> Gerd Bavendiek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just installed a Debian 1.1 System using latest packages. Everything
> went fine, but one problem remains:
> I can ftp TO the new system. I cannot ftp FROM my new system, named
> koko.
> [ ... ]
> Connection refused
> [ ... ]
My guess is t
> I don't want anyone to risk anything, I just don't believe that the
> problem is so serious because nobody else seems to care about it.
> If it is - better move the distribution outside the US now, it only
> gets worse. Not only something that was in the public domain may be
> patented, you can
> When I dpkg -iGBE netsc*.deb, I get the message that Netscape wants to
> see the archive netscape*.tar.gz in /tmp. Nothing further seems to
> happen. The obvious thing to try was to cd /tmp, then run dpkg, but
> alas, no joy:-(
>
> What's the story?
Because Netscape will not allow redistribut
> they often come without a C compiler. And it's more than just compress
Often? Solaris is the only unix I know of that doesn't come with a
compiler that can build gzip. (Note I did not say a C compiler --
HP/UX ships with a toy for building kernel config files, that is still
enough to build gzip
> If it is - better move the distribution outside the US now, it only
> gets worse. Not only something that was in the public domain may be
> patented, you can also get in trouble if there is a four-letter word
> in some package. It is very unfortunate that most Linux distributions
> come from th
On Fri, 24 May 1996, Marek Michalkiewicz wrote:
> Bruce Perens:
> > this situation is that it's lawsuit bait for me to distribute patented
> > software without a license. If you look on Unisys web page, they say
> > yes you definitely need a license. Red Hat could have one for all I know.
>
> I'm
Hi,
I just installed a Debian 1.1 System using latest packages. Everything
went fine, but one problem remains:
I can ftp TO the new system. I cannot ftp FROM my new system, named
koko.
So being on koko and doing:
ftp zaza
gives me:
ftp: connect: Connection refused
strace gives me:
ipc_subc
Ian Jackson said:
> Scott Barker writes ("Re: more trouble with 1.1 upgrade"):
> > ok. So what happens when I install the new cron, and /usr/bin/savelog isn't
> > in
> > it? Won't dpkg remove it, since /usr/bin/savelog has been removed from
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/base.list?
>
> Err, bugger. I kn
> When I dpkg -iGBE netsc*.deb, I get the message that Netscape wants to
> see the archive netscape*.tar.gz in /tmp. Nothing further seems to
> happen. The obvious thing to try was to cd /tmp, then run dpkg, but
> alas, no joy:-(
>
> What's the story?
The story is available via "dpkg --info net
Marek Michalkiewicz says:
> Red Hat, Slackware, FreeBSD, ... all have compress as part of the
> standard distribution. I don't think they all would do something
> that is against the law. Maybe something is wrong with the Debian's
> interpretation of the patent?
Infomagic's December cut of Lin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joe Reinhardt writes:
>I am having trouble with dpkg-ftp 1.4.0. I repeatedly get this error
>when trying to install:
You should upgrade to 1.4.1, though, if what you have is truly 1.4.0
They shouldn't affect anything. Unless they're adversely affecting your
insta
Both of your problems are caused by the named pipe /dev/xconsole filling
up, which is a known problem. I get the same behaviour here on my
machine. I suspect named pauses for so long because it has a relatively
large amount of logging to report, and hence is most likely to be the
process which ca
When I dpkg -iGBE netsc*.deb, I get the message that Netscape wants to
see the archive netscape*.tar.gz in /tmp. Nothing further seems to
happen. The obvious thing to try was to cd /tmp, then run dpkg, but
alas, no joy:-(
What's the story?
tia,
kai
--
Life is hard and then you die.
Bruce Perens:
> this situation is that it's lawsuit bait for me to distribute patented
> software without a license. If you look on Unisys web page, they say
> yes you definitely need a license. Red Hat could have one for all I know.
I'm not suggesting that we do anything illegal. If Red Hat can
Hi,
>>"Craig" == Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
(Thanks, Craig, for answering this) I am merely clarifying a few minor
points in an excellent tutorial, To paraphrase what Craig said:
: simplest way is to download "kernel_source-x.x.x.deb", use dpkg to
: install it, and then:
: 1. cd
Try replacing cmpvers in /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install with the
following function. While the maintainer has not yet blessed this
change, it seems to work for me.
