On 26-May-2002 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 07:41:08PM +0100, Martin Rowe wrote: > >> I've recently installed Debian sid on my kids' box and it's running fine, >> except that the menus (in Blackbox) don't get updated after an apt-get >> install or dist-upgrade. A manual update-menus does the trick, but I'm >> wondering what is missing for it not to happen automagically. It runs >> fine on the other sid boxes I run. > > Some package maintainers have not been adding entries for the menu > package to deal with like they used to. Even more frustratingly, some > maintainers will claim they added entries, but when you grab the version > the maintainer claims they're in, they aren't there! (As happened with > my bug report for the tin package which I should reopen) > > I consider this a grave bug for newbies making the transition. >
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