Re: [boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-30 Thread Adam Di Carlo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: > I see this as an argument for leaving the question in; that is, don't > make it a `verbose'-mode only question. I would like it to default > to the 2.2 kernel case, but offer the compat mode. I disagree. I would assent to change the default and t

Re: [boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-30 Thread Bruce Sass
How is this issue going to affect the users? E.g.: Can one boot up a slink system then access a /home directory on a potato built fs. Is there a documented right way and wrong way of upgrading to the new filesystem features. There will be people running every concievable combination of new and ol

Re: [boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-30 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Jordi" == Jordi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jordi> [1 ] On Sun, Jan Jordi> 30, 2000 at 08:01:52AM +, Alexander Koch wrote: >> > Because you have a computer that wont reliably run 2.2.x >> without > crashing? >> >> You are a minority. I don't care about 2.0.x an

Re: GIF files in package

2000-01-30 Thread Mike Miller
> "Christoph" == Christoph Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know this has been discussed before, but I weren't > concerned and didn't listen, sorry. Just now I submitted an > ITP for a package which contains a GIF file in it's > docu. Should I try to convert it into e.g.

performance

2000-01-30 Thread preet perhar
I am trying to learn the features of OS GNU Hurd , it looks like a great effort but I want to know more about this, like performance statistics. Can you please point me to the direction where I can find more information about GNU Hurd OS, particularly about performance and reliability.. Is there an

Re: [boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-30 Thread Jordi
On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 08:01:52AM +, Alexander Koch wrote: > > Because you have a computer that wont reliably run 2.2.x without > > crashing? > > You are a minority. I don't care about 2.0.x and everyone > not updating is the expert since he knows what he needs. You > cannot tell me the defau

Re: shlib dependencies

2000-01-30 Thread Tommi Virtanen
On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 09:28:11PM -0500, Ben Darnell wrote: > > > The package is correctly depending on libgl1 instead of mesag3-glide2. > > > The problem is that linking against the mesag3-glide2 version of > > > libGL.so.1 pulls in libvga.so.1, which causes the package to depend on > > > svgalib

Re: [boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-30 Thread Alexander Koch
On Sun, 30 January 2000 14:03:33 +1100, Brian May wrote: > > "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Karl> `potato' will come with a 2.2.x kernel. Why would anyone > Karl> want to run a 2.0 kernel with it? > > Because you have a computer that wont reliably run 2.2.

Re: shlib dependencies

2000-01-30 Thread James Troup
Ben Darnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a package which depends on libgl1. On my machine, libgl1 is > provided by mesag3-glide2. When I build the package, dpkg-shlibdeps > makes it depend on svgalibg1 as well, because mesag3-glide2 needs it. > This is inappropriate, since other packages

Re: [boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-30 Thread Brian May
> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Karl> `potato' will come with a 2.2.x kernel. Why would anyone Karl> want to run a 2.0 kernel with it? Because you have a computer that wont reliably run 2.2.x without crashing? So far I have asked about exactly this problem on

Re: shlib dependencies

2000-01-30 Thread Ben Darnell
On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 02:58:38PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 04:43:06PM -0500, Ben Darnell wrote: > > No, that's not the problem: > > % cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/mesag3-glide2.shlibs > > libGL 1 libgl1 > > libGLU 1 libgl1 > > > > The package is correctly depending on

Re: [boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-30 Thread Adam Di Carlo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: > I don't agree with this change. I would rather it get asked always, > and that the default is for the button that enables the new features > and rejects Linux 2.0 compatability be highlighted by default, so > that pressing [Enter] will take that