Re: Packages file missing from unstable archive

2005-10-30 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Robert Lemmen wrote: >> if zsync would be taught to handle .deb files as it does .gz files, and > > You are talking about freaking lot of metadata here, and about changing some > key stuff to get --rsyncable compression

Re: Sorting source packages to reduce build effort

2005-10-30 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Daniel Ruoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > As you may know, I'm working on i386-uclibc arch. And I'm finally > starting to build the base+build-essential packages. At this moment I > have a list of 87 source packages (not counting these packages > build-dep) that must be built. > > The que

Re: apt with index diff support

2005-10-30 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Michael Vogt: > >> When fully supported by the archive, the diff support will be >> completely transparent, no changes on your side necessary. > > When downloading the Index file, APT does not send instructions to > bypass the proxy cache: > > T 212.9

Re: apt with index diff support

2005-10-30 Thread Andreas Metzler
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > PS: Is the index file listed in Release? Quoting http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/Release [...] 41c3cd8cf26c2eba317c37dfe9d0d3bf 2761295 main/binary-alpha/Packages.bz2 18680c3a635a695e01f69166daef4148 2177 main/binary-alpha/Pack

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

2005-10-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:58:23 +1100, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >That is my point - adduser will print a warning if the user already >exists. > >So you need to check to make sure the user doesn't exist first, before >attempting to add it. Or you get a stupid warning appearing when >upgradi

Re: is the Debian mail server healthy?

2005-10-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 19:04:02 +0200, Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I only just now (Saturday) received the message from a mailing list I >> had sent last Tuesday. I know the message reached the mailing fine >> since I already received replies to

Re: apt with index diff support

2005-10-30 Thread Florian Weimer
* Goswin von Brederlow: > Doesn't the 'If-Range: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:18:20 GMT' mean the proxy > should query upstream? Also what is the time to live on the reply? And > shouldn't the proxy always query for an update if the TTL is gone? Indeed, I should have looked at the ngrep output more closel

Re: A thought about killing two bird with one stone

2005-10-30 Thread Luca Capello
Hello! On Thu 27 Oct 2005 00:57 +0200, Brian May wrote: > (I have seen a system that appears to run ntpdate on startup before > the network is configured - but it hasn't bothered me enough to > investigate why yet.) If you're using ifplugd, this is a known (and wontfix) issue: http://bugs.deb

Re: Sorting source packages to reduce build effort

2005-10-30 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Daniel Ruoso] > > The question is: Is there a way (I mean, already implemented) to sort > > the packages putting the most used and less dependencies on the front > > and showing wich packages needs to be installed before the build can > > start? [Goswin von Brederlow] > No. :( Sounds like a j

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

2005-10-30 Thread Lars Wirzenius
su, 2005-10-30 kello 10:37 +0100, Marc Haber kirjoitti: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:58:23 +1100, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >That is my point - adduser will print a warning if the user already > >exists. > > > >So you need to check to make sure the user doesn't exist first, before > >attem

Proposal: Start wrapping source control file fields

2005-10-30 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi, A while ago bug 90989 was submitted, it was asking to extend the definition of source control file fields to be all (physical not logical) multi-line. I think it makes sense as we are supposedly using RFC822, and more given some really long and obscene fields in packages from d-i or xorg. As

Re: is the Debian mail server healthy?

2005-10-30 Thread Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
On Oct 30, 2005, at 10:52, Marc Haber wrote: I can confirm that master sits on some messages for days, such as this one, for example: |Received: from master.debian.org ([146.82.138.7]) |by torres.zugschlus.de with esmtp (Exim 4.54) |id 1EVmC6-lm-8a |for [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Dummy packages and metapackages (call for consistency in the descriptions)

2005-10-30 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Adeodato [iso-8859-1] Simó wrote: Would it be unreasonable to ask that metapackages have to be _empty_, i.e., that all their functionality it's in their control file? As long as you give no reasons to do so I would in deed call it unreasonable. Kind regards

Re: Dummy packages and metapackages (call for consistency in thedescriptions)

2005-10-30 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Andreas Tille [Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:23:20 +0100]: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Adeodato [iso-8859-1] Simó wrote: > > Would it be unreasonable to ask that metapackages have to be _empty_, > > i.e., that all their functionality it's in their control file? > As long as you give no reasons to do so I wou

