 64. Please send me an answer. I'm really

Re: linux/unix to NT

1997-12-02 Thread Mark Baker
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mariusz Pagowski) writes: > I learned about samba package allowing me to access disks > on NT machine from unix/linux. Actually the other way round; samba lets you turn your unix box into a windows network compatible fileserver. There is

Config file management utility

1997-12-02 Thread Joe Emenaker
Has much discussion been had about a possible configuration file management script for the package config scripts to use? For example, I installed cron on a Debian box, and then installed mgetty. Mgetty placed the following at the end of my /etc/crontab: #-- mgetty begin 20,40 * * * * roo

Re: question

1997-12-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
"Timo Pettersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. I wasn't shore were to send this mail so I sended it here. In the future send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian-devel is not the correct forum. > I'm wondering if I can run Linux on my machine. > I have a PentiumII 266 with an AGP graphic-card (As

Easier configuration idea....

1997-12-02 Thread Joe Emenaker
One of the faculty I have to support here is using Caldera's OpenLinux. Although Debian is still my favorite, I am pleased with some of the easy configuration features of OpenLinux. For those of you who are unaware, OpenLinux has a directory under /etc called, I believe, sysconfig. In there are b

Proposal to package propsel

1997-12-02 Thread Charles Briscoe-Smith
I just saw this on c.o.l.a. and want to package it: Title: propsel Version:27-Nov-1997 Entered-date: 27-Nov-1997 Description:propsel is for people who work with more than a single X11 display on their desk. It allows one to paste into a xterm

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Marco Budde
Am 01.12.97 schrieb bruce # va.debian.org ... Moin Bruce! BP> We've been having a logo contest for a long time. It failed to generate BP> a consensus on a logo for the project. It got to the point where people What's wrong with the logo on www.debian.org? BP> I chose this logo because it is a s

Re: too many directories in /usr/doc?

1997-12-02 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Sun, Nov 30, 1997 at 01:48:38PM -0500, James A. Treacy wrote: > Thanks for using NetForward! > http://www.netforward.com > v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v > > > I'm taking over maintaining the linux-gazette packages from Christian > > Schwarz, and I would prefer to jus

Re: searching Orn E. Hansen

1997-12-02 Thread Juergen Menden
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Richard Braakman wrote: > > Dialdcost is orphaned, see >http://www.debian.org/doc/prospective-packages.html. > > As far as I know there are no special procedures for picking up an > orphaned package. i knew. but i have to discuss some copyright issues with the former mai

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
> Sorry, but why do *you* chose the logo? I thought that Debian is a team > and not one person. There should be an election. I disagree. Let's have an election about whether we need an election. Golly, this could be fun ;) -- Mark Shuttleworth Thawte Consulting -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS M

Mailinglists documented

1997-12-02 Thread Martin Schulze
Good evening folks, Much of the the conversation between Debian developers and users is managed through several mailing lists. Debian GNU/Linux is developed through distributed development all around the world. Therefore email is a preferred way to discuss various items. All the mailin

Re: not a first amendment question

1997-12-02 Thread Aaron Howell
On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 03:00:22PM +0200, Petri Wessman wrote: > On Mon, 01 Dec 1997 16:40:00 -0500, Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I think the recent comparison to "fortune" was valid. It asks whether > or not to install the "offensive" portion at install time. Why > couldn't the purit

Re: question

1997-12-02 Thread Mattias Evensson
Ben Pfaff wrote: > > "Timo Pettersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm wondering if I can run Linux on my machine. > > I have a PentiumII 266 with an AGP graphic-card (Asus 3Dexplorer). > > AGP cards are not yet supported by XFree86. They should be supported > in a few months, though, if the

Re: Mailinglists documented

1997-12-02 Thread Will Lowe
> You'll find this file on your favourite Debian mirror in > /debian/doc/mailing-lists.txt. This file is a complete rewrite. Hmm. I'm wondering about the last three paragraphs of this file: 1) Have we actually collected any money this way? :) 2) Shouldn't these read, now that SPI is incor

NEdit in current Debian package

1997-12-02 Thread Mark Edel
I have been getting reports from people who are using a buggy version of NEdit from: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/hamm/non-free/binary/editors/nedit_5.0-2.deb Either someone built a copy of NEdit with LessTif and contributed it, or you built it yourselves, but it was done with LessTif. Less

Security audit tool?

1997-12-02 Thread Joe Emenaker
I was just poking around on the Debian web site and noticed that there's a list of some known vulnerabilities in some packages. Has anyone discussed making a tool that could ftp a current copy of this list (in a properly formatted form, of course) and using it along with dpkg to determine if a sy

Re: Proposal to package propsel

1997-12-02 Thread Steve Dunham
Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just saw this on c.o.l.a. and want to package it: > Title: propsel > Version:27-Nov-1997 > Entered-date: 27-Nov-1997 > Description:propsel is for people who work with more than a single > X11 display on t

Re: Shared library major version number

1997-12-02 Thread Oliver Elphick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On 2 Dic, Oliver Elphick wrote: >> How do I get gcc to link in the shared library major version number? >>... >You do the right thing. It's libpq.so.1 that is faulty. When you build >it you should give the -Wl,-soname,libpq.so.1 flag to gcc. >Hope this helps..

Technical Support Database suggestion...

1997-12-02 Thread Ean Schuessler
I think that it would be useful if we were to design a technical support database (something along the lines of GNATS but more user friendly) that created an online searchable database of issues that had been raised by users and the resolutions that had come out of it. This would not only be more

Debian Commercial Support

1997-12-02 Thread Bruce Perens
Now that I am leaving the project leader position, I have some options open to me that would have been conflicts of interest for before, but are to Debian's benefit. I am assembling a 24/7 commercial support network for Debian. The support database (essentially the replies of the email support folk

Re: linux/unix to NT

1997-12-02 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 08:42:20PM +, Mark Baker wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mariusz Pagowski) writes: > > > I learned about samba package allowing me to access disks > > on NT machine from unix/linux. > > Actually the other way round; samba lets you tu