Re: Source Code One Line Change [patch] and Copyright holder

2011-08-26 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, "Nanakos V. Chrysostomos" wrote: > recently I have contributed a on-line patch [0] that resolves a > significant and major security bug in a PAM module. I added myself to the > Copyright holders of the file and added this change to the changelog file Regardless of the issue o

Re: Bug#243941: How to help with neglected packages

2006-01-19 Thread Russell Coker
On Friday 20 January 2006 11:44, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Coker wrote: > > I don't have the time that this package needs (as is probably > > obvious). I welcome a package takeover by someone such as Amaya. > > Hi there, Russell. While I am not

Re: Bug#243941: How to help with neglected packages

2006-01-19 Thread Russell Coker
On Friday 20 January 2006 01:17, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marcus Better wrote: > > I am not a DD. Should I ask someone to do an NMU on these packages? > > I have not yet carefully looked at your patches, but I would be happy to > do so, and upload and so on... But finding a long term Main

Re: upstream bugs

2003-03-30 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:57, Tommaso Moroni wrote: > I'm maintaining two Debian packages and both have an upstream bug, which > I've already reported to the upstream authors. The bug fixes will be > included in the next upstream release. > My question is: > Should I wait for a new upstream release or

Re: upstream bugs

2003-03-29 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:57, Tommaso Moroni wrote: > I'm maintaining two Debian packages and both have an upstream bug, which > I've already reported to the upstream authors. The bug fixes will be > included in the next upstream release. > My question is: > Should I wait for a new upstream release or

Re: Getting a daemon off uid root

2003-02-21 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:21, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > I'd like to get some advice as to what the best solution for running a > daemon as not as root might be. > I need the following three on startup which seem to keep me from not > starting out as root: > - open devices (in my case tty?, ttyUSB?) ch

Re: Getting a daemon off uid root

2003-02-21 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:21, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > I'd like to get some advice as to what the best solution for running a > daemon as not as root might be. > I need the following three on startup which seem to keep me from not > starting out as root: > - open devices (in my case tty?, ttyUSB?) ch

Re: Looking for a sponsor

2003-01-31 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:04, Karolina Lindqvist wrote: > Any takers or suggestions? I'll sponsor you if no-one else does, particularly if you take kdm. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark htt

Re: Looking for a sponsor

2003-01-31 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:04, Karolina Lindqvist wrote: > Any takers or suggestions? I'll sponsor you if no-one else does, particularly if you take kdm. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark htt

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-28 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:55, deFreese, Barry wrote: > Hey I've offer to be a "slave" to Debian but no one seems to be taking me > seriously. I'll write man pages, clean up code, test, whatever, I just One thing you could do is write a script that searches for a man page for every binary on your sy

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-28 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:55, deFreese, Barry wrote: > Hey I've offer to be a "slave" to Debian but no one seems to be taking me > seriously. I'll write man pages, clean up code, test, whatever, I just One thing you could do is write a script that searches for a man page for every binary on your sy

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-28 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:55, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > still left, but you should well know that a volunteer project needs to > distribute the dull jobs amongst those that are working for the main cause. That is a fair point. However you may have noticed that there are difficulties in becoming a ne

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-28 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:55, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > still left, but you should well know that a volunteer project needs to > distribute the dull jobs amongst those that are working for the main cause. That is a fair point. However you may have noticed that there are difficulties in becoming a ne

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-27 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:37, Matej Cepl wrote: > What's so wrong with maintaing just one package? It's like salted peanuts. Once you have one you can't stop. ;) -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive be

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-27 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:37, Matej Cepl wrote: > What's so wrong with maintaing just one package? It's like salted peanuts. Once you have one you can't stop. ;) -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive be

Re: shorewall starts before the ppp interfaces

2003-01-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:24, Lorenzo Martignoni wrote: > Shorewall has a feature that allows to auto-determine the IP address of > an interface. This feature works perfectly except during the startup > procedure with a ppp interface. Why not just put a script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d? -- http://ww

Re: shorewall starts before the ppp interfaces

2003-01-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:24, Lorenzo Martignoni wrote: > Shorewall has a feature that allows to auto-determine the IP address of > an interface. This feature works perfectly except during the startup > procedure with a ppp interface. Why not just put a script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d? -- http://ww

Re: Sponsor for adopted library (xalan)

2003-01-04 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 23:32, Berin Lautenbach wrote: > 3. There is a package called libapache-mod-xslt that is created from > Xalan. The mod_xslt that is used is a sample in the source code. I.e. > I do not believe it was not something the developers ever envisaged as > being a fully supported modu

