Bug#311566: ding: Update package's Description field to mention "Tk"

2005-06-01 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: ding Version: 1.4-1 Severity: normal When searching for packages "apt-cache search", the first line is most important: Is this program graphical? What Toolkit it uses? It now reads: Description: Dictionary lookup program for Unix Please change tis to more informative first line: De

Bug#311569: wordinspect: Constant core dump with multiwords (** WARNING **: dict exited abnormally)

2005-06-01 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wordinspect Version: 0.1a-8.2 Severity: important There is serious bug in the program: try selecting multiple words from text (mouse-1) followed by mouse-3 to 'Define" the selected phrase => causes abnormal exit every time. Example: 1. Start program 2. Search word "stem" 3. Select any

Bug#311619: apt: [apt-get] Preprocess Suggests:, Recommend: before displaying to user

2005-06-02 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.6 Severity: wishlist When new packages are installed the apt-get displays also fields from Recommends and Suggests. However, reading these lines give wrong signal if the fields are just outputted "as is". An example: 1. install package reportbug 2. Sugested packges "m

Bug#311621: nullmailer: Does not set /etc/mailname when dpkg-reconfigure is run

2005-06-02 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: nullmailer Severity: normal If ran: dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low nullmailer And changing the field: Please enter the mail name of your system: some.example.com This will not update the value in /etc/mailname. This leads to rejected email from servers, whcih check the HELO nam

Bug#311624: dpkg: [manual] The interactive is of update-alternatives is not explained

2005-06-02 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.27 Severity: minor When running command: update-alternatives --config editor There is (+) and (*) marks. The star-mark is implied from the promp message that appears, but what is the purpose of (+) is left to shrouds. No matter what item value is selected, the (+) s

Bug#311627: reportbug: the user set /usr/bin/editor is not respected

2005-06-02 Thread Jari Aalto
rsion is /usr/bin/joe. -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: VISUAL="env TERM=vt100 emacs -q -nw -no-site-file " EMAIL="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" DEBFULLNAME="Jari Aalto" NAME="Jari Aalto" -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers

Bug#311866: RFP: windowlab -- Small and simple window manager of novel design.

2005-06-03 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: windowlab Version : 1.30 Upstream Author : Nick Gravgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://freshmeat.net/projects/windowlab/ * License : GPL Description : Small and simple window manager of novel design.

Bug#312047: sim: More informative Description field to mention Qt library

2005-06-04 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: sim Severity: normal While searching for utilities, the "apt-get search" is good help. However, the first line of message could in many times be more information, like announcing if program is text based or Graphical/What type of library. SUGGESTION Current Descriotion: field reads:

Bug#312048: Package'd description field - http://kmerlin.olsd.de no longer exists

2005-06-04 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: kmerlin Severity: normal Web site mentioned in packages's description field does not longer exist. Please update the URL. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linke

Bug#312050: centericq: [packaging] Should 'sox' really be in Recommends: header?

2005-06-04 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: centericq Version: 4.20.0-6 Severity: minor Packaging reads: Recommends: www-browser, sox It is not clear why the 'sox' is recommended with this program. It it is somthing that users of the IM products would use a lot, perhaps a word or two would be in place inside the Description fie

Bug#304881: RFP: amule -- Cross platform eMule client for the edonkey2000 network

2005-04-16 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: amule Version : x.y.z Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.amule.org * License : GPL Description : Cross platform eMule client for the edonkey2000 network ALternative page: http://www.a

Bug#304947: laptop-mode: split configuration for easier upgrades

2005-04-16 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: laptop-mode-tools Version: 1.05-1 Severity: wishlist File: laptop-mode During upgrades there usually appear new varibales and features. This creates conflicts when user has changes the settings. I propose that the configuration file is split in two halves: 1) The most likely settings

Bug#305003: doodle: improved /etc/cron.daily/doodle

2005-04-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: doodle Version: 0.6.2-2 Severity: minor I would like to propose a little more configuration to the /etc/cron.daily/doodle See changes below. * Check for existence of configuration file * Add new option for user: DOODLE_RUN_OPTIONS (defined in /etc/default/doodle) * Check for existence o

