Problems with inittab

1997-05-30 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Short question inbetween: Why is the Debian /etc/inittab different from one use on Watchtower? Mrvn -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Clean Debian installed, but a few problems left.

1997-05-30 Thread Goswin Brederlow
I got Debian installed on a clean disk now using the base1.2tgz and the instfiles.tar, but I run across some problems: The /etc/inittab from instfiles.tar gave errors and failed to execute some program (like dselect). Also the inittab it restored after it was run was taken from watchtower by t

Re: Problems with inittab

1997-05-30 Thread Goswin Brederlow
On Fri, 30 May 1997, Mark Baker wrote: > Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 13:58:00 +0100 > From: Mark Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Problems with inittab > > > In article

Re: How do we encourage bug reports?

1997-06-14 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > Milan Zamazal: > > > One problem with reporting bugs I feel personally is what to do to > > avoid repeating reports. > > I think it is not the job of the person reporting a bug to worry about > duplicate reports. Especially not if the person is an end-user and not > a D

Bug in Boot-Disk Package?

1997-06-21 Thread Goswin Brederlow
I found a bug in the installation procedure on my Amiga, but the same will probably happen on all systems. When I try to partition the drive my root.bin is on during installation, it pops up a requester asking to unmount / before starting fdisk on it. After quitting fdisk it remounts /, but the in

Re: Bug in Boot-Disk Package?

1997-06-21 Thread Goswin Brederlow
rtitioning the > disk that root is running on is problematical, to say the least. > On the PC installation floppy root would be a RAM disk at this point, > and this problem would never come up. I wonder if your boot parameters > are wrong, or if it is a 68k-specific issue. > >

Unidentified subject!

1997-06-21 Thread Goswin Brederlow
I've downloaded the Debian 1.3 Source CD as isoimage and cat'ed all peaces together. Mounting the file over a loopback device I got an error: 'Invalid Audio Disk Lentgh 0:00:00' from the filesystem. Now I wonder which chunk has an error in it? Could somebody with the proper rights create chs

Re: Bug in Boot-Disk Package?

1997-06-21 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Bruce Perens wrote: > > From: Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > OK, it's unmounted then, but it should remount the drive if its > > untouched or ask if it should remount it. I'm not repartitioning > > the drive, but I had to change the types of t

Re: Bug in Boot-Disk Package?

1997-06-21 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Kai Henningsen wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Goswin Brederlow) wrote on 21.06.97 in <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>: > > > OK, it's unmounted then, but it should remount the drive if its > > untouched > > or ask if it should remount it. I'm not repartition

Re: invalid CD

1997-06-21 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Bruce Perens wrote: > > If it thinks your CD is an audio disk, it would be an error in the "xaa" file. > The very first blocks on the CD tell what kind of CD it is. > > Bruce > -- > Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 > Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. > PGP f

Re: FW: [NTSEC] (Fwd) DESCHALL Press Release

1997-06-23 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Jim Pick wrote: > > > People did complain that we were promoting Debian to the > > detriment of Linux. > > Yes - but remember, some of the people participating in these > contests were acting pretty infantile. Instead of focusing on solving > the problem, they want their team to be at the top of

Bug#374029: Fixing inconsisten and unusefull Build-Depends/Conflicts definition

2006-06-16 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Package: debian-policy Severity: normal Hi, the current use and definition of Build-Depends/Conflicts[-Indep] in policy 7.6 don't match. Both use and definition also greatly reduce the usefullness of these fields. This issue has come up again and again over the last few years and nothing has been

Re: boot-floppies status from an insider (was Re: Deficiencies in Debian)

1999-10-01 Thread goswin . brederlow
Eric Delaunay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do we still want to support very old hardware, especially low memory system > (eg. some old sparc, and maybe old 386, 486 as well) ? Then you also need a 1.x kernel. 2.0 is wasting mem and 2.2 doesn´t boot on low mem maschines. I think its safe to assum

Re: Redesign of diskless NFS-root package & ITP diskless-image

1999-10-01 Thread goswin . brederlow
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [1 ] > On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 11:46:36AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > [description removed] > > I have made most of the changed required for my redesign of diskless. > Amazingly, it looks like no changed are required for dpkg. I haven't > yet tested anythi

Re: /usr/etc and /usr/local/etc?

1999-10-05 Thread goswin . brederlow
Richard Kaszeta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martin Schulze writes ("Re: /usr/etc and /usr/local/etc?"): > >Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote: > >> Just a quick inquiry -- > >> > >> Why is it that we exclude /usr/etc from our distribution? FHS and FSSTND > > > >Because configuration belongs to /etc

Re: Release-critical Bugreport for March 31, 2000

2000-04-03 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 10:13:38AM -0800, esoR ocsirF wrote: > > Caution, IANAD. Just tring to help > > > > Package: cricket (debian/main) > > Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 56948 cricket depends on non-existant package > > > > Pac

Re: Bochs / VGA-Bios license question / freebios anyone?

2000-08-14 Thread goswin . brederlow
Ulrich Eckhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Roland Bauerschmidt wrote: > > As Goswin mentioned earlier it's also possible to use bochs with some > > other bios > [snip] > > I´m not sure if this even touches this discussion but what about using the > bios > that is already

Re: WG: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread goswin . brederlow
Peter Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Not for me... > > Life is nice isn't it? > > > (And then stop sending this "Not for me"-answers all the time or > something bad could happend) I would guess thats a mial loop, like an away message. MfG Go

Re: policy changes toward Non-Interactive installation

2000-08-19 Thread goswin . brederlow
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Manoj Srivastava wrote: >... > Quite simply: This type of thing can not be handled before unpacking, so > it isn't. Debconf allows package to ask questions in their postinst, > this is just *strongly* discouraged. See the realplayer installer for a > packag

Re: policy changes toward Non-Interactive installation

2000-08-19 Thread goswin . brederlow
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Right. I just do nt see these invariants being very useful. I > > would much rather have a mk-realplayer package that helps me create a > > realplayer-blah.deb; and the invariants are then natural and not > > artificially i

Re: how to setup an apt-getable site

2000-08-19 Thread goswin . brederlow
"Dr. Guenter Bechly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I just have some weird problems to make my uploaded inofficial deb-packages > apt-getable. The referring site is http://www.bechly.de/debian/. I had all > five Debian packages in a local directory called 'debian' and correctly run > dpkg-

Re: CD rom image for net install

2000-08-19 Thread goswin . brederlow
Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sometime ago someone here mentioned the existance of a bootable cd rom > image that contained only the contents of the boot floppies to allow > install over the network on a computer with NO os installed. Anyone > know the URL where I can find this ima

Re: new developper with new packages

2000-08-19 Thread goswin . brederlow
"Christophe Prud'homme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > I am developper on two projects: > 1- corelinux (LGPL): http://corelinux.sourceforge.net OOA and OOD for Linux > 2- freefem(GPL): http://kfem.sourceforge.net Finite Element Code and > > > I have created rather involved

Re: build dependencies

2000-08-19 Thread goswin . brederlow
Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > # apt-get source --compile gri > > Or have I missed something? What is still missing is apt-get --compile dist-upgrade That should download all sources (in the correct order) build them, move the debs to its cache and install. May the Source be

Re: Problem with apt on slink systems

2000-08-19 Thread goswin . brederlow
> Where the heck the word 'stable' comes from? I removed my hole > /var/state/apt/ and I do not know where it comes from. Hardcoded anywhere > perhaps? Or did I miss something grave? > > > MfG/Regards, Alexander What revision of slink do you have? slink 2.1R3 doesn't have that problem. Try to

Re: corelinux debian packages

2000-08-19 Thread goswin . brederlow
"Christophe Prud'homme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I am waiting for my debian maintainer application to take place. > In the mean time, I want to provide my work to the masses > > Here is the apt line to add if you want corelinux (OOA and OOD library for > Linux) > These packages wer

rsync'ing pools (Was: Re: DEBIAN IS LOOSING PACKAGES AND NOBODY CARES!!!)

2001-01-01 Thread Goswin Brederlow
-------- #!/bin/sh -e # Anon rsync partial mirror of Debian with package pool support. # Copyright 1999, 2000 by Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GPL'd. # Add ons by Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # update potato/woody files and Packages.gz or use

Re: finishing up the /usr/share/doc transition

2001-01-01 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So it will need to: > 1. Remove all symlinks in /usr/doc that correspond to symlinks >or directories with the same names in /usr/share/doc > 2. If there are any directories with the same names in /usr/doc >and /

Re: finishing up the /usr/share/doc transition

2001-01-01 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin Brederlow wrote: >> What is the reason for linking /usr/doc to /usr/hare/doc (or >> share/doc)? > So that packages that are not policy complient and contain > fi

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

2001-01-02 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Erik Hollensbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Some packages refuse to install, and of course, break apt in > the process. Right now, I'm *hopefully* going to be able to > repair a totally hosed server that failed an apt-get because > MAN AND GROFF failed to install

maybe ITP rsync mirror script for pools

2001-01-02 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Hi, I've been asked about my rsync mirror script, which is an extension from Joey Hess's one, on irc and here several times. So would there be intrest in a deb of the script coming with a debconf interface for configuration, cronjob or ip-up support and whatever else is needed to keep an uptodate

Re: autodetecting MBR location

2001-01-02 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Russell Coker | My lilo configuration scripts need to be able > to infer the correct location | for the MBR. I am currently > using the following algorithm: | take root fs device from > /etc/fstab and do the followin

Problem with start-stop-daemon and pidfile

2001-01-02 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Hi, I want to use start-stop-daemon to start the debian-mirror script if its not already running. I don't trust the script, so I run it as user mirror:nogroup. But then start-stop-daemon can't write a pidfile to /var/run. Whats the right[tm] way for this? root:~% start-stop-daemon -S -m -c mirr

Re: Problem with start-stop-daemon and pidfile

2001-01-02 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3 Jan 2001, Goswin Brederlow wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to use start-stop-daemon to start the debian-mirror >> script if its not already running. I don

rsync mirror script for pools - first pre alpha release

2001-01-03 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I've been asked about my rsync mirror script, which is an > extension from Joey Hess's one, on irc and here several times. > So would there be intrest in a deb of the

Re: maybe ITP rsync mirror script for pools

2001-01-04 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 02, Goswin Brederlow > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So would there be intrest in a deb of the script coming with a >> debconf interface for configuration,

Re: package pool and big Packages.gz file

2001-01-04 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == zhaoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi, [i'm not sure if this has been resolved, lart me if you > like.] > my proposal to resolve big Packages.gz is through package pool > system. Whats the problem with a big Packages file? If you don't want to download it a

Re: useful tools for packages--any comprehensive list?

2001-01-04 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Mikael Hedin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, >> from time to time people mentions some nifty tools (mostly >> scripts?) > to search for info about packages and similar. Eg the citation > below. Is there some list/collection/etc of such utilities? > Or f

Re: Problem with start-stop-daemon and pidfile

2001-01-04 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 02:10:19AM +0100, Goswin Brederlow > wrote: >> touch /var/run/debian-mirror.pid chown mirror.nogroup >> /var/run/debian-mirror.pid

Potato depopularisation, wired links

2001-01-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Hi, it seems that more and more Packages disapear from potato and are replaced by links into the pools. And thats not new pakages that are becoming stable, but old once getting moved. Did I miss something there? Also a link is placed in /debian/dists/potato/main/source for each package thats now

tar -I incompatibility

2001-01-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Hi, the Author of tar changed the --bzip option again. This time its even worse than the last time, since -I is still a valid option but with a totally different meaning. This totally changes the behaviour of tar and I would consider that a critical bug, since backup software does break horribly

Re: package pool and big Packages.gz file

2001-01-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Sami Haahtinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 03:05:03AM +0100, Goswin Brederlow > wrote: >> Whats the problem with a big Packages file? >> >> If you don't want to download it a

Re: package pool and big Packages.gz file

2001-01-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 5 Jan 2001, Goswin Brederlow wrote: >> If that suits your needs, feel free to write a bugreport on apt >> about this. > Yes, I enjoy closing such bug reports with

Re: package pool and big Packages.gz file

2001-01-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In 05 Jan 2001 19:51:08 +0100 Goswin Brederlow > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate > scripsit : Hello, >> I'm currently discussing some changes to the rsync cli

Re: rsync mirror script for pools - first pre alpha release

2001-01-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == esoR ocsirF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to set up our local partial mirror to run without > attendance through multiple releases. If I hard code the > release candidate name into the mirror script, wont it just > break when testing goes stable? The

Re: Upcoming Events in Germany

2001-01-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > May 19-20 Berliner Linux Infotage > http://www.belug.org/infotage/ Intresting. Gotta check my calendar for a vistit to my parents in Berlin during that time. > July 5-8 LinuxTag 2001, Stuttgart http://www.linuxtag.org/

Re: diskless package and devfs (Linux 2.4.x)

2001-01-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, would anyone object if I made the diskless package > depend on devfs support from 2.4.x in future versions? Please do. MfG Goswin (a devfs fan).

Re: tar -I incompatibility

2001-01-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Goswin Brederlow wrote: > the Author of tar changed the --bzip >> option again. This time its even > worse than the last time, >> since -I is still a valid option but with

Re: [devfs users]: evaluate a patch please

2001-01-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, there is a bug in the mc package, that most likely is > related to devfs. I can't reproduce it, nor does it seem to be > common. > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=57557&repeatmerged=yes >

Re: What do you wish for in an package manager? Here you are!

2001-01-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Thorsten Wilmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Petr Èech wrote: >> Adam Lazur wrote: >>> The ability to install more than one version of a package >>> simultaneously. >> Hmm. SO you install bash 2.04-1 and bash 2.02-3. Now what will >> be /bin/bash 2.04

Re: What to do about /etc/mtab

2001-01-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == s Lichtmaier writes: >> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp>mount -o loop foo 1 > Why dont we just >> patch mount to use /var/run/mtab? > I dont know about any >> other program which modifies it. >> >> because /var is not always on the same partition as / > /etc/mt

Re: tar -I incompatibility

2001-01-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Sam Couter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> PS: Why not change the Solaris version to be compatible with >> the widely used linux version? I'm sure there are mo

Re: package pool and big Packages.gz file

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Sam Vilain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:33:05 -0700 (MST) Jason Gunthorpe > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > If that suits your needs, feel free to write a bugreport on >> apt about this. Yes, I enjoy closing such bug reports with a >> ter

Re: What to do about /etc/debian_version

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Martin Keegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Joey Hess wrote: > I think /etc/mtab is on its way out. A 2.4.x >> kernel with devfs has a > /proc/mounts that actually has a >> proper line for the root filesystem. >

Re: package pool and big Packages.gz file

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 03:49:43PM +0100, Goswin Brederlow > wrote: >> Actually the load should drop, providing the following feature >> add ons: [...] > The loa

Re: RFDisscusion: Big Packages.gz and Statistics and Comparing solution

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == zhaoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, [Sorry for the thread broken, my POP3 provider stopped.] > [Please Cc: me! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Sorry! ;-)] > 1. RFDiscussion on big Packages.gz > 1.1. Some statistics > % grep-dctrl -P > -sPackage,Priority,I

Re: tar -I incompatibility

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:05:27AM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 04:25:43AM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann >> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 03:28:46

Re: RFDisscusion: Big Packages.gz and Statistics and Comparing solution

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == zhaoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [A quick reply. And thanks for discuss with me! And no need to > Cc: me anymore, I updated my DB info.] > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 05:51:26PM +0100, Goswin Brederlow > wrote: &

apt maintainers dead?

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Hi, I tried to contact the apt maintainers about rsync support for apt-get (a proof of concept was included) but haven't got an answere back yet. Is the whole team on vacation? Who is actually on that list? >From the number of bugs open against apt-get I would think they are all dead. Please pro

Re: tar -I incompatibility

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:12:59AM +1100, Sam Couter wrote: >> Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: > Just as linux-centric as the other way is >> solaris-centric. >> >> Not true. There's the way GNU tar works,

Re: tar -I incompatibility

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 12:07:14 -0500 From: Michael Stone >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> I certainly hope that the debian version at least prevents >> serious silent breakage by either reverting the change to -I >> and printing

Re: Solving the compression dilema when rsync-ing Debian versions

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's commonly agreed that compression does prevent rsync from > profit of older versions of packages when synchronizing Debian > mirrors. All the discussion about fixing rsync to solve this, > even trough a deb-plugin is IMHO

Linux Gazette [Was: Re: big Packages.gz file]

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian May writes: > "zhaoway" == zhaoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: zhaoway> 1) It prevent many more packages to come into Debian, for zhaoway> example, Linux Gazette are now not present newest issues zhaoway> in Debian. P

Re: Drag-N-Drop Interface

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello and good evening. Curently I am programing a new > All-In-One Mail-Client (for Windows- Changers ;-)) ) and I need > to program a Drag-N-Drop interface. > Please can anyone point me to the right resources ???

Re: package pool and big Packages.gz file

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>> "Goswin" == Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Goswin> Actually the load should drop, providing the following Goswin> feature add ons: > How

Re: apt maintainers dead?