Re: Sponsor for adopted library (xalan)

2003-01-04 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 23:32, Berin Lautenbach wrote: > 3. There is a package called libapache-mod-xslt that is created from > Xalan. The mod_xslt that is used is a sample in the source code. I.e. > I do not believe it was not something the developers ever envisaged as > being a fully supported modu

Re: question about creating own devices

2002-12-02 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:43, Thorsten Sauter wrote: > I'm currently createing a package which needs a device file in /dev. > This device is only available after applying a kernel patch, so > the standard makedev script doesn't known anything about it. File a bug report against makedev. > Rever to th

Re: question about creating own devices

2002-12-02 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:43, Thorsten Sauter wrote: > I'm currently createing a package which needs a device file in /dev. > This device is only available after applying a kernel patch, so > the standard makedev script doesn't known anything about it. File a bug report against makedev. > Rever to th

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:08, Sven Luther wrote: > > Hmm. Maybe we should have a combined kernel patch package that does all > > pppoatm drivers. I've currently got a kernel patch for speedtouch > > USB-ADSL hardware... > > No, i don't think this would be a good solution. pppoatm support is in > the

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:16, Sven Luther wrote: > > If you send me a patch against the main package then I'll be happy to > > include it. > > Ok, once matthew send me the patches he did, i will try to apply it to > the ppp package, test it some, maybe even upload it to experimental or > something suc

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 10:37, Sven Luther wrote: > > I am very interested in having this in the CVS! However I have little > > time for testing at the moment. It's probably best if Sven tests it and > > then I include it after that (once it's worked for two people then it > > should be in a good sha

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:40, Sven Luther wrote: > Mmm, can i ask you a ppp related question ? > > I have packaged unicorn, a kernel driver for the Bewan ADSL PCI st > modem, and it needs pppoatm support in pppd. Currently, the ppp package > in debian doesn't support this, and there is no trace of any

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 14:25, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 07:57:15PM +0800, Matthew Bell wrote: > > Once again, I rear my head from the deep, and bring news that I have a > > version of pppoatm for ver. 2.4.2b1 of pppd, which now almost supports > > SVCs and limited server capabilitie

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:08, Sven Luther wrote: > > Hmm. Maybe we should have a combined kernel patch package that does all > > pppoatm drivers. I've currently got a kernel patch for speedtouch > > USB-ADSL hardware... > > No, i don't think this would be a good solution. pppoatm support is in > the

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:16, Sven Luther wrote: > > If you send me a patch against the main package then I'll be happy to > > include it. > > Ok, once matthew send me the patches he did, i will try to apply it to > the ppp package, test it some, maybe even upload it to experimental or > something suc

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 10:37, Sven Luther wrote: > > I am very interested in having this in the CVS! However I have little > > time for testing at the moment. It's probably best if Sven tests it and > > then I include it after that (once it's worked for two people then it > > should be in a good sha

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:40, Sven Luther wrote: > Mmm, can i ask you a ppp related question ? > > I have packaged unicorn, a kernel driver for the Bewan ADSL PCI st > modem, and it needs pppoatm support in pppd. Currently, the ppp package > in debian doesn't support this, and there is no trace of any

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-24 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 14:25, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 07:57:15PM +0800, Matthew Bell wrote: > > Once again, I rear my head from the deep, and bring news that I have a > > version of pppoatm for ver. 2.4.2b1 of pppd, which now almost supports > > SVCs and limited server capabilitie

Re: user for getting files

2002-11-23 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 23:06, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > you never want a file owned by nobody. services that do not need any > elevated privedges should run as nobody, so if they are compromised, > then can do nothing. if you download a file as nobody, then a > compromised nobudy-running daemon ca

Re: user for getting files

2002-11-22 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 23:06, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > you never want a file owned by nobody. services that do not need any > elevated privedges should run as nobody, so if they are compromised, > then can do nothing. if you download a file as nobody, then a > compromised nobudy-running daemon ca

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-22 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 01:24, andrej hocevar wrote: > if I understood it correctly, this is the place to get started, > right? A short while ago, I wrote a ppp-monitoring program in Perl, > which I consider to be of good value. As far as I'm concerned, I use > it every day. I also know of the "pppstat

Re: the developer in me

2002-11-22 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 01:24, andrej hocevar wrote: > if I understood it correctly, this is the place to get started, > right? A short while ago, I wrote a ppp-monitoring program in Perl, > which I consider to be of good value. As far as I'm concerned, I use > it every day. I also know of the "pppstat

Re: Packaging Trainee Engineer

2002-10-31 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The flight costs will be paid by the scool. As for financial input, I only > need to have enough money for my living expenses (food and accommodations). You can do Debian packaging from homw, so there is no need for money for living expenses.

