Bug#1004862: neglected note in dist-upgrade documentation, section 4

2022-02-02 Thread L.Schmidt
foo start or service foo start as configured restart command may not catch the situation of a dist-upgrade running. So I think it may be, for now, merely a documentation issue: ask folks to stop such a service prior to dist-upgrade. Thank you. L.Schmidt pgp5svRe3osYy.pgp Description: Digitale Signatur von OpenPGP

Bug#864285: man page of apt incomplete, missing "clean" subcommand

2017-06-06 Thread L.Schmidt
Since apt runs here on mass storage starved small single board computers, I do indeed consider `clean' one of the important apt subcommands, as in "most used", yes. I disagree with the notion that documentation incompleteness and referral to other documents is preferrable to "distraction" by inform

Bug#864285: man page of apt incomplete, missing "clean" subcommand

2017-06-06 Thread L.Schmidt
Package: apt Version: 1.4.6 Severity: minor While `apt clean' works as expected, by removing downloaded archives from package cache, the man page for apt lacks any mention of subcommand `clean' NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="9" VERSION="9 (stretch)" -- pgpB_lF5AMF2m.pgp Description: Open

Bug#614049: ngetty: version 1.1 (from sid) has problems cooperating with pam.

2011-02-19 Thread L.Schmidt
Package: ngetty Version: 1.0-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable problem manifests during login dialog, or after dialog was completed. either case, the screen is blanked, and the "login:" prompt is presented again, after a variable time elapsed since login or login attempt -