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 Jan 2001, Goswin Brederlow wrote: >> I tried to contact the apt maintainers about rsync support for >> apt-get (a proof of concept was included) but haven't got a

Re: package pool and big Packages.gz file

2001-01-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 Jan 2001, Goswin Brederlow wrote: >> Actually the load should drop, providing the following feature >> add ons: >> >> 1. cached checksums and pull

Re: package pool and big Packages.gz file

2001-01-08 Thread Goswin Brederlow
>>>>> " " == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 8 Jan 2001, Goswin Brederlow wrote: >> I don't need to get a filelisting, apt-get tells me the >> name. :) > You have missed the point, the presence of the ab

Re: Solving the compression dilema when rsync-ing Debian versions

2001-01-08 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 Jan 2001, Bdale Garbee wrote: >> > gzip --rsyncable, aloready implemented, ask Rusty Russell. >> >> I have a copy of Rusty's patch, but have not applied it since I >> don't like diverging Debian packages from up

Re: Solving the compression dilema when rsync-ing Debian versions

2001-01-08 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> So why not solve the compression problem at the root? Why not >>> try to change the compression in a way so it does produce a >>> compressed > result >>> with the same (or similar) difference rate as the source? >> Ar

Re: Solving the compression dilema when rsync-ing Debian versions

2001-01-08 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Andrew Lenharth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is better and easier is to ensure that the compression is > deturministic (gzip by default is not, bzip2 seems to be), so > that rsync can decompress, rsync, compress, and get the exact > file back on the other sid

Re: Solving the compression dilema when rsync-ing Debian versions

2001-01-08 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == John O Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There was a few discussions on the rsync mailing lists about > how to handle compressed files, specifically .debs I'd like to > see some way of handling it better, but I don't think it'll > happen at the rsync end. Reas

Re: Debian unstable tar incompatible with 1.13.x?

2001-01-08 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == safemode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have used tar with gzip and bzip2 in debian unstable and in > each case users who use older versions of tar ( like 1.13.11 ) > were unable to decompress it. Well, bzip2 is known. Just doesn't work anymore (see the big flameware

Re: Solving the compression dilema when rsync-ing Debian versions

2001-01-09 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > gzip --compress-like=old-foo foo >> >> AFAIK thats NOT possible with gzip. Same with bzip2. >> > Why not. gzip creates a dictionary (that gets realy large) of strings that are used and encodes references to them. At th

Re: big Packages.gz file

2001-01-09 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "sluncho" == sluncho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: sluncho> How hard would it be to make daily diffs of the Package sluncho> file? Most people running unstable update every other day sluncho> and this will require downloading and

Re: Solving the compression dilema when rsync-ing Debian versions

2001-01-09 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > gzip --compress-like=old-foo foo > > where foo will be >> compressed as old-foo was or as aquivalent as > possible. Gzip >> does not need to know anything about foo except how it > was >> compressed. The switch "--compress-lik

Re: big Packages.gz file

2001-01-10 Thread Goswin Brederlow
> " " == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "zhaoway" == zhaoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: zhaoway> This is only a small part of the whole story, IMHO. See zhaoway> my other email replying you. ;) >>> Maybe there could be another version of Packages.gz without >>>

469 packages still using dh_undocumented, check if one is yours

2003-07-03 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Hi, I came accross some sources still using dh_undocumented so I did a quick search through sids *.diff.gz files. Here is the result: find -name "*diff.gz" | xargs zgrep ':+[[:space:]]*dh_undocumented' \ | cut -f 1 -d"_" | sort -u | cut -f6- -d"/" ./dists/potato/main/source/devel/fda ./dists/pot

Re: 469 packages still using dh_undocumented, check if one is yours

2003-07-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Artur R. Czechowski wrote: > > OTOH, maybe dh_undocumented should be removed from debhelper with prior > > notice? "This program does nothing and should no longer be used." > > As a rule I try to avoid causing less than 469 FTBFS bugs with any given > chang

Re: 469 packages still using dh_undocumented, check if one is yours

2003-07-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 04:43:56PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > Could the dh_undocumented programm allways fail with an error "Don't > > use me" as the next step? That way all new uploads will be forced to &

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Summary > ~~~ > Resolvconf is a proposed standard framework for updating the > system's information about currently available nameservers. > > Most importantly, it manages /etc/resolv.conf , but it does > a bit more than that. You should think of a

Re: 469 packages still using dh_undocumented, check if one is yours

2003-07-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
"Artur R. Czechowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 11:26:44AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > > Could the dh_undocumented programm allways fail with an error "Don't > > > use me" as

