Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
is the "keeper" of hold state, apt(-mark) and aptitude just change that (which makes sense to me). It would be very confusing if apt/itude and dpkg had different ideas about what package is (not) on hold. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2020-04-19 19:11 +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: > The Wanderer wrote: > >> Does holding a package to not-installed even work? I thought I'd tried >> that in the past, and had the result be ignored. > > No, it does work. Or at least it should, since you are holding the > package state, which is "uni

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread Michael Howard
, man apt-mark says " hold is used to mark a package as held back, which will prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or removed." I think my memory has been jogged now. I think the problem is that this hold doesn't propagate through the dependency-resolut

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-04-19 at 13:08, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 12:57:12 -0400 The Wanderer > wrote: > >> Does holding a package to not-installed even work? I thought I'd >> tried that in the past, and had the result be ignored. > >

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread Sven Hartge
The Wanderer wrote: > On 2020-04-19 at 12:46, Michael Howard wrote: >> On 19/04/2020 17:34, Michael Lange wrote: >>> But then, I noticed that sudo-ldap is not actually installed here, >>> and in fact it appears to conflict with sudo so apparently both >>> cannot coexist. >>> >>> So maybe the ba

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 12:57:12 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > Does holding a package to not-installed even work? I thought I'd tried > that in the past, and had the result be ignored. not sure about that, man apt-mark says " hold is used to mark a package as held back, which

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-04-19 at 12:46, Michael Howard wrote: > On 19/04/2020 17:34, Michael Lange wrote: >> But then, I noticed that sudo-ldap is not actually installed here, >> and in fact it appears to conflict with sudo so apparently both >> cannot coexist. >> >> So maybe the basic problem here is that we

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread Michael Howard
On 19/04/2020 17:34, Michael Lange wrote: Hi, On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:25:18 +0200 Sven Hartge wrote: Michael Howard wrote: root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark hold sudo sudo-ldap sudo set on hold. sudo-ldap set on hold. root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark showhold bash dash sudo sudo-ldap Still good, but

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:25:18 +0200 Sven Hartge wrote: > Michael Howard wrote: > > > root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark hold sudo sudo-ldap > > sudo set on hold. > > sudo-ldap set on hold. > > root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark showhold > > bash > > dash >

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-19 Thread Sven Hartge
Michael Howard wrote: > root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark hold sudo sudo-ldap > sudo set on hold. > sudo-ldap set on hold. > root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark showhold > bash > dash > sudo > sudo-ldap > Still good, but then, > root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark hold xterm > xterm

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-18 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 21:43:09 +0100 Michael Howard wrote: > On 18/04/2020 21:34, Michael Howard wrote: > > On 18/04/2020 21:02, Sven Hartge wrote: (...) > > Still good, but then, > > > > root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark hold xterm > > xterm set on hold. > &g

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-18 Thread Michael Howard
On 18/04/2020 21:34, Michael Howard wrote: On 18/04/2020 21:02, Sven Hartge wrote: Michael Howard wrote: I've not used apt-mark much (or it's previous methods) so I'm a bit confused by what I'm seeing. If I use 'apt-mark hold ' and then 'apt-mark showh

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-18 Thread Michael Howard
On 18/04/2020 21:02, Sven Hartge wrote: Michael Howard wrote: I've not used apt-mark much (or it's previous methods) so I'm a bit confused by what I'm seeing. If I use 'apt-mark hold ' and then 'apt-mark showhold' I get ' ' listed. If I then

Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-18 Thread Sven Hartge
Michael Howard wrote: > I've not used apt-mark much (or it's previous methods) so I'm a bit > confused by what I'm seeing. > If I use 'apt-mark hold ' and then 'apt-mark > showhold' I get ' ' listed. > If I then do 'a

apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

2020-04-18 Thread Michael Howard
I've not used apt-mark much (or it's previous methods) so I'm a bit confused by what I'm seeing. If I use 'apt-mark hold ' and then 'apt-mark showhold' I get ' ' listed. If I then do 'apt-mark hold ' followed by 'apt-mark sho

Bug in apticron (or dpkg ?) and trying to work around with apt-mark

2016-09-29 Thread Michael Lange
NUM_PACKAGES=`echo $PKGNAMES |wc -w` ## When I looked closer at what's happening I found that the calls to dpkg DSELECT_HOLDS=`dpkg --get-selections |grep "hold$" |cut -f1` and `dpkg -s $p 2>/dev/null| grep 

Re: Unmark auto without apt-mark or aptitutude?

