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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:06:00 -0500
From: "brian (b.c.) white" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: New Packages-Master
I noticed that the "Packages-Master" file now has a "filename:" field.
I'm curious about what will happen when (if
> (a) The `includes' packages creates /usr/doc/includes/COPYRIGHT in the
> postinst.
Must be a throwback to the old dpkg not handling symlinks. I'll fix
it when I build the kernel.
Bruce
On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, Bill Mitchell wrote:
> [...] The terminfo data/linux file has kbs=\177.
and kbs doesn't appear to work.
There is an official Debian CD - the one that FSF is issuing.
I've offered to let FSF copy my master CD - it's not clear if they
will need to do this or not.
Bruce
Package: netstd
Version: 1.21-1
We used `/etc/init.d/netstd_nfs reload' to try to get the nfsd to read
a new exports file, but this appeared to kill the mountd. We
restarted it by using `netstd_nfs start' and it appeared to work.
Ian.
Package: ppp
Version: 2.2-1
We installed and then removed/purged ppp, and were left with a
nonexmpty /etc/ppp directory.
dpkg --purge should remove configuration files. (The postinst gets
"purge" as $1 in this situation.)
Ian.
Package: bind
Version: 4.9.3-BETA24-1
We installed bind on a fresh system. We configured the nameserver and
wanted to start it, and tried `ndc start'. It complained about
/var/run/named.pid not existing. We tried /etc/init.d/bind start, and
nothing happened. On closer inspection, the `bind' sc
Package: includes
Version: 1.2.13-5
(a) The `includes' packages creates /usr/doc/includes/COPYRIGHT in the
postinst. This is wrong.
(b) It doesn't remove it in the {pre,post}{inst,rm}, so dpkg complains
about being unable to remove the empty /usr/doc/includes directory.
Ian.
Package: samba
Version: 1.9.14-1
We removed a newly-installed samba package, and it left an `nmbd' or
some such process running, which appeared to be a child of the
correctly-killed `smbd'. A SIGTERM fixed it.
Ian.
Package: snmp
Version: 2.1.2l3-1
We removed a newly-installed snmp package, and it left an snmpd
running. We tried killing it with SIGTERMs, but it appeared to ignore
them. A SIGKILL fixed it.
Ian.
Package: texbin
Version: 3.1415-4
texbin failed to configure properly, with dpkg telling us that the
postinst had exited with an error status of 1. There were no other
useful messages. Oddly, a reinstall worked.
There are two bugs here:
(a) whatever caused the problem in the first place.
(b) th
Package: knews
Version: 0.9.3-1
We installed knews, and it prompted us about the news server, despite
the fact that we'd already told inewsinn's postinst where to find it
(and it had set up /etc/news/inn.conf and /etc/news/server). It
should read (and write, if necessary) /etc/news/server.
Ian.
Package: tgif
Version: 2.16pl12-0
We installed tgif, and it prompted us about the paper size, despite
the fact that we'd already told another program. It should use
/etc/papersize.
Ian.
Package: snmp
Version: 2.1.2l3-1
The snmp package installs a file in /etc/init.d, which runs
start-stop-daemon --start --verbose --oknodo --exec /usr/sbin/snmpd &
Ie, in the background. This resulted in a confusing message about
starting snmpd during the installation of the next package.
Can s
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.0.5
The Perl package sometimes produces a message about not having the
kernel headers installed, and having to run perlconfig later.
(a) This should be handled differently if the kernel source or headers
are to be installed: dpkg should defer configuring Perl if possible.
package: xstd
version: 3.1.2-3
in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Subject: Re: Linux kermit grabs the mouse port
>[...]
>Worryingly, I can do 'set line /dev/cua0' with ease, and it
>talks mouse-speak. Why does X not set a lock [...]
Good question.
I've verified this under debian 0.93
Package: f2c
Version: 951007-2
f2c's postinst script ran ldconfig with the -v option, producing a lot
of alarming-looking output.
Ian.
Package: dvipsk
Version: 5.58f-3
Package: dvipsk
Recommends: psfonts
However, no psfonts package appears to be available.
Ian.
Package: syslogd
Version: 1.2-15
>From an initial installation, syslogd produces messages about
/var/log/news/ not existing. /var/log/news should IMO be created
as part of the syslogd package, with permissions 2755 news.news.
Ian.
Package: w3-el
Version: 2.2.16-1
w3-el Recommends netpbm | pbmplus. Neither of these packages are
available in the main distribution (so a package that is shoud not
Depend on or Recommend them), and in any case it seems to work
perfectly well without.
