I'm very happy to see that this bug has been fixed, but contrary to what this email says this package has _not_ been installed in the ftp archieves yet. I have look at ftp.debian.org, and various other places. If this is not the canonical site, what is?
-- Big Gaute (not to be confused with LG) "There was a time when a guy who died at forty was revered as the toughest and most doggedly ancient son of a bitch in Cow Ass Clearing, Shitoleshire, Engalond, back in the year dot." - Spider Jerusalem, Transmetropolitan #25 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 9 Feb 2000 15:03:33 -0000 From: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Big Gaute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Bug#57362 acknowledged by developer (gnus: Latest gnus will not start) This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report. It has been closed by one of the developers, namely Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact the developer directly, or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or me. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database) Received: (at 57362-done) by bugs.debian.org; 9 Feb 2000 14:50:09 +0000 Received: (qmail 13293 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2000 14:50:07 -0000 Received: from tiamat.ametro.net (HELO glaurung.green-gryphon.com) (@209.102.145.185) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 9 Feb 2000 14:50:07 -0000 Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by glaurung.green-gryphon.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-6) id IAA02470; Wed, 9 Feb 2000 08:45:49 -0600 X-Mailer: emacs 20.5.2 (via feedmail 9-beta-7 I) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Time: Wed Feb 9 08:45:49 2000 Mail-Copies-To: never To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: fixed in gnus 5.8.3-6 From: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-URL: http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/ Organization: The Debian Project Date: 09 Feb 2000 08:45:49 -0600 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lines: 73 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of gnus, which has been installed in the Debian FTP archive: gnus_5.8.3-6.diff.gz to dists/potato/main/source/news/gnus_5.8.3-6.diff.gz replacing gnus_5.8.3-5.diff.gz gnus_5.8.3-6.diff.gz to dists/woody/main/source/news/gnus_5.8.3-6.diff.gz replacing gnus_5.8.3-5.diff.gz gnus_5.8.3-6.dsc to dists/potato/main/source/news/gnus_5.8.3-6.dsc replacing gnus_5.8.3-5.dsc gnus_5.8.3-6.dsc to dists/woody/main/source/news/gnus_5.8.3-6.dsc replacing gnus_5.8.3-5.dsc gnus_5.8.3-6_all.deb to dists/potato/main/binary-all/news/gnus_5.8.3-6.deb replacing gnus_5.8.3-5.deb gnus_5.8.3-6_all.deb to dists/woody/main/binary-all/news/gnus_5.8.3-6.deb replacing gnus_5.8.3-5.deb Note that this package is not part of the released stable Debian distribution. It may have dependencies on other unreleased software, or other instabilities. Please take care if you wish to install it. The update will eventually make its way into the next released Debian distribution. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated gnus package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Format: 1.6 Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 03:53:43 -0600 Source: gnus Binary: gnus Architecture: source all Version: 5.8.3-6 Distribution: frozen unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: gnus - A versatile News and mailing list reader for Emacsen Closes: 57313 57396 Changes: gnus (5.8.3-6) frozen unstable; urgency=low . * I messed up the placement of require 'gnus-msg in message.el, so now emacs goes into an infinite lop. While testing, I must have had one or the other already loaded. closes: Bug#57313 * This also closes: Bug#57396 since that was the old XEmacs error that is now fixed. Files: e546020775683922ec9f527c003a46fe 542 news optional gnus_5.8.3-6.dsc e06770b5ba38631e0c48a8733bb7c0a3 11909 news optional gnus_5.8.3-6.diff.gz 3889fdcbef4018d6c7c64440b3ad5ba8 1287064 news optional gnus_5.8.3-6_all.deb -- You know the great thing about TV? If something important happens anywhere at all in the world, no matter what time of the day or night, you can always change the channel. Jim Ignatowski Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C