Package: xbase-clients Version: 4.2.1-1 Severity: minor Tags: sid patch When starting X, the hostname version string is displayed. This comes from the Xauth setup in startx. The Debian version of hostname outputs its version string to stderr. The following patch suppresses this error:
--- startx.orig 2002-10-04 22:49:05.000000000 +0200 +++ startx 2002-10-08 20:27:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ # set up default Xauth info for this machine case `uname` in Linux*) - if [ -z "`hostname --version | grep GNU`" ]; then + if [ -z "`hostname --version 2>/dev/null | grep GNU`" ]; then hostname=`hostname -f` else hostname=`hostname` -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux gw.bolli.homeip.net 2.4.18-586tsc #1 Sun Apr 14 10:57:57 EST 2002 i586 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on: ii cpp 2:2.95.4-17 The GNU C preprocessor. ii debconf 1.2.10 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.2.5-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdps1 4.2.1-1 Display PostScript (DPS) client li ii libfreetype6 2.1.2-7 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a-8 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libxaw7 4.2.1-1 X Athena widget set library ii xlibmesa3 [libgl1] 4.2.1-1 XFree86 version of Mesa 3D graphic ii xlibs 4.2.1-1 X Window System client libraries -- debconf information: * xbase-clients/default_100dpi: * xbase-clients/default_nolisten_tcp: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]