Re: Problème sous linux

2008-05-17 Thread Gabriel Barazer
Perhaps it should be useful to mention that although the tools are i18n'zed, all reports should be in english to be taken into account. If so, we would have to display such a notice in a very obvious place, like near the mailing-list address, not hidden in some man pages. Seriously, I would be

Anyone at Ubuntu? (wrong support address) [Was: Problème sous linux]

2008-05-13 Thread Gabriel Barazer
I wonder why there is so many french Ubuntu users asking for help here. I suspect there is a link or worse, an automated form posted to this list into a support application in the french Ubuntu distribution. Anyone at Ubuntu can check this? This list is obviously _not_ the Ubuntu french tech s

Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet

2008-04-29 Thread Gabriel Barazer
On 04/29/2008 4:47:53 PM +0200, Bo Borgerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pádraig Brady wrote: tr '+/' '._' => hidden files tr '+/' '-_' => awkward option clashes tr '/' '_' => not POSIX portable AFAIK, POSIX filenames allow any character except the slash character and the null byte. ho hum

USB flash drive error [Re: Probléme clef usb]

2008-04-05 Thread Gabriel Barazer
[english translation of the original message below my reply for those interested, IMHO not relevant for bug-coreutils] Thomas, Cette liste de discussion étant principalement constituée de lecteurs internationaux, l'anglais est de vigueur ici si tu veux que ton problème ne soit ne serait-ce qu

Re: proposal : remove hostname from coreutils

2007-07-23 Thread Gabriel Barazer
On 07/23/2007 2:59:55 PM +0200, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gabriel Barazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The "hostname" utility in coreutils-6.9 is still a very old version, and the "hostname" from net-tools 1.60 (released ~2001) is a better featured

proposal : remove hostname from coreutils

2007-07-23 Thread Gabriel Barazer
Hi, The "hostname" utility in coreutils-6.9 is still a very old version, and the "hostname" from net-tools 1.60 (released ~2001) is a better featured utility. Since net-tools doesn't seem to be maintained anymore, what about updating the "hostname" sources from coreutils, or simply remove it