Package priorities and dependencies.

1997-06-15 Thread Dale Scheetz
that libelf0 and libg++27 should be priority: important, because they have important packages that depend on them. This tells me that libelf0 and libg++27 should have their priority field changed to "important". Does this make sense to anyone but me? Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Package priorities and dependencies.

1997-06-15 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Thomas Koenig wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > >Two packages in the list of "important" refused to install because they > >declared (correctly) their dependence upon packages of lower priority. > > > > at depends on libe

Re: Package priorities and dependencies.

1997-06-15 Thread Dale Scheetz
Once the base system (required packages) is installed, all the important packages should be capable of installation, followed by all standard, etc... The two dependencies I sited for the priority group important are a case in point. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Package priorities and dependencies.

1997-06-16 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > Two packages in the list of "important" refused to install because they > > declared (correctly) their dependence

Need someone to take some of my packages.

1997-12-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
sted in any of these packages. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ta

What, why, where, utmp?

1997-12-04 Thread Dale Scheetz
from the base shell. So, if there is anyone out there who can explain the problem (and has the inclination) I would appreciate some education. A good reference would probably work as well. Thanks in advance, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka D

Re: bo -> hamm

1997-12-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
omething that wasn't available the first time I did this). Anyway, take a look at DoList and see if it will do the job. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

RAS on an NT box.

1997-12-13 Thread Dale Scheetz
with this? TIA, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-

Re: RAS on an NT box.

1997-12-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
d the NT RAS thing, so I'd like to hear how you get on. > One thing that is not mentioned in the docs is what to set in the options file to enable chap. It does talk about the two options required for ms-chap, but I assume that you also need chap enabled? Thanks for all the help, Dwarf --

out for a week

1997-12-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
I'll be out of touch for the week starting Sunday 21 December. Have a Happy and a Merry, or vice versa ;-) Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Softwar

Re: need libc5 non-maintainer upgrade

1998-01-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
_-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, jus

Re: need libc5 non-maintainer upgrade

1998-01-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
eady have the patches, (got them before I left) but haven't integrated them yet. I hope to get to it this weekend. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769

Re: gmp_2.0.2-3.deb in hamm/devel ?

1998-01-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
ong. gmp2 will conflict with and remove gmp, so there really is no problem, but I guess you could make this a bug report against ftp.debian.org... Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1

Pre-processor "Manifest Constant"

1998-01-04 Thread Dale Scheetz
- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want

Re: Pre-processor "Manifest Constant"

1998-01-04 Thread Dale Scheetz
string constants and can not be used in preprocessor > directives. > Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know! Much appreciated, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904)

New Maintainer for libc5/libc6

1998-01-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
path to libc6. Any and all help will be appreciated, so don't hesitate to comment if you think it will help. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexib

Re: Question/request concerning master

1998-01-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
usually clears up soon. You should still be able to telnet into master and then ftp from your site to master. > > Secondly, could the lftp program be installed on master? It's nicer > than ftp, and it's freer than ncftp. > Can't speak to this one ;

Re: New Maintainer for libc5/libc6

1998-01-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 5 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 12:30:09PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > If anyone else has a more pressing need to maintain these packages, now is > > the time to step forward. If I hear no objections, I will work toward > > apply

Re: What warrants a non-maintainer release number?

1998-01-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
ff files, none of which requires either changing or uploading source files. What am I missing here? Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: What warrants a non-maintainer release number?

1998-01-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Santiago Vila wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > It was my understanding that the only time it is necessary to upload a new > > source package was when the upstream source changed. > >

Re: What warrants a non-maintainer release number?

1998-01-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Santiago Vila wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > > Then we are still discussing "non-maintainer uploads/version numbering". > > In that case I find the paragraph to be

Re: New Maintainer for libc5/libc6

1998-01-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Richard Braakman wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > The patch I intend to use comes directly from David. Any changes to that > > patch need to be discussed before I will add them to the package. > > Can you post the patch to debian-devel? As far as I know

Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy

1998-01-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
iner. It was my understanding that the way we deal with kernel headers was supposed to free the c library from the headers. I don't know that anything has changed in that reguard. I'll let you know what I find asap. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User&#

Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy

1998-01-06 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 6 Jan 1998, Kai Henningsen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale Scheetz) wrote on 05.01.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > > > I think that /usr/src should the be domain of the local admin. > > > > >

Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy

1998-01-06 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 05:48:27PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > I never understood why the kernel source was made into a .deb package. It > > Because it's something we expect people will want to recompile, > so we should make

Re: please upgrade your packages to current standards

1998-01-06 Thread Dale Scheetz
it. This allows packages to be "relocated" if there is a place where users are more likely to look. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy

1998-01-06 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 6 Jan 1998, Rob Browning wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I will also never feel comfortable with an automatic process editing my > > lilo.config file. I am set up to boot several linux partitions as well as > > a dos partition and a loop-

Re: please upgrade your packages to current standards

1998-01-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Richard Braakman wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Richard Braakman wrote: > > > Do we want all packages to include the Section and Priority fields? > > > > Probably. > > > > > > If so, then I think i

Re: Libc6 progress: 1998-01-07

1998-01-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
ackage is on the list, or if you think there is an error, > don't hesitate to contact me. > > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > imap-4-4-4 > Memory says that someone else took over this package...but I can't remember who. I'll look over my archives and see if I

Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy

1998-01-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > I am set up to boot several linux partitions as well as > > a dos partition and a loop-root system. I am much happier editing that > > beast myself thankyou ;-) > > A loop-

Re: please upgrade your packages to current standards

1998-01-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Richard Braakman wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > I believe that if these fields are provided in the "package" paragraph, > > that dpkg should automatically include them in the control fields for the > > package. > > So do I.

Re: loop-root (was What's Debian's /usr/src policy)

1998-01-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Adam P. Harris wrote: > > [You (Dale Scheetz)] > >On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > >> A loop-root? > > >With a small patch to the kernel and some modification of the loop device > >code, you can create a file-system-in-a-fi

Re: Debian 2.0 release requirements

1998-01-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
ns that it has? Is there a description in the Policy Manual? More important is there a good example of how to impliment this and will it make it into the Programmers Manual? Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz

custom bo problems

1998-01-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
an User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Debian logo license still not resolved

1998-01-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
nt of a legal dispute between you and SPI, you agree to > indemnify SPI against any legal fees and penalties. > > If the rights granted by this license are not appropriate for your > product, you are encouraged to contact SPI to negotiate an individual > license. > > >

Re: Copying hard links.

1998-04-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
hard links. (they were definitly hard links on the archive that I built the CD from) It seems that ISO9660 deals with this differntly, unless it is a bug in mkisofs? Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz

Re: Aiding the constitutional procedure [was Re: Automation of the constitutional procedure]

1998-04-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
Remember the KISS principle. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tal

NPR piece on Linux

1998-04-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
I just got a call from a friend who said they had just heard that NPR was doing a piece on Linux. It should be on right after the news, so I hope this gets through the mail server pretty fast ;-) Later, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_

Re: egcs and libc6-dev

1998-04-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
low the change in libc6-dev at this point. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROT

NPR piece on Linux

1998-04-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
esentation. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308

Re: boot-floppies package

1998-04-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
e image file. Any future copies of that image file will have the new kernel. HTH, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road

Re: boot-floppies package

1998-04-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > : On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > : > : > Hello, > : > > [ snip ] > : If all you need to do is put a different kernel on the rescue floppy > : (which is wha

Re: Number of Maintainers

1998-04-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
t; packages and leaves the project? Is it kept in the keyring or is it > removed? If it isn't removed the numbers would be too high, IMO. > But it also leaves out testers, who provide no pgp keys. So the number could be too low ;-) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The

Re: Debian Bug#20445 disagree

1998-04-12 Thread Dale Scheetz
would be a good solution. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahasse

Re: packages which are links to bo

1998-04-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
problem, wasn't it? Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308

Re: intent to package flip

1998-04-18 Thread Dale Scheetz
icense agreement. Many authors write complex license agreements rather than use the GPL because they are afraid of loosing their Copyright. They are mistaken about this. These two items are separate. It is, in fact, the "all rights reserved" provided by the copyright that provides the "

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
e said this before, and I know that some disagree, policy is a set of guidelines, not a straight jacket. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: acct: process accounting and 2.1.96

1998-04-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
the acct package against the new > header files is a little tricky, since the ./configure script uses > sys/acct.h in preference to linux/acct.h > The libc6 built for 2.2.xx kernels will built a compatible sys/acct.h header for your package build. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of &qu

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
aiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Christian Schwarz wrote: > > [I reduced the list of recipients.] > > On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Christian Schwarz wrote: > > > > > It's up to you which guidelines you want to follow--but i

/bin/sh has no man page.

1998-04-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
/bin/sh is provided by bash, but doesn't come with its own man page. How does one determine the differences between sh and bash? Is there some documentation that I have missed? Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_-

Paging Dan Quinlan

1998-04-23 Thread Dale Scheetz
I have been getting bounced mail from the testing mailing list sent to Dan Quinlan. Can anyone verify that he has indeed left the project, or give me a new address for him? Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka

Problems with ae and xterm

1998-04-23 Thread Dale Scheetz
he Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-

Re: Paging Dan Quinlan

1998-04-24 Thread Dale Scheetz
n point. On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 11:58:57AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > I have been getting bounced mail from the testing mailing list sent to Dan > > Quinlan. Can anyone verify that he has indeed left the project, or give me &

Re: first proposal for a new maintainer policy

1998-04-29 Thread Dale Scheetz
referred to as "the government". When those rules are viewed as more important than the people participating, that view is a Fascist one. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone

Re: first proposal for a new maintainer policy

1998-04-29 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 29 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> The Policy Statement is a set of rules for the behavior of > Dale> developers, set down by the "ruling body", sometimes referred

Re: on forming a new Linux Distribution

1998-04-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
rough the cracks. Many thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 3

Re: Intent to package pine-src

1998-04-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
source in Source Format and use the .deb files for what they were intended, the distribution of "binary" components. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656

Re: Intent to package pine-src

1998-04-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with Ian. The .deb file format is expressly for the distribution > > of configured executables (binaries for short). Using this format for > > source distribution is simply

Re: Intent to package pine-src

1998-04-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
t;unwritten" policies is to apply the principle of least surprise wherever applicable. Most reasonable folks expect to find the source in the source section, packaged like other source, in a consistent and reliable fashion. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The

Re: Conflicts between developers and policy

1998-04-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
policy of "least surprise" as allowing me to include a link for ChangeLog so that those who are expecting that will find it. A strict reading of the Policy Statement might not lead others to this conclusion, but I don't see that as broken. I am willing to let those more interested in

Re: Intent to package pine-src

1998-04-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What we are talking about here is "repackaging" the source tree into a > > .deb file. Very undesirable as it defeats all the good points of the > > current source packag

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 20 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> Then you will need to remove libc6, as the loader is not > Dale> stripped, as dictated by policy. If I strip it, as policy > Dale&g

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
y option I have the time or energy for. I will continue to object to the dictatorial nature with which these edicts of the Policy group are being implimented. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 20 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> No, because as a guideline it is correct. This has been my point > Dale> all along. Policy is a guideline, which points to a preferred > D

Re: binary-CD exceeds 650 MB -- any solution?

1998-04-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
ons". > ?? > > What are the plans for the official CD? > TBD as far as I can tell. Ian asked about it a while back, but I don't remember any follow through. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 20 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> On 20 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> The policy is the only standard we have for the distribution; and > >> standard

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
eir noses into other > peoples affairs while they atand martyrted by? This is hilarious. > Well, actually I was suggesting that folks that have the time to hang out on IRC have more time for idle chit chat than I do, and I'm jealous! My real point was that folks who make the rules often do

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 03:57:27PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On 20 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > By the way, I do not think I am alone in regarding the Policy > > > as a standards document; a quick (inf

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
be carried out on debian-devel so that all may participate. Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAI

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 20 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Dale> The desire is to create a distribution that installs in the > Dale> smallest disk space possible. I saw that requirement as bein

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
g our differences on this issue. I, of course, agree with the above statement ;-) Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Roa

Re: first proposal for a new maintainer policy

1998-04-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
er" and should thus be "cosmetic", but the word inplies too little concern...maybe a catagory between cosmetic and critical? > > -- > "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a > dangerous servant and a terrible master." George Washin

Re: Intent to package pine-src

1998-05-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As to source dependency problems, it is my understanding that all the > > packages in the main distribution can be built using only packages from > > main. > > That's a lot

Re: Conflicts between developers and policy

1998-05-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 1 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> While I agree with much of what you say about the need for > Dale> policy to be clear, I will continue to urge caution when being > Dale

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Hamm

1998-05-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
this less of a problem. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 3230

Re: Intent to package pine-src

1998-05-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Fri, 1 May 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is your point? The .deb packaging of source doesn't deal with source > > dependencies any better than the current source package. > > Sure it does. You put the dependen

Coming to closure on ae...

