Re: Anything wrong with bzr.debian.org or debcheckout ?

2008-06-18 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 13:27 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Hi all, > > I tried to debckechout zlib and it failed: > > anx159tmp$ debcheckout zlib > declared bzr repository at http://bzr.debian.org/bzr/pkg-zlib/zlib/debian > bzr branch http://bzr.debian.org/bzr/pkg-zlib/zlib/debian zlib ... > bzr:

Anything wrong with bzr.debian.org or debcheckout ?

2008-06-18 Thread Charles Plessy
Hi all, I tried to debckechout zlib and it failed: anx159tmp$ debcheckout zlib declared bzr repository at http://bzr.debian.org/bzr/pkg-zlib/zlib/debian bzr branch http://bzr.debian.org/bzr/pkg-zlib/zlib/debian zlib ... bzr: ERROR: Transport error: Server refuses to fullfil the request checkout

Re: Considerations for lilo removal

2008-06-18 Thread brian m. carlson
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 07:20:36PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: grub doesn't work with root-on-LVM, or other similar cryptic installations. There, your only option is lilo. Actually, that's not true. I use root-on-LVM with a /boot partition and grub 2 (and previously, grub 0.9x). It is my un

Bug#486909: ITP: python-creoleparser -- Parser for the Creole common wiki markup language

2008-06-18 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: python-creoleparser Version : 0.5.0 Upstream Author : Stephen Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://creoleparser.googlepages.com * License : MIT Programming Lang: Python

Bug#486903: ITP: libwww-wikipedia-perl -- WWW::Wikipedia provides an automated interface to the Wikipedia

2008-06-18 Thread Rene Mayorga
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Rene Mayorga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libwww-wikipedia-perl Version : 1.94 Upstream Author : Ed Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Wikipedia/ * License : GPL/Artistic Programmi

Security Assurance in FOSS: Request for contribution

2008-06-18 Thread Andre Harale
Dear members of the Debian project, we kindly ask for your participation in our survey on security assurance in free/open source software. Security assurances are confidence building activities through structured design processes, documentation, and testing. By participating in our survey

Re: Bug#454313: status of bazaar

2008-06-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Ben Finney writes ("Re: Bug#454313: status of bazaar"): > James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Baz is unmaintained, and it would be great to remove it for lenny. > > It's also a necessary step in preparation to have the current, > non-ancient Bazaar VCS http://bazaar-vcs.org/> installed by

Re: Triggers in menu

2008-06-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Josselin Mouette writes ("Re: Triggers in menu"): > Le mercredi 04 juin 2008 à 16:33 -0400, Joey Hess a écrit : > > The current triggers code does not call the triggered script each time a > > file is touched. The triggered script is called once at the end of the > > dpkg run, and once after the se

Re: Non-free question regarding upstream releasing different binary-only tarballs for different architectures

2008-06-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 08:36:55PM +0100, Martin Meredith wrote: > Hi there. > > I currently maintain rar and unrar-nonfree in debian. > > When uscanning for the latest version of rar - it started to download > the x64 version, which I haven't seen before. > > Anyway - It seems that upstream are

Re: Considerations for lilo removal

2008-06-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:49:40PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:28:36PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Le mercredi 18 juin 2008 à 09:52 +0300, Eric Pozharski a écrit : > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:19:03AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > > OTOH, aren't most of these

Re: Considerations for lilo removal

2008-06-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:31:49AM -0500, William Pitcock wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering if it is a good idea to remove lilo entirely. At the > moment, lilo has been pulled from testing, and the code is in a shape > where a grave bug (bug #479607) is unlikely fixable without severe > refactoring

Re: Time to phase out net-tools?

