aout svgalib problem

1996-06-16 Thread Jeffery S. Coy Jr.
i just installed the aout-svgalib-1.28-6.deb package, and noticed it installs to /usr/i486-linuxaout rather than /usr/lib/i486-linuxaout, so the system can't find it. i tried writing the maintainer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), but the host appears not to exist. on a side note, has anyone made a doom pack

Re: pppd and setuidness (was Re: 3 Questions)

1996-06-16 Thread Jeffery S. Coy Jr.
On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > >>good question. and why isn't pppd setuid root? if it's a security issue, > >>a ppp group would be in order. > > > > Personally I find that the diald package is an excellent way of > avoiding this whole issue. However: > i've been using kerne

Re: 3 Questions

1996-06-16 Thread Jeffery S. Coy Jr.
On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Mark Phillips wrote: > 1. How does TERM get set? > it is set by login(1). > P.S. Is there any advantage to using bash instead of tcsh? Does bash > have all the features that tcsh has? > well, being a LONG time tcsh user, no, bash can't do everything tcsh does. tcsh can do

Re: debian v1.1 probs

1996-06-13 Thread Jeffery S. Coy Jr.
On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > > > > also, i couldn't find pine/pico anywhere on the debian tree. i was > > > Because of a new, restrictive copyright, the pine package now lives in the > > non-free section :-( > > what about including the older, free, version as a package? > n

debian v1.1 probs

1996-06-13 Thread Jeffery S. Coy Jr.
i hope this is the right place, if not please tell me where i should be posting. i've recently decided to switch to debian linux, i don't need to, my current system is up to date and works well, but everything i've seen & heard about debian has been really good, so i want to switch over. i have h