2011-12-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 15 dec 11, 13:13:42, Malte Forkel wrote: > > I've been looking through debian-devel without finding the thread you > are referring to. Do you possibly have its subject or start date? Even better: http://lists.debian.org/87iplw8px9@lennier.ganneff.de > As a first test, I tried to edit

Re: Unmark auto without apt-mark or aptitutude?

2011-12-15 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.12.2011 22:22, schrieb Andrei Popescu: > Your problem is not unique, see the recent thread on debian-devel > triggered by an announcement about changes in archive sections. You > could take the initiative and drive the required changes to have apt > handle transitional packages specially ;

Re: Unmark auto without apt-mark or aptitutude?

2011-12-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 14 dec 11, 09:13:34, Malte Forkel wrote: > > I'm writing a transitional package to handle a software name change. Hi Malte, Your problem is not unique, see the recent thread on debian-devel triggered by an announcement about changes in archive sections. You could take the initiative an

Re: Unmark auto without apt-mark or aptitutude?

2011-12-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Malte Forkel wrote: > I'm writing a transitional package to handle a software name change. The > transitional package 'depends' on the new package. So during an upgrade, > the new package is installed automatically and marked accordingly. But > once the user decides to purge the transitional packag

Re: Unmark auto without apt-mark or aptitutude?

2011-12-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.12.2011 01:33, schrieb Bob Proulx: > Malte Forkel wrote: >> Can I safely modify /var/lib/apt/extended_states in a postinst skript, >> that is while aptitude | apt-get | ... is running? > > Ew... That could be scary! The short answer is that I don't know. > Certainly an official package wou

Re: Unmark auto without apt-mark or aptitutude?

2011-12-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Malte Forkel wrote: > Can I safely modify /var/lib/apt/extended_states in a postinst skript, > that is while aptitude | apt-get | ... is running? Ew... That could be scary! The short answer is that I don't know. Certainly an official package would no be allowed to do it. But would it work? I d

Re: Unmark auto without apt-mark or aptitutude?

2011-12-13 Thread Malte Forkel
not already listed then it is known to be > manually installed. Create an entry to mark it as automatically >installed. Ah, thanks! Can I safely modify /var/lib/apt/extended_states in a postinst skript, that is while aptitude | apt-get | ... is running? I guess /var/lib/apt/extended_

Re: Unmark auto without apt-mark or aptitutude?

2011-12-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Malte Forkel wrote: > How can I mark a package as being not auto(matically installed)? I know > about aptitude and apt-mark, but both come from non-essential packages. > I'm looking for a way to unmark a package that should always be available. I am not aware of a dedicated program

Unmark auto without apt-mark or aptitutude?

2011-12-13 Thread Malte Forkel
Hi, How can I mark a package as being not auto(matically installed)? I know about aptitude and apt-mark, but both come from non-essential packages. I'm looking for a way to unmark a package that should always be available. Thanks, Malte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: SOLVED emacs transient-mark-mode

2010-03-08 Thread Martin
On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 08:19:40PM +0100, MList wrote: > When I set mark with C-SAPCE and then move cursor with > C-f C-b M-f M-b C-n C-p there is blue backgroun and > transient-mark-mode work as I am used to. But if I move > cursors with arrow keys or when I use C-x C-x to exchange

Re: emacs transient-mark-mode

2010-03-07 Thread Stefan Monnier
> When I set mark with C-SAPCE and then move cursor with > C-f C-b M-f M-b C-n C-p there is blue backgroun and > transient-mark-mode work as I am used to. But if I move > cursors with arrow keys or when I use C-x C-x to exchange > cursor and mark transient-mark-mode disapears.