Bug#305005: slapd: [slapd.postinst] FATAL ERROR: integer expression expected

2005-04-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: slapd Version: 2.2.23-2 Severity: important Preconditions: slapd would not upgrade, so I removed it (apt-get remove slapd) and ran install (apt-get install slapd). Error during install: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Suggested packages: openldap-guide

Bug#305005: slapd: [slapd.postinst] FATAL ERROR: integer expression expected

2005-04-17 Thread Jari Aalto
| | Hrm, too bad, what went wrong during the upgrade? Don't know. I haven't touched anything in between the previous install and this one. | > (Reading database ... 120482 files and directories currently installed.) | > Unpacking slapd (from .../slapd_2.2.23-2_i386.deb) ... | > Setting up slapd

Bug#305050: RFP: ftwall2 -- P2P network firewall (Kazaa, Winmx, opennap etc.)

2005-04-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: ftwall2 Version : x.y.z Upstream Author : Chris Lowth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.lowth.com/p2pwall/ftwall2/ * License : GPL Description : P2P network firewall (Kazaa, Winmx, opennap, iMesh etc.)

Bug#305060: shorewall: new allow rule: JAP anonymous web surfing proxy

2005-04-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: shorewall Version: 2.2.3-1 Severity: wishlist Please add new Allow* Deny* rules for JAP anon-proxy. http//anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/anontest/test.html It needs following ports: local: 4001 proxy connection remote: 6543 (infoservice), 754

Bug#305066: shorewall: add new rule for NFS server

2005-04-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: shorewall Version: 2.2.3-1 Severity: wishlist Please all following AllowNFS and DenyNFS rules: rpcinfo -p 102 tcp111 portmapper 102 udp111 portmapper 134 tcp 2049 nfs 151 udp850 mountd 151 tcp853

Bug#305075: shorewall: Add support for SFS server (secure NFS)

2005-04-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: shorewall Version: 2.2.3-1 Severity: wishlist Add Allow* and Deny* configuration files for SFS - secure FS - server, which is replacement for NFS. See http://www.fs.net/sfswww/sfs.html [Topic: fssd_config--Meta-server configuration => BindAddr] which reads: BindAddr ip-addr [port]

Bug#305081: RFP: fwknop -- Firewall Knock Operator - advanced port knock daemon

2005-04-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: fwknop Version : 0.5.0 Upstream Author : Michael Rash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.cipherdyne.org/fwknop/ * License : GPL Description : Firewall Knock Operator - advanced port knock daemon (Includ

Bug#293048: RFP: apt-mirror -- Mirror APT repositories easily

2005-04-20 Thread Jari Aalto
| Hi Jari, | | On lun, ene 31, 2005 at 11:30:55 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: | > A small tool that provides ability to mirror any parts of Debian | > GNU/Linux distribution and any "apt oriented sources". It takes config | > similar to apt's "sources.list"

Bug#305005: slapd: [slapd.postinst] FATAL ERROR: integer expression expected

2005-04-20 Thread Jari Aalto
| > Right now I'm in the chicken and egg situation where I cannot re/install | > new slapd cleanly, because it always dies with this error. | | It will fail in a different place then. The whole problem is that the | maintainer scripts always try to load the database contents in 2.3.23-2 | wether

Bug#292870: clamav-daemon: [debconf] Add support for LogFileMaxSize

2005-04-20 Thread Jari Aalto
[LogFileMaxSize] | > Yes, the behavior of 0 is explained there. The confusion arose, when | > it was explicitly set. I waould have expected the manual page's | > default value. Thus the question: "Why the defaul configuration uses | > 0?" | | I have to think in terms of what is a sane | default o

Bug#305584: RFP: doorman -- Port knocking daemon for SSH and other servers

2005-04-20 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: doorman Version : 0.8 Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://doorman.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : Port knocking daemon for SSH and other servers (Include the long description

Bug#305587: RFP: cryptknock -- Encrypted port knocking daemon with high security

2005-04-20 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: cryptknock Version : 1.0.1 Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/cryptknock * License : GPL Description : Encrypted port knocking daemon with high security (Include t

