On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Marek Michalkiewicz wrote:
> Package: xlib
> Version: 3.1.2-7
>
> It seems there is a buffer overrun in libXt, which may be a security
> hole (some programs using libXt, such as xterm, are setuid root).
> I haven't tried to exploit it, but xterm -fg very_long_string
> segfaul
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>Are we supposed to use dpkg-shlibdeps for all dependecies upon shared libs?
I believe so, yes.
>Or is it just for the three (or so) installed in /etc/dpkg/shlibs.default?
Ian will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think (under the New Scheme of
Things) pac
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>I bit the bullet today and decided to install and implement pgp. Searching
>the packages files did not turn it up, but I was able to deduce that it
>was therefore, in non-free. However the search turned up this information:
>
>dchanges - recommends:
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.3.12
sfere:/home/ftp/pub/debian/binary/base$ dpkg-buildpackage -h
[...]
Usage: dpkg-buildpackage [options]
Options: -r
[...]
-si (default) src includes orig for rev. 0 or 1} genchanges
-sa uploaded src includes orig (default) }
Clearly o
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.3.9
sfere:~$ dpkg-source -b procmeter-2.0 procmeter-2.0.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: warning: .orig.tar.gz name procmeter-2.0.orig.tar.gz is not
-.orig.tar.gz (wanted procmeter_2.0.orig.tar.gz)
This should read `... is not _.orig.tar.gz
...'
(S)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>> "jw" == joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>jw> do you want me to
>jw> 1 move xosview to 'contrib', and stop maintaining it
>jw> 2 just go on maintaining a broken xosview?
>
>IMHO, you should stick with 1. There are other things that m
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> May I humbly suggest that we establish some sort of policy regarding packages
>> that obsolete and can be retired?
>
>Yes, please!
>
>> I have argued before that a2ps and a2gs are effectively replaced by
>> genscript, and that
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, joost witteveen wrote:
> > Xosview only reads the file XOSView (and ~/.Xdefaults) when evaluating
> > its X resources. It does this by doing all the reading by foot (calling
> > XrmGetFileDatabase() etc.).
> > This is IMO the wrong way to do it; the application should use
>
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