ng setting by default :
vm.max_map_count=2147483642
This option is already set by default with other Linux distributions like
Fedora.
It is useful to optimize performances for gaming.
This setting increases memory allocated to the game.
I hope this suggestion will be useful.
Thanks in advance.
Yves
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* Package name: nwu
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Date: Oct 17, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: How can the OS autodetect that a user is a newbie and offer help?
To: Jason Spiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 10/17/06, Jason Spiro <[
once
somepackage_release.tar.gz
which unpacks to
somepackage-release.orig/
and then further uploads would be
somepackage_release-deb.diff.gz
somepackage_release-deb_arch.deb
Would that be okay?
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visual, so that other programs could do something like:
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} > You (Yves Arrouye) wrote:
} > > To anyone that read thi
case, maybe someone in Europe can make a
binary compress package available?
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Package: libtiff3-dev
Version: 3.4beta034-1
Many .3t manual pages have .so requests like
.so SomePage.3t
instead of
.so man3/SomePage.3t
making the manual pages unusable.
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pend on each other, then it may be nice
to require that each .el file contains
(provide 'site-start-xxx)
(as the *last* line so nothing is provided in case of error), and other
files will just use
(require 'site-start-xxx)
as needed.
Or is there a reason not to do that?
Yves.
would be removed
first.
Obviously it does not work. Is this because of virtual packages, or did
I not understand Replaces:?
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first available zcat in $PATH will be able to do so
(and again zcat is not the best name for such a command due to historic
heritage).
Is this something unreasonable to ask?
Yves.
eting
-> b ends providing site-start-b, so a's require is fullfilled
- a continues interpreting
- a ends providing site-start-a
and if b was already loaded b is not loaded again.
The only problem would be with circular dependencies, but then nothing
can help you in such cases...
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P.S.: Erick, I read the list. No need to send emails twice.
ocale names like
the ones Sun uses. Christophe nearly promised he'll add them buth then
you can simply make the necessarily link(s) in /usr/share/locale
(de -> de_DE, fr -> fr_FR etc.).
Yves.
pt' (a meaningfull name, no?) and the wrapper as 'gs'
of course. Apparently people were confused by your gs-papersize being
the gs that does not handle papersize despite its name.
Yves.
P.S.: I run this wrapper for some weeks now without problems.
to gs-papersize because the
default is ghostscript.
So I'd like to close this bug report for libpaper (either it's not
its fault or the latest version has no problem).
Because the bug report number is shared between gs and libpaper, is
it okay to close it for me?
Yves.
ng...
If gzcat was provided and /usr/bin/zcat a symbolic link to it, the
zcat link would correctly be diverted by any compress-package
generated package and nobody would have two semantically different
zcat commands installed by installing these packages.
Yves.
e is in one directory and its
> > accompanying documentation is another.
>
> Indeed. I've put this in the new policy manual.
Should we keep a link from /usr/doc/package/examples to
/usr/doc/examples/package to help transition, or is it unnecessary?
Yves.
>
> There should be one zcat and it should always be gzip. This won't
> break anything as gzip understands .Z files...
>
> Making zcat point to compress even sometimes will definitely break
> things; IME much of the Linux world has been assuming it's gzip for a
> number of years. That se
-bi option?
The same questions may be asked for smail.
Is the answer is no, can you please email me some doc? And maybe we'll
have to write an install-mail-alias command used by packages script, in
this case.
Yves.
type "show warranty" for details.
GDB 4.15.1 (i486-linux), Copyright 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc...
"0¨´
@/core": not in executable format: File format not recognized
(gdb) quit
marin159#
So there's a problem there. Do you have an idea about who is faulty? Gdb?
Yves.
Run [gives test doesn't exist]
- select (Text 16), click Run [gives test doesn't exist]
- select Filled Polygons, click Run [okay]
- select Filled Rectangles, click Run [dumps core]
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-11.deb?
Continue with mget? mget xfnt100_3.1.2-6.deb?
[etc...]
After having displayed 'Continue with mget?' it gets to the next file
asking, so there's no chance to answer no. (In the example above, I hit
C-c on each line).