Bug#305826: approx: Support also option 'reload'

2005-04-22 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: approx Version: 1.09 Severity: minor The server start script does not currently support standard 'reload' options in case of changes in configuration file. Please add it. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable') A

Bug#305988: shorewall: Add Allow* Deny* rules for edonkey network

2005-04-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: shorewall Version: 2.2.3-1 Severity: wishlist Add files action.AllowNetEdonkey and action.DropNetEdonkey for th P2P Network ports: UDP 4665 TCP 4662 -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i

Bug#306017: lopster: New upstream version - 1.2.2

2005-04-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: lopster Version: 1.2.0.1-1 Severity: normal Please update to the latest. See http://lopster.sourceforge.net/main.php3?section=download http://lopster.sourceforge.net/download/lopster-1.2.2.tar.gz -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500,

Bug#306086: fdutils: rename fdutilsconfig => fdutils-config; consistent with others

2005-04-23 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: fdutils Version: 5.4-20040228-3 Severity: minor It would be good if fdutilsconfig were renamed to fdutils-config so that it would be in par with the other similar configuration utilities: apt-config audiofile-config kde-config ... -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 AP

Bug#306092: console-common: Rename kbdconfig => kbd-config; be consistent with others

2005-04-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: console-common Version: 0.7.51 Severity: minor It would be good if the configuration utilitity's name was in par with the others like apt-config, fvwm-config, gnome-config, so please rename kbdconfig => kbd-config -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT

Bug#306090: foomatic-db-engine: Rename foomatic-configure => foomatic-config

2005-04-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: foomatic-db-engine Version: 3.0.2-20050403-1 Severity: minor It would be good if the configuration program's name was in par with the other utilities like, apt-config, gtk-config, freetype-config ... so please rename the utility: foomatic-configure => foomatic-config -- System Informa

Bug#306088: kdebase-bin: Rename xxxxconfig utilities to more consistent xxxx-config

2005-04-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: kdebase-bin Version: 4:3.3.2-1 Severity: minor It would be good if kde utilities used the same naming as other configuration tools, as in apt-config, audiofile-config, esd-config SUGGESTION Rename following /usr/bin/ programs: kwriteconfig => kwrite-config kreadconfig

Bug#306089: tetex-bin: rename texconfig => tex-config; consistent with other utilities

2005-04-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: tetex-bin Version: 2.0.2-28 Severity: minor It would be good if the configuration program name was consistent with the other programs like apt-config, fvwm-config, gtk-config ... so please rename texconfig => tex-config -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable

Bug#306093: fdutils: Improve installation message - setuid root, chnage y/N

2005-04-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: fdutils Version: 5.4-20040228-3 Severity: minor Message displayed during installation reads: Currently, fdmount is not set up as root. Good Do you want to change it (y/n/?) [n] I'd like to propose using a little more verbose message what would the implication were if the default cho

Bug#306097: fdutils: floppymeter - improve initial message with (y/N)

2005-04-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: fdutils Version: 5.4-20040228-3 Severity: minor Message appearing at the start of floppymeter reads: Warning: all data contained on the floppy disk will be lost. Continue? Please improve the message to read and to position the cursor at the end of line like this: Warning: all d

Bug#306116: shorewall: Add Allow, Drop rules for Gnutella network

2005-04-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: shorewall Version: 2.2.3-1 Severity: wishlist Add following rules to shorewall: action.AllowNetGnutella action.DropNetGnutella The ports are: 6346 tcp 6346 udp -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experim

Bug#306641: endeavour2: There is no 'see' program (default viewer)

2005-04-27 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: endeavour2 Version: 2.5.2-1 Severity: minor The Debian packaging contains default viewer 'see' which is not available. Please change this to entry: Settings => Options => tab: Programs Default viewer: x-terminal-emulator -e more -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefe

Bug#306645: endeavour2: Right click should offer the archive menu for archive files

2005-04-27 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: endeavour2 Version: 2.5.2-1 Severity: minor Pressing right click on *.zip *.tar.gz *tar.bz3 should offer opening the file in archiver. It is non-intuitive to force to open archiver separately and again feed the path to separate dialog box. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT

Bug#308513: postgresql-client: [manual] createuser(1) Add example '...WITH PASSWORD'

2005-05-10 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: postgresql-client Version: 7.4.7-6 Severity: minor createuser(1) is well laid manual and it reads: EXAMPLES ... $ createuser -p 5000 -h eden -D -A -e joe CREATE USER "joe" NOCREATEDB NOCREATEUSER CREATE USER For completeness, please also add this example:

Bug#308535: postgresql-client: [psql] manual page does not document ~/.pgpass file

2005-05-10 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: postgresql-client Version: 7.4.7-6 Severity: minor psql(1) manual page does not mention in the FILES section ~/.pgpass file and how it is used. It should include: FILES ... o The file ~/.pgpass in is a file that can contain passwords to be used if the connection

Bug#308827: postgresql-client: Improve pg_dump option --format=format

2005-05-12 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: postgresql-client Version: 7.4.7-6 Severity: wishlist The pg_dump(1) manual page mentions: --format=format Selects the format of the output. format can be one of the following: p Output a plain-text SQL script file (default)

Bug#309095: bozohttpd: inetd.conf line shold include option -u (~user dir translation)

2005-05-14 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: bozohttpd Version: 20030313-1 Severity: normal Please include option -u in the line inserted in inetd.conf during install. Without it, the user directory translation does not work. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'exp

Bug#309099: dropbear: /etc/init.d/dropbear script should signal error if not enableb

2005-05-14 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dropbear Version: 0.45-2 Severity: normal If drop bear is not enabled in /etc/default/dropbear, the following command gives no indication of the situation: /etc/init.d/dropbear start .. and the user assumes that dropbear was started when it was not. SUGGESTION Please display a me

Bug#309102: RFP: xwc -- Light and fast file manager like windows explorer.

2005-05-14 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: xwc Version : 0.91.5a Upstream Author : Syndson Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/xwc/ * License : GPL Description : Light and fast file manager like windows explorer. (Inclu

Bug#309136: RFP: browsex -- Small fast and lightweigh browser for CSS, DHTML, animated graphics

2005-05-14 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: browsex Version : 2.0.0 Upstream Author : Peter MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://browsex.com/ * License : GPL Description : Small based fast and lightweigh broeswer for CSS, DHTML, animated grap

Bug#309148: RFP: wnhttpd -- Small and secure web server - everything is denied by default

2005-05-14 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: wnhttpd Version : 2.4.6 Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.wnserver.org/ * License : GPL Description : Small and secure web server - everything is denied by default (Include the long

Bug#309168: nautilus: Add more start options: --view-as-list --view-as-icons

2005-05-15 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: nautilus Version: 2.8.2-2 Severity: wishlist When staring nautilus from a window manager's panel's it it desirable to select the default layout. To support this, please add following options: --view-as-list --view-as-icons -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers uns

Bug#309177: RFP: minigtkfm -- Minimalistic two pane GTK 1.x File Manager

2005-05-15 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: mini-gtkfm Version : 0.9 Upstream Author : Tito Wolit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://freshmeat.net/projects/minigtkfm/ * License : GPL Description : Minimalistic two pane GTK 1.x File Manager (Include t

Bug#309182: dfm: Better file association defaults (nedit, lyx, xv, netscape ...?)

2005-05-15 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dfm Version: 0.99.7-7 Severity: normal When dfm is started it outputs: sh: line 0: type: neditc: not found sh: line 0: type: nedit: not found sh: line 0: type: xvpicmaker: not found sh: line 0: type: exm: not found sh: line 0: type: xv: not found sh: line 0: type:

Bug#309183: RFP: xxl -- Xxl is a small and fast graphical spreadsheet

2005-05-15 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: xxl Version : 2.1.2 Upstream Author : Vincent Granet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.esinsa.unice.fr/xxl.html * License : GPL Description : Xxl is a small and fast graphical spreadsheet (Include the

Bug#309197: RFP: xtmix -- Simple, yet feature rich audio controller which support KDE, Fvwm

2005-05-15 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: xtmix Version : 0.4 Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~mdenn/xtmix/xtmix_en.html * License : GPL Description : Simple, yet feature rich audio controller which support

