Re: dc and bc in Important?

1997-06-28 Thread Erik Andersen
On Jun 28, Carey Evans wrote > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erik B. Andersen) writes: > > [snip] > > > For most math, expr works just fine. Of course, expr is limited > > to integer math, but it works and is portable. > > Actually, for integer math, bash or ksh works quite well. > > bash$ a=41 > bash$ l

Re: Debian Policy based on the wrong technical assumptions

1997-06-29 Thread Erik Andersen
On Jun 29, Fernando wrote > > I fear the Documentation Policy is being based on the wrong technical > assumptions. > > The fact is that what slows down HTML in an old system is not a web server or > the cgi converters. It is the browser! > [-stuff snipped-] > > Tha

Twin v3.1.5

1998-04-18 Thread Erik Andersen
Hi folks, Twin, the cross-platform windows emulator and development libs, has recently had version v3.1.5 released. I have been planning on packing it up, but now that this release is finally out, I find that I am absolutely swamped at my work! If anybody wants to pack it up for Debian, please

Re: Embedded Debian (was: compaq iPaq)

2000-08-16 Thread Erik Andersen
Quoting Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > sort of configuration at compile-time would be a useful. Is busybox used > anywhere else in Debian? It's curious that busybox isn't packaged > separately. For woody, we are creating a new section of the Debian archive for the debian-installer (new

Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg

2000-08-21 Thread Erik Andersen
ainly am), but do we really need a 'microdpkg-deb'? Wouldn't just 'microdpkg' be enough? When we go to install the base system, we really just want to unpack the .debs and drop them into place. For this to take place we can do something like the following: #!/bin/sh # L

Re: debian-installer status 2002-11-22

2002-11-23 Thread Erik Andersen
On Fri Nov 22, 2002 at 04:07:01PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > and PowerPC. Bdale started on ia64 last night. I've played around > with getting it up and running on BSD, but no luck so far, busybox > seems to be fairly Linux-centric. It is not a high priority, but if > somebody picks it up, i

Re: Anybody want to adopt cdrecord?

2002-04-03 Thread Erik Andersen
On Wed Apr 03, 2002 at 03:52:10PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Adam Byrtek wrote on Wed Apr 03, 2002 um 09:12:02AM: > > > #131325: cdrecord: crashes on 2.2.20 > > > > It *has* to be fixed before Woody! In fact I'm still using old (1.9-1) > > cdrecord because of this bug... > > Yes, i

Re: Anybody want to adopt cdrecord?

2002-04-04 Thread Erik Andersen
On Wed Apr 03, 2002 at 10:03:24AM -0800, David D.W. Downey wrote: > Looks like it doesn't matter anymore. I've been removed as the new > maitnainer by erik due to the 2 week delay. > > Once again, I apologize for the delay on the package but it couldn't be > helped. Hopefully I can assist on some

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-10 Thread Erik Andersen
On Wed Apr 10, 2002 at 06:02:28PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:23:26PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > #include > > Matt Zimmerman wrote on Wed Apr 10, 2002 um 04:45:08PM: > > > 10 days != long enough to test a completely different _primary_ way of > > > booting the

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-11 Thread Erik Andersen
On Thu Apr 11, 2002 at 08:31:55PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Seriously: everyone reading this mail, burn a copy of Raphael's test image > on a CD and try booting it in any computers you have handy. If it doesn't > work on a machine where a potato CD does boot, please mail the lists! I just test

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-12 Thread Erik Andersen
On Fri Apr 12, 2002 at 11:35:31AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > I just tested it on all the bootable x86 systems in my house: > ... > > Toshiba 490CDT Satellite Pro Laptop: Works > > That's good news. What was your success booting the Potato CD on this > laptop? In my experience, the To