Bug#309048: several security issues on 64 largemem systems (CAN-2005-1515, CAN-2005-1514, CAN-2005-1513O

2005-05-14 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Package: qmail-src > Severity: important > Tags: security > > Apparently qmail has some security bugs on 64 bit systems with large > amounts (> 4 gb) of memory: > > http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1515 > http://www.cve.mitre.org/c

Bug#309048: several security issues on 64 largemem systems (CAN-2005-1515, CAN-2005-1514, CAN-2005-1513O

2005-05-15 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Package: qmail-src > Severity: important > Tags: security > > Apparently qmail has some security bugs on 64 bit systems with large > amounts (> 4 gb) of memory: > > http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1515 > http://www.cve.mitre.org/c

Bug#293328: Fwd: Bug#293328: qmail-src: use tcpsvd instead of tcpserver

2005-02-02 Thread Jon Marler
I received the following wishlist bug today, and really like the idea. My thoughts are to change the dependancies to allow ipsvd to be used in place of ucspi-tcp and ucspi-tcp-src. I'll need to do some "magic" to get the init.d file to work properly, but I can just make that a build-time debconf

Bug#302677: qmail: FTBFS: Missing Build-Depends on 'groff-base' and missing users and groups

2005-05-05 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Tomas Hoger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi! > > > I think it is an FTBFS bug. The following should generally work: > > > > apt-get source qmail > > cd qmail-* > > dpkg-buildpackage > > > > For qmail, this does not work because of the missing Build-Depends on > > groff-base and because of the mi

Bug#302677: Fix for missing build-depends

2005-05-05 Thread Jon Marler
I am including a fix for the missing build-depends line in the control file. However, I am not changing how the package presently handles creating the users. qmail-src is not in the main package repository. It's in the non-free repository, which, in reality, means it's not officially part of Deb

Bug#282932: Other location?

2005-05-09 Thread Jon Marler
Do you have another location for that patch, or perhaps more information? I've been unable to get to that URL, or find a different patch than the one included. Cheers! Jon --- This mail sent through Click2E-Mail http://www.click2e-mail

Bug#326415: Please support IPv6 or Advertise lack

2005-09-02 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Elliott Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sendmail definitely supports IPv6, and I strongly suspect Postfix does as > well. This makes Qmail the unusual one in /not/ supportting IPv6. Given > the increasing prevalence of support, I'd suggest either documenting the > lack of support or includ

Bug#57102: ucspi-tcp-src: This is severe bug, and wrongly categorized as a wish list item

2005-07-29 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting G A Craig Carey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Package: ucspi-tcp-src > Version: 0.88-9 > Followup-For: Bug #57102 > > After years of having "." at the start of the PATH, it > eventually one problem can be discovered: the install of > just this package fails. I really don't understand how having

Bug#402331: FTBFS: "unable to find user alias"

2006-12-21 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Thomas Huriaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jon Marler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (21/12/2006): > > Quoting Thomas Huriaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Note also that once this is fixed, you should update the description of > > > the qmail-src package. &

Bug#406990: qmail: please finish /usr/doc transition

2007-01-15 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Thijs Kinkhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Package: qmail > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > qmail still creates a /usr/doc symlink. Since 2002, policy > has not required these symlinks, and we're waiting for all packages > to be updated to remove them before the /usr/share/doc transition can > be comp

Bug#351394: All debconf stuff can probably be cleaned from the qmail package

2007-01-15 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Thomas Huriaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't see any reason to close this bug. If you don't want to fix this > issue, please tag it as wontfix. > > In order to have this bug fixed, I wrote a full patch. Here are my > comments on the debconf templates, as the rest just depends on these > f

Bug#402339: ucspi-tcp-src: Should not stop installation with usage instructions

2006-12-12 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Thomas Huriaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Package: ucspi-tcp-src > Version: 0.88-10 > Severity: normal > > While installing ucspi-tcp-src, my installation stopped with: > > To build ucspi-tcp binary package, you have to run > >build-ucspi-tcp > > Press ENTER to continue... > >

Bug#402331: FTBFS: "unable to find user alias"

2006-12-13 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think you are letting your crankiness interfere with your logic. The > people arguing that qmail is non-free are a different group than those > that have anything to do with funding anything. If you can't adequately > maintain the package, say so ins

Bug#402331: Agree with Steve Langasek's analysis.