Ian.
Package: (base)
Version: 0.93R6
When doing a new installation, the base system unaccoutably tried to
use /dev/sda1 as a swap partition. We had not specified /dev/sda1 as
a swap partition, but its type was listed as Linux Swap in the
partition table. I think a bit more checking would be appropria
On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Peter Tobias wrote:
> Matthew Bailey wrote:
> > The UK machine keeps dropping connection part way through. be patient it
> > will all arrive soon.
>
> Maybe we should try a different site. Please check if you get a
> better connection to:
>
> sc2.et-inf.fho-emden.de/debi
Looks like it is all here now!
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:27:22 -0500
From: Charlie Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mirror update
Mirrored incoming (chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk:/pub/debian/private/Incoming ->
/debian.org/ftp/debian/private/
Matthew Bailey wrote:
> The UK machine keeps dropping connection part way through. be patient it
> will all arrive soon.
Maybe we should try a different site. Please check if you get a
better connection to:
sc2.et-inf.fho-emden.de/debian/private/project/Incoming
Peter
PS: The files in thi
The following problem reports are very old but have not yet been marked
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Please help ensure that these bugs are dealt with quickly, even if you
are not the package maintainer in que
(This is a rant.)
Matthew Bailey writes ("Re: ftp.debian.org incoming.uk needs update"):
> The UK machine keeps dropping connection part way through. be patient it
> will all arrive soon.
They forgot to water our piece of string, so our transatlantic traffic
has fallen back to the carrier pigeon
On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Erick Branderhorst wrote:
> The incoming.uk dir isn't mirroring well on ftp.debian.org
> --
> Erick [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31-10-4635142
> Department of General Surgery (Intensive Care) University Hospital Rotterdam
> NL
>
The UK machine keeps dropping connection part way throu
Michael E. Deisher writes:
> The question is ~*which* CD?" According to Holger's copyright policy
> would require every CD distributor to individually comply. Debian's
> policy is to put such packages in non-free. That way, anyone can put
> the main distribution on a CD without having to check f
On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 02:30:27 +0800 (WST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Howell) said:
> Holger gave me permission to package mirror magic. As I understand
> our distribution policies, packages which we don't have permission
> to put on the CD go in non-free.
The question is ~*which* CD?" According to
>
> Thanks for the comments on doc, guys. I think I will package the old 'doc' as
> `doclinux' and create a new `docdebian' with Debian specific documentation,
> especially as Ian M. promised the manual for today :-)
> (As an aside: doclinux and docdebian or rather doc-linux and doc-debian ?)
do
Bill Mitchell writes:
> As I understand our distribution policies, programs with such
> restrictive copyrights should placed in non-free, not in the main
> distribution. They'd probably not be picked up on CDROM distributions.
Holger gave me permission to package mirror magic. As I understand ou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Howell) said:
> > Which would seem to contradict their copyright statements.
>
> No, not everyone uses the GPL.
>
>
> This program is copyrighted (c) 1995 by Holger Schemel.
>
> It is freely distributable as long as no profit is made with it
> and as long as the packa
Bill Mitchell writes:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Howell) said:
>
> > Some of the authors of the software we have packages have asked for
> > a free copy of the CD in return for them letting us put it on the CD,
>
> Which would seem to contradict their copyright statements.
No, not everyone u
The incoming.uk dir isn't mirroring well on ftp.debian.org
--
Erick [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31-10-4635142
Department of General Surgery (Intensive Care) University Hospital Rotterdam NL
Thanks for the comments on doc, guys. I think I will package the old 'doc' as
`doclinux' and create a new `docdebian' with Debian specific documentation,
especially as Ian M. promised the manual for today :-)
(As an aside: doclinux and docdebian or rather doc-linux and doc-debian ?)
Erick pointe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Howell) said:
> Some of the authors of the software we have packages have asked for
> a free copy of the CD in return for them letting us put it on the CD,
Which would seem to contradict their copyright statements.
> or just out of gratitude.
But that's another thing
Package: textutils
Version: 1.11-2
I'm not sure if this a bug but IMO it is very misleading.
Specified fields with cut aren't ordered as specified in output.
$ cat testfile
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
$ cat testfile | cut -f1,2,3
1 2 3 ~
1 2
This is my personal policy:
Currently, I am distributing CD-writables, not mass-produced CDs. Because
these cost a lot more than the mass-produced CD. I will make one for any
contributor at my cost for the media and mailing. I'd probably go broke
quickly if I did not ask for that, as I am about $4
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