Bug#309225: micro-proxy: Incorrect PATH in manual page: /usr/local/sbin/micro_proxy

2005-05-15 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: micro-proxy Version: 20021030-1 Severity: normal Manual page reads: To install it, add a line like this to /etc/inetd.conf: webproxy stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/local/sbin/micro_proxy ... This path should be in Debian: /usr/bin/micro_proxy -- System Infor

Bug#309233: micro-proxy: Please clarify what is the purpose of this package

2005-05-15 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: micro-proxy Version: 20021030-1 Severity: minor The README.Debian and manual pages are lacking on piece of crucial information: Where is this package good for? Why would someone be interested in it? Please add a paragraph into README.Debian or manual to give examples in what way this

Bug#309234: djbdns-installer: Build ok - but produced *.deb failed (daemontools is not installed)

2005-05-15 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: djbdns-installer Version: 1.05-11 Severity: important Justification: fails to build from source The *deb install phase fails. Note also, that the installed does not notice this error but proceeds to "Do you want to.." question. See below. What I did => Followed instructions and accepted

Bug#309182: dfm: Better file association defaults (nedit, lyx, xv, netscape ...?)

2005-05-16 Thread Jari Aalto
27; --exclude='*.cvsignore' --exclude='*.log' --exclude='*.orig' --exclude='*.rej' --exclude='*.stackdump' --exclude='*.swp' --exclude='*.tmp' --exclude=DEADJOE --exclude=CVS --exclude=RCS --exclude=SVN --exclude=SCCS -ru dfm-0.

Bug#309383: New upstream release Devel 1.7.0 January 26, 2004

2005-05-16 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: tinyproxy Version: 1.6.3-2 Severity: normal Please update this package to the latest version http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinyproxy/ 1.7.0 January 26, 2004 -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'exper

Bug#309393: RFP: eximstate -- Client and server to collect Exim queue, frozen, bounce statistics

2005-05-16 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: eximstate Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Ollie Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.olliecook.net/projects/eximstate/ * License : GPL Description : Client and server to collect Exim queue, frozen, bo

Bug#309433: mrtg: What happened to Exim stat scrips and bug #32460

2005-05-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: mrtg Severity: normal Exim stat files were mentioned in: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=32460 And the bug was marked closed in: /usr/share/doc/mrtg/changelog.Debian.gz mrtg (2.8.3-0.1) unstable; urgency=low ... * Added the files for exim stats in exampl

Bug#309508: RFP: nrg -- RRD based Network Resource Grapher

2005-05-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: nrg Version : 0.99.24 Upstream Author : Steve Rader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://nrg.hep.wisc.edu/ * License : GPL Description : RRD based Network Resource Grapher (Include the long description here.)

Bug#309513: cricket: /etc/cron.d/cricket refers to non-existing file

2005-05-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: cricket Severity: normal The /etc/cron.d/cricket reads: # Note: if you change the collection interval here, you MUST edit # /etc/cricket/Defaults to adjust the collection interval there as well. # You may also have to rebuild any existing RRDs. But there is no such file as /etc/c

Bug#309520: RFP: chkconfig -- rc.d system configuration utility a la RedHat

2005-05-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: chkconfig Version : x.y.z Upstream Author : Ben Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.example.org/ * License : GPL Description : rc.d system configuration utility a la RedHat Adam & Ben (CC [EMAIL PRO

Bug#309523: dropbear: [manual] Please list command line options in alphabetical order

2005-05-17 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dropbear Version: 0.45-2 Severity: minor It would be better if dropbear(1) manual page followed the de facto convention where command line options are listed in alphabetical order. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'exp

Bug#309099: dropbear: /etc/init.d/dropbear script should signal error if not enableb

2005-05-17 Thread Jari Aalto
| severity 309099 wishlist | quit | | On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 06:44:16PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > If drop bear is not enabled in /etc/default/dropbear, the following | > command gives no indication of the situation: | > | > /etc/init.d/dropbear start | > | > .. an

