Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-29 Thread Max Nikulin
On 29/01/2025 19:16, Greg Wooledge wrote: dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service symlink is a service name alias for systemd-timesyncd.service. I have no idea *why* this alias was desired, but that's apparently what it is. systemd.unit(5) explains that it is to start the service on demand in

Re: Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 02:18:23 -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Some old programs use non-existent symlinks to store or persist state > information rather than create a normal file. But I don't believe > systemd uses the technique. Not on purpose, but systemd does use symbolic links to store state

Re: Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-28 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM Patrice Duroux wrote: > > Of course, maybe I misspoke but my point wasn't about the configuration files > remaining as expected just removing the package and not purging it. It is > about > the broken symlink to its service file which is for sure no more present >

Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-28 Thread Max Nikulin
On 29/01/2025 01:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: The question is about this dangling symlink: hobbit:/etc/systemd/system$ ls -l dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Feb 17 2024 dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service -> /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service [...]

Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-28 Thread didier gaumet
Le 28/01/2025 à 23:28, David Wright a écrit : [...] But would that not be /etc/systemd/system/…/systemd-timesyncd.service? The dangling symlink is for ….timesync1.service, whatever that is. Analogously, my systemd-networkd service has two symlinks: /e/s/s/dbus-org.freedesktop.network1.service

Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-28 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM didier gaumet wrote: > > Le 28/01/2025 à 20:42, didier gaumet a écrit : > [...] > > the installation of the package (seemly the default policy in Debian), > [...] > > sorry for my poor english: please replace "seemly" by "apparently" Don't apologize. Your English i

Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-28 Thread David Wright
On Tue 28 Jan 2025 at 20:42:49 (+0100), didier gaumet wrote: > Le 28/01/2025 à 19:39, Greg Wooledge a écrit : > [...] > > hobbit:/etc/systemd/system$ ls -l dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Feb 17 2024 > > dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service -> > > /lib/syst

Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-28 Thread didier gaumet
Le 28/01/2025 à 20:42, didier gaumet a écrit : [...] the installation of the package (seemly the default policy in Debian), [...] sorry for my poor english: please replace "seemly" by "apparently"

Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-28 Thread didier gaumet
Le 28/01/2025 à 19:39, Greg Wooledge a écrit : [...] hobbit:/etc/systemd/system$ ls -l dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Feb 17 2024 dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service -> /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service [...] I'm unclear on exactly how this sym

Re: Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 19:07:51 +0100, Patrice Duroux wrote: > Of course, maybe I misspoke but my point wasn't about the configuration files > remaining as expected just removing the package and not purging it. It is > about > the broken symlink to its service file which is for sure no more prese

Re: Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-28 Thread Patrice Duroux
Of course, maybe I misspoke but my point wasn't about the configuration files remaining as expected just removing the package and not purging it. It is about the broken symlink to its service file which is for sure no more present whatever a removal or a purge. Or is such a symlink considered as

Re: remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le 27/01/2025 à 17:39, Patrice Duroux a écrit : Hi, I do not know if this is something already addressed (elsewhere or in Trixie), a package issue or something more general. On a bookworm system, removing systemd-timesyncd is leaving a broken symlink (/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.ti

remark related about package removal on bookworm providing a systemd service

2025-01-27 Thread Patrice Duroux
Hi, I do not know if this is something already addressed (elsewhere or in Trixie), a package issue or something more general. On a bookworm system, removing systemd-timesyncd is leaving a broken symlink (/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service). On this system, systemd-timesyn

Re: about package

2011-02-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:17:04 +, mgc wrote: > I find some useful packages are not included in debian sources, such > as > easystroke, kxmame. > Can I request that packages to be included in the sources ? Thanks. http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/index.en.html Greetings, -- Camale

about package

2011-02-19 Thread mgc
Dear Debian team: I find some useful packages are not included in debian sources, such as easystroke, kxmame. Can I request that packages to be included in the sources ? Thanks. W.T.

Re: Whom to ask about package system errors?

2004-06-03 Thread Kevin Boergens
Hello! Thanks to both of you for the quick answer. You want to be able to run down issues like this if you're going to run unstable, IMHO. I did an "apt-cache showpkg libcupsys2" to find out 1) that it is indeed present in stable and testing, but not in sid; 2) that the KDE package that depends o

Re: Whom to ask about package system errors?

2004-06-03 Thread Chris Metzler
On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 16:15:43 +0200 Kevin Boergens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > In the last days I had a huge problem with the package system, and I'm > not sure whether the packages are messed up or whether it is my fault. > > All kde packages refuse to install. They need the libcupsys2

Re: Whom to ask about package system errors?

2004-06-03 Thread Tristan Mills
On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 15:15, Kevin Boergens wrote: > Hi! > > In the last days I had a huge problem with the package system, and I'm not sure > whether the packages are messed up or whether it is my fault. > > All kde packages refuse to install. They need the libcupsys2 package, but > according

Whom to ask about package system errors?

2004-06-03 Thread Kevin Boergens
Hi! In the last days I had a huge problem with the package system, and I'm not sure whether the packages are messed up or whether it is my fault. All kde packages refuse to install. They need the libcupsys2 package, but according to apt-get, this has no installation candidate and is replaced by

Re: About package libflash0

2003-02-17 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Rodrigo Sobrinho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030218 12:32]: > Hi all > > this package can be used with plugin for mozilla? If you're running unstable try flashplayer-mozilla. It works well for me. A nice site to test it is: http://www.webdesignlab.co.uk/niksthings/masking.html Cheers, Ni

About package libflash0

2003-02-17 Thread Rodrigo Sobrinho
Hi all this package can be used with plugin for mozilla? hercules:/usr/share/doc/libflash0# apt-cache show libflash0 Package: libflash0 Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 240 Maintainer: Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: libflash Version: 0.4.10-5 Depends: li

Re: question about package source configuration

2001-11-13 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:13:16PM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > After I apt-get source mysql-gpl-client > then cd mysql-gpl-*/ > I can dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc to build the binary. > But how can I modify the ./configure parameters? configure is called from ./debian/rules noah -- _

question about package source configuration

2001-11-13 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello, After I apt-get source mysql-gpl-client then cd mysql-gpl-*/ I can dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc to build the binary. But how can I modify the ./configure parameters? I checked Makefile.in and found $(EXTRA_CONF_ARGS). Looks like I can put my args in that variable. But where is that varible de