emacs transient-mark-mode

2010-03-06 Thread MList
I have installed lenny 5.0.4 and for some reason transient-mark-mode in emacs does not work as it used to with etch. I use the same .emacs file as before. When I set mark with C-SAPCE and then move cursor with C-f C-b M-f M-b C-n C-p there is blue backgroun and transient-mark-mode work as I am

Re: XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

2007-05-27 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-27, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The code runs in Emacs. If I comment out the line > "(transient-mark-mode -1)", it also runs in XEmacs. But in both > cases, it aborts with an "unbalanced parenthesis" error after finding >

Re: XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

2007-05-27 Thread Mumia W..
On 05/27/2007 12:30 AM, Russell L. Harris wrote: On 2007-05-26, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I need to extract footnotes from a very long LaTeX document. I would like to start with a copy of the document, then delete from the copy all text which is not a footnote. [...] Next,

Re: XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

2007-05-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
ve-excursion > (if (memq (get-buffer "*FOOTNOTES*") (buffer-list)) > (kill-buffer "*FOOTNOTES*")) > (transient-mark-mode -1) > (goto-char (point-min)) > (while (search-forward "\\footnote" nil t) > (goto-char (match-

Re: XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

2007-05-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070527 00:00]: ... > One note - I had to turn off transient-mark-mode to get this to > work. I don't know why. If you like to use transient mark mode you'll > have to turn it back on afterwards. > > Here's the code, hope it h

Re: XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

2007-05-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
gt; > To install the function put the following code in your .emacs, or I > suppose that would be .xemacs for you. It will be loaded automatically > the next time you open xemacs, or you can load it immediately by > placing the cursor just after the last parenthesis and hitting C-x C-e >

Re: XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

2007-05-26 Thread Tyler Smith
d it immediately by placing the cursor just after the last parenthesis and hitting C-x C-e One note - I had to turn off transient-mark-mode to get this to work. I don't know why. If you like to use transient mark mode you'll have to turn it back on afterwards. Here's the code, ho

Re: XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

2007-05-26 Thread Tyler Smith
> > Is there a way to: > > (1) set the mark > > (2) search forward for the next instance of the string > "\footnote", highlighting all the text between the mark and the > search target > > (3) cut the highlighted text > Hi again, prescr

XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

2007-05-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
I use XEmacs as my editor. I need to extract footnotes from a very long LaTeX document. I would like to start with a copy of the document, then delete from the copy all text which is not a footnote. Is there a way to: (1) set the mark (2) search forward for the next instance of the

[SOLVED] Re: 'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2007 16:31:29 +0200 > Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > >> From >> 16:18:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $GTK2_RC_FILES >> /johannes2/.gtkrc-2.0 >> >> I delete that file and now the buttons get

Re: 'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 25 May 2007 16:31:29 +0200 Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > From > 16:18:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $GTK2_RC_FILES > /johannes2/.gtkrc-2.0 > > I delete that file and now the buttons get this nice frame for the > selected item. However, now the font used by these appl

Re: 'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
m to have messed up my config a little. A few days ago I changed >> my font selections (appearence) in control centre. Now my non-kde >> applications don't 'mark' the selected button any more. The attached >> screen shot shows that 'print' is marked, and so I can

Re: 'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Liam O'Toole
trol centre. Now my non-kde > applications don't 'mark' the selected button any more. The attached > screen shot shows that 'print' is marked, and so I can navigate with > 'tab' to the correct button and hit enter (without touching my mouse). > > This sudd

'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, I seem to have messed up my config a little. A few days ago I changed my font selections (appearence) in control centre. Now my non-kde applications don't 'mark' the selected button any more. The attached screen shot shows

Re: mark and route traffic in a bridge

2007-01-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 07:42:26AM -0300, Roberto Pereyra wrote: > Hi all !! > > > I would to like to mark and route some kind of traffic (ie: outbound > www, now by simplicity) > > >

mark and route traffic in a bridge

2007-01-22 Thread Roberto Pereyra
Hi all !! I would to like to mark and route some kind of traffic (ie: outbound www, now by simplicity) ---inet1eth0| | |linux | --eth1--- clientes ---inet2(90.0.0.1)eth2

Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-15 Thread jlmb
Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-02-08 19:41:12, schrieb Rob Blomquist: > >>Feb 8 17:54:12 localhost -- MARK -- >>Feb 8 18:14:12 localhost -- MARK -- >>Feb 8 18:34:12 localhost -- MARK -- >>Feb 8 18:54:12 localhost -- MARK -- >>Feb 8 19:14:12 localhost --

Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-15 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-02-08 19:41:12, schrieb Rob Blomquist: > Feb 8 15:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 15:34:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 15:54:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 16:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 16:34:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 16:54:11 localhost -- MARK --

Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-09 Thread cga
nk you. :) man syslogd -m interval The syslogd logs a mark timestamp regularly. The default interval between two -- MARK -- lines is 20 minutes. This can be changed with this option. Setting the interval to zero turns it off entirely. -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-08 Thread René Seindal
syslogd become bored with any other distro. And now, I learn that Debian is boring. These marks are very useful if you have a server that locks up for some unknown reason. Looking at the last mark in the syslog will give you an idea about when it happened, which can often be a help tracking do

Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-08 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060209 06:41]: > Interesting. I have never had syslogd become bored with any other distro. And > now, I learn that Debian is boring. > > Sigh. It is. It's just working, no fun while hacking... can you imagine something more boring than a system which j

Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 February 2006 00:41, Rob Blomquist wrote: >On Wednesday 08 February 2006 8:31 pm, Alexander Schmehl so eloquently > stated: Hi! > >* Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060209 04:41]: >> Feb 8 15:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- > >[..] > >

Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-08 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Wednesday 08 February 2006 8:31 pm, Alexander Schmehl so eloquently stated: Hi! * Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060209 04:41]: > Feb 8 15:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- [..] > Feb 8 19:34:12 localhost -- MARK -- > > There's nobody around this computer called Mark

Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-08 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060209 04:41]: > Feb 8 15:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- [..] > Feb 8 19:34:12 localhost -- MARK -- > > There's nobody around this computer called Mark. ;-) > > What the heck are these messages? I can't say I have s

Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 08 February 2006 19:41, Rob Blomquist wrote: > Feb 8 15:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 15:34:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 15:54:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 16:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 16:34:11 localhost -- MARK -- > Feb 8 16:54:11 localhos

localhost -- MARK -- ????????

2006-02-08 Thread Rob Blomquist
Feb 8 15:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- Feb 8 15:34:11 localhost -- MARK -- Feb 8 15:54:11 localhost -- MARK -- Feb 8 16:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- Feb 8 16:34:11 localhost -- MARK -- Feb 8 16:54:11 localhost -- MARK -- Feb 8 17:14:11 localhost -- MARK -- Feb 8 17:34:12 localhost -- MARK

Re: Spam reporting tools (was: Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?)

2006-02-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 12:18:37PM +, Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On (06/02/06 04:07), Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On (06/02/06 01:05), Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > Do you have a suitable script to share? > > > > http://linuxmaf

Re: Spam reporting tools (was: Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?)

2006-02-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/02/06 04:07), Karsten M. Self wrote: > > On (06/02/06 01:05), Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > > > I'd tag the messages and move them to a folder. > > > > > > That folder would automatically get a spam run against it periodically > > > which would: > > > > > > 1. Move the messages to an

Spam reporting tools (was: Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?)

2006-02-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:47:47AM +, Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On (06/02/06 01:05), Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > I'd tag the messages and move them to a folder. > > > > That folder would automatically get a spam run against it periodically > > which would: > > > > 1.

Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-02-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/02/06 01:05), Karsten M. Self wrote: > > I'd tag the messages and move them to a folder. > > That folder would automatically get a spam run against it periodically > which would: > > 1. Move the messages to an "active current process" location. > 2. Score and report spam. > 3. Mo

Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-02-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 09:45:06AM -0600, Lance Simmons ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Ken Wahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060131 22:09]: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 05:55:17PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > > > Right now, when spam makes it through spamassassin, I report it with an > > > "X" according t

Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-02-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 05:55:17PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > Right now, when spam makes it through spamassassin, I report it with an > "X" according to the following line in my .muttrc: > > macro index X "|/usr/bin/spamassassin -r\nunset > wait_key\n=spam/caughtspam\n" "Spamassassin report a

Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-02-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/02/06 09:45), Lance Simmons wrote: > * Ken Wahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060131 22:09]: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 05:55:17PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > > > Right now, when spam makes it through spamassassin, I report it with an > > > "X" according to the following line in my .muttrc: > > >

Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-02-01 Thread Ken Wahl
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 09:45:06AM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > > I forgot to add that I have tried doing just what you say, and it does > not work. Only the currently-highlighted message has the macro > performed on it. Which kind of makes sense, because the macro records > keystrokes. > > I'

UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-02-01 Thread Lance Simmons
* Ken Wahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060131 22:09]: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 05:55:17PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > > Right now, when spam makes it through spamassassin, I report it with an > > "X" according to the following line in my .muttrc: > > > > macro index X "|/usr/bin/spamassassin -r\nunse

Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-01-31 Thread Ken Wahl
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 05:55:17PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > Right now, when spam makes it through spamassassin, I report it with an > "X" according to the following line in my .muttrc: > > macro index X "|/usr/bin/spamassassin -r\nunset > wait_key\n=spam/caughtspam\n" "Spamassassin report a

Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-01-31 Thread Lance Simmons
Right now, when spam makes it through spamassassin, I report it with an "X" according to the following line in my .muttrc: macro index X "|/usr/bin/spamassassin -r\nunset wait_key\n=spam/caughtspam\n" "Spamassassin report and classify as spam" Is there some way for me to tag multiple spams and

Re: FHS and other things Mark should have read with comprehension (was Re: unchecked 31 times)

2003-12-04 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Karsten M. Self said on Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 03:35:54AM -0800: > Given that 30% of spam is reported (Inquirer news story 3 Dec) to > originate from broadband-connected systems, minimizing the exposed > vulnerabilities of _any_ system should be a high priority. > Specifically: allow device and SUID

Re: FHS and other things Mark should have read with comprehension (was Re: unchecked 31 times)

2003-12-04 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Marc Wilson said on Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 11:01:12PM -0800: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 12:17:52PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > > Minor nit: netatalk requires a device node in /var to support Appletalk > > printing. Admittedly, for most people, this is not an issue. > >

Re: FHS and other things Mark should have read with comprehension (was Re: unchecked 31 times)

2003-12-04 Thread Michael D Schleif
"Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003:12:03:06:15:29-0800] scribed: > > See, variously, the FHS, and my own partitioning guidelines: > > http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/NixPartitioning Since Debian places logfiles under /var/log, I always create a separate /var/log partition. If logfi

Re: FHS and other things Mark should have read with comprehension (was Re: unchecked 31 times)

2003-12-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 12:17:52PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Karsten M. Self said on Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 06:15:29AM -0800: > > See, variously, the FHS, and my own partitioning guidelines: > > > > http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/NixPartitioning >

Re: FHS and other things Mark should have read with comprehension (was Re: unchecked 31 times)

2003-12-04 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 12:17:52PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Minor nit: netatalk requires a device node in /var to support Appletalk > printing. Admittedly, for most people, this is not an issue. Not arguing, but what device node? Where? When did this start? What creates it? The p

Re: FHS and other things Mark should have read with comprehension (was Re: unchecked 31 times)

2003-12-03 Thread Paul Morgan
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 06:15:29 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > You're strongly counseled to read standard texts on Unix administration > such as Nemeth, et al. > > > Peace. I think there's a text called "Bugs and Daffy Go Filesystem Partitioning" which might be a good place to start. :> --

Re: FHS and other things Mark should have read with comprehension (was Re: unchecked 31 times)

2003-12-03 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Karsten M. Self said on Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 06:15:29AM -0800: > See, variously, the FHS, and my own partitioning guidelines: > > http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/NixPartitioning Good page. I should have known about the Jihad. > - /var need only be writeable and executable (nodev, nosuid)

FHS and other things Mark should have read with comprehension (was Re: unchecked 31 times)

2003-12-03 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 02:20:05PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Paul Morgan said on Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:49:52PM -0500: > > > There are currently Debian packages which are needed at boot time which > > > depend upon datafiles kept in /usr. discover