Re: Packaging Trainee Engineer

2002-10-31 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The flight costs will be paid by the scool. As for financial input, I only > need to have enough money for my living expenses (food and accommodations). You can do Debian packaging from homw, so there is no need for money for living expenses.

Debian development

2002-10-30 Thread Russell Coker
You may be interested in taking over the fcron package when you become a developer. Having the upstream and the Debian maintainer in the same country wouldn't do any harm, I don't plan on maintaining fcron long-term and I'm not sure whether Henrique wants it back when I'm finished with it. --

Debian development

2002-10-30 Thread Russell Coker
You may be interested in taking over the fcron package when you become a developer. Having the upstream and the Debian maintainer in the same country wouldn't do any harm, I don't plan on maintaining fcron long-term and I'm not sure whether Henrique wants it back when I'm finished with it. --

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:07, Steve Langasek wrote: > The best way to make sure the /dev/cdrom link is present is to check for > it, use debconf to prompt the user if it's absent, and then create the > link (possibly with some /proc autodetection) if the user agrees to let > you create the link. Exce

Re: how to be sure, that /dev/cdrom exists?

2002-10-28 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:07, Steve Langasek wrote: > The best way to make sure the /dev/cdrom link is present is to check for > it, use debconf to prompt the user if it's absent, and then create the > link (possibly with some /proc autodetection) if the user agrees to let > you create the link. Exce

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 14:27, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > but would not work for calling Debconf from Bash. > > You're right -- bash lacks this feature. However, the context of the > original question specifically mentioned Perl (or so I remember -- anyway, > it used backticks, and nobody would use bac

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:11, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Russell Coker: > > > More specifically, it has something to do with using backticks to start > > > an external command, and open file descriptors. You don't KNOW which > > > descriptor DebConf uses. > >

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 14:27, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > but would not work for calling Debconf from Bash. > > You're right -- bash lacks this feature. However, the context of the > original question specifically mentioned Perl (or so I remember -- anyway, > it used backticks, and nobody would use ba

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:11, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Russell Coker: > > > More specifically, it has something to do with using backticks to start > > > an external command, and open file descriptors. You don't KNOW which > > > descriptor DebConf uses. > >

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:25, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > I have a perl postinst script that "gets stuck" when running certain > > external commands. For example, the line > > > > `/etc/init.d/apache restart >/dev/null 2>&1 3>&1 4>&1 5>&1`; > > > > will freeze the postinst script so that it must be k

Re: Perl postinst script running external commands

2002-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:25, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > I have a perl postinst script that "gets stuck" when running certain > > external commands. For example, the line > > > > `/etc/init.d/apache restart >/dev/null 2>&1 3>&1 4>&1 5>&1`; > > > > will freeze the postinst script so that it must be

Re: pbuilder - root privileges? (was: Re: Orig tarball naming)

2002-08-19 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:28, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 04:03:51PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > > I think you need root privileges to actually enter the chroot jail. > > Other than that, it does seem like it should be possible to build the > > chroot image entirely in a fakeroot wo

Re: pbuilder - root privileges? (was: Re: Orig tarball naming)

2002-08-19 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:28, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 04:03:51PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > > I think you need root privileges to actually enter the chroot jail. > > Other than that, it does seem like it should be possible to build the > > chroot image entirely in a fakeroot w

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-11 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 21:16, Geert Stappers wrote: > >So you think I should keep my selinux packages as architecture any, even > >though they will never run on on HURD or BSD? > > > >What about the Trusted BSD support packages? If Trusted BSD gets support > > on multiple BSD architectures then shoul

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-11 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 21:16, Geert Stappers wrote: > >So you think I should keep my selinux packages as architecture any, even > >though they will never run on on HURD or BSD? > > > >What about the Trusted BSD support packages? If Trusted BSD gets support > > on multiple BSD architectures then shou

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-11 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:35, Geert Stappers wrote: > When the cause of the buildproblem is in the package, fix the problem > there. The package maintainer hasn't to do it by himself, > he can/must/should cooperate with people of other architectures. > A sign like "!hurd-i386" looks to me like "No nig