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> > being called as sendmail with the -bi option?
> >
> > The same questions may be asked for smail.
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> You (Yves Arrouye) wrote:
> > GDB 4.15.1 (i486-linux), Copyright 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc...
> >
> > "0¨´
> > @/core": not in executable format: File format not recognized
> >
> > So there&#x
ages fully quoted :-(
Also, could it be possible to arrange so that when we do a reply on
this list (or other debian lists), it goes to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
and not to the mail author? This would help a lot.
Yves.
Maybe should it kill the process whose pid is in the pidfile, even if
it does not think the executable is running?
Here is an example of the problem:
marin66# /etc/init.d/apache stop
no /usr/sbin/apache found; none killed.
marin67# cat /var/run/apache/apache.pid
12707
marin68# ps -ax|grep 12707
Could it be put in paths.h as soon as possible now that it appears we'll
use it?
Yves.
> FSSTND/FHS work on /opt - it's deliberately very vague.)
Should we put /opt/bin before or after /usr/bin by default? (I'd suggest
before).
Yves.
dated their contents so that they are recognized by the new xpostitplus
(it's apparently just the ident line that must be changed), or rename these
directories to .postitnotes-old and tell that new notes should be made by
copying the contents of these ones. (The first solution would really be
nice...)
Yves.
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thing must be done each time you want to make a public answer.
Yves.
LaTeX installation should
be put in an /usr/sbin/spconfig script run by the postinst script.
If LaTeX or linuxdoc-sgml are not installed, it would be nice to
get a message saying that whenever the two are installed the admin
should run spconfig to get the sp support for LaTeX.
Yves.
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In both cases, it would be nice to be able to filter closed and open
bug reports.
Yves.
rently)? In
this case, can't you just use your package names as a selection criterion
for which messages are more important for you?
Yves.
Thanks.
YA.
tter as indicated by the Media menu;
- if I force A4 to see how it would look, I can go back to the
normal size without having to reread the document.
Yves.
I hope this will be a correct package now, and that I won't have any change
to do to it (well, there's always that bug...). Seriously, I tested it
with compress sources from three different packages without problems.
Yves.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Date: 11 Aug 96 20:13 UT
F
Please add me as a supporter of Lar's suggestion for xpostitplus (make the
xpostit program intelligent enough to read its old format...). Then we
can assume that if I started the better version I don't want to read
notes using the older one.
Yves.
just fetch it
from here.
Thanks,
Yves.
(I as because I'm going on vacation for eight days.)
Please do not use 0.* versions anymore.
The next release (1.0-1) will have a paperconfig paper configuration
script instead of having /etc/papersize as a conffile.
Yves.
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Date: 13 Aug 96 17:16 UT
Format: 1.6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: Low
Maintainer: Yves
persize with the received value.
This is for 1.0-1. I did the script on another machine, cannot use rcp
or diskettes, so I'll type it in next week after my one-week holidays.
Yves.
-P1-3.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
bind_4.9.3-P1-3.deb
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Apparently the install fails because the installation script is run with
-e set. If I touch /usr/sbin/cron, it installs fine.
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nual.
As I said before, this will be changed by libpaper 1.0-2. Which will maybe
have a papersize command instead of paper.
Yves.
nal manual pages are not found and the
gzipped ones not removed; and it would be foolish to make dpkg handle that
special case. If nobody objects, can we have gzipped (not compressed)
manual pages by default?
In the meantime, should I not compress the manual pages?
Yves.
Hello,
I'll upload libpaper_1.0-2 as soon as possible. It fixes the actual bugs
and contains a TODO file in doc/ explaining what I'd like to make in a
future release. If you're interested in paper size handling, please read
this file and comment on it.
Thanks,
Yves.
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Date: 24 Aug 96 09:24 UT
Format: 1.6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: Low
Maintainer: Yves Arrouye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: libpaper
Version: 1.0.1-1
Binary: libpaper
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
libpaper: Library for handling
apers but other attributes like color, weigth etc in the future.
In addition to that we're really talking about paper names, not sizes.