Re: In Need Of Serious Help

2005-10-30 Thread lisbeth
Hello, Bare with me I am new to Linux, and I am not sure If this is the right place to post this ?, This is the errors I am receiving QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used kdecore (klibloader): Warning: KLibrary:/usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4: undefined symbol: init_kwifimanag

Bug#336481: ITP: epix -- create mathematically accurate graphics with a C++-like syntax

2005-10-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: epix Version : 1.0.6 Upstream Author : Andrew D. Hwang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://math.holycross.edu/~ahwang/current/ePiX.html * License : GPL Description : c

Help: Bug#336469: pure-ftpd uninstallable : no pure-ftpd-common

2005-10-30 Thread Stefan Hornburg
Hello, fellow developers ! I have a couple of questions about this bug: The following packages have unmet dependencies: pure-ftpd: Depends: pure-ftpd-common (= 1.0.19-6.0.1) but 1.0.19-6 is to be installed Where are these 1.0.19-6.0.1 packages are coming from ? How can I fix this issue -

Re: is the Debian mail server healthy?

2005-10-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:34:49 +0100, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Oct 30, 2005, at 10:52, Marc Haber wrote: >> I can confirm that master sits on some messages for days, such as this >> one, for example: >> |Received: from master.debian.org ([146.82.138.7]) >> |by tor

Re: Help: Bug#336469: pure-ftpd uninstallable : no pure-ftpd-common

2005-10-30 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 08:05:19PM +0100, Stefan Hornburg wrote: > Hello, fellow developers ! > > I have a couple of questions about this bug: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > pure-ftpd: Depends: pure-ftpd-common (= 1.0.19-6.0.1) but 1.0.19-6 is > to be installed > > Wh

Re: Help: Bug#336469: pure-ftpd uninstallable : no pure-ftpd-common

2005-10-30 Thread Norbert Tretkowski
* Stefan Hornburg wrote: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > pure-ftpd: Depends: pure-ftpd-common (= 1.0.19-6.0.1) but 1.0.19-6 is > to be installed > > Where are these 1.0.19-6.0.1 packages are coming from ? Looks like a binary-NMU. > How can I fix this issue - just releas

Re: Help: Bug#336469: pure-ftpd uninstallable : no pure-ftpd-common

2005-10-30 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Stefan Hornburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is the following line in debian/control too strict ? > Depends: pure-ftpd-common (=${Source-Version}), ${shlibs:Depends} It evidently creates problems for binary NMUs (where only the arch-dependent packages are uploaded with an NMU revision in the S

Save Chechnya Campaign

2005-10-30 Thread Alberta Aaron
Title: How to help us How to help us Although our organization is based on a non-profit principle, we need money to implement and maintain our projects. We dependent on donations by those who share our concerns and want to help us with our work. Please support us with your donations. W

Re: Alacarte - GNOME menu editor

2005-10-30 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 10:54:52AM +1100, Rob Weir said > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: alacarte > Version : 0.8 > * Upstream Author : Travis Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.realistanew.com/projects/alacarte/ > * License :

Bug#336534: ITP: stopwatch -- A virtual stopwatch and timer

2005-10-30 Thread Daniel J. Milstein
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Daniel J. Milstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: stopwatch Version : 3.4 Upstream Author : Don Libes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://expect.nist.gov/stopwatch/ * License : Public domain Description : A vi

Re: In Need Of Serious Help

2005-10-30 Thread billy am
Hi first , how did you get those errors? Could you tell us how can we replicate the errors you get ? Which app ? Does it happen everytime you follow the same process ? and perhaps pls describe your machine , hardware , software anything. regards billy On 10/30/05, lisbeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Dummy packages and metapackages (call for consistency in the descriptions)

2005-10-30 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Andreas Tille wrote: > > Would it be unreasonable to ask that metapackages have to be _empty_, > > i.e., that all their functionality it's in their control file? > > As long as you give no reasons to do so I would in deed call it > unreasonable. The principle of least surpris

Re: is the Debian mail server healthy?

2005-10-30 Thread Jochen Voss
Hello, On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 07:04:02PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > There were also some bugs for tetex-* that were never sent to the > Maintainer: field, namely the debian-tetex-maint mailing list. Here is another one. The following message (related to bug #335689) spend six days in the vinci