# compare two versions (taken from dpkg docs)
sub cmpvers {
($a,$b) = @_;
my ($cm, $ad, $bd);
if( defined($a) && !def
Hello.
Does somone know how to avoid long lists of emacs-savings like that
in the subject line? They seem to be created only if the emacs is
invoced on the local machine but not if started remotely via telnet
etc. The saves-files contain files visited with that emacs-session.
Thanks.
--
Un
Scott Barker writes ("really old bugs"):
...
> The mirror at debian.org is severely out of date. The mirror maintainer seems
> to know this, as there is a message there saying so. I was wondering if this
> was going to be corrected soon?
No, but it may be corrected eventually :-). We're working o
Hello, Im having a slight problem with the newest sysklogd from the
unstable tree. I upgraded to 1.3-2 and now My named pipe /dev/xconsole
doesnt work from boot (I have to HUP the syslogd to make it start logging
to /dev/xconsole)
The permissions on /dev/xconsole are
prw-r--r-- 1 r
> Red Hat, Slackware, FreeBSD, ... all have compress as part of the
> standard distribution. I don't think they all would do something
> that is against the law. Maybe something is wrong with the Debian's
> interpretation of the patent?
I want to explain my position on this yet another time.
I
Craig Sanders writes:
>
>
> On Thu, 23 May 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I tried the procedure you (and a couple of others) suggested. I currently
> > have debian 0.93R6 installed and am trying to compile the kernel from
> > devel/source-1.3.64-0.deb
>
> You've got the wrong kernel v
I am having trouble with dpkg-ftp 1.4.0. I repeatedly get this error
when trying to install:
Processing status file...
Processing Package files...
unstable...
Argument "" isn't numeric in ncmp at /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install
line 99,
chunk 1441 (#1)
Argument "" isn't numeric in n
Scott Barker writes ("Re: more trouble with 1.1 upgrade"):
> Ian Jackson said:
> > Yes. cron needs to have savelog removed.
>
> ok. So what happens when I install the new cron, and /usr/bin/savelog isn't in
> it? Won't dpkg remove it, since /usr/bin/savelog has been removed from
> /var/lib/dpkg/i
Craig Sanders writes:
>
>
> On Wed, 22 May 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > This appears to contain the standard kernel release source tree but
> > has a number of additional things (such as a nifty Tcl/Tk GUI for
> > kernel configurations).
>
> "make xconfig" and "make menuconfig" are a sta
(Please note crosspost, and reply only to the appropriate list.)
The dselect in dpkg 1.2.x has had several changes made to it which I
hope will make it more powerful, less likely to encourage users to use
it in ways which will seriously damage their system[1], and easier to
see what's going on and
On Thu, 23 May 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > The hard part is doing the initial upgrade from 0.93r6 to 1.1 -
>
> Is doing a slow upgrade from 0.93R6 to 1.1 a better idea than trying a
> clean installation of 1.1?
that depends on whether or not you've got data and config files you want
to kee
On Thu, 23 May 1996, Pino Smith wrote:
> I have SCSI disks and they are detected as is the CD drive (SCSI as
> well), so I assume I have SCSI support in the kernel. It looks more
> like the kernel does not know there could be a SCSI tape.
SCSI support, SCSI _disk_ support, SCSI _cdrom_ support, S
On Thu, 23 May 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I tried the procedure you (and a couple of others) suggested. I currently
> have debian 0.93R6 installed and am trying to compile the kernel from
> devel/source-1.3.64-0.deb
You've got the wrong kernel version. These instructions only apply to
Bruce Perens:
> I'd be happy to see someone make a "compress" package and
> distribute it _from_their_own_site_ . If you can do that, please
> go ahead. We'll put a note in the main archive that you distribute
> it so that people can find it.
I guess that simply uploading it to sunsite or tsx-11 w
I just went perusing the bug lists and noticed two things:
The mirror at debian.org is severely out of date. The mirror maintainer seems
to know this, as there is a message there saying so. I was wondering if this
was going to be corrected soon?
More importantly, I see bugs still listed (at the p
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