2006-12-17 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Alex Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As others have said there is no need to compile the source when > building a "source as binary" package. Hence there is no need to have > depandancies on specific users when building the qmail-src deb from > the qmail source deb. > > There are two ways of s

Bug#351394: All debconf stuff can probably be cleaned from the qmail package

2006-11-01 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "Oh no, not him again", says Jon...:-) > > Actually, this contribution is less invasive and controversial than > the former we had to deal with, I think. > > With the removal of debconf stuff, I think that #351394 can be closed > as it becomes obvio

Bug#296309: ITP: qmail-ldap-src - Qmail 1.03 with LDAP patch

2005-02-21 Thread Jon Marler
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist I currently maintain the qmail-src package. I would like to fork qmail-src into qmail-ldap-src as a separate package to handle Debian users who wish to use the qmail-ldap patch from André Oppermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have had several users ask for a version of

Bug#296308: ITP: qmail-ldap-src - Qmail 1.03 with LDAP patch

2005-02-21 Thread Jon Marler
Package: wnppp Severity: wishlist I currently maintain the qmail-src package. I would like to fork qmail-src into qmail-ldap-src as a separate package to handle Debian users who wish to use the qmail-ldap patch from André Oppermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have had several users ask for a version o

Bug#410125: ucspi-tcp: rblsmtpd queries eight-year-dead RBL by default

2007-02-07 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Nick Leverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Package: ucspi-tcp Version: 0.88-9 Severity: important Tags: patch I rate this bug as Important, but if Paul does set a wildcard on maps.vix.com as discussed then it could quickly escalate. -- If we don't, some Debian users could lose email when

Bug#388952: qmail-src: [annoying_notes] Abuse of debconf note(s)

2006-09-25 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > user debian-i18n@lists.debian.org > usertag 388952 + no-cooperation > thanks > > > > I could argue my case with you, but I see no point in it. If you have gone > > through all the trouble to do a massive bug posting against most likely > > countles

Bug#388952: Processed: There has to be an explanation for closing bugs

2006-09-27 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:02:29 -0500, Jon Marler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > This bug is being closed as it is not a bug. It was a request from > > a translator to make a change that I disagree with. As the packag

Bug#388952: qmail-src: [annoying_notes] Abuse of debconf note(s)

2006-09-27 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > First of all, thank you, Jon, for giving me more input on the > background of your reaction to this bug report. > > I was actually not asking for more and I regret that we went in this > long argument. > > Please also note that this mail has been in

Bug#388952: qmail-src: [annoying_notes] Abuse of debconf note(s)

2006-09-27 Thread Jon Marler
Quoting Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Well .. if notes are going away, that's something entirely different. > > > > I looked at the .config file in question, and I have three notes. > > > > I have a warning message that is marked as high, a message that tells the > user > > how to a

Bug#601240: Patch for the 1.03-49.3 NMU of qmail

2012-02-05 Thread Jon Marler
Thanks Christian! I've been having trouble with my mail server lately and didn't get your email on the 26th. Thank you for sorting this out for me. I really appreciate it. Cheers! Jon > Dear maintainer of qmail, > > On Thursday, January 26, 2012 I sent you a notice announcing my intent to

Bug#469183: qmail-src: qmail in the public domain

2008-03-03 Thread Jon Marler
On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Luke Schierer wrote: As qmail is now in the public domain, it should be possible to build a binary-package of qmail and move it out of non-free. It would be nice to see this happen. Please look at old bug reports before reporting new bugs, as this bug has been

Bug#466074: qmail is free : what about a binary package now ?

2008-11-06 Thread Jon Marler
Please see bug #457318. Cheers! Jon On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:45 PM, Greg Price wrote: Now that the author of this software has seen the light and made it free software, it'd be great to have it in Debian. Is there a particular obstacle known to be in the way of doing so, or is just a matter of

Bug#548788: qmail: not packaged in debian, despite being released into the public domain some time ago

2009-09-28 Thread Jon Marler
I requested a merge of this bug with #457318 Gerrit Pape filed an ITP for qmail in Dec. of 2007. There is an ongoing debate on how to handle qmail, and I suggest you look through the maillist archives or the ITP bug report for more information. Also, Gerritj has an excellent binary package

Bug#548788: qmail: not packaged in debian, despite being released into the public domain some time ago

2009-09-29 Thread Jon Marler
regarding qmail-source not qmail. It also was not touched for some time now. Hence, i filed this bug. Sure by all means close this bug. However, you should note that this was a wishlist report and not a bug report, as such Does Gerrit intend to package qmail ? 2009/9/29 Jon Marler : Well,

Bug#143098: Please add TLS support in qmail !

