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Version: unavailable; reported 2002-11-29
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: cdw
Version : 0.1.4
Upstream Author : Balazs Varkonyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://cdw.sourceforge.net
* License : GPL
Description : A console tool for burning
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 03:47:29AM +0100, Christian Surchi wrote:
> Maybe I forgot something... maybe this episode could be seen as not so
> important but it hit me strongly, in particular from the point of view
> of my idea about Our Project and Our Work.
>
> I don't know if I'll take care furthe
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
Le Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 01:57:16PM +0100, Jérôme Marant écrivait:
I hope it is for packaging activities and debian-related stuff only.
Not really. It is for any free software related project launched by
a Debian developer (ie the project request should come from a Deb
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 04:39, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> Ben Armstrong wrote:
> > Bah, that's what CNAME is for.
>
> that is _NOT_ what a CNAME is for. a CNAME is for when the hostname is
> in a domain that is OUTSIDE of your control.
>
> ie: evil.debian.org -> www.msn.com = CNAME (we don't control
Hi,
I was just being told that we won't get any KDE3 packages until the
whole Debian project is moved to gcc 3.2. Is this correct? If so, why?
And is there a timetable? Is it a problem to compile the packages with
gcc 2.95?
The matter of the fact is that almost all Debian/KDE users are already us
* Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-28 17:13]:
> So maybe you click on the "Debian on CD" link, right? And from there on
> the 4th bulletted link ("Download CD images using HTTP or FTP"), after
> wading past unofficial minimal CD images, and learning what jigdo is.
Because those options are
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 12:58:12PM +, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 07:07:45AM -0500, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 11:03:58AM +0100, Roland Mas wrote:
> > > - Another idea I had was something along the lines of Debsmith or
> > > Iansmith, to keep both the idea
On Friday 29 Nov 2002 9:12 am, Michael Meskes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was just being told that we won't get any KDE3 packages until the
> whole Debian project is moved to gcc 3.2. Is this correct? If so, why?
> And is there a timetable? Is it a problem to compile the packages with
> gcc 2.95?
>
> The ma
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 09:44:17AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> And there's already a Sibelius as a commercial software project; stay
> away from things that could raise trademark issues that way.
I don't think the existence of a commercial product called Sibelius
prevents us from naming our ma
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 03:47:29AM +0100, Christian Surchi wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2002 Ari made a NMU for logjam 4.0.0+cvs.2002.11.17 and
> another one a few days after that date, IIRC, without a note to me.
> I was handling bugs for logjam, as you can see in BTS (#165281). Build
> failure reported by
Tom Badran wrote:
On Friday 29 Nov 2002 9:12 am, Michael Meskes wrote:
Hi,
I was just being told that we won't get any KDE3 packages until the
whole Debian project is moved to gcc 3.2. Is this correct? If so, why?
And is there a timetable? Is it a problem to compile the packages with
gcc 2.95?
T
Hi,
apt-src, good start, really like the fact that it
figures out dependancies and creates .deb file once
complete and is fairly easy to use.
However, there are some things I would like to see
added at some point if possible:
1) Option to compile dependances as opposed to
automatically downloadi
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 01:09:51PM +1100, Andrew Lau wrote:
> * Package name: tsclient
> Version : 0.56
> Upstream Author : Erick Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * URL : http://www.gnomepro.com/tsclient/
> * License : GPL
Hi,
there are now two open ITP's for the t
* Jim Penny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021128 03:35]:
> So, according to Branden, international standards are supposed to allow
> debian the right to modify them and to distribute the modified versions.
> Absent said permission, which is hardly ever going to be given, they
> must be considered non-f
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:22:07AM +0100, Thorsten Sauter wrote:
> there are now two open ITP's for the tsclient program. Are they
> different?
> * #170400: ITP: tsclient -- Terminal Server Client - GNOME 2
rdesktop frontend
> * #171116: ITP: tsclient -- GNOME2 frontend for rdesktop
Dear Thor
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 12:21:00PM +0100, Thorsten Sauter wrote:
> > * Package name: tsclient
> thats the same like grdesktop, which was (before the fire) in
> the non-us incoming directory.
> Please see ITP: #164025.