1998-05-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
r of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want

Re: Coming to closure on ae...

1998-05-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sat, 2 May 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The reason I feel compelled to ask is that I will be creating two new > > names: xvi and xae. > > xvi, intuitively, seems to refer to an x aware version of vi (elvis or > vim).

Re: Coming to closure on ae...

1998-05-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sat, 2 May 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ln -s '/bin/ae -f /etc/aex.rc' xae > > > > and, while it seemed to build the link I desired (it looks good with ls > > -l) when I try to execute xae, bash tells

Re: Coming to closure on ae...

1998-05-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sat, 2 May 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote:... > >There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or > >not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural" > >configuration situations that

Re: Coming to closure on ae...

1998-05-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
defined, but it will be in any X window. Sounds like it should work for ae's needs... Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 110

who info and /etc/utmp

1998-05-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Re: who info and /etc/utmp

1998-05-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sun, 3 May 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is the info page wrong? Should I submit a bug? > > Yes. > > Aside: on solaris it's /var/adm/utmp, on the bsd system I have access to > it's /var/run/utmp, I don'

Re: Bug#20914: seyon package copyright (fwd)

1998-05-04 Thread Dale Scheetz
f -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't s

Re: Bug#20914: seyon package copyright (fwd)

1998-05-04 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 4 May 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems to me that we have accepted non-modified source as DFSG compliant > > as long as modified binaries are not restricted. > > We allow exceptions to point 3, as long as point

Re: Coming to closure on ae...

1998-05-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
int. I want to thank everyone who contributed ideas. You were all a great help to someone out in the middle of nowhere. Much appreciated. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-976

Re: The early days of Debian (was Re: ideas underlying policy)

1998-05-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769

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

1998-05-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 6 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> On 6 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Dale> During our past discusion on these issues I made direct requests > Dale> for c

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Hamm

1998-05-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
y (other than perhaps a touch of athetics) so I've changed it to > sort by package name. The new sorted list should come out Friday. > This is just fine with me, as I do (sometimes) know which packages are mine. Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux Us

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

1998-05-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you wa

Re: Debian Source distributions (was Re: Intent to package pine-src)

1998-05-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
ibution without much more thought and consideration. We should all feel free to try such ideas out on our own machines just to see how they might work, but we need much more discusion before actually moving in a particular direction. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linu

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

1998-05-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 7 May 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > >On 7 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > >> Fine. But the moment any package ``ignores'' policy and > >> insists policy is not broken, so should not be fixed, I

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Hamm

1998-05-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
arf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't

Re: More on icons for packages

2005-01-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:20:34 +, Paul Brossier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 19:35 -0500, Dale C. Scheetz wrote: > > With regards to GNOME panel icons. The "add to panel" option now no > > longer offers "launcher from menu" so now with the "custom launcer" > > you have to hu

Re: Debian Re-organization proposals (was: Re: so what?)

1998-06-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
ot the best way to get everyone to work toward them. If the goals are well thought out (read well discussed) we must rely on everyone doing their part toward those goals. Whenever we divert our attention from these tasks we loose ground. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The De

Re: Debian Re-organization proposals (was: Re: so what?)

1998-06-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 3 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> We must recognise two things: > > Dale>1. Debian functions as a "Goal Oriented Anarchy". > Dale>

Bug#2042: -help

1995-12-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
-help --help

Bug#2042: less-290-5

1995-12-18 Thread Dale Scheetz
file, less eats the first character of the report. Thanks, Dwarf aka Dale Scheetz

m4 rebuilt as ELF

1995-12-18 Thread Dale Scheetz
I have rebuilt the m4 package as ELF (per Ian J.'s request) and placed the binary package into ftp.debian.org//debian/private/project/Incoming. I haven't figured out how to create a .changes file yet (any pointers would be appreciated) but it should look something like this: Package: m4 Priorit

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