Bug#309619: cacti: README.DEbian should tell how to log in for the first time

2005-05-18 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: cacti Severity: normal First, thank you for clear explantion on installing cacti. /usr/share/doc/cacti/README.Debian.gz However, one piece of information is missing. How to start using it by logging in. Please add this * installation ... When you get the login screeen, use

Bug#309665: dropbear: Please offer choice of inetd installation (debconf question)

2005-05-18 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dropbear Version: 0.45-2 Severity: wishlist In low end systems running dropbear as a standalone service consumes memory. However dropbear supports running the service from inetd.conf so please offer installation choices like: 1) Run as service (at boot) 2) Run from inetd (uses less m

Bug#309672: RFP: qingy -- Replacement of getty. Written in C, it uses DirectFB without the need of X

2005-05-18 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: qingy Version : 0.5.3 Upstream Author : Noberasco Michele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.example.org/ * License : GPL Description : Replacement of getty. Written in C, it uses DirectFB without the n

Bug#309695: cacti: [php gui] Create => New Graphs / Grpah templates does not offer SNMP

2005-05-18 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: cacti Severity: normal Acocoring to the instcructions in (1) /usr/sharedoc/cacti/html/how_to.html#GRAPH_SNMP_OID There should be selection "SNMP - Generic OID Template" available for selected host that is labelled 'Generic SNMP-enabled Host'. (2) Create => New Graphs

Bug#309698: debconf: [manual] debconf needs absolute path (won't work otherwise)

2005-05-18 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debconf Version: 1.4.49 Severity: minor Manual page od debconf(1) reads: EXAMPLES To debug a shell script that uses debconf, you might use: DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer debconf my-shell-prog However, this call does not work: # DEBCONF_DEBUG="developer" debconf -ostem pre

Bug#309777: doc-debian: 6.12 should be updated to mention aptitude to put pkg on HOLD

2005-05-19 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: doc-debian Severity: wishlist http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html 6.12 How do I put a package on hold? There are two ways of holding back packages, with dpkg, or with dselect. ... I believe the better way to put package on hold is to use aptitude. Please

Bug#309788: dpkg-dev-el: debian-changelog-mode.el compile error: ** `(fboundp (quote imenu))' called for effect

2005-05-19 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dpkg-dev-el Version: 24.10-1 Severity: normal Here is log after installation. Note the error below. emacs21 -q -no-site-file --no-site-file -batch -l path.el -f batch-byte-compile deb ian-bts-control.el debian-changelog-mode.el debian-control-mode.el debian-copyright .el dpkg-dev-el-lo

Bug#309790: dpkg: [Emacs] compiling *.el files shoudl display errors, not just log file name

2005-05-19 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.27 Severity: normal Recent install of dpkg-dev-el reads: Fetched 131kB in 4s (27.4kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package debian-el. (Reading database ... 130273 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking debian-el (from .../debi

Bug#309825: devscripts: [manual] debuild typo => -rootcmd= should be --rootcmd=

2005-05-19 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: devscripts Version: 2.8.14 Severity: minor In second paragraph: DESCRIPTION ... An alternative way of using debuild is to use one or more of the param- eters binary, binary-arch, binary-indep and clean, in which case debuild will attempt to gain root

Bug#309849: shorewall: Add Allow* Deny* rules for SMTP DCC server (Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse)

2005-05-19 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: shorewall Version: 2.2.3-1 Severity: wishlist The Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse or DCC is a cooperative, dis- tributed system intended to detect "bulk" mail or mail sent to many peo- ple. It allows individuals receiving a single mail message to determine that many other people have

Bug#309788: dpkg-dev-el: debian-changelog-mode.el compile error: ** `(fboundp (quote imenu))' called for effect

2005-05-19 Thread Jari Aalto
| severity 309788 minor | thanks | | Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > Package: dpkg-dev-el | > Version: 24.10-1 | > Severity: normal | > While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dpkg-dev-el/deb | > ian-changelog-mode.el: | > *

Bug#309893: apt: [manual] Please add (1) page references to words referring to programs

2005-05-20 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.6 Severity: minor The manual page reads: DESCRIPTION apt-get is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be consid- ered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as >>

Bug#309934: dput: [manual] Explain what happend if HOST parameter is not passed on command line