Ya, different GNOME 2 RDP client. May I suggest that both our packages
inclu
Hello all
I'm trying to compile the linux-wlan drivers. To do so I need to
have the kernel source installed. I am not new to linux, but I am new to
debian and therefore I am a bit lost. I have installed it kernel 2.4.18bf.
When building the wlan drivers I was asked for the
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, sean finney wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 06:45:21PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
> > Can you detect smp from non-smp kernel?
>
> i would guess not...
Just count the processors in /proc/cpuinfo, here is an example:
$ grep "^proc" /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
processor
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:57:53AM -, Charles Garcia-Tobin wrote:
> I'm trying to compile the linux-wlan drivers. To do so I need
> to have the kernel source installed. I am not new to linux, but I am
> new to debian and therefore I am a bit lost. I have installed it
> kernel 2.4.18bf. W
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:58:46 +0100
Richard Atterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First, mount the CD. Just working on the unmounted device doesn't
> always seem to work. Then, try one of two things:
>
> cat /dev/cdrom | md5sum
>
> Apparently, this is preferable to "md5sum /dev/cdrom" because ca
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 08:02:07AM +0100, Rapha?l Bordet wrote:
> I've started an ITP for diacanvas a few time ago than is a
> dependencies for agnubis. I want to do the same with agnubis when
> the development is restarted. If you're interested by my project, we
> could be work both on supporting
Hi Andrew
Thanks for your e-mail and offering to help, it is very kind of you.
>Dear Charles,
> Could you please describe the linux-wlan drivers in a bit more
>detail please. Can you give us a URL, are they proprietary modules, or
>do they come included with the kernel source? Wh
Andrew Lau dijo:
> Does this offer sound fair to you?
He doesn't need to be a Developer (or even want to become one) in order
to package Agnubis.
Maybe you could be his mentor and/or sponsor, or help him find one,
instead of making him go through NM?
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 09:44:17AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > > > - Another idea I had was something along the lines of Debsmith or
> > > > Iansmith, to keep both the idea of Debian and the idea of the forge.
> > > > Unfortunately, plenty of people are called that way. Any idea to
> > >
Do we have a library in Debian that provides reliable stream based
communication over UDP?
I want to be able to deal with asymetric links and end-points that change IP
address so TCP won't work. Surely someone must have written something
similar to TCP but implemented on top of UDP. Is such a
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:15:05PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > And there's already a Sibelius as a commercial software project; stay
> > away from things that could raise trademark issues that way.
>
> This isn't about our sourceforge fork package name, it's about the machine
> name.
I thought
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:08:50PM +0100, Amaya wrote:
> Andrew Lau dijo:
> > Does this offer sound fair to you?
>
> He doesn't need to be a Developer (or even want to become one) in order
> to package Agnubis.
>
> Maybe you could be his mentor and/or sponsor, or help him find one,
> instead
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 03:15:25PM +1100, Andrew Lau wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 10:22:01PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> > How about: Windows Terminal Services (RDP) client for GNOME 2
>
> Thanks for the comments Kamion.
Kamion is me; Colin Walters is known on IRC as "walters".
Cheers,
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 01:43:27PM +, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 03:15:25PM +1100, Andrew Lau wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 10:22:01PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> > > How about: Windows Terminal Services (RDP) client for GNOME 2
> >
> > Thanks for the comments Kamion.
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:25:28PM +0100, Peter Mathiasson wrote:
> > > And there's already a Sibelius as a commercial software project; stay
> > > away from things that could raise trademark issues that way.
> >
> > This isn't about our sourceforge fork package name, it's about the machine
> > na
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 09:52:52AM +, Tom Badran wrote:
> The plan as i understand it is to supply gcc 3.2 built packages once kde 3.1
> is released, and never supply gcc 2.95 ones in debian
but since gcc 2.95 is still standard in Debian I guess the switch to 3.2
will take much longer than th
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:07:15AM +0100, JÃrÃme Marant wrote:
> AFAIK, both gcc-3.2 and binutils have to be checked on every
> architecture and
> the transition will start once all architectures are ready for the
> transition.
And of course we have to create a plan for this transition before we
El día 29 nov 2002, Jon Kent escribía:
> Hi,
>
> apt-src, good start, really like the fact that it
> figures out dependancies and creates .deb file once
> complete and is fairly easy to use.
>
> However, there are some things I would like to see
> added at some point if possible:
>
> 1) Option t
Sorry, to tired. Just did a reply, didn't see where it was going...
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In chiark.mail.debian.devel, you wrote:
>Dear Charles,
> Could you please describe the linux-wlan drivers in a bit more
>detail please. Can you give us a URL, are they proprietary modules, or
>do they come included with the kernel source? What brand, model?
They're an alterative set of driv
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 03:05:46PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote:
> Frankly, I can see the transition taking some more time, but still fail
> to see a good reason for not compiling KDE3 on gcc 2.95 as this
> definitely works or else there wouldn't be a single KDE3 for woody
> package on kde.org.
The
Josip Rodin wrote:
> Yes, there is. The debian-cd mirrors on our list are very diverse: some have
> 2.2r*, some have 3.0r*, some don't have full ISOs at all. Expecting
> debian-www team to start making grossly hackish scripts to compensate for
> whatever the hell people put in debian-cd/ directorie
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On Friday 29 November 2002 09:12, Michael Meskes wrote:
> The matter of the fact is that almost all Debian/KDE users are already
> using ftp.kde.org to get the KDE packages.
Um, how do you know this?
Paul Cupis
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OK, howzabout some useful links that show that
although Debian may be losing some users, which is
still a shame, it perhaps not as bad as some would
think.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3614
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=24417
The first link shows a poll done a while ago on
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:57:32PM +, Paul Cupis wrote:
> > The matter of the fact is that almost all Debian/KDE users are already
> > using ftp.kde.org to get the KDE packages.
>
> Um, how do you know this?
Sorry, I of course don't know all Debian/KDE users. I was just
extrapolating. I talke
Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> > And then on scroll way down the list to your country. And then into the
> > current directory on the mirror, oops, that was jigdo only?! back out
> > and to the 3.0r0 directory.
>
> Uhm, just a second. When I click a on the links in that list I get to
> the debian-cd d
Hi all...
Andrew Lau dijo:
> I'm in no position to sponsor his packages, since I'm still
> awaiting DAM approval (11 months and counting). I was hoping that by
> joining the NM process, he would be able to find a better candidate
> (French speaking perhaps?) to help him learn the ropes of De
Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> > But maybe instead, back at debian.org's front page, you picked the
> > "Getting Debian" link instead. Only to end up on a page that links to cd
> > vendors and "downloading over the Internet". Ok, the latter. But it
> > points to a page that only lets one download unnoffic
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:14:14PM -0500, Ari Pollak wrote:
> Firstly, I don't think this is a matter for debian-devel as it doesn't
> involve the project as a whole and would best be dealt with privately.
I've already written to you. I wanted to share my ideas because I don't
like this situatio
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 01:25:09PM +0100, Jens Ruehmkorf wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, sean finney wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 06:45:21PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > Can you detect smp from non-smp kernel?
> >
> > i would guess not...
>
> Just count the processors in /proc/cpuinfo, he
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:57:53AM -, Charles Garcia-Tobin wrote:
> 1. Install kernel-source-2.4.18-5 package
> 2. Uncompress and untar /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18-5.tar.bz2
> 3. Symbolic link /usr/src/linux --> kernel-source-2.4.18-5
> 4. cp kernel-config to /usr/src/linux/.config
yeah, fo
Hey there :)
I'm starting a new thread about people switching to other distributions.
Why? Because I'd rather we start first with an information-gathering
thread.
I'm shortly going to relate my first-hand knowledge of why people have
switched from Debian, to Gentoo. Everybody else who has any fir
Brian May wrote:
> I would hope that gpg-agent follows similar principles...
Oh, so it is a running gpg instance with key, and running gpg just
passes it data. That makes sense. Someone package it, please! :-)
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:16:20PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
> Do we have a library in Debian that provides reliable stream based
> communication over UDP?
>
> I want to be able to deal with asymetric links and end-points that change IP
> address so TCP won't work. Surely someone must have wr
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:16:20PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
> Do we have a library in Debian that provides reliable stream based
> communication over UDP?
>
> I want to be able to deal with asymetric links and end-points that change IP
> address so TCP won't work.
Why would TCP have
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:48, Tommi Virtanen wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:16:20PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
> > Do we have a library in Debian that provides reliable stream based
> > communication over UDP?
