Re: ncurses & libc6

1997-05-27 Thread Helmut Geyer
Michael Alan Dorman, last weekend and he promised to have a new package out RSN. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available : finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

top and window resizing

1997-06-04 Thread Helmut Geyer
ost of the currently used code in top). top does a resize when it gets a SIGWINCH, which is what xterm should send to it via the shell. Could you please specify your problems? Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available :

Re: libc6 utmp and wtmp [Was: Re: official C library]

1997-06-06 Thread Helmut Geyer
hen we have to be careful of those bad behaved programs that access utmp directly. BTW, the same is true for lastlog but wihtout the benefit of existing libc functinos to access it. Please take a look at my release notice when they're available. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer

Re: problem with /proc info

1997-06-09 Thread Helmut Geyer
Du das, was Du willst: statt val->sharedram += mem_map[i].count - 1; folgendes einfuegen: if (mem_map[i].count>1) val->sharedram ++; (fuer 2.1 bitte noch atomic_reads einfuegen). Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key

Re: problem with /proc info

1997-06-09 Thread Helmut Geyer
I'm sorry this wasn't meant to go to the list. The main point was that MemShared is counting the amount of memory spared by the use of shared pages, not the number of pages with a reference count greater than 1 (which corresponds to the physical memory/swap occupied by shared pages). Hel

Re: New libc5 (5.4.33-2) for unstable - READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLING IT

1997-06-11 Thread Helmut Geyer
Update on the packages I checked: ssh does _not_ use the libc functions when compiled with libc5. So ssh will corrupt the utmp file if used with hamm. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available : finger [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: libc6

1997-06-11 Thread Helmut Geyer
ainers who work in a libc6 > environment must check very carefully that all the libraries they link > against are really for use with libc6. > H.J. Lu and the XFree86 team did a lot of work to make this work. whether it works perfectly, I don't know but as X uses its own d

Re: posix time / 822-date problem

1997-06-12 Thread Helmut Geyer
g it should make 822-date work again. I'll check for this file in the next package and remove it, if present. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available : finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILIN

Re: thread support

1997-06-14 Thread Helmut Geyer
reentrant libraries when based on libc6. Helmut (Debian libc maintainer) -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available : finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Hamm: Exim + Chos standard?

1997-06-14 Thread Helmut Geyer
lor Menus. > - Simple configuration in passwd style file /etc/chos.conf > But chos can't yet load bzImages. The usptream maintainer promised me to look into it, so maybe it soon can. Until then, however, lilo should be the standard. Once it can, we max talk about it again.

RFC: libc6 policy supplement 2nd try

1997-06-14 Thread Helmut Geyer
le that lists all libraries part of Debian and their current status regarding compliance with these standard requirements. This list will be posted regularly to debian-devel by Helmut Geyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 4. Requirements on compiler packages The compiler and binuti

ftp problems to master

1997-06-18 Thread Helmut Geyer
Hello! Currently it is impossible to ftp to master (even when logged in at master). All connections on port 21 are rejected. Could someone please look at it? Thanks, Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available : finger

RFC: library conventions for libc5 and libc6 in hamm Take 3

1997-06-19 Thread Helmut Geyer
ay include the non-thread-safe version. There will be a list available that lists all libraries part of Debian and their current status regarding compliance with these standard requirements. This list will be posted regularly to debian-devel by Helmut Geyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.

Re: locale errors

1997-06-19 Thread Helmut Geyer
. _Please_ try these packages before reporting another bug on locales. I'm simply not seeing them. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available : finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

Re: Debian target audience

1997-06-19 Thread Helmut Geyer
ibc 5.4.33 and glibc 2.0.4. For me these are not enough reasons to support a stable tree for libc5-only when we have fixed our transition problems fro hamm. Furthermore it is _far_ too early to talk about what we'll be doing when hamm is released as we first have to see how many pro

Re: locale errors

1997-06-19 Thread Helmut Geyer
> taken from glibc) but apparently it doesn't. > Do oyu have any idea where to look? > I will look into this mnore carefully tonight. If I can reproduce the problem, I'll try to fix it. If I can't I'll tell you where you might look for the problem. Helmut -- H

locale errors found & fixed

1997-06-19 Thread Helmut Geyer
release of the hamm libc5 packages and you should be able to enjoy(?) all kind of messages in your native language. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available : finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING L

More locale problems for libc5 & libc6

1997-06-19 Thread Helmut Geyer
Well, there really are some strange problems with the locales 2.0.4-1 package. Strangely some of the compiled locale files use the old format, some the new one. I really cannot understand how this happened, but it did. All people having problems with locales should run the included script. This wi