Re: Debconf and XFree86 X servers

2003-07-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [Please direct any XFree86-specific followup to debian-x.] > > On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 08:46:00AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > Yet another reasons for wanting to decouple installation and > > configuration is if some hardware company (such as VA^H

Re: A success story with apt and rsync

2003-07-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Koblinger Egmont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > >From time to time the question arises on different forums whether it is > possible to efficiently use rsync with apt-get. Recently there has been a > thread here on debian-devel and it was also mentioned in Debian Weekly News > June 24th, 20

Re: Resolvconf -- a package to manage /etc/resolv.conf

2003-07-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 01:00, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > You should think of a mechanism for daemons to get notified about > > changes in resolv.conf. > > There is already such a mechanism. See below. > > > Lik

Re: A success story with apt and rsync

2003-07-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Michael Karcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 01:29:06AM +0200, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > It should put them in the package in the order they came from > > readdir(), which will depend on the filesystem. This is normally the > > order in which they were created, > As long

OT (Re: Excessive wait for DAM - something needs to be done)

2003-08-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Jamin W. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-21 18:52]: > > Perhaps that is because only the DPL can appoint them (as far as I can > > tell) and we haven't seen a request from you for them. > > Request for help are usually

Re: Excessive wait for DAM - something needs to be done

2003-08-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
"Dwayne C. Litzenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 01:09:47PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > 2001-01-24 - Dwayne Litzenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=dlitz%40dlitz.net > > For the record, I'm still interested in becoming a

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 10:17:24AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > > > Martin Schulze is listed as the other DAM member. He's also the Press > > Contact, so I certainly hope he has good communication skills! > > And the Stable Release Manager, and

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nathanael Nerode) writes: > Steve Langasek said: > >I don't think it irrelevant that those clamouring loudest for the DPL > >to do something to fix the situation are people who don't actually have > >a say in the outcome of DPL elections. While I'm not happy to see such > >long

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Kalle Kivimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Roland Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > with. The MIA problem is significant enough that NM might be the only > > way to tackle with it seriously. That means taking time to examine > > applications. > > BTW, has anybody done any research into what

Re: Request for maintainer

2003-08-05 Thread Goswin Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi! > > Subject: RFP: GRubik -- A 3D Rubik cube game > Package: wnpp > Version: N/A; reported 2003-08-06 > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: GRubik > Version : 1.16 > Upstream Author : John Darrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Goswin Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030806 05:35]: > > Kalle Kivimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > BTW, has anybody done any research into what types of package > > > maintainers tend to go MIA

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-06 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Adam Majer > > | My definition of MIA for DD: Doesn't fix release critical bugs for > | his/her package(s) within a week or two and doesn't respond to > | direct emails about those bugs. > > I guess I'm MIA, then, since I have an RC bug which is 1

Bug#204422: ITP: debix -- Live filesystem creation tool

2003-08-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-08-07 Severity: wishlist Package name: debix Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> License : GPL Description : Live filesystem creation tool Sponsor : wanted Debix is a

debbugs: assign someone from a group of willing people to fix a bug

2002-08-29 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Package: debbugs Version: 2.3-4 Severity: wishlist Hi, Ever notived how many bugs there are? How many don't get fixed, get ignored, get forgotten? A lot of bugs are years old and might not even exist anymore. I know (most :) maintainers do their best to fix bugs but sometimes there just isn't en

Re: RFD: Architecture field being retarded? [was: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?]

2002-08-30 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Andreas Rottmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Russell> On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:35, Geert Stappers wrote: > >> When the cause of the buildproblem is in the package, fix the > >> problem there. The package maintainer hasn'

Re: Is there a limitation on swap parition size linux can use?

2002-08-30 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I heard that 2Gb is the limit. If so I would have > to create distinct swap partitions if I wanted to > have more than 2Gb swap? Just wondering... The older blends of kernels only allowed swap partitions up to 128MB. The newer kernels allow 2GB per swap

Re: RFD: Architecture field being retarded? [was: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?]

2002-08-30 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Brian May wrote: > > > This proposal would also allow, say bochs, to provide i386 too (although > > I think more work might be needed here). > > No, it wouldn't. > > Say you install bochs on alpha. If bochs provides i386, then this

Re: Large file support?

2002-08-30 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Torsten Landschoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 01:42:04PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > This does not solve the issue, LFS requires 2.4 or a patched 2.2 > > Kernel. > > http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html > > But with a standard 2.2 kernel it should still work

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