Bug#724627: cracklib-runtime: cracklib-check should deny key-runs with dvorak keyboard variants

2017-02-23 Thread Alexander Perlis
It's not that qwerty layout runs per se are denied, it's that too many consecutive character pairs are denied. Certain qwerty layout runs simply happen to contain many consecutive character pairs. As the prior message observes, the bug is annoying: augmenting an otherwise acceptable password b

Bug#819742: man firehol.conf results in undesired behavior

2016-04-01 Thread Alexander Perlis
Package: firehol Version: 3.0.1+ds-1 The package firehol contains /usr/share/man/man5/firehol.conf.5.gz which references the non-existent "man5/firehol-conf.5" (which doesn't exist in this package; it is part of firehol-doc, but that package might not be installed). The command "man firehol.co

Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't

2013-03-04 Thread Alexander Perlis
The bug Roland reported is real, and occurs in 2013 with Debian 6 installer. There should indeed be a distinction between an APT proxy and a general-purpose HTTP proxy. Our APT proxy knows how to serve up files related to Debian mirrors, but can't do general-purpose HTTP retrievals such as pres

Bug#701656: initramfs rescue shell doesn't recognize USB keyboard

2013-02-26 Thread Alexander Perlis
On 2/25/2013 4:54 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] But my keyboard was present at time of install, so one would expect it to work. Yes, I understand this. Unfortunately this is still going to randomly go wrong if you upgrade the kernel (or any other package that contributes to the initramfs) wit

Bug#701656: initramfs rescue shell doesn't recognize USB keyboard

2013-02-25 Thread Alexander Perlis
On 02/25/2013 02:39 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: There isn't just one USB keyboard driver; there are many. I see. Since my keyboard works in BIOS and GRUB, I suppose this means the driver is present in those places, or they are using some legacy user input approach that wouldn't be appropriate fo

Bug#701656: initramfs rescue shell doesn't recognize USB keyboard

2013-02-25 Thread Alexander Perlis
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.109 The initramfs rescue shell doesn't recognize the USB keyboard if I do an expert install of Debian 7.0 and in response to "Drivers to include in the initrd" choose "targeted" instead of "generic". Same behavior with Debian 6.0 and "yaird" choice, in which

Bug#701223: post-install boot failure with ext2 + TTY-only (desktop tasksel skipped) installation

2013-02-25 Thread Alexander Perlis
Hi, On 02/23/2013 02:14 AM, Holger Wansing wrote: 1) I used the 6.0.6 netboot installer (tried both 32-bit and 64-bit) Could you try to reproduce this bug with the latest debian-installer being prepared for 7.0 ? Take the mini.iso from http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/ins

Bug#701223: follow-up thoughts

2013-02-22 Thread Alexander Perlis
It occurs to me that the BOGUS value in /target/dev/disk/by-uuid might be a spurious filesystem signature left over from a previous install? I've noticed that the partman ext2 formatting goes really fast compared to the ext3 and ext4 formatting, so presumably less data is being written, perhaps

Bug#701223: post-install boot failure with ext2 + TTY-only (desktop tasksel skipped) installation

2013-02-22 Thread Alexander Perlis
Package: debian-installer Version: 6.0.6 I'm trying to build a text-only (no graphical desktop) Debian system with ext2 instead of the default ext3, but the resulting install is unbootable due to a bad grub configuration. To reproduce: 1) I used the 6.0.6 netboot installer (tried both 32-bi

Bug#642159: debian-installer preseed broken with apt-cacher-ng mirror

2013-02-20 Thread Alexander Perlis
This debian-installer bug is perhaps more serious than might seem from the original bug report. It affects preseed/run and preseed/include. Not clear how to adapt the work-around from the original bug report. The bug also affects fetching in preseed/late_command, as well as subsequent attempts

Bug#351993: ssmtp doesn't failover to multiple mailhubs in IPv4

2009-06-26 Thread Alexander Perlis
ssmtp does not. (Actually, ssmtp even handles this correctly for IPv6 addresses, but does not handle it correctly for IPv4 addresses.) Our previously submitted patch fixes this bug. Thanks. Alexander Perlis, Department of Mathematics, The University of Arizona -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#504670: Please don't depend on mailx

2008-11-05 Thread Alexander Perlis
Package: fwknop-server Version: 1.9.8-1 The *-mailx variants are for the command-line "mail" program, which is a userland program for end-users, not for use by scripted systems. In particular, depending on user configuration, "mail" might want to deposit copies of messages to an IMAP folder, r

Bug#504666: Request /etc/default/fwknop-server option to set daemon options

2008-11-05 Thread Alexander Perlis
Package: fwknop-server Version: 1.9.8-1 A feature request: if would be nice if /etc/default/fwknop-server defined a variable such as FWKNOP_OPTS= and then one could for example put FWKNOP_OPTS=--debug among other things. Just an idea. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Bug#504665: /etc/init.d/fwknop-server has a typo

2008-11-05 Thread Alexander Perlis
Package: fwknop-server Version: 1.9.8-1 /etc/init.d/fwknop-server calls log_failure, which doesn't exist. Should probably be log_failure_msg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#407085: Poweroff/restart problems due to miscommunication between /etc/init.d/halt and /etc/init.d/ups-monitor

2007-01-17 Thread Alexander Perlis
join in the discussion. The goal seems to be to find a common solution in initscripts that will work with all UPS packages. Alexander Perlis, Department of Mathematics, The University of Arizona -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#377132: Dependence on mailx prevents installation

2006-07-06 Thread Alexander Perlis
Package: mysql-server-4.1 Version: 4.1.11a-4 The dependence on mailx prevents us from installing it. At our site, we have replacement command-line MUAs that conflict with the mailx package, and thus we cannot install anything that depends on mailx. There is a long complicated history to the comman

Bug#377131: Dependence on mailx prevents installation

2006-07-06 Thread Alexander Perlis
Package: mysql-server Version: 4.0.24-10 The dependence on mailx prevents us from installing it. At our site, we have replacement command-line MUAs that conflict with the mailx package, and thus we cannot install anything that depends on mailx. There is a long complicated history to the command-li

Bug#377129: rkhunter should not depend on mailx

2006-07-06 Thread Alexander Perlis
Package: rkhunter Version: 1.2.7 rkhunter's dependence on mailx prevents us from installing it. At our site, we have replacement command-line MUAs that conflict with the mailx package, and thus we cannot install anything that depends on mailx. There is a long complicated history to the command-lin

Bug#312558: debian-installer partition legend

2005-06-08 Thread Alexander Perlis
2) Back on the main partition screen, it is unclear what the various little icons mean. Among other things, I've seen a solid smily face, a hollow smily face, a lightning bolt... Can a Legend be added to that screen? Thank you. Alexander Perlis __

Bug#312556: debian-installer partition bugs

2005-06-08 Thread Alexander Perlis
uot;Configure software RAID" to get rid of it. But trying "Configure software RAID" leads to an error message that the partition table has changed and one should reboot before continuing. Thank you. Alexander Perlis __ Discover Yah