2008-06-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:35:32AM +0200, jaromil wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > re all, > > right now a lot of people is relying on debian for server setups, very > serious stuff :| > > if you think to replace something so crucial as a network based CLI > tool a

Re: Packaging a module that overwrites kernel-provided files

2008-06-18 Thread Ernesto Hernandez-Novich
On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 17:47 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:14:33AM -0430, Ernesto Hernandez-Novich wrote: > > Is there a document or package I could follow as an example? > > Put the modules into /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates. So, if I have bnx2.ko there and also in /

Re: NetXtreme II BCM5708 and bridging (was: Packaging a module that overwrites kernel-provided files)

2008-06-18 Thread Ernesto Hernandez-Novich
On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 17:46 +0200, Florian Ernst wrote: > We were able to work around this issue by disabling the IPMI management > portion of the firmware via a DOS tool as described on > > when all other approaches had failed.

Re: Packaging a module that overwrites kernel-provided files

2008-06-18 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:14:33AM -0430, Ernesto Hernandez-Novich wrote: > Is there a document or package I could follow as an example? Put the modules into /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates. Bastian -- Another dream that failed. There's nothing sadder. -- Kirk, "This side of P

NetXtreme II BCM5708 and bridging (was: Packaging a module that overwrites kernel-provided files)

2008-06-18 Thread Florian Ernst
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:41:13AM -0430, Ernesto Hernandez-Novich wrote: > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 16:01 +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 > > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) > > > > /etc/network/interfaces: > > post-up ethtool -K eth0 t

Re: Packaging a module that overwrites kernel-provided files

2008-06-18 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 10:41:13 -0430, Ernesto Hernandez-Novich wrote: > Been there, done that, doesnt't work for these machines. The problem has > to do with the interaction of the card with IBM's IPMI controller, and > requires the latest Broadcom drivers. What you want to do is install the E

Re: Packaging a module that overwrites kernel-provided files

2008-06-18 Thread Ernesto Hernandez-Novich
On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 16:01 +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) > > /etc/network/interfaces: > post-up ethtool -K eth0 tx off > > Fixes it here. Been there, done that, doesnt't work for these machines. Th

Re: Packaging a module that overwrites kernel-provided files

2008-06-18 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Ernesto Hernandez-Novich said: > I'm currently having issues with a Broadcom Netxtreme II 5708 card when > used with Xen on Debian Etch. Basically, using kernel 2.6.18 it works, > but as soon as either a bridge or a routed network under Xen is > started, it stops recei

Packaging a module that overwrites kernel-provided files

2008-06-18 Thread Ernesto Hernandez-Novich
I'm currently having issues with a Broadcom Netxtreme II 5708 card when used with Xen on Debian Etch. Basically, using kernel 2.6.18 it works, but as soon as either a bridge or a routed network under Xen is started, it stops receiven packages. The servers (cause they are many) must remain using De

Re: Considerations for lilo removal

2008-06-18 Thread Alberto Garcia
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:19:03AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > We still very regularly get installation reports where people use > > lilo rather than grub, so it must still have a fairly significant > > user base. I would say that the activity on the bug report shows > > the same. > > OTOH, are

Re: Considerations for lilo removal

2008-06-18 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:28:36PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le mercredi 18 juin 2008 à 09:52 +0300, Eric Pozharski a écrit : > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:19:03AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > OTOH, aren't most of these choosing lilo over grub only doing so by > > > habit ? > > > > OTOH

Re: Considerations for lilo removal

2008-06-18 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 18 juin 2008 à 09:52 +0300, Eric Pozharski a écrit : > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:19:03AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > OTOH, aren't most of these choosing lilo over grub only doing so by > > habit ? > > OTOH, aren't most of theses choosing emacs over vim only doing so by > habit? The

Re: Considerations for lilo removal

2008-06-18 Thread Eric Pozharski
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:19:03AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: *SKIP* > OTOH, aren't most of these choosing lilo over grub only doing so by > habit ? OTOH, aren't most of theses choosing emacs over vim only doing so by habit? -- Torvalds' goal for Linux is very simple: World Domination -- To U

ITP: hatools -- The halockrun program provides a simple way to implement locking in shell scripts.

2008-06-18 Thread Igshaan Mesias
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Igshaan Mesias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: hatools Version : 2.00 Upstream Author : Markus Winand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.fatalmind.com/software/hatools/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Desc