Re: crashtastic x & this odd --MARK-- filler

2003-06-29 Thread i'll teach you to turn away .
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: CW> i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: > anyhow, x is oddly crashy & i do not know why. if i'm logged in & CW> You could try 'xset s activate' as a test of whether it's X's default CW> screensaver stuff kicking in. If so, 'xset s off' disables that. I'

Re: this odd --MARK-- filler

2003-06-28 Thread i'll teach you to turn away .
Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: VK> Syslog MARKs every 20 minutes (by default). These MARKs give you an VK> easy visual cue that (a) it's still running, and (b) how often messages VK> are coming in. When you're scanning through the logs, it's an easy way VK> to tell when events are clumpe

Re: crashtastic x & this odd --MARK-- filler

2003-06-27 Thread Colin Watson
set s activate' as a test of whether it's X's default screensaver stuff kicking in. If so, 'xset s off' disables that. I'm not sure whether this affects GNOME's screensaver, though. > second issue: i have NO idea if this is related, but it'd be swell &

Re: crashtastic x & this odd --MARK-- filler

2003-06-27 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
t's trying to go to a screen saver or something which > it isn't finding. i know too little about how x works, & thus haven't been > able to find information in my extensive .doc, howto, & groups.google > searchings. > > second issue: i have NO idea if thi

Re: this odd --MARK-- filler

2003-06-27 Thread Vineet Kumar
* i'll teach you to turn away. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030625 22:46]: > second issue: i have NO idea if this is related, but it'd be swell > if someone could tell me what this "-- MARK --" crap in my messages log > is, & how i can make my new box stop doing i

crashtastic x & this odd --MARK-- filler

2003-06-25 Thread i'll teach you to turn away .
able to find information in my extensive .doc, howto, & groups.google searchings. second issue: i have NO idea if this is related, but it'd be swell if someone could tell me what this "-- MARK --" crap in my messages log is, & how i can make my new box stop doing it a

RE: I'm a -- MARK --'ed user.

2003-01-22 Thread Joyce, Matthew
> >- > -- > > >--- This message is intended only for the personal and > confidential use of > > > the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not > the intended > > > recipient of this message you are hereby notified

Re: I'm a -- MARK --'ed user.

2003-01-22 Thread Josh McKinney
On approximately Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 05:38:34PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote: > > --- > >--- This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of > > the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the

RE: I'm a -- MARK --'ed user.

2003-01-22 Thread Narins, Josh
Thanks to Jens, Larry and Nicos. syslogd is -- MARK --'ing time on my console. -- This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are no

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2003-01-22 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
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Re: I'm a -- MARK --'ed user.

2003-01-22 Thread Jens Kubieziel
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:40:24AM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: > -- MARK -- > And I am quite sure I do not like feeling like a -- MARK --'ed person. kubi@QBI050102:~$ man syslogd [...] -m interval The syslogd logs a mark timestamp regularly. The de

Re: I'm a -- MARK --'ed user.

2003-01-22 Thread Bill Benedetto
>>> Narins, Josh writes: Josh> I know I had help figuring this out a couple years ago, but I don't Josh> remember, and it's impossible to google (the dashes are stripped if you Josh> try). Josh> Josh> On my console, on a woody 486, I see, regularly...

Re: I'm a -- MARK --'ed user.

2003-01-22 Thread Larry Holish
y... > > [ 30 or so seconds pass] > > And I am quite sure I do not like feeling like a -- MARK --'ed person. > > Help? This is normal. See section 11.2.3 of the Securing Debian HOWTO: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch11.en.html#s-vulnerab

Re: I'm a -- MARK --'ed user.

2003-01-22 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 16:40, Narins, Josh wrote: > I know I had help figuring this out a couple years ago, but I don't > remember, and it's impossible to google (the dashes are stripped if you > try). You can google for it (Query: debian syslog "--MA

I'm a -- MARK --'ed user.

2003-01-22 Thread Narins, Josh
I know I had help figuring this out a couple years ago, but I don't remember, and it's impossible to google (the dashes are stripped if you try). On my console, on a woody 486, I see, regularly... -- MARK -- [ 30 or so seconds pass] -- MARK -- And I am quite sure I do not like feel

Re: How to mark bad blocks without formatting

2002-10-21 Thread nate
J.S.Sahambi said: > On my machine I have a 40 GB hard disk. I executed badblocks command on > one (/dev/hda8) of the partitions and it found two bad blocks. > > How do I know if these blocks have been used by any file or not? > > And how to mark these bad blocks without formattin

How to mark bad blocks without formatting

2002-10-21 Thread J.S.Sahambi
On my machine I have a 40 GB hard disk. I executed badblocks command on one (/dev/hda8) of the partitions and it found two bad blocks. How do I know if these blocks have been used by any file or not? And how to mark these bad blocks without formatting the partition so that they are not used by

Re: Sound (ES1371), Power down, --MARK--

2002-01-21 Thread Paul Mackinney
Gary Turner declaimed: > The only thing I bring to the party is that /dev requires root privilege > to access directly, i.e., by redirection or pipe. Use your apps to do > the dirty work. An idea on this: As root, when I run xmcd, it works. CD load invokes the playlist database, eject button work

Re: mutt mark tagged as read?

2002-01-18 Thread neonatus
* On 18-01-02 at 20:22 martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: +Here quoted text begins+ > > read. Is there a way to tag all the wanted messages and than mark them > > all as read? > once tagged: > > ';Wn' [...] +and here the quote ends+ Than

Re: mutt mark tagged as read?

2002-01-18 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.18.2010 +0100]: > I am using mutt as my prefered mail reader, and sometimes I just don't > want to read all the mail, so I just check the headers and mark them as > read. Is there a way to tag all the wanted message

mutt mark tagged as read?

2002-01-18 Thread neonatus
Hi! I am using mutt as my prefered mail reader, and sometimes I just don't want to read all the mail, so I just check the headers and mark them as read. Is there a way to tag all the wanted messages and than mark them all as read? (I know how to tag, but marking all the tagged messages as

RE: --MARK-- (was "Sound [ES1371], Power down...")

2002-01-16 Thread Jeff Bonner
-Original Message- From: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:17 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Sound (ES1371), Power down, --MARK-- >> My third problem is that "--MARK--" appears contineously >> in "/var/log/messages

Re: Sound (ES1371), Power down, --MARK--

2002-01-16 Thread Gary Turner
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:04:40 +0100, Marvin Massih wrote: >Hi! > >My computer has sound chip on board, which is identified as "Ensoniq ES1371" >by both Windows Me and Debian Woody. >Under Windows and under Mandrake 8.0 (as well as RedHat 7.0) everything worked >perfectly. >Here are soe detils: >

Re: Sound (ES1371), Power down, --MARK--

2002-01-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 10:16:52AM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > Thus spake Marvin Massih: > > My third problem is that "--MARK--" appears contineously in > > "/var/log/messages". A friend of mine used to have the same problem > > with his SuSE, but there t

Re: Re: Sound (ES1371), Power down, --MARK--

2002-01-16 Thread Marvin Massih
Hi! > IIRC, with your card you need only to compile the support for the ES1371 > sound driver (checking the right options in the kernel config) and > disable the "OSS sound module" (in the doc is written "Say Y or > M here (the module will be called sound.o) if you haven't found a > driver for you

Re: Sound (ES1371), Power down, --MARK--

2002-01-16 Thread Stephen Gran
"Power down" is printed and I hear a well, "clicking" sound, but > nothing happens. > > APM is compiled. APM may have to be compiled as a module, and you may have to put an append="apm=on" in lilo.conf for this to work properly - there was a thread about

Sound (ES1371), Power down, --MARK--

2002-01-16 Thread Marvin Massih
would be great, if somebody could tell me about the differences between the different sound libraries / -programs (OSS, ALSA, libasound, esd, etc...). My other problem is that the PC does not power off by using "shutdown -h now". "Power down" is printed and I hear a we

Reply to Mark Carroll - postgresql update

2001-08-01 Thread Oliver Elphick
Mark, your mail handler is over-enthusiastic and is getting bad data from this ORBS successor. It's objecting to anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net, which is one of my ISP's mail forwarding machines. Look at the bug list for the reply --- Forwarded Message Date:Wed, 01 Aug 200

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