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-11 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:35, Geert Stappers wrote: > When the cause of the buildproblem is in the package, fix the problem > there. The package maintainer hasn't to do it by himself, > he can/must/should cooperate with people of other architectures. > A sign like "!hurd-i386" looks to me like "No ni

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-10 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 12:19, Geert Stappers wrote: > At 16:32 +0200 8/9/02, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 04:08:46PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote: > >> I have one package (radvd) that builds only on Linux (and the *BSDs), > >> but not on the Hurd. How dow I specify that arch requi

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-10 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 12:19, Geert Stappers wrote: > At 16:32 +0200 8/9/02, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 04:08:46PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote: > >> I have one package (radvd) that builds only on Linux (and the *BSDs), > >> but not on the Hurd. How dow I specify that arch requ

Re: dir permissions

2002-07-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:28, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 05:26:56PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > > > A lot of games need to write to the user's home directory (eg, to > > > store configuration options, saved games, etc) -- aside from that, it > &

Re: dir permissions

2002-07-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:28, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 05:26:56PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > > > A lot of games need to write to the user's home directory (eg, to > > > store configuration options, saved games, etc) -- aside from that, it > &

Re: dir permissions

2002-07-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:16, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 04:47:43PM +0200, Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:01, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > Michael Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [packa

Re: dir permissions

2002-07-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:01, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Michael Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [packaging a game] > > > to make this dir writeable by the game there are two possibilities: > > 1) adding the gamer to the group "games" or > > 2) making /usr/games/uclient set-group-id > > > > What is t

Re: dir permissions

2002-07-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:16, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 04:47:43PM +0200, Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:01, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > Michael Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [

Re: dir permissions

2002-07-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:01, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Michael Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [packaging a game] > > > to make this dir writeable by the game there are two possibilities: > > 1) adding the gamer to the group "games" or > > 2) making /usr/games/uclient set-group-id > > > > What is

Re: pppd (non-tty devices, pppo{x,atm,e}) package

2002-05-29 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 29 May 2002 16:01, Matthew Bell wrote: > I have created a pppd pacakge from source that has been patched for > non-tty devices (supported as plugins), and am looking for anyone who wants > to use, review, or sponsor/mentor this package. Unfortuanately, I do not > have a http/ftp server a

Re: Package names case sensitive?

2002-04-05 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:42, Stefan Schwandter wrote: > I know that policy recommends not to use uppercase letters in package > names, but I'd like to package jack (jackit.sourceforge.net). > Unfortunately, there already is a (source) package named jack in the > debian archive, so I would have to rena

Re: Package names case sensitive?

2002-04-05 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:42, Stefan Schwandter wrote: > I know that policy recommends not to use uppercase letters in package > names, but I'd like to package jack (jackit.sourceforge.net). > Unfortunately, there already is a (source) package named jack in the > debian archive, so I would have to ren

Re: Are kernel-patch packages native or non-native?

2002-03-18 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:49, Ian Duggan wrote: > > If you want an orig.tar.gz then you have to have one there before running > > dpkg-buildpackage. > > > > As for kernel-patch packages, if your package is like the ones I manage > > then you'll have a new patch to add to the package every few weeks an

Re: Are kernel-patch packages native or non-native?

2002-03-18 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:49, Ian Duggan wrote: > > If you want an orig.tar.gz then you have to have one there before running > > dpkg-buildpackage. > > > > As for kernel-patch packages, if your package is like the ones I manage > > then you'll have a new patch to add to the package every few weeks a

Re: Are kernel-patch packages native or non-native?

2002-03-18 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:35, Ian Duggan wrote: > Are kernel-patch packages considered native or non-native? I am trying > to understand what the final set of files should be when I am done > packaging a kernel-patch. Right now, I have the following files: > > kernel-patch-preempt_20020315.dsc >

Re: Are kernel-patch packages native or non-native?

2002-03-18 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:35, Ian Duggan wrote: > Are kernel-patch packages considered native or non-native? I am trying > to understand what the final set of files should be when I am done > packaging a kernel-patch. Right now, I have the following files: > > kernel-patch-preempt_20020315.dsc

Re: Kernel Patch Packages with -ac patches

2002-03-14 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:22, Ian Duggan wrote: > > Why does the patch require 2.4.13-ac7? > > > > Why would you want to support an ancient pre-release of the kernel > > anyway? > > > > Why doesn't it apply against 2.4.13? > > It doesn't just have patches for 2.4.13-ac. I have patches for most of > th