2005-05-20 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dput Version: 0.9.2.19 Severity: minor The manual page reads: SYNTAX dput [options] [host] [package.changes] The HOST parameter is optional, but nowhere in dput(1) page it is explained what happens if this parameter is missing. If it uses that first entry from /etc/dput.cf, p

Bug#309940: debarchiver: Typo in /etc/debarchiver.conf; is => are

2005-05-20 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debarchiver Version: 0.1.8 Severity: minor File /etc/debarchiver.conf reads: # Mapping of aliases. # OBS! If you create a mapping that will only be created if you have # added the key to @distributions above. If you want the symlink to be created # in a proper way you

Bug#309975: dput: [manual] dput.cf and multiple same entries are not mentioned in manual

2005-05-20 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dput Version: 0.9.2.19 Severity: minor If there are several same entries added by accident ot dput.cf (or personal ~/.dput.df), this situation is not covered in manual. Please add a comment to either section DESCRIPTION OR BUGS like this: In case there is multiple same entries in

Bug#309695: cacti: [php gui] Create => New Graphs / Grpah templates does not offer SNMP

2005-05-20 Thread Jari Aalto
| | hi jari, | | for what version of cacti are you having this problem? This is Debian/testing ii cacti 0.8.6c-7 Frontend to rrdtool for monitoring systems a | i believe | that this should be fixed in the latest uploaded version of cacti, | which contains among other things: | | Crea

Bug#310110: debhelper: dh_make to Use ISO 8601 times (copyright file etc.)

2005-05-21 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: debhelper Version: 4.2.36 Severity: wishlist dh_make creates the inital files for packaging the project. On of the file, copyright, starts: This package was debianized by root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 21 May 2005 17:08:31 +0300. SUGGESTION It would be preferrable if ISO 8601 t

Bug#309099: dropbear: /etc/init.d/dropbear script should signal error if not enableb

2005-05-22 Thread Jari Aalto
| | --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii | Content-Disposition: inline | | On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:44:44AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > | On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 06:44:16PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: | > | > SUGGESTION | > | > Please display a message t

Bug#310166: dropbear: Use 'Homepage:' tag in control file

2005-05-22 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dropbear Version: 0.45-2 Severity: wishlist /usr/share/doc/developers-reference/developers-reference.txt 6.2.4. Upstream home page - We recommend that you add the URL for the package's home page to the package description in `debian/control'. This

Bug#310270: libgtksourceview-dev: claims to be version 1.2.0-1 but there is no upsteam version 1.2.0?

2005-05-22 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: libgtksourceview-dev Version: 1.2.0-1 Severity: minor APT announces: libgtksourceview-dev/unstable uptodate 1.2.0-1 and according to http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libdevel/libgtksourceview-dev the upstream source of the this package is

Bug#292686: RFP: napshare -- automated MUTE Network P2P client made to run 24/7 unattended

2005-01-28 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: napshare Version : 0.7 Upstream Author : Nate E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://napshare.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : Automated MUTE Network P2P client made to run 24/7 unattended >Fr

Bug#292702: RFP: xmule -- P2P client software

2005-01-28 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: xmule Version : 1.9.4 Upstream Author : Avi Vahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmule * License : GPL Description : P2P client software (Include the long description here.) xM

Bug#292853: exim4-doc-info: 6.16 Format of driver / use local_user, not localuser example

2005-01-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: exim4-doc-info Version: 4.40-1 Severity: minor At section 6.16 there is example: In the following example, the instance name is "localuser", and it is followed by three options settings: localuser: driver = accept check_local_user transport = local_deliver

Bug#292857: clamav-daemon: PAckage description 'suggests' refers to non-existing 'lha'

2005-01-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: clamav-daemon Version: 0.80-7 Severity: minor During installation, following messages are displayed: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: clamav clamav-base clamav-freshclam libclamav1 libcurl3 libgmp3 Suggested

Bug#292870: clamav-daemon: [debconf] Add support for LogFileMaxSize

2005-01-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: clamav-daemon Version: 0.81-2 Severity: normal debconf does not seem to ask details for LogFileMaxSize, but it would be good it it did, since overly long log files are not good. Perhaps a more sensible default could be used in clamd.conf as well, like: LogFileMaxSize 200 # appro