2009-08-26 Thread Jon Marler
Thanks for the suggestion. Adding TLS support would basically require every user to setup certs just to get a base qmail system up and running. This would also mean breaking existing configurations. May users are using other mechanisms, such as stunnel, to provide SSL and/or TLS encrypti

Bug#485956: FTBFS: uses chown inappropriately

2008-06-12 Thread Jon Marler
If you use fakeroot to call dpkg-buildpackage, it works prefectly. Something is wrong with the way that dpkg-buildpackage is calling fakeroot. The chown calls work perfect, and you can build the package using a different syntax. Not sure what you need done here. Jon On Jun 12, 2008, at

Bug#485956: Errata - resetting severity

2008-06-12 Thread Jon Marler
erity 485956 serious thanks On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 06:09:14PM -0500, Jon Marler wrote: severity 485956 minor Erm, no, this is a FTBFS bug, and deserves the severity I gave it. The package fails to build with standard Debian tools, called in their standard ways, and violates a policy MUST. Pleas

Bug#491916: qmail: Preinst fails if /etc/inetd.conf does not exist

2008-08-13 Thread Jon Marler
On Aug 13, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: Jon Marler wrote: All of that inetd.conf stuff is old legacy code from a migration long long ago before update-inetd was available. I believe I will just remove it all together as it is no longer necessary, and probably never was in

Bug#485956: FTBFS: uses chown inappropriately

2008-08-17 Thread Jon Marler
On Jun 15, 2008, at 4:23 AM, Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Jon Marler wrote: If you use fakeroot to call dpkg-buildpackage, it works prefectly. Something is wrong with the way that dpkg-buildpackage is calling fakeroot. The chown calls work perfect, and you can build the

Bug#491916: qmail: Preinst fails if /etc/inetd.conf does not exist

2008-07-22 Thread Jon Marler
Thanks for the report. All of that inetd.conf stuff is old legacy code from a migration long long ago before update-inetd was available. I believe I will just remove it all together as it is no longer necessary, and probably never was in the first place. I have a release that I am prepar

Bug#491919: qmail-src: Prompts should use debconf

2008-07-22 Thread Jon Marler
Let's please not re-open that debacle. I was informed that Debconf was specifically -*not*- to be used to preset information to users, and had one of those spray-and-pray bugs filed against the package. I ripped all of it out because there was no other solution. You can't show it in debc

Bug#466447: qmail-local maildir delivery race condition

2008-07-28 Thread Jon Marler
No problem. I am working on a new release to fix the outstanding RC bugs, and will get this fix in as well. I am going to back out that link-sync patch. It's more trouble than it's worth. Cheers! Jon On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Pablo 'merKur' Kohan wrote: I just started getting MANY

Bug#485956: found 485956 in qmail/1.03-46

2008-09-13 Thread Jon Marler
On Sep 13, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.28 #patch didnt touch debian/rules found 485956 qmail/1.03-46 Fixed in -47 Cheers! Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Bug#498869: ucspi-tcp-src: FTBFS

2008-09-14 Thread Jon Marler
On Sep 13, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Carsten Hey wrote: Package: ucspi-tcp-src Severity: grave Hi, while checking whether bug #174353 "build-ucspi-tcp fails on libc6 2.3.1-7" is still present and if it is release critical - more precisely, before I had the chance to do so, I tried to build ucspi-tcp-

Bug#326415: Processed: Erk

2010-03-23 Thread Jon Marler
with Qmail, and there is nothing in Qmail that prevents IPV6 from working. Why have you reopened this bug? Cheers! Jon On Mar 23, 2010, at 6:15 PM, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > >> reopen 326415 > Bug #326415 {Done: Jon

Bug#326415: closed by Jon Marler (No TCP listeners in qmail)

2010-03-23 Thread Jon Marler
Have you tested that this patch works? I don't have an IPV6 network to play with. Cheers! Jon On Mar 23, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > reopen 326415 > stop > >> From: ow...@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) >> There are no TCP listeners in the qmail package. The TC

Bug#576640: update request for qmail-src

2010-07-08 Thread Jon Marler
>Hello Jon, > >Have you been able to sort things out? > >if the FTBFS is #584745, I think the report is too incomplete for >being properly processed. The bug submitter never followed up, >also. I'd suggest tagging "moreinfo" and ignoring ATM. It's a valid bug. It is super easy to reproduce ... ju