Re: Kernel Patch Packages with -ac patches

2002-03-14 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:22, Ian Duggan wrote: > > Why does the patch require 2.4.13-ac7? > > > > Why would you want to support an ancient pre-release of the kernel > > anyway? > > > > Why doesn't it apply against 2.4.13? > > It doesn't just have patches for 2.4.13-ac. I have patches for most of > t

Re: Kernel Patch Packages with -ac patches

2002-03-14 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 03:43, Ian Duggan wrote: > I'm packaging some kernel patches that apply against some of the -ac > kernel trees, however it looks like dh_installkpatches isn't designed to > handle this. Here is the relevant line: > > $kv[0] =~ m/^(\d+\.\d+)\.(\d+)$/ or die "Malformed kernel vers

Re: Kernel Patch Packages

2002-03-14 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:07, Ian Duggan wrote: > When packaging kernel patches, should the patches be against the debian > kernel sources or the stock kernels? I have several patches I'm > packaging for the stock kernels. It would be a lot of work to pull down > all the various debian kernels and mod

Re: Kernel Patch Packages with -ac patches

2002-03-14 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 03:43, Ian Duggan wrote: > I'm packaging some kernel patches that apply against some of the -ac > kernel trees, however it looks like dh_installkpatches isn't designed to > handle this. Here is the relevant line: > > $kv[0] =~ m/^(\d+\.\d+)\.(\d+)$/ or die "Malformed kernel ver

Re: Kernel Patch Packages

2002-03-14 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:07, Ian Duggan wrote: > When packaging kernel patches, should the patches be against the debian > kernel sources or the stock kernels? I have several patches I'm > packaging for the stock kernels. It would be a lot of work to pull down > all the various debian kernels and mo

Re: Portable system logging

2002-01-23 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:15, Bob Hilliard wrote: > I am in the process of implementing an option for dictd to permit > the user to select which logging facility will be used by syslog. I > have used the openlog() and syslog() functions, and the facilities > listed in /usr/include/sys/syslog.h.

Re: Portable system logging

2002-01-23 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:15, Bob Hilliard wrote: > I am in the process of implementing an option for dictd to permit > the user to select which logging facility will be used by syslog. I > have used the openlog() and syslog() functions, and the facilities > listed in /usr/include/sys/syslog.h.

Re: Package abandoned by upstream author

2001-12-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:39, Gordon Fraser wrote: > I am working on a package for fblogo, a tool to create framebuffer > logos for the kernel. > > The upstream author's email isn't valid anymore and the original > homepage doesn't exist either. Furthermore, the upstream source is 6k > big, and the dif

Re: Package abandoned by upstream author

2001-12-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:39, Gordon Fraser wrote: > I am working on a package for fblogo, a tool to create framebuffer > logos for the kernel. > > The upstream author's email isn't valid anymore and the original > homepage doesn't exist either. Furthermore, the upstream source is 6k > big, and the di

Re: [OT] sf.net and "free" software (was: Re: sourceforge sucks)

2001-11-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:24, Andreas Fuchs wrote: > Today, Yven Johannes Leist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the way I'm of course not really of the opinion that sourceforge > > "sucks"; one really has to admit that valinux does an incredible job > > for the open source commity, hosting I think m

Re: [OT] sf.net and "free" software (was: Re: sourceforge sucks)

2001-11-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:24, Andreas Fuchs wrote: > Today, Yven Johannes Leist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the way I'm of course not really of the opinion that sourceforge > > "sucks"; one really has to admit that valinux does an incredible job > > for the open source commity, hosting I think

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

2001-10-23 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 01:41, Matt Armstrong wrote: > >> > On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:10:02PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: > >> >> Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and > >> >> just link it to the right file. > >> > > >> > Why/how would that help? > >> > >> Then /etc/flipit.con

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

2001-10-23 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 01:41, Matt Armstrong wrote: > >> > On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:10:02PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: > >> >> Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and > >> >> just link it to the right file. > >> > > >> > Why/how would that help? > >> > >> Then /etc/flipit.co

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

2001-10-17 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 06:46, Matt Armstrong wrote: > - Policy forbids me from editing the /etc/flipit.conf if I mark it a > conffile. > - The program won't work if /etc/flipit.conf isn't edited. > - I really do want to make it a conffile, so the user is notified of > future op

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

2001-10-17 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 06:46, Matt Armstrong wrote: > - Policy forbids me from editing the /etc/flipit.conf if I mark it a > conffile. > - The program won't work if /etc/flipit.conf isn't edited. > - I really do want to make it a conffile, so the user is notified of > future o