> >
> > I want to be able to deal with asymetric links and end-points that change
> >
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > Indeed, the Debian home page is so well organized and so easy to find
> > and get around in, that people don't *need* so many secondary sources
> > of information. Our success at doing our job well has meant that the
> > dist
"John H. Robinson, IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:
> > I like maintaining the idea of forge, so my proposal is VULCAN
> > (from Roman mithology).
>
> i prefer greek: hephaistos
I prefer Greek too, but that means spelling it in Greek. :)
Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 02:58:38PM +0100, Tim Dijkstra wrote:
> > > UnicodeData is different, because we need the data in our program,
> > > not only the ideas. And it this case we see that as software!
> >
> > Maybe you're right that we don't reall
also sprach Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.29.1722 +0100]:
> Oh, so it is a running gpg instance with key, and running gpg just
> passes it data. That makes sense. Someone package it, please! :-)
from the current packager i had to hear that it's largely unstable.
many bugs and such. we'll
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, sean finney wrote:
> well the trouble is, if you're not running an smp kernel, the kernel
> doesn't know bout multiple cpus to begin with, right?
That's true.
> afaik there'd only be one cpu entry in /proc/cpuinfo if you're not
> running an smp kernel
But it's a good defaul
Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> But I use the website. Here's a questions. Go to eh redhat site and
> see if you can figure out where to get a complete RedHat CD downloaded
> from the net?
The comparison is only fair with organizations that *want* you do do so
(so not redhat, probably not openbsd,
Jon Kent wrote:
> BTW, God I wish Debian had forums like this, far
> easier that email lists (and no I can't set this up
> before someone suggests it).
debianplanet.org has stuff like this (incidentially and only because I'm
stuck on the subject -- it's marginally easier to find a a debian cd
imag
Russell Coker wrote:
> >
> > that is _NOT_ what a CNAME is for. a CNAME is for when the hostname is
> > in a domain that is OUTSIDE of your control.
> >
> > ie: evil.debian.org -> www.msn.com = CNAME (we don't control the msn.com
> > domain)
> > forge.debian.org -> quantz.debian.org = A (we control
--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> debianplanet.org has stuff like this (incidentially
> and only because I'm
yeh I know but not as easy to use as Gentoo's are
IMHO. BTW I agree with you regarding CD images. Gave
up in the end trying to download and order CDs from
Linux Emporium instea
Jon Kent wrote:
> apt-src, good start, really like the fact that it
> figures out dependancies and creates .deb file once
> complete and is fairly easy to use.
>
> However, there are some things I would like to see
> added at some point if possible:
>
> 1) Option to compile dependances as opposed
--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 1) Option to compile dependances as opposed to
> > automatically downloading the dependant packages.
>
> I believe that apt-build can do this. Unfortunatly,
Ok, I haven't looked at apt-build yet.
>
> > 2) Option to add additional compile flags to gc
* (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
| But I use the website. Here's a questions. Go to eh redhat site and
| see if you can figure out where to get a complete RedHat CD downloaded
| from the net?
http://www.redhat.com -> download -> click the download link besides
«Red Hat Linux 8.0», and if it weren't fo
> "Christian" == Christian Surchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Christian> Ari wrote to me in the end of october to ask me about
Christian> my intention about logjam packaging. I had an enormous
Christian> backlog and I could not be able to reply. Then he filed
Christian> a wish
> "Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russell> Do we have a library in Debian that provides reliable
Russell> stream based communication over UDP?
librx from openafs provides this functionality; it may be somewhat
more complexity than you are looking for.
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 04:41:38PM -0500, Sam Hartman wrote:
> If you're complaining that the NMU was handled improperly and that the
> communication/policy should have been better, then it seems you're
> right. The person performing the NMU has already indicated that they
> are sorry they didn't
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 15:58:51 -0500
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The comparison is only fair with organizations that *want* you do do
> so(so not redhat, probably not openbsd, or mandrake, or others whose
> principal developers try to sell cds).
Strictly speaking, given the ISO mirroring
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Sam Hartman wrote:
> > "Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Russell> Do we have a library in Debian that provides reliable
> Russell> stream based communication over UDP?
>
>
> librx from openafs provides this functionality; it may be somew
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:39:02PM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> Ben Armstrong wrote:
>
> > Bah, that's what CNAME is for.
>
> that is _NOT_ what a CNAME is for. a CNAME is for when the hostname is
> in a domain that is OUTSIDE of your control.