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I know one can have a big file containing customization for all the X apps,
but I'd like to be able to modify the app-defaults/xxx file for the xxx
app. without having it being overwritten when a new release of xxx is
available? Is this a bad idea?
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about compatibility with other BSD'ish lpd-based systems. I
} could live with this easily.
Especially if LPRng's postinst does that for us ;-). But does it mean
the BSD lpr should be obsoleted?
BTW, has anybody heard about a free lp spooler?
Yves.
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Package: gzip
Version: 1.2.4-11
Here is an example:
marin10# /usr/bin/zgrep -B 10 -i Spread /var/lib/dpkg/Packages.gz
Spread.gz: No such file or directory
Saying 'zcat /var/lib/dpkg/Packages.gz | grep -B 10 -i Spread' works,
of course.
Yves.
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Depends)
but I don't know why there is a warning here. In addition, I'd like to
know if I have to copy a shlibs file like this:
libpaper 1 libpaper (>= 1.0.2-1)
in debian/tmp/DEBIAN before building the binary package?
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.3.14
If one unfinalizes a version with C-c C-e, and then uses C-c C-a, an extra
blank lines appear between changes.
Yves.
P.S.: BTW, the help message should say "Use C-c C-e" not "Use ^c^e", which
is not Emacs usage.
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e asking for help on this installation process will certainly
find more help; in addition they will also be able to monitor the
group for administration problems that interest them (for example
printing, PPP, dial on demand, etc.) as first-time or long-time users.
Yves.
P.S.: Sorry Bruce,
I know. My 1.1.1 package is ready and I will upload it this week, I think.
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Hello,
I try to connect to master.debian.org for three days without success. Ping
fails, and traceroute cannot reach it too. What happened?
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Hello,
I am building a package which will provide different binaries packages, and
tried to use a control file like:
Source: php
Section: net
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Yves Arrouye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Standards-Version: 2.0.1.0
Package: php-module
Architecture: any
D
they should be under ghostscript/fonts, not ghostscript/4.01/fonts.
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ld be nice would be to have gs installed with a single
compiled-in font (see font2c) that would be the default, so that even
without gsfonts or any other installed fonts, and of course without a
Fontmap (which would be provided by gsfonts), gs would work.
Yves.
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Version: 6.8.4-2
The /usr/lib/mh/packmbox script should set PATH to contain /usr/bin/mh if
it does not when called, otherwise programs are not found.
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hand, when I build without needing to statically link, I do
cc -shared *.o -lsomelib -o name.so
I think the -lsomelib is not useful since there's no link phase. Can I
remove it?
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tions
got from the shlibs file in installed package. Maybe there's a problem
actually? In the meantime, I use shlibs.local...
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do we choose to use /usr/share for locales, for example? I
remember we discussed that and adopted /usr/share, no?
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I'd just like to know if someone's already doing that. If not, I'll do it.
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Package: psutils
Version: 1.16-3
The psmerge utility only writes the prolog of files it reads. It is even
not able to merge a single file (which should be equivalent to a cat).
Looking at the source, it looks like some parts of the PS are gobbled
without being printed.
Yves (who needs psmerge or
,
Je crois que c'est l'ancienne qui avait un pb. Il faut sans doute ecrire
Getopts('a:b:c:d:e:fghij');
A ce propos, Getopts::Long est tres bien pour les options longues et
courtes.
Yves.
341560 Sep 19 08:28 /usr/bin/zsh
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e-wide zsh
functions, for example?
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size? Is one of the files
more compressed than the other one, or is it because of the .deb
format?
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> without being printed.
>
> Yves (who needs psmerge or an equivalent soon :-().
>
The man page indicates that psmerge is not a general merge utility. It is
only intended to work in the specific case that all the files are created
with the same fonts and resources
>
> 1427032 Sep 19 23:28 povray3-manual_3.0.10-1_all.deb
> 1352325 Sep 19 23:26 povray3-manual_3.0.10.orig.tar.gz
>
> What can explain this 72kb difference in size? Is one of the files
> more compressed than the other one, or is it because of the .deb
> format?
I suppose
> I'd just like to know if someone's already doing that. If not, I'll do it.
