--
Debian Weekly News
http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/current/issue/
Debian Weekly News - September 21st, 1999
--
Welcome to Debian Weekly News, a ne
On 21/09, Darren Benham wrote:
| The BTS should check pgp signatures?
Well, IMO, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] should.
pgpOO3jJIuj3l.pgp
Description: PGP signature
The BTS should check pgp signatures?
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 10:49:44PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Joseph Carter wrote:
> > Essentially, it does exactly what people like me have been complaining it
> > didn't do: IGNORE the MIME/PGP/whatever crap and just read the message.
>
> T
Previously Joseph Carter wrote:
> Essentially, it does exactly what people like me have been complaining it
> didn't do: IGNORE the MIME/PGP/whatever crap and just read the message.
That would be bad. At the very least it should complain loudly if the
message does not verify.
Wichert.
--
=
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 04:19:43PM +0100, Edward Betts wrote:
> Write some code? Most Unix tools are written because people want to use
> them.
Network databases aren't my area of expertise. I've written plenty of code,
just not code dealing with that.
> What timescale where you thinking about?
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 09:23:07AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 12:49:29PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > On 21 Sep 1999, Ruud de Rooij wrote:
> >
> > > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > So, what, if anything, is being built with egcs?
> > >
> > > Not
Joel Klecker writes:
> At 20:00 +0200 1999-09-21, Matthias Klose wrote:
> >>The egcs packages are used to build the libstdc++2.8 and libstdc++2.9
> >packages and therefore are still in potato. For the release they have
> >to be modified to build the runtime libraries only (if you want to
> >st
Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote:
> > I also find apt 0.3.11's "apt-cache search" to be quite useful (and fast).
>
> I use:
>
> perl -n00e '/xml/i && print;' /var/state/apt/lists/*Packages | less
>
> (to search for XML related packaged e.g.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>apt-cache search xml
libroxen-swarm - S
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> Am I only one thinking /var/lib/tama should be /var/lib/games/tama
The FSSTND says:
Game data stored in /usr/lib/games should be purely static data. Any
modifiable files, such as score files, game play logs, and so forth,
should be placed
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
hamish>On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 02:57:42PM -0600, Scott Barker wrote:
hamish>> dpkg -i
hamish>> dpkg-reconfigure
hamish>>
hamish>> you could just run:
hamish>>
hamish>> dpkg -i --reconfigure
hamish>>
hamish>> I'm probably thinking too far ahead right
Hi,
I intent to orphan bvi and penguineyes. I will orphan bvi, because I
don't use it much anymore and penugineyes will get orphaned, because I
gave gnome I try, but I don't like it much and so I want to remove it,
which makes packaging penguineyes a bit hard. If somebody wants to take
one of the
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 12:49:29PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On 21 Sep 1999, Ruud de Rooij wrote:
>
> > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > So, what, if anything, is being built with egcs?
> >
> > Nothing, since egcs does not exist in the distribution anymore.
>
> Well, egcs
At 20:00 +0200 1999-09-21, Matthias Klose wrote:
The egcs packages are used to build the libstdc++2.8 and libstdc++2.9
packages and therefore are still in potato. For the release they have
to be modified to build the runtime libraries only (if you want to
step forward for this task, you are welcome
I do all my work on Debian Slink i386, but just made a potato
install on Alpha. To my surprise, some of my packages are broken
wrt the /usr/share issue on alpha. Note that these are packages
that I haven't upgraded yet wrt this issue, and so they are
stated in the control file to be compliant to
Dale Scheetz writes:
> On 21 Sep 1999, Ruud de Rooij wrote:
>
> > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > So, what, if anything, is being built with egcs?
> >
> > Nothing, since egcs does not exist in the distribution anymore.
>
> Well, egcs 1.1.2-2 is still in my source ar
Ben Collins writes:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 10:19:48AM +, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > OK, I have recovered to a slink system, and I'm ready to upgrade it to
> > potato, which raises the above question. There are two gcc versions
> > available in the archives. Which one is being used to build
unsubscribe debian-devel@lists.debian.org
The bigger issue is that until debconf has a real db, passing the answers an
admin would want into packages is rather painful.
Yes, this will allow for great power -- in the future. The Debian install
procedure is undergoing lots of change.
On 21 Sep 1999, Ruud de Rooij wrote:
> Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > So, what, if anything, is being built with egcs?
>
> Nothing, since egcs does not exist in the distribution anymore.
Well, egcs 1.1.2-2 is still in my source archives, so someone must be
using it. egcs64 is c
On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 09:19:20PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> I've heard that the bug is in ld.so, and that the current potato
> version of ldso fixes the problem.
>
> Can you verify or disprove that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Raul
Yes. This new ldso fixed it with the three libc5 binaries I had
r
Tomasz Wegrzanowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> gpenguin should fly so CENTER of penguin1.png is
> at the mouse pointer not UPPER-LEFT corner
>
> gw gives me :
> ** WARNING **: Could not open help topics file NULL
Please use the bug tracking system (see http://bugs.debian.org) to
report bugs i
gpenguin should fly so CENTER of penguin1.png is
at the mouse pointer not UPPER-LEFT corner
gw gives me :
** WARNING **: Could not open help topics file NULL
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, what, if anything, is being built with egcs?
Nothing, since egcs does not exist in the distribution anymore.
- Ruud de Rooij.
--
ruud de rooij | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://ruud.org
Package: roxen
Version: 1.3.111-8
Severity: wishlist
David Bristel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> On 21 Sep 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote:
> >
> > * "David" == David Bristel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > David> I was refering to the equivilant of a section
> > David> in Apache...to just send R
Scott Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > A better approach, perhaps, will be to use the remote database capabilities
> > of debconf to just pull settings off the old system when you install a
> > package on the new one. Of course, that's all vaporware at this point.
>
> I guess I'm just too eag
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 10:19:48AM +, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > OK, I have recovered to a slink system, and I'm ready to upgrade it to
> > potato, which raises the above question. There are two gcc versions
> > available in the archives. Which one is bei
>> Tomasz Wegrzanowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think default mp3 player for mc should be freeamp not mpg123
> cause mpg123 isnt free but freeamp is and debian shouldnt
> depend on nonfree soft anyhow as policy says
update-mime(8), mailcap.order(8)
Marcelo
* "Tomasz" == Tomasz Wegrzanowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tomasz> I think default mp3 player for mc should be freeamp not mpg123
Tomasz> cause mpg123 isnt free but freeamp is and debian shouldnt
Tomasz> depend on nonfree soft anyhow as policy says
Please install the package "bug" and report a
I think default mp3 player for mc should be freeamp not mpg123
cause mpg123 isnt free but freeamp is and debian shouldnt
depend on nonfree soft anyhow as policy says
Could you tell us more precisely : what it is to be ?
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 10:19:48AM +, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> OK, I have recovered to a slink system, and I'm ready to upgrade it to
> potato, which raises the above question. There are two gcc versions
> available in the archives. Which one is being used to build the system?
> Will either work?
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 11:02:58AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> Why would you install the package (which presumably includes
> configuration) and then immediately reconfigure it?
You upgrade a package, and it gets installed with your previous configuration,
and you want to change that configurat
OK, I have recovered to a slink system, and I'm ready to upgrade it to
potato, which raises the above question. There are two gcc versions
available in the archives. Which one is being used to build the system?
Will either work? The libraries are pretty self explanitory, with the
exception of ncurs
Hm, I didn't see that the config files were in text format. From this, I'll
need to look again. Thanks.
Dave Bristel
On 21 Sep 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote:
> Date: 21 Sep 1999 13:21:56 +0200
> From: Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Chris McKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hey...
>
> I just noticed that wmaker and wmaker-data are up for
> adoption. If no one else is working on them, I will take over.
Hi, current maintainer here.
I'm moving to Germany, where I don't not yet sure if I'll be able to
maintain
Hey...
I just noticed that wmaker and wmaker-data are up for
adoption. If no one else is working on them, I will take over.
chris
--
^^
chris mckillop - [EMAIL PROTECTED]"The faster I go, the behinder I
Yes, the lack of suidregister unregistration is an already-reported
bug. I even have it fixed, but was mocked by some of the /usr/share
changes and haven't got an updated build yet.
> 2) it takes 47 MB (7.37%) of first CD on which, in theory, the most
> useful packages
This is a good point --
Am I only one thinking /var/lib/tama should be /var/lib/games/tama
or someone agrees with me
And shouldnt uninstalling script remove this dir?
> > I also think no editor should be privileged anyhow by debian
> > Everyones favorite editor is very intimate matter and
> > forcing anyone to use particular is breaking of users privacy
>
> Why do you think Debian is forcing you to use one specific editor?
I dont claim im forced to use emacs b
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 10:15:10AM +0200, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> Who will agree with me that
> qmail[dsrqlp] should be forbidden
> Their existance in /etc/passsd rape me thru my eyes
> 6 statics for pacage is a bad idea but
> if this package isnt even free they should be
> thown out without
* "David" == David Bristel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
David> I was refering to the equivilant of a section
David> in Apache...to just send Roxen the information for a new
David> account, including IP address and directories, and have it do
David> it automatically without admin intervention. Whi
I'm packaging greg,
http://www.gnu.org/software/greg/
(naturally GPL)
--8<--
The Greg testing framework
Greg is a framework for testing other programs and libraries. Its
purpose is to provide a single front end for all tests and to be a
small, simple framework for wr
Hi.
I plan to package libcorba-orbit-perl and libgnome-gnorba-perl:
these modules allow to use the Orbit ORB within perl and the
gnorba activation features.
liberror-perl is required by the above modules and so I'll package it
as well.
lupus
--
---
Tomasz Wegrzanowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Since I removed emacs 19 anacron sends me mail every day
> in which it says :
> File /usr/lib/emacs/19.34/i386-debian-linux/movemail registered but not
> installed
>
> and since I removed all emacses from my computer there is
> another line in ev
Who will agree with me that
qmail[dsrqlp] should be forbidden
Their existance in /etc/passsd rape me thru my eyes
6 statics for pacage is a bad idea but
if this package isnt even free they should be
thown out without mercy
Since I removed emacs 19 anacron sends me mail every day
in which it says :
File /usr/lib/emacs/19.34/i386-debian-linux/movemail registered but not
installed
and since I removed all emacses from my computer there is
another line in everyday mail :
File /usr/lib/emacs/20.3/i386-debian-linux-gnu/mo
Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote:
> The whole purpose of Wichert's spec is to force packages to install with a
> default configuration, and then reconfigure themselves with data from the
> database after installation. Whether questions are (all) asked before or
> after installation is a secondary point
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 11:02:58AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 02:57:42PM -0600, Scott Barker wrote:
> > dpkg -i
> > dpkg-reconfigure
> >
> > you could just run:
> >
> > dpkg -i --reconfigure
> >
> > I'm probably thinking too far ahead right now, though...
>
> Why w
On 20 Sep, Daniel Barclay wrote:
>> From: "Oliver Elphick"
>>Style DateDatetime
>>---
>>ISO1999-07-17 1999-07-17 07:09:18+01
> ^
> Is that correct? Doesn't ISO
I never use taper anymore -- whould someone who does like to take the
package? It has several forwarded bug reports and isn't FHS yet, but no other
problems.
--
see shy jo
> From: "Oliver Elphick"
>Style DateDatetime
>---
>ISO1999-07-17 1999-07-17 07:09:18+01
^
Is that correct? Doesn't ISO 8601 specify the character "T"
betwee
I was refering to the equivilant of a section in Apache...to
just send Roxen the information for a new account, including IP address and
directories, and have it do it automatically without admin intervention. While
it CAN be done, it would be a pain in the ass.
On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 08:06:47PM -0500, Mr. Christopher F. Miller wrote:
> RE: potato upgrade killed libc5
Yes, and it's now fixed with ldso 1.9.11-3, which should be propagating around
the mirrors right now - if it isn't already. It's on ftp.debian.org atm.
- Rob
--
For a man to truly under
RE: potato upgrade killed libc5
I ran an apt-get upgrade over the past weekend. That and/or an upgrade
to new 2.2.12 kernel seems to have killed all my old binaries depending
on libc5.
Mostly the affected files amount to cruft. There is(was) a commercial
xvscan with scanner support that died.
On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 02:57:42PM -0600, Scott Barker wrote:
> dpkg -i
> dpkg-reconfigure
>
> you could just run:
>
> dpkg -i --reconfigure
>
> I'm probably thinking too far ahead right now, though...
Why would you install the package (which presumably includes
configuration) and then immedi
Hello,
I have just finished the first 90% (that is, I have a decently working
beta version, but some things are still suboptimal) of something that
could be vaguely described as
Package: debcrawler
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Version: 0.19
Depends: boa | httpd, lynx | www-browser, dpkg (>=
56 matches
Mail list logo