>
> ie: evil.debian.org -> www.msn.com = CN
Package: wnpp
Version: unavailable; reported 2002-11-29
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: tlpr
Version : 0.1
Upstream Author : me
* URL : none (yet)
* License : GPL
Description : a Trivial LPR client
tlpr is a trivial line printer client that will send a
> IIRC Ari has caused upset with NMUs before; xscreensaver, I believe.
> (I express no opinion about whether that upload was a good idea or
> not.)
Didn't you sponsor the upload?
"John H. Robinson, IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> because with a A record one lookup -> IP address(es)
> with a CNAME one lookup -> another lookup -> IP address(es)
>
> CNAME cause you to at least DOUBLE the DNS lookups, DOUBLING the
> potential timeouts, DOUBLING dns load
>
> can you do it?
Hi,
Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: unavailable; reported 2002-11-29
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name: tlpr
> Version : 0.1
> Upstream Author : me
> * URL : none (yet)
> * License : GPL
> Description : a Trivial LPR client
>
> tl
Rene Engelhard wrote:
> Sory, but why not simply use "cat foo | lpr" ?
>
> I do not see a need for this package.
>
> Maybe you can enlighten me?
Hmm. After thinking about it more, I see:
cat foo | lpr does not work for raw data (e.g. PS files for PS
printers).
echo foo > /dev/lp0 does.
Am I r
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 05:50:36PM -0500, Ari Pollak wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > IIRC Ari has caused upset with NMUs before; xscreensaver, I believe.
> > (I express no opinion about whether that upload was a good idea or
> > not.)
>
> Didn't you sponsor the upload?
No. Perhaps that was Col
On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 17:50, Ari Pollak wrote:
> > IIRC Ari has caused upset with NMUs before; xscreensaver, I believe.
> > (I express no opinion about whether that upload was a good idea or
> > not.)
>
> Didn't you sponsor the upload?
No, that was me...
Rene Engelhard dijo:
> echo foo > /dev/lp0 does.
Can you easily do that on a remote printer?
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On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 12:11:21AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> > tlpr is a trivial line printer client that will send a file to a
> > remote printer. It does not know the concept of a configuration file,
> > an input filter, or any other form of complexity; instead, it is the
> > LPR-equivalent
Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sory, but why not simply use "cat foo | lpr" ?
Or "rlpr", if you don't want to set up a printcap.
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Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> cat foo | lpr does not work for raw data (e.g. PS files for PS
> printers).
Huh? It works fine, depending on how you set up your filters.
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On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 12:18:07AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> Rene Engelhard wrote:
> > Sory, but why not simply use "cat foo | lpr" ?
> >
> > I do not see a need for this package.
> >
> > Maybe you can enlighten me?
>
> Hmm. After thinking about it more, I see:
>
> cat foo | lpr does not w
Hi Amaya,
Amaya wrote:
> Rene Engelhard dijo:
> > echo foo > /dev/lp0 does.
>
> Can you easily do that on a remote printer?
Of yourse you can't. I was trying to regognize why this package makes
sense...
At least for local printers (PS raw to ps printers) this may make
sense.
Regards,
Rene
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:16:20PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
> Do we have a library in Debian that provides reliable stream based
> communication over UDP?
>
> I want to be able to deal with asymetric links and end-points that change IP
> address so TCP won't work. Surely someone must have wr
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 14:16:20 +0100
Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do we have a library in Debian that provides reliable stream based
> communication over UDP?
>
> I want to be able to deal with asymetric links and end-points that
> change IP address so TCP won't work. Surely someone
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 01:11:34PM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> because with a A record one lookup -> IP address(es)
> with a CNAME one lookup -> another lookup -> IP address(es)
>
> CNAME cause you to at least DOUBLE the DNS lookups, DOUBLING the
> potential timeouts, DOUBLING dns load
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"Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russell> I want to be able to deal with asymetric links and
Russell> end-points that change IP address so TCP won't work.
TCP works well with asymmetric data flows. I think you should consider
this carefully before dropping TCP fo
Hello!
El vie, 29-11-2002 a las 16:38, Joel Baker escribió:
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> And, by the way, that *is* one of the uses of a CNAME. To allow things such
> as service names (www, ftp, etc) to point to a single IP, which might have
> one of those names, or something else, as it's formal name.
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What would
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