Re: Bug#23000: no way to force deliver over procmail

1998-07-03 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 01:06:11PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote: > > If I may, why is sensable-mda not an /etc/alternatives thing? > > The problem is that deliver and procmail take different arguments. This was pointed out to me on irc. > > If not present, sendmail is able to deliver itself and if

Re: Replacing/phasing out PGP (was Re: Idea for non-free organization)

1998-07-03 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 03:55:16PM +0100, Jules Bean wrote: > > Also gnupg is still alpha software (as the 0.3.0 version number > > implies), there may well be bugs (in fact, just in the last hour on > > IRC, we seem to have discovered some) [But then hey, PGP has bugs, and > > the GNUpg source is

Question on conf files

1998-07-03 Thread Shaleh
A few of us have been talking about what exactly constitutes a "conf" file. Would someone with more experience care to weigh in on this. Basically the question is from debian-mentors and regards whether the app should look for a app.gtkrc file in /etc or somewhere else. But I would like a more b

Re: Bug#23000: no way to force deliver over procmail

1998-07-03 Thread Clint Adams
> If I may, why is sensable-mda not an /etc/alternatives thing? The problem is that deliver and procmail take different arguments. > If not present, sendmail is able to deliver itself and if present it should > use the MDA which scores the highest on update-alternatives OR local admin's > choice

Re: Bug#23000: no way to force deliver over procmail

1998-07-03 Thread Clint Adams
> Clint: what was the prior "perfectly good mechanism"? How did it differ > from sensible-mda? The previous method was simply to let the admin configure for the proper MDA. This was as simple as doing nothing to choose deliver, or adding FEATURE(local_procmail) to the mc file. Actually, I thin

Re: Replacing/phasing out PGP (was Re: Idea for non-free organization)

1998-07-03 Thread Martin Mitchell
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can we possibly change dpkg-buildpackage to check for gpg, and > then pgp, and not to fall flat on it's face when something is not > found? Like use gpg by preference, or use pgp if available, or gently > wanr the use that pgp does not exist

Re: config file handling

1998-07-03 Thread Scott K. Ellis
On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 09:57:52AM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: > Another problem arises by the "extensive" use of /usr/share. The > fsstnd says in Section 6.4: > > "One note: no program should ever reference anything in /usr/share. For > instance, a manual page program should never directly look i

Re: Replacing/phasing out PGP (was Re: Idea for non-free organization)

1998-07-03 Thread Jules Bean
On 1 Jul 1998, James Troup wrote: > [ Replying to myself, whee ] > > James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If you want to generate a GNUpg key and send it to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], it'll be added. > > For, hopefully obvious, security reasons please PGP sign the mail. > > Also gnupg is

Re: config file handling

1998-07-03 Thread Jens Ritter
On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Shaleh wrote: > Jens Ritter wrote: > > I have a gtk+ based application. You can tweak it´s looks by changing > > the xlogmaster.gtkrc file. The gimp puts its file in > > /usr/share/gimp/gtkrc. But I think /etc is the right place to put it > > in. Am I wrong? > > Personally I