RFC: library conventions for libc5 and libc6 in hamm Take 4

1997-06-20 Thread Helmut Geyer
f Debian and their current status regarding compliance with these standard requirements. This list will be posted regularly to debian-devel by Helmut Geyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 5. Conflicts & Dependencies for hamm packages The libfoog package _has_ to conflict with all ve

RFC: library conventions for libc5 and libc6 in hamm Take 4

1997-06-20 Thread Helmut Geyer
f Debian and their current status regarding compliance with these standard requirements. This list will be posted regularly to debian-devel by Helmut Geyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 5. Conflicts & Dependencies for hamm packages The libfoog package _has_ to conflict with all ve

Re: RFC: library conventions for libc5 and libc6 in hamm Take 4

1997-06-24 Thread Helmut Geyer
libries to force users to do that: as far as > I can see, nothing breaks when the two are installed together. > OK I will change the libc6 dependecy. However we must not have any -dev package in hamm that is a libc5-based package, i.e. libc5-dev may not be insta

RFC: conventions for libc5 and libc6 based library packages in hamm

1997-06-24 Thread Helmut Geyer
their current status regarding compliance with these standard requirements. This list will be posted regularly to debian-devel by Helmut Geyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 5. Conflicts & Dependencies for hamm packages The libfoog package _has_ to conflict with all versions of the

Re: NIS and libc6/hamm?

1997-06-27 Thread Helmut Geyer
> eventually upgraded. > It works for me, but I haven't got any reply on my questions what was wrong for others. Important is to use "compat" as sole method for passwd, group and shadow in /etc/nsswitch.conf. The nis package still uses libc5 and has to be changed a little t

Re: NIS and libc6/hamm?

1997-06-27 Thread Helmut Geyer
sn't work. > Well, it works fine for me. BTW, compat includes the files and db method, so sou really should have only compat as method for passwd, group and shadow. Please tell me more about your problem. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] pu

Re: problems compiling plan under libc6

1997-06-28 Thread Helmut Geyer
include the __) it should compile. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available : finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail

Re: ghostview and xxgdb

1995-09-29 Thread Helmut Geyer
lready have too much to do. > I'd appreciate it if someone with a few hours in the evening could do > this. (It shouldn't take long.) I'll do it. tomorrow there will be new ones. Helmut -------

beware sysvinit 2.58 installation

1996-01-03 Thread Helmut Geyer
eboot programs and reboot right after installing sysvinit 2.58. After rebooting, you can delete the old files. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#2092: procps needs an update for kernels > 1.3.53

1996-01-04 Thread Helmut Geyer
f top, one the original and a new one, resembling the kmem top. ps -s has two possible output formats, one the classical and the changed one as done in kmem-ps. If you are testing this, please tell me (beside any bugs) about which signal format for ps and which top you prefer. Helmut

Bug#2095: man doesn't render manpages using latin1 characters correctly

1996-01-04 Thread Helmut Geyer
console use latin1 encoding as standard. Helmut ------ Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#2092: procps needs an update for kernels > 1.3.53

1996-01-05 Thread Helmut Geyer
mbols from the link map). So the way to go is to use System.map on ELF systems. Helmut ------ Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#4261: Ghostview and virtual package postscript_viewer

1996-08-25 Thread Helmut Geyer
> > Package: ghostview > Version: 1.5-8 > > Ghostview should install itself into the /etc/mailcap entry so mime > compatible programs can use it to view postscript documents. > > I suggest making ghostview "Recommends: mime-support" and adding the > following to the install scripts: > > debian.

RFC: policy supplement for library packages

1997-05-21 Thread Helmut Geyer
nce with these standard requirements. This list will be posted regularly to debian-devel by Helmut Geyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 4. Requirements on compiler packages The compiler and binutil packages have to provide working development environments for both C libraries.

uploaded libc (5.4.23-6 (i386 source) to master

1997-05-23 Thread Helmut Geyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 21:38:26 +0200 Source: libc Binary: libc5 libc5-pic localebin libc5-dbg libc5-dev Architecture: source i386 Version: 5.4.23-6 Distribution: frozen Urgency: high Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description:

IMPORTANT: libc5 5.4.23-6 has to be in bo

1997-05-24 Thread Helmut Geyer
Hi! This package include a bug to a serious bug in the NIS code of libc5. It definitely should be part of bo. Helmut -- Helmut Geyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] public PGP key available : finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST