Re: glibc-compat

> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:33:29 +1100 > From: Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: glibc-compat ??? > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:42:26AM -0300, Taupter wrote: > > Strange. If i can remember, Slink has libc5 compatib

Re: glibc-compat ???

On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Eric Weigel wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:42:26AM -0300, Taupter wrote: > > > Strange. If i can remember, Slink has libc5 compatibility libs. > > > Why not glibc2.0 compatibility libs for potato, as RH-based distros > >

Re: 5 days till Bug Horizon

On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 08:44:26PM +, Alan Clucas wrote: > My first debian post :) > > > The packages involved are fetchmail, g++, gpm, kernel-image-2.2.14-ide > > (do we really need it? I assumed it's needed for the bootfloppies), > > and perl-5.005. > > > Package: fetchmail (debian/main).

Re: ITP: mp - an e-mail pretty-printer

The provisional package I uploaded to my directory on master doesn't work :-/. Turns out there is a bug in the configure script that was exposed by building a Debian package. The upstream maintainer has promised to fix it after he returns from vacation April 3. If you really want to use it befor

epochs, circular dependancies, and other miscellany

I'm looking for some help on the dpkg/apt-based centralized configuration system I'm working on. Note that this is intended for use at the site I administer, and while I'd be pleased if it proved useful to others, it isn't intended to be a general solution. So please don't flame me for doing thin

Re: Bash, Keys, Potato

On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 02:39:20PM +, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 07:35:04AM -0300, Rodrigo Castro wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 11:12:37AM +0100, Martijn van de Streek wrote: > > > Hi Rodrigo! > > > > > > On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Rodrigo Castro wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: 5 days till Bug Horizon

My first debian post :) > The packages involved are fetchmail, g++, gpm, kernel-image-2.2.14-ide > (do we really need it? I assumed it's needed for the bootfloppies), > and perl-5.005. > Package: fetchmail (debian/main). > Maintainer: Paul Haggart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [HELP] This package needs

Re: blue on black is unreadable

On 22-Mar-00, 21:41 (CST), Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, I took another look at the console. The ANSI bright-blue used by > ls for directories is actually quite easy to see. The normal blue used by > lynx is not great, but readable. I'm sure there is a way to set the col

Re: glibc-compat ???

On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 12:09:23PM -0500 , Eric Weigel wrote: > I've thought about compatibility links, but like you said, they're both > libc 6.0. LD_PRELOAD > Overall though, there doesn't seem to be a lot of broken stuff. A friend is bitching about broken aplix(sp?). Thing is, it works on RH6

Re: NIS+ Client Support Available / libpam_unix help needed

> > The integration of the Debian NIS+ package in the Debian distribution would > proceed faster, if somebody else would be looking in the PAM problem. I think > some experience with the libpam_unix implementation is required. Certainly, > nis+ access would be an advantage. > Just to clarify

NIS+ Client Support Available / libpam_unix help needed

Over the past few months (shortly after my ITP), Debian-NIS+ Client support was developed by a small group of non-Debian maintainers. I post on debian-devel, to make the effort known among the Debian developers and the SPARC users, who might work in a SUN NIS+ environment AND to ask for libpam

Becoming a Pkg Mgr.

hi, How does one become a package manager? I could probably spair enough time to look after one. j. -- Method Digital Logic Company http://www.methodlogic.net Solutions for:

dnrd sighup crash fix

Here is a fix for a crash on x86 when you send dnrd a sighup. This problem shows up for sure on Slackware 7, but should happen everywhere. I haven't tested it extensively, but if you check the original code it becomes obvious why it needs to be changed. The only part that concerns me is the

Bug#60988: general: problem with ssh install due to lack of gmp2 package in frozen

On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 04:40:06PM +0100, Petr Cech wrote: [snip] > are you sure, you have the correct line for non-US? Current ssh in non-US > looks like this Yeah, this sounds like a apt line for frozen distribution and main/contrib/non-free sections, and a typoed line for non-us still pointing

Re: glibc-compat ???

On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:42:26AM -0300, Taupter wrote: > > Strange. If i can remember, Slink has libc5 compatibility libs. > > Why not glibc2.0 compatibility libs for potato, as RH-based distros > > have? > > They're both libc 6.0 -- how would ld.so

Re: ITP: GOB [Was: Re: GOB package?]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 07:11:07PM +, Jules Bean wrote: > > This would be mildy convenient for me, since the next major release of > balsa may require, or simply prefer, GOB, to build. And gnome-pilot seems to require GOB now... > > [*sigh* why not just blasted use C++] *cough* Ian

Re: mail address

Speaking of new-maintainer re-opening soon... What about those that had submit'd applications back in 1999 (I believe I sent mine in nearly 8 months ago), does anyone know if they need to be re-submit'd or will they be picking up where they stop'd processing? Respectfully,

Re: mail address

> I am interested in becoming a Debian developer. The information in > Debian Developer's Reference section 2.2 mentions that I can send in a > copy of my ID to certify my identity, but it does not specify an > address to send this to. You would send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED], along with the rest

Re: of bash and ...sbin/

On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 08:24:42PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Dylan Paul Thurston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 11:52:37AM -0500, Jacob Kuntz wrote: > > > at the risk of reigniting a flame war, how is traceroute in a different > > > catagory that ping? > > tracerout

Bug#60988: general: problem with ssh install due to lack of gmp2 package in frozen

On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:43:32PM + , David Croxford wrote: > Package: general > Version: 20000323 > Severity: important > > Partial output of > apt-get install ssh > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > ssh: Depends: gmp2 (>= 2.0.

Re: Terminal I/O without NCURSES

man console_codes The console is a VT102 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Where Can I look for any document/tutorial about the Linux's > keyboard/video/xterm > low-level programming ? > > This is because I would like to make a my own library for managing the > Linux's > terminals, without using t

Bug#60988: general: problem with ssh install due to lack of gmp2 package in frozen

Package: general Version: 2323 Severity: important Partial output of apt-get install ssh Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: ssh: Depends: gmp2 (>= 2.0.2) E: Sorry, broken packages There appears to be a libgmp2 package which replaces gmp2. Apt-get does

ITP: mp - an e-mail pretty-printer

mp is an e-mail pretty-printer developed by Rich Burridge at Sun. He uses the brief name mp but I would be happy to consider alternative names for a Debian package if it was felt that mp could be too confusing. I have created a provisional package and uploaded it to my home directory (~bates) on

mail address

I am interested in becoming a Debian developer. The information in Debian Developer's Reference section 2.2 mentions that I can send in a copy of my ID to certify my identity, but it does not specify an address to send this to. Can you please give me this address? Norman Cabrera (Norm Camero is

[ man-db_2.3.15_i386.changes INSTALLED]

Hi! I recompiled man-db as it was (no change) and reuploaded. As someone made me notice, the pure rebuild had few bytes of difference, so maybe we get a different result. Can people try the upgrade from 2.3.13 ?? And can that people that got the error try to downgrade to slink version and then upgr

Bug#60917: Request for NMU (console-tools)

About Bug#60917: I cannot upload a fixed version now. FIX: * replace the preinst code quoted in the report by the following (please test it first). Note that it uses evil "Press RETURN"s in case something is probably broken. = if [ -d /usr/local/share/keytables ] then if [ -d `readlin

alternatives

Dear Friends We have a "/etc/alternative/editor", but not a "x-editor". Wouldn't this a usefull addition for the alternative-system? best regards Michael -- GPG Fingerprint = EA71 B296 4597 4D8B 343E 821E 9624 83E1 5662 C734 /"\ o \ / ASCII RIBBON CA

Re: xfce package

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 21:19:36 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > upstream source. I don't know if we should upload it to frozen or if we > > should remove xfce from potato and only upload the new version to woody as > > suggested in the bub repo

Re: of bash and ...sbin/

Jacob Kuntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > traceroute is "deeper" than ping. > > and that changes something? one cannot assume that because someone is not > logged in as root, they are a casual user. Why not? Non-casual users can start these programs from sbin nonetheless (see FHS rationale for

Terminal I/O without NCURSES

Where Can I look for any document/tutorial about the Linux's keyboard/video/xterm low-level programming ? This is because I would like to make a my own library for managing the Linux's terminals, without using the famous ncurses libraries. I tried to watch ncurses's sources, but they are too compl

Re: blue on black is unreadable

On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 11:41:35PM -0400, Peter Cordes wrote: > > Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:56:52 -0600 > > From: Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: blue on black is unreadable > > > > On 21-Mar-00, 20:06 (CST), Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ITP: bnc

On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 08:31:16PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > I'm packaging the bnc IRC bouncer. too late Marco! I did it one month ago. :-P It's sitting in Incoming (dunno why?) and there is also a slink-compiled version (I needed to run on slink). fab -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: glibc-compat ???

On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:42:26AM -0300, Taupter wrote: > Strange. If i can remember, Slink has libc5 compatibility libs. > Why not glibc2.0 compatibility libs for potato, as RH-based distros > have? They're both libc 6.0 -- how would ld.so know which one you wanted? Any apps which run on 6.0 and

Re: of bash and ...sbin/

> Agreed (mostly). It is very important that Debian have things in the same > place as other Linux distros, and other common Unix flavours. Otherwise, > scripts from commercial software and other stuff that isn't always as > portable as it should be will be spuriously broken on Debian. Lets not

Re: of bash and ...sbin/

> For instance, a program joeuser uses often is 'traceroute' (which is in > /usr/sbin). Right. But the maintainer refuses to do the right thing. End of the thread.

Re: ITP: transformiix

> > > > Transformiix is a XSLT processor written in C++. > > > URL? > > I really don't remember. I've checked out the code from the mozilla CVS. > > The 'readme.html' of TransforMiiX is available as > . Or in /usr/

Re: of bash and ...sbin/

Steve Greenland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 22-Mar-00, 15:59 (CST), Jacob Kuntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i think this tread started with someone wanting the sbin directories in the > > normal user's path by default. i see your point that moving those binaries > > would break a lot of scr

Re: glibc-compat ???

> > It seems we don't have such "compatibility" packages for Debian; > > what am I missing? Could one install slink's glibc2.0 in a > > non-obstrusive way under potato or woody? > > Maybe you could use alien and install the rpm? I thing potato and > woody is totally commited to 2.1 >

Re: of bash and ...sbin/

Miles Bader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Jacob Kuntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > i think this tread started with someone wanting the sbin directories in the > > normal user's path by default. i see your point that moving those binaries > > would break a lot of scripts. i don't think appending t

Re: 100Mb/Full Duplex

You might try starting at Donald Becker's site -- http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ He has authored many ethernet drivers. He also has some test programs for specific cards which can help. Latest drivers for many cards available. There is a document there on autonegotiation. Links to s

Re: blue on black is unreadable

> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:56:52 -0600 > From: Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: blue on black is unreadable > > On 21-Mar-00, 20:06 (CST), Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Linux text console is readable (barely), but xterm use

Re: 100Mb/Full Duplex

I hope I understand your question. Donald Becker's web site has a few utilities, 'mdiag' is one, that let you manually set the speed. It worked for my pcmcia EEpro, but it does not work for all cards. *Tim Sailer wrote: > Hi folks. > > I'm having some trouble, actually with a Cisco 6509 switc

Re: of bash and ...sbin/

> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:48:47 +1100 > From: Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jacob Kuntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: of bash and ...sbin/ > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 11:50:10AM -0500, Jacob Kuntz wrote: > > Chad

Re: ITP: transformiix

> Yes, given docbook*, task-sgml, psgml, yasgml, and especially jade, > are in text, I'd concur that transformiix should go there too... It will be moved in the next release.

Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)

> now that you have discovered the awful secret of debian, the secret > cabal will have to take care of you. wait right where you are. there > will be a knock on the door shortly. > > craig TINC

Re: of bash and ...sbin/

Jacob Kuntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i think this tread started with someone wanting the sbin directories in the > normal user's path by default. i see your point that moving those binaries > would break a lot of scripts. i don't think appending to the default path > would break anything. anyo

Re: 5 days till Bug Horizon

On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 11:09:01AM +0100, Igor Mozetic wrote: > > Richard Braakman writes: > > > The packages involved are fetchmail, g++, gpm, kernel-image-2.2.14-ide > > (do we really need it? I assumed it's needed for the bootfloppies), > > Kernel 2.2.14 is severly broken (OOM problems). W

Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)

On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 08:33:48AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 04:23:31PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > garabik> > COLOR:1:cyan:black > > garabik> > COLOR:5:brightcyan:black > > > > The same can be said about the default "ls" colors. > > It shows directory names with

Re: of bash and ...sbin/

On 22-Mar-00, 15:59 (CST), Jacob Kuntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i think this tread started with someone wanting the sbin directories in the > normal user's path by default. i see your point that moving those binaries > would break a lot of scripts. i don't think appending to the default path >

Re: Compiling Error

> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 14:55:58 +0100 > From: Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Michal Fecanin Araujo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Debian Development List > Subject: Re: Compiling Error > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 01:15:01PM +, Michal Fecanin Araujo wrote: > > ---

Re: xfce package

Le Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 10:54:15PM +0100, Fabrice Gautier écrivait: > XFCE 3 is very different from the xfce in potato. > [...] > > I think you should rename it xfce2 and it should stay in contrib, and > be orphaned (but there is no known bug, so doesn't really need a > maintener) at least while

Idea: Debian Developer Information Center

Hi dear co-developers, we're so many developers that's it's getting difficult to know us each other and even more difficult to know our respective habits concerning the way we're doing our Debian job. I think that we need a page (possibly a cgi or a page automatically updated once a day) that wou

Re: 5 days till Bug Horizon

On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 03:51:48PM +0100, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 12:50:19PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > Package: netbase (debian/main). > > > Maintainer: Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 59282 netbase: portmap is killed too early on shutdown > > Hasn't t

Re: ITP: bnc

On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 08:31:16PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > I'm packaging the bnc IRC bouncer. IIRC that's already packaged and uploaded to Incoming. BTW your "Mail-Followup-To: md, debian-devel@lists.debian.org" is wrong... -- enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name