> Yves.
I'd been thinking about it, but I just don't have the time. I'd love
to see one though.
Okay. It will be out as soon as I will be able to get a 0.89 libpng
p
Hello,
I certainly mistakenly put Apache in non-free when I took over the package.
I'd like to put it back into net, but can you tell me if its license, which
follows, allows that? (I think it can).
Thanks,
This would create a dependency to gzip package, but I think that this
already exists when we package the pages zipped!
Is it possible that a debian system be without gzip?
No: gzip is marked as essential.
marin40# dpkg -s gzip
Package: gzip
Essential: yes
Status: install ok installed
Pr
email address should
use /etc/mailname (my host name, for example, cannot get mail because
his real name and email names are different, even in different
domains).
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Package: tm
Version: 7.84-1
The README.debian dile in /usr/doc/tm says to (require 'tm-init) but the
file is not provided by the package.
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Package: sharutils
Version: 4.2.1-1
When shar is given the message option, it will write
Submitted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
instead of
Submitted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If I understand the use of /etc/mailname right, it should even use it for
the @hostname.domain.name part?
Yves
ROTECTED]>". Yes. But it would be nice to get it
from the control file anyway.
Yves.
I'd like to take the a2ps package if its maintainer does not plan to
maintain it anymore: I have patches to make it work with libpaper that
I'd like to see in the Debian version.
Yves.
...)
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Yves> I'd like to take the a2ps package if its maintainer does not plan to
Yves> maintain it anymore: I have patches to make it work with libpaper
Yves> that I'd like to see in the Debian version.
To best of my knowledge, a2ps an
Package: xdevel
Version: 3.1.2-3
In order to have shared libraries built as ELF by default, the file
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config/linux.cf should have the symbols LinuxElfDefault
and UseElfFormat defined to YES by default.
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A Suggests: would be better, it is easier to not follow it and there are
a lot of cases where magicfilter is not the most adapted tool to the job.
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handled anyway)? Or is there a solution?
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another module that I hadn't loaded?
No. But I'd like to get the message. Can you try to reproduce the problem?
Very nice configuration .. just a little incomplete.
Thanks for the compliment. Could you elaborate on what would be needed
to make a 'complete' configuration?
the lprm
'permission denied' problem, so this is welcome too... But I'd like to
access bug reports for Apache too.)
Thanks,
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I'd like to upload povray3. Given the size of the stuff and my slow connection
I'd prefer to go through chiark. Is it possible at the moment?
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entences with uppercase, and don't use extra spaces
as is seen in 'Starting something ...'.
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else
$echo 'failed to remove'
exit 0
Because there is a missing 'fi' before the exit, the unpacking terminates
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cannot compile Objetcive C because p
Gcc cannot compile GNUstep because it lacks the latest patches for Objective
C (header files and run-time), which can be found in:
ftp://ftp.ocbi.com/pub/GNUstep/
It would be nice to have them applied,
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;t work with my 1.4.0 dpkg, thouh :-(
The trick is to have a debian/shlibs.local file in your xface package that
lists all dependencies dpkg-shlibs cannot find, thus containing
libcompface 1 libcompface1
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help me to make the process faster? That would be
really nice...
Thanks,
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> BTW, do you really think that psptools is still of any use with today's
> tools ?
It provides the only way I know to simply take advantage of printer's
capacities like stapling, binding etc. PPD files are really good for
that. I would definitely consider writing a printing panel for KDE or
Gnome that handle PPD files just for this.
Yves.
ving contributed to
the 1.* Debian distributions and coming back today) but just the simple
one where someone emails new-maintainer and does not get any feedback in
6 months as Steve said.
Yves.
deinstallation does not
proceed. Soone needs to explicitely delete the old packages first and
install the new ones after. That should be figured out by the package
management tools.
Yves.
ations immediately. Allow bad developers to be voted out of
>the project. We've revived the QA group, let's use it.
Yes. Yes! Seriously, that's much more sensible to do than prevent new people
to devote time to Debian. It looks like the red tape in Debian is so
omnipresent that Debian itself will suffer from it.
Yves.
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