On Thu, 09 Nov 2006, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > If this two is true (and I think so) then you couldn't install the old
> > ssh package and the new one. So how can you do this?
>
> If the new package has a "Replaces: old_package", it will *take over*
> the conflicting config_files from the old packag
also sprach Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.09.21.1210 +0200]:
> While working on the Debian Edu CD building, I notice fewer and fewer
> of the packages we want fit on the CD any more. Everything seem to
> increase in size.
Sorry for the late response:
> mdadm 101
Hi All!
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 00:05 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
>
> If the new package has a "Replaces: old_package", it will *take over*
> the conflicting config_files from the old package [1].
And there are Packages with Replaces field filled but Conflicts field
not?
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On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 10:11:45AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Real or fake makes no difference. Anything that test id or file
> permissions will (hopefully) behave the same with fakeroot.
Wrong; otherwise there wouldn't be packages who fail to build when root
is, in fact, root, as happen
Hi debian devel subscribers,
A default Etch install has Exim configured for local mail only.
So reportbug mails will end up frozen in a queue somewhere, without
any direct warning to the user.
I think this is not a good situation.
What do you think about it and what would be a good way to solve
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Loic Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
* Package name: sparse
Version : 0.1
Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds and others
* URL : http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/josh/sparse/
* License : Open Software License
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 01:51:33AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> I think you've misunderstood the purpose of the default installation.
> It's not the bare minimum to make the system work (that's Essential:
> yes). It's the standard stuff that everyone expects to be on a UNIX
> system,
I belie
Hi, all
Is it possible for developers to subscribe to LWN as described in [1]? My
messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] stay without any answer.
[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/13797/
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On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 06:22:14PM +0300, Al Nikolov wrote:
> Is it possible for developers to subscribe to LWN as described in [1]? My
> messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] stay without any answer.
>
> [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/13797/
Yes. Though it might take a while to get processed.
Steve
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On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:45:34PM +0100, SZALAY Attila wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 00:05 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> >
> > If the new package has a "Replaces: old_package", it will *take over*
> > the conflicting config_files from the old package [1].
>
> And there are Packages
Hello Daniel & Marco,
Am 2006-11-08 16:49:09, schrieb Marco d'Itri:
> On Nov 08, Daniel Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Therefore, here's my proposal: I propose to write and maintain a set
> > of configuration files for the current fvwm that cause fvwm to look
> > and behave the way fvwm9
On Wednesday 08 November 2006 16:10, Daniel Martin wrote:
[killing off fvwm95]
> Now, what do people think of this idea?
Anything that lessens the number of different window managers in Debian is a
Good Thing(tm) ;-)
popularity contest says this about the various fvwm packages:
#rank name
hi olof,
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 13:47 +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> Hi debian devel subscribers,
>
> A default Etch install has Exim configured for local mail only.
> So reportbug mails will end up frozen in a queue somewhere, without
> any direct warning to the user.
>
> I think this is not
Hi All,
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 18:00 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>
> Yes, since Replaces can have two possible meanings. Please read the
> Policy document for details.
Okay, okay. Let's be more specific. openssh-client and openssh-server
both Conflicts with ssh (<< 1:3.8.1p1-9)
ntp package als
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 06:47:02PM +0100, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
> (I don't know anything about these window managers, perhaps there are some
> devoted fvwm1 followers so keeping it may be mandated. Somebody at least
> cared enough to NMU it recently. popcon numbers alone should certainly not
> "SZALAY" == SZALAY Attila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SZALAY> Okay, okay. Let's be more specific. openssh-client and
SZALAY> openssh-server both Conflicts with ssh (<< 1:3.8.1p1-9)
SZALAY> ntp package also Conflicts with ntp-server package. So I
SZALAY> don't understand how
On Thu, 09 Nov 2006, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> A default Etch install has Exim configured for local mail only. So
> reportbug mails will end up frozen in a queue somewhere, without any
> direct warning to the user.
Reportbug installs who do not have exim installed correctly should be
using report
On Thursday 09 November 2006 15:57, Michael Banck wrote:
> I believe this (= standard stuff that everyone expects to be on a UNIX
> system) should be shoved into a task or even CDD. Or we could just not
> install those if people select "Desktop" during the install (the latter
> might be the case a
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Reportbug installs who do not have exim installed correctly should be
>using reportbug's built-in SMTP handling abilities and either relaying
>to their upstream smtp server or bugs.debian.org; the latter as the
>default if nothing else is se
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Carlo Segre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: sixpack
Version : 0.57
Upstream Author : Sam Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~swebb/sixpack.htm
* License : BSD-type
Programming Lang: P
On 11/10/06, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 09 Nov 2006, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> A default Etch install has Exim configured for local mail only. So
> reportbug mails will end up frozen in a queue somewhere, without any
> direct warning to the user.
Reportbug installs who do
The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested
through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the
last week.
Total number of orphaned packages: 319 (new: 8)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 88 (new: 0)
Total number of packages requeste
Hi,
Firstly, should we be pointing to the SuS instead of POSIX
(there is work going on a new version of the SUS), since it is open,
and readily available on th 'net, and people can readily see it (as
opposed to people who have shelled out $500 for a version)?
Secondly, why shou
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