Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-04-29 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 29.04.2019 10:35, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Emanuel Berg (2019-04-29 05:30:30) >> With apt pinning [1], in /etc/apt/preferences , >> I have learned that one can have certain packs >> from another release than the rest of the >> system, seemlessly (?) with apt-get and the >> other tools,

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-04-29 Thread Curt
On 2019-04-29, Tixy wrote: > Hi bw > > On Sun, 2019-04-28 at 18:52 -0400, bw wrote: >> In-Reply-To: <20190428235815.09cfe...@tag.xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> > > All your mails to the list seem to be a little broken. The first line > of each email starts with a line like the above and your replies aren't

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-04-29 Thread Thomas Pircher
Curt wrote: > Maybe that