Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-12-03 Thread Brian May
> "Arne" == Arne Nordmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Arne> This sounds like bug #111288. Looks like it. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-12-03 Thread Brian May
> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 09:59:48AM +1100, Brian May wrote: >> I noticed when I did re-install it, I was asked questions that >> I had never been asked before like: should man be run setuid >> root? Colin> Setuid

Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-12-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 09:59:48AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > I noticed when I did re-install it, I was asked questions that I had > never been asked before like: should man be run setuid root? Setuid *man*, please. :-) You should have been asked these on upgrades from potato, unless your debconf

Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-12-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 01:55:07PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Oh wait, it is still seg-faulting, but I don't have time right now to do > > anything but print the error: > > Could you perhaps file it? It's gotta be a mandb bug unless I'm very > confuse

Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-12-01 Thread Arne Nordmark
> I noticed that man-db was seg-faulting in cron.weekly/man-db, so I > reinstalled it (haven't tried it since). So maybe the problem was > man-db? > I noticed when I did re-install it, I was asked questions that I had > never been asked before like: should man be run setuid root? > Hmmm... need

Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-11-30 Thread Brian May
> "Brian" == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brian> I noticed that man-db was seg-faulting in Brian> cron.weekly/man-db, so I reinstalled it (haven't tried it Brian> since). So maybe the problem was man-db? Brian> I noticed when I did re-install it, I was asked question

Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-11-30 Thread Brian May
> "Carlos" == Carlos Betancourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Carlos> First: is this the place to report issues regarding the Carlos> installation boot floppies and system? In case it is, my Carlos> installation was unsuccessfull due to a "zcat: invalid Carlos> compressed data-

Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-11-30 Thread Matt Kraai
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 04:05:27PM +0100, Carlos Betancourt wrote: > On Sat, 2001-12-01 at 00:25, Matt Kraai wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 01:14:45PM +0100, Carlos Betancourt wrote: > > > First: is this the place to report issues regarding the installation > > > boot floppies and system? > >

Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-11-30 Thread Carlos Betancourt
On Sat, 2001-12-01 at 00:25, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 01:14:45PM +0100, Carlos Betancourt wrote: > > First: is this the place to report issues regarding the installation > > boot floppies and system? > > Yes. > > > In case it is, my installation was unsuccessfull due to a > >

Re: Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-11-30 Thread Matt Kraai
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 01:14:45PM +0100, Carlos Betancourt wrote: > First: is this the place to report issues regarding the installation > boot floppies and system? Yes. > In case it is, my installation was unsuccessfull due to a > "zcat: invalid compressed data--crc error" > "zcat: invalid co

Sparc installation packages corrupted

2001-11-30 Thread Carlos Betancourt
First: is this the place to report issues regarding the installation boot floppies and system? In case it is, my installation was unsuccessfull due to a "zcat: invalid compressed data--crc error" "zcat: invalid compressed data--length error" I was using sun4cdm floppies on a sparcstation IPC. I