Bug#963090: mig - Undistributable (GPL + advertisement clause)

Package: mig Version: 1.8-7 Severity: serious mig mixes two incompatible licenses: GPL and a BSD derivative including an advertisement clause (included in cpu.sym and message.h): |and (3) all advertising | materials mentioning features or use of

Bug#963089: mig - Set priority to optional

Package: mig Version: 1.8-7 Severity: important mig is a development package. So installing it by default, by virtue of being defined with priority "standard", is not appropriate. I've overriden the priority already to "optional". Please fix the package itself. Bastian -- Not one hundred per

Re: Debian Buster release to partially drop non-systemd support

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 07:20:24PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 05:54:34PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Absolutely. And the sysvinit boot system have lots of unsolved problems > > we never got around to figuring out, related to disk and other device > > setup. Th

Re: Archiving the attic folders from d-i for ports

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 05:37:25AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Since there are still some repositories that we need for debian-ports > in the attic, I was wondering whether we should take care of the > attic stuff and move it over to salsa or github. Could you show a list? Just migr

Re: [PATCH 4/7] Add /lib/ld.so and /servers/exec to Hurd initrd's.

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 01:20:23PM +0200, Jeremie Koenig wrote: > The /lib/ld.so symlink is what Hurd binaries use, and points to ld.so.1. Why are there two names used for the dynlinker? mklibs installs it with exactly the name that is referenced in the binaries. Bastian -- Only a fool fights i

Bug#558664: hurd - No random translator

Package: hurd Version: 20090404-2 Severity: important hurd does not provide a random translator, so by default no cryptographic software will run. There exists one[1], but I have not reviewed it. Bastian [1]: http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/random-64.tar.gz -- Lots of people drink from the wrong b

Bug#556550: hurd - should support Unix98 ptys

Package: hurd Version: 20090404-2 Severity: wishlist hurd should support Unix98 style ptys, aka /dev/ptmx and /dev/pts. This could be implemented as a special filesystem on /dev/pts and a link from /dev/pts/ptmx to /dev/ptmx, like current Linux is using in a special mode. Bastian -- There is a

Bug#556526: hurd - FHS violation: /libexec

Package: hurd Version: 20090404-2 Severity: important Hurd violates the FHS by using /libexec. This name seems to be only used by init and /etc/ttys. Bastian -- There are some things worth dying for. -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3201.7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Bug#556522: hurd - using the login shell is insecure

Package: hurd Version: 20090404-2 Severity: important Tags: security Hurd uses a login shell by default on the ttys. This is a security problem as it allows access with other permissions to all ressources. Bastian -- You're too beautiful to ignore. Too much woman. -- Kirk to Ye