Bug#292925: clamav-daemon: [manual] clarify allowed values in LogFileMaxSize

2005-01-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: clamav-daemon Severity: minor Manual page reads: LogFileMaxSize SIZE Limit the size of a log file. The logger will be automatically disabled if the file is greater than SIZE. Value of 0 disables the limit. Default: 1M H

Bug#293048: RFP: apt-mirror -- Mirror APT repositories easily

2005-01-31 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: apt-mirror Version : 0.4.3. Upstream Author : Dmitry N. Hramtsov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/apt-mirror/ * License : GPL Description : Mirror APT repositories easily (Includ

Bug#292925: clamav-daemon: [manual] clarify allowed values in LogFileMaxSize

2005-02-01 Thread Jari Aalto
| | --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii | Content-Disposition: inline | Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable | | This one time, at band camp, Jari Aalto said: | > However, the parameter "SIZE" is ambigous. It the default value in | > bytes? D

Bug#292870: clamav-daemon: [debconf] Add support for LogFileMaxSize

2005-02-01 Thread Jari Aalto
| > | Debconf does not need to be abused for things that have good defaults. | > | In this case, a good default is to not restrict the size of the logfile, | > | but rotate it relatively often. This is exactly what the package does | > | on a default install - setting LogFileMaxSize to 0 disables

Bug#293234: dhttpd: Add options to support setting default WWW dir

2005-02-01 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dhttpd Severity: wishlist The /var/www is currently hard coded in the config.hh, it would be nice to launch server to serve other directories given at command line. Something like: dhttpd -r /home/my/dir -p 8080 (-r for "root dir", or "-d" for "dir") -- System Information: Debia

Bug#293244: RFP: stego-snow -- Steganography using ASCII files.

2005-02-01 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: stego-snow Version : x.y.z Upstream Author : atthew Kwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.darkside.com.au/snow/ * License : Other(*) Description : Steganography using ASCII files. (Include the long d

Bug#293278: RFP: delta -- Powerfull files and directories comparison tool with nice text interface.

2005-02-01 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: delta Version : 2.5 Upstream Author : Jean-Claude Chetrit * URL : http://www.openetwork.com/delta.html * License : GPL Description : Powerfull files and directories comparison tool with nice text interface

Bug#293280: dpkg: [DPKG-DEB] option --vextract, -X would be more consistent in format "--verbose --extract"

2005-02-01 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.26 Severity: wishlist dpkg-deb uses option --vextract, -X to ...prints a listing of the files extracted as it goes, while --extract (-x) In most of the programs this is the action of --verbose option. Perhaps it would be mo consistent to offer: --verbo

Bug#293234: dhttpd: [patch] to implement optoion -r WWW_ROOT

2005-02-02 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dhttpd Version: 1.02a-11 Followup-For: Bug #293234 See attached patch cd src/ patch -p1 < *diff 2005-02-02 Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * httpsock.cc: Added extern ROOT_DIR. (error): Use ROOT_DIR, not WEBDIRPREFIX. * main.cc (

Bug#293377: apache2: apache2ctl - option 'startssl' is undocumented

2005-02-02 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: apache2 Version: 2.0.52-3 Severity: normal The manua page of apache2ctl reads: OPTIONS start ... stop ... restart ... fullstatus ... status ... graceful ... configtest ... help ... The help option reports: # apache2ct

Bug#293414: exim4-doc-info: [add hyperlink] 15 Generic options for routers

2005-02-02 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: exim4-doc-info Version: 4.40-1 Severity: normal Hyperlinks are missing from chapter 15: This chapter describes the generic options that apply to all routers, identifying those that are preconditions. For a general description of >> how a router operates, see sections "Running a

Bug#293234: dhttpd: [patch] to display correct help from main.cc

2005-02-02 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: dhttpd Version: 1.02a-12 Followup-For: Bug #293234 Apply this message's patch after my previous patch. See attachment. cd src patch -p1 < *.diff 2005-02-03 Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * main.cc (main): Documented new '-r' option. Options &

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