[Bug 859223] Re: libnotify1 missing from oneiric

2013-09-05 Thread Todd Vierling
10.10 (which introduced libnotify4) is EOL, but 10.04 (which contains libnotify1) is not. The problem _appeared_ in 10.10, but is still around today in 12.04, 12.10, 13.04. The older library is part of *10.04 LTS* (...why do you think this was reported in 2011?) oldlibs packages are shipped for v

[Bug 743688] Re: Transparent HugePages not enabled in 11.04 kernel

2013-08-16 Thread Todd Vierling
Based on what we've been seeing maintaining Oracle Linux, there are many workloads for which THP results in a ~9-10% performance hit overall on the system, and this includes kernels up through 3.8.13 (which we're using as the baseline for a new kernel in that distro). It has to do with the fact tha

[Bug 743688] Re: Transparent HugePages not enabled in 11.04 kernel

2013-08-16 Thread Todd Vierling
BTW, by "we're probably going to remove it for the time being", I'm referring to the kernels in the distro at my day job (OL). I use Ubuntu at home. ;) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743

[Bug 607071] Re: X server segfaults when using XTest

2010-11-18 Thread Todd Vierling
-2ubuntu7.4 was released with a different upstream path relating to captive mouse pointers, and this patch addresses a *crash*. Could we please see this make it into -2ubuntu7.5? -- X server segfaults when using XTest https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607071 You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 607071] Re: [SRU] X server segfaults when using XTest (xvfb)

2011-01-10 Thread Todd Vierling
I was using -2ubuntu7.5 all day today while snowed in, with Eclipse on top of xpra. Can't get much more stressful testing than that. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607071 Title: [S

[Bug 1473438] Re: mrtg-traffic-sum is not installed

2015-08-02 Thread Todd Vierling
The attached patch is a trivial one-liner to debian/rules and fixes installation of this file. The diff is against mrtg_2.17.4-2ubuntu2 (Trusty and later) but likely applies as-is to mrtg-2.17.3-* as shipped in Precise as well. ** Patch added: "install mrtg-traffic-sum in debian/rules" https:/

[Bug 1473438] Re: mrtg-traffic-sum is not installed

2015-08-02 Thread Todd Vierling
A temporarily fixed version of this package for Trusty and later is currently in my PPA using the above patch: https://launchpad.net/~duh/+archive/ubuntu/duh/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1315143] Re: trusty SRU: change the ruby default from 1.9.1 to 2.0

2015-07-29 Thread Todd Vierling
I don't see how it is possible to justify this kind of change in a LTS release. This proposal ignores the whole point of what a LTS release is: version stability is the default. The above suggestion doesn't even belong in trusty-backports, never mind trusty-proposed or trusty- updates. Putting thi

[Bug 1315143] Re: trusty SRU: change the ruby default from 1.9.1 to 2.0

2015-07-29 Thread Todd Vierling
Ah, and someone already implemented *precisely* what I specified above using update-alternatives. See this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brightbox/+archive/ubuntu/ruby- ng?field.series_filter=trusty IMNSHO, this proposal should be rejected in favor of a PPA solution such as above. -- You received

[Bug 1473438] [NEW] mrtg-traffic-sum is not installed

2015-07-10 Thread Todd Vierling
Public bug reported: mrtg has included a cumulative-value calculation script, bin/mrtg- traffic-sum, which is documented on MRTG's homepage but isn't installed by the Ubuntu package for some reason. The script has been around for >10 years; it should be installed by default. This is true of all c

[Bug 859223] [NEW] libnotify1 missing from oneiric

2011-09-25 Thread Todd Vierling
Public bug reported: The current version of libnotify in oneiric is libnotify4, and libnotify1 was removed in early September. However, there are third party binary packages using libnotify.so.1 (in my case, it's Jungle Disk, that I've found so far). It would be nice to have this available in oldl

[Bug 859223] Re: libnotify1 missing from oneiric

2011-10-17 Thread Todd Vierling
tucker-simmons: Simply install libnotify1. It provides the missing library, libnotify.so.1. I've already put in a ticket with the Jungle Disk maintainers to make the next versionof their .deb explicitly depend on the libnotify1 package. (The libnotify4 package that is part of Oneiric has a differe