Re: Htdig's english wordlist

2001-10-09 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:25, Stijn de Bekker wrote: > I've just taken over the htdig package and now I'm going through the > outstanding bugs. My question relates to bugs #74523 and #104607. > > > The htdig package uses an english wordlist which is now located in > /etc/htdig/ - just a list of english

Re: Htdig's english wordlist

2001-10-09 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:25, Stijn de Bekker wrote: > I've just taken over the htdig package and now I'm going through the > outstanding bugs. My question relates to bugs #74523 and #104607. > > > The htdig package uses an english wordlist which is now located in > /etc/htdig/ - just a list of englis

Re: I need sponsor/advocate

2001-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 06:27, Juan Rafael Alvarez Correa wrote: > Hello, > > Months ago, I've switched from Slackware to Debian, and I find the > project so exciting that I'd like to help and contribute to its > success. Excellent! > I make 3 packages: I've just run lintian on them, the following i

Re: I need sponsor/advocate

2001-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 06:27, Juan Rafael Alvarez Correa wrote: > Hello, > > Months ago, I've switched from Slackware to Debian, and I find the > project so exciting that I'd like to help and contribute to its > success. Excellent! > I make 3 packages: I've just run lintian on them, the following

Re: [zeratul2@wanadoo.es: Bug#102811: grub: cannot access newer ext2 filesystems]

2001-07-11 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:57, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The bug is not serious enough to justify an update to stable, especially > > not when we are preparing for a new release. > > You could of course upload a potato package anyway, and punt the > decisi

Re: [zeratul2@wanadoo.es: Bug#102811: grub: cannot access newer ext2 filesystems]

2001-07-11 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:57, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The bug is not serious enough to justify an update to stable, especially > > not when we are preparing for a new release. > > You could of course upload a potato package anyway, and punt the > decis

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

2001-06-04 Thread Russell Coker
On Monday 04 June 2001 10:34, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 02:37:19PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > > Another thing any package that depends on the creation of nodes under > > /dev MUST depend on "makedev | devfsd". People who run devfsd do not

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

2001-06-04 Thread Russell Coker
On Monday 04 June 2001 00:59, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 02:37:19PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > > Also make the package check for the presence of the character device > > /dev/.devfsd first, if that device exists then your script must not > > attempt to c

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

2001-06-04 Thread Russell Coker
On Monday 04 June 2001 10:34, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 02:37:19PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > > Another thing any package that depends on the creation of nodes under > > /dev MUST depend on "makedev | devfsd". People who run devfsd do not

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

2001-06-04 Thread Russell Coker
On Monday 04 June 2001 00:59, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 02:37:19PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > > Also make the package check for the presence of the character device > > /dev/.devfsd first, if that device exists then your script must not > > attempt

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

2001-06-03 Thread Russell Coker
On Sunday 03 June 2001 11:36, Richard Atterer wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 01:01:15PM +0530, Viral wrote: > > intel-rng-tools requires /dev/intel_rng, which is not installed by > > makedev. I believe its not a good idea to use mknod in the postinst > > scripts. How would I go about doing this t

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

2001-06-03 Thread Russell Coker
On Sunday 03 June 2001 11:36, Richard Atterer wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 01:01:15PM +0530, Viral wrote: > > intel-rng-tools requires /dev/intel_rng, which is not installed by > > makedev. I believe its not a good idea to use mknod in the postinst > > scripts. How would I go about doing this

ITAP: SGI Performance Co-Pilot 2.2.0 now available

2001-05-31 Thread Russell Coker
The license (which is in the download directory of the FTP server and presumably in the source package as well) is GPL 2.1. This package is a very powerful and exciting way of measuring performance of a network of machines. If used correctly it can allow you to visualise the way that load on o

ITAP: SGI Performance Co-Pilot 2.2.0 now available

2001-05-31 Thread Russell Coker
The license (which is in the download directory of the FTP server and presumably in the source package as well) is GPL 2.1. This package is a very powerful and exciting way of measuring performance of a network of machines. If used correctly it can allow you to visualise the way that load on

Re: first questions

2001-05-02 Thread Russell Coker
On Wednesday 02 May 2001 10:28, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > When the upstream developer and the debian developer are the same person, > > it still makes sense to treat the package as a non-native package if > > there will ever be non-Debian releases. > > Ok, this only ma

Re: first questions

2001-05-02 Thread Russell Coker
On Wednesday 02 May 2001 10:28, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > When the upstream developer and the debian developer are the same person, > > it still makes sense to treat the package as a non-native package if > > there will ever be non-Debian releases. > > Ok, this only m

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