configuration files, ownership and dpkg-statoverride

2014-10-06 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi, I am looking into dbconfig-common RC bug 720517 [1] and I was wondering what the general idea is of maintainer scripts changing the permissions and/or owners of configuration files and the use of dpkg-statoverride. I myself find it unacceptable that updating a package changes the permissions/o

Re: bash exorcism experiment ('bug' 762923 & 763012)

2014-10-06 Thread Russell Stuart
On Fri, 2014-10-03 at 09:20 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Russell Stuart writes: > > I looks to me like you are re-writing history. > > I'm not sure how you meant this, but to note, this sentence made me very > sad, since it felt like you believe I'm being intentionally dishonest with > you. I'm

Re: Bug#757941: static linking: alternatives for glibc?

2014-10-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Michael Tokarev wrote: > apps becomes huge in size I wonder if LTO would help with the size issues, theoretically all the code from the static glibc that isn't used by busybox-static would be stripped out of the resulting binaries. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debi

Re: Bug#757941: static linking: alternatives for glibc?

2014-10-06 Thread Michael Tokarev
07.10.2014 08:34, Steve Langasek wrote: [] >>> Was the removal of gethostby* APIs from the static glibc intentional? > >> Yes. It's the nsswitch problem. The behavior of those APIs is controlled >> by the nsswitch mechanism (specifically the hosts configuration), which is >> inherently dynamic a

Re: static linking: alternatives for glibc?

2014-10-06 Thread Steve Langasek
reassign 757941 src:glibc affects 757941 busybox-static thanks On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 07:32:17PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Paul Wise writes: > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Michael Tokarev wrote: > >> But with jessie, for one, all network name resolution (gethostby* etc > >> APIs) don't

Re: static linking: alternatives for glibc?

2014-10-06 Thread Russ Allbery
Paul Wise writes: > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Michael Tokarev wrote: >> But with jessie, for one, all network name resolution (gethostby* etc >> APIs) don't work anymore, because glibc does not provide them instatic >> libraries. So usual network utilities in busybox does not anymore, >>

Re: static linking: alternatives for glibc?

2014-10-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Michael Tokarev wrote: > But with jessie, for one, all network name resolution (gethostby* etc APIs) > don't work anymore, because glibc does not provide them instatic libraries. > So usual network utilities in busybox does not anymore, they just return > `host not

For most programmers, it is foolish currently develop in machine code, hexadecimal and assembly?

2014-10-06 Thread françai s
It is written in the introduction C - A programming language Ansi standard written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie: For most programmers, the most important change is a new syntax for declaring and defining functions. For most programmers, it is foolish currently develop in machine code, he

Re: RT kernel for jessie?

2014-10-06 Thread Jaromír Mikeš
2014-10-06 18:28 GMT+02:00 Ben Hutchings : > On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 09:04 +0200, Jaromír Mikeš wrote: > > > I noticed that RT patch for 3.14 kernel haven't been released. > > Yes it has; do you mean 3.16? > Yes I mean 3.16 ;) sorry for typo > > > Will we have any RT (Real time) kernel in Jessie?

Bug#764252: ITP: librocket -- User interface middleware package based HTML and CSS

2014-10-06 Thread Tom Mason
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Tom Mason * Package name: librocket Version : 1.3 Upstream Author : CodePoint Ltd, Shift Technology Ltd, and contributors * URL : http://librocket.com * License : MIT Programming Lang: C++ Description : User inter

Re: Inert DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS noopt in debian/rules files

2014-10-06 Thread Andreas Metzler
Guillem Jover wrote: > On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 01:55:01 +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: [...] >> Why? > Because make does not (yet) pass make variables to $(shell) subshells. [...] > Try this: > $ make -f debian/rules DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noopt build > instead. This just breaks the interface. We could of

Some systemd testimonails

2014-10-06 Thread ConcernedCitizens ForChance
Some testimonials have been taken from those who've had some experiance with systemd Take a moment and have a listen to their stories:   youtu.be/LMqbeE84ANY     -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Re: RT kernel for jessie?

2014-10-06 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 09:04 +0200, Jaromír Mikeš wrote: > Hello, > > > I noticed that RT patch for 3.14 kernel haven't been released. Yes it has; do you mean 3.16? > Will we have any RT (Real time) kernel in Jessie? I don't know. I'm attending the RT Summit next week and will be asking for a

static linking: alternatives for glibc?

2014-10-06 Thread Michael Tokarev
Hello. For a very long time, we had a busybox variant which is linked statically, for rescue or other similar purposes (for those who don't know, busybox provides minimal implementations of varios system utilities so can be used almost alone as a replacement for whole (minimal) system). But with

Bug#764232: ITP: gubbins -- Gubbins (Genealogies Unbiased By recomBinations In Nucleotide Sequences) is an algorithm that iteratively identifies loci containing elevated densities of base substitution

2014-10-06 Thread Jorge Soares
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Jorge Soares * Package name: gubbins Version : 0.6 Upstream Author : Andrew Page * URL : https://github.com/sanger-pathogens/gubbins * License : GPL2 Programming Lang: C, Python Description : Gubbins (Genealogie

Bug#764211: ITP: yaggo -- generate command line parser using getopt_long

2014-10-06 Thread Andreas Tille
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andreas Tille * Package name: yaggo Version : 1.5.4 Upstream Author : Guillaume Marçais * URL : https://github.com/gmarcais/yaggo * License : GPL Programming Lang: Ruby Description : generate command line parser

Bug#764200: ITP: rbdoom3bfg -- Doom3 BFG edition game engine

2014-10-06 Thread Tobias Frost
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Tobias Frost * Package name: rbdoom3bfg Version : 1.0.2 (plus latest git commits Upstream Author : Robert Beckebans * URL : https://github.com/RobertBeckebans/RBDOOM-3-BFG * License : GPL-3+ (with addtional terms by id s

RT kernel for jessie?

2014-10-06 Thread Jaromír Mikeš
Hello, I noticed that RT patch for 3.14 kernel haven't been released. Will we have any RT (Real time) kernel in Jessie? best regards mira