debian-user trimmed.
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 10:31:14PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Aug 19, John Ackermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what
> >configuration files the package uses (and where they are), and where it
> >stores
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 12:55:25PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> silly. I venture to guess that 80% of all packages have a binary that
> matches the package name, and don't need *any* (re)configuration. And
> of the remainder, most do have adequate documentation already.
I haven't checked recentl
> >I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what
> >configuration files the package uses (and where they are), and where it
> >stores data (i.e., does it use space in /var) would be a big help.
> less /var/lib/dpkg/info/.list
>
> If you really care, write a nice wrapper
On Aug 19, John Ackermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what
>configuration files the package uses (and where they are), and where it
>stores data (i.e., does it use space in /var) would be a big help.
less /var/lib/dpkg/info/.list
>
> Why don't all Debian packages come with installation instructions
> in a _standard_ place that tell you what you need to do (after
> installing the package) to configure or use the package you just
> loaded?
I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what
configuration
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:23:22PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Why don't all Debian packages come with installation instructions
> in a _standard_ place that tell you what you need to do (after
> installing the package) to configure or use the package you just
> loaded?
Most Debian packages
Why don't all Debian packages come with installation instructions
in a _standard_ place that tell you what you need to do (after
installing the package) to configure or use the package you just
loaded?
There needs to be a standard place to consult to know what a
package needs (setup) and what i
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.2.0.0
There are a few misspellings in policy.sgml, as well as some awkward
sentences. And the example of how to use update-rc.d when removing a
package incorrectly refers to acct instead of bind. The following
patches fixes these problems.
Matt
--- policy.sgml
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.2.0.0
There are a few misspellings in menu-policy.sgml. The following patch
fixes them.
Matt
--- menu-policy.sgml.orig Sat Aug 19 08:20:22 2000
+++ menu-policy.sgmlSat Aug 19 08:21:31 2000
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
2 or (at your option) any later.
The
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