[Bug 1005175] Re: XFCE panel don't hide when VLC in fullsceen mode

2012-06-13 Thread Todd Vierling
And when using the XFCE context menu's "Fullscreen" option, it only does the same thing as F11 from within VLC: the controls and menubar are still there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Bug 881218] Re: openjdk-7-jre depends on openjdk-6-jre

2012-01-10 Thread Todd Vierling
For oneiric and later: A needed fix in ca-certificates-java is to change the dependency line from: openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b16-1.6.1-2) | java6-runtime-headless, to: default-jre-headless | java6-runtime-headless It "works" right now, but this is a correction to the current case as seen on

[Bug 881218] Re: openjdk-7-jre depends on openjdk-6-jre

2012-01-11 Thread Todd Vierling
Here's the change for oneiric for java-access-bridge. With this change, installing openjdk-{jdk,jre} no longer pulls in any openjdk-6 components by default. I have not tried this change for precise, but my gut feeling is that it will probably Just Work. For those who cannot wait for this change in

[Bug 881218] Re: openjdk-7-jre depends on openjdk-6-jre

2012-01-11 Thread Todd Vierling
Bah, previous comment should have said "...installing openjdk-7-{jdk,jre} no longer pulls in any openjdk-6 components by default." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881218 Title: openjdk

[Bug 881218] Re: openjdk-7-jre depends on openjdk-6-jre

2012-01-11 Thread Todd Vierling
Note: ca-certificates-java "works" as noted in comment 7, thus I set it to Fix Released for that package only. The patch in comment 8 needs to be applied to java-access-bridge in order to fix this bug completely. ** Changed in: ca-certificates-java (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

[Bug 859223] Re: libnotify1 missing from oneiric

2013-06-27 Thread Todd Vierling
Note, I've forward-copied libnotify1 from my PPA all the way through Saucy as of this writing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/859223 Title: libnotify1 missing from oneiric To manage

[Bug 643658] Re: ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives priority on amd64

2011-07-13 Thread Todd Vierling
This is _still_ broken in oneiric and the fix is absolutely trivial - can someone please take this on in the official packaging? As it currently stands, applications like eclipse for amd64 cannot run using the default /usr/bin/java if ia32-sun-java6 is installed, without altering the priorities. -

[Bug 660089] Re: nullmailer should not directly conflict with lsb

2011-03-16 Thread Todd Vierling
Jonathan, it's not possible to install the "lsb" metapackage, which aids in building/maintaining some third-party source that is distro- independent, if nullmailer is installed (though it's possible to do so if other noncompliant MTAs are installed, such as ssmtp or the lsb- invalid-mta). -- You

[Bug 660089] Re: nullmailer should not directly conflict with lsb

2011-03-17 Thread Todd Vierling
JohnW, a version of nullmailer with this restriction removed is available in this PPA for Lucid, Maverick, and Natty: https://launchpad.net/~duh/+archive/duh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 643658] Re: ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives priority on amd64

2011-07-22 Thread Todd Vierling
sylvestre, the patch has been attached to this bug since it was created last year. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643658 Title: ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives pr

[Bug 599850] Re: Blueproximity has a brutal memory leak

2011-01-14 Thread Todd Vierling
** Also affects: blueproximity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: blueproximity Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/599850 Title: B

Re: [Bug 660089] Re: nullmailer should not directly conflict with lsb

2011-04-08 Thread Todd Vierling
e the time to work on a 'real' implementation of the feature; I needed it for my workstation at $dayjob, and created my own ~suffixed dpkg without the conflict. I offered the conflicts change solely for real-world practicality. -- -- Todd Vierling -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 643658] Re: ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives priority on amd64

2010-10-13 Thread Todd Vierling
This issue exists (and the same patch works against) 6.21-1ubuntu1 as shipped in maverick. -- ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives priority on amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643658 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 660089] [NEW] nullmailer should not directly conflict with lsb

2010-10-13 Thread Todd Vierling
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nullmailer Yes, we know that the full LSB spec specifies that "-bs" be provided by the sendmail frontend. However, this interface is not supplied by ssmtp, nor is it supplied by the default lsb-invalid-mta (of course). I don't see why [only] nullmailer sh

[Bug 660089] Re: nullmailer should not directly conflict with lsb

2010-10-13 Thread Todd Vierling
** Patch added: "Conflicts change to debian/control" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/660089/+attachment/1691330/+files/nullmailer_1-1.04-1.2_1-1.04-1.2%2Bduh1.diff -- nullmailer should not directly conflict with lsb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/660089 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 659937] Re: Security Update for Sun Java JRE 6: Update 22

2010-10-15 Thread Todd Vierling
For the moment, I have made 6.22 versions under the DLJ license for Lucid-Maverick-Natty, plus UNTESTED backports to Hardy-Karmic, in the following PPA: https://launchpad.net/~duh/+archive/sun-java6 The packaging is based on the DLJ-based packaging in 6.21-1ubuntu1 as published in Maverick, plus

[Bug 643658] Re: ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives priority on amd64

2010-10-25 Thread Todd Vierling
The PPA versions have been moved to their own PPA, now offered for Karmic, Lucid, Maverick, and Natty: ppa:duh/sun-java6 https://launchpad.net/~duh/+archive/sun-java6 -- ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives priority on amd64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643658 You received thi

[Bug 607071] Re: X server segfaults when using XTest

2010-10-25 Thread Todd Vierling
The fixed xvfb (only) has been put into my generic PPA: ppa:duh/duh https://launchpad.net/~duh/+archive/duh This version builds only the fixed xvfb package, allowing use of the normal lucid-updates xorg-server packages otherwise. The separate ppa:duh/lucid-xpra-fix PPA is now deleted. -- X serv

[Bug 667952] [NEW] wibble CMake tests fail in LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting command

2010-10-28 Thread Todd Vierling
Public bug reported: When trying to build an updated libept, I found that the test step did this: cd "/build/buildd/libept-1.0.4~duh1/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/ept" && "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/build/buildd/libept-1.0.4~duh1/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/ept" /build/buildd/libept-1.0.4~duh1/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/ept/

[Bug 667952] Re: wibble CMake tests fail in LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting command

2010-10-28 Thread Todd Vierling
** Patch added: "fix for LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667952/+attachment/1714598/+files/libwibble_0.1.24-1_0.1.26-1.diff -- wibble CMake tests fail in LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting command https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667952 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 667952] Re: wibble CMake tests fail in LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting command

2010-10-28 Thread Todd Vierling
Bah, forgot to mention this is for Lucid, which has libwibble-dev 0.1.24. -- wibble CMake tests fail in LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting command https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667952 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 607071] Re: X server segfaults when using XTest

2010-07-27 Thread Todd Vierling
upstream git to prevent crash of Xvfb under xpra: +https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parti-all/+bug/607071 + + -- Todd Vierling Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:55:31 -0400 ** Patch added: "xtest.c.diff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52590445/xtest.c.diff ** Changed in: parti-a

[Bug 643658] [NEW] ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives priority on amd64

2010-09-20 Thread Todd Vierling
Public bug reported: Ideally, the default JVM should match the default JDK architecture. If ia32-sun-java6-bin is installed, it should not take over the java VM alternative links unless explicitly requested by the user via update- java-alternatives. As it is, installing the sun-java6-jdk package a

[Bug 607071] Re: X server segfaults when using XTest

2010-09-20 Thread Todd Vierling
chrisisbd: You could install the xorg-server packages from my PPA to find out: https://launchpad.net/~duh/+archive/lucid-xpra-fix If those packages do not fix it, I recommend installing ppa-purge (it will show up as a new package in aptitude the first time you add a PPA to your system) and using

[Bug 643658] Re: ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives priority on amd64

2010-09-20 Thread Todd Vierling
Trivial patch: force priority to 15 when building ia32- version of the package ** Patch added: "ia32-java-priority.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6/+bug/643658/+attachment/1613989/+files/ia32-java-priority.diff -- ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives

[Bug 643658] Re: ia32-sun-java6-bin has improperly equal alternatives priority on amd64

2010-09-20 Thread Todd Vierling
For testing, a version of the 6.20dlj-1ubuntu3 package for lucid, with this patch applied (altered so as to build only the affected binary package), is in the following PPA: https://launchpad.net/~duh/+archive/duh (Well, it will be available when the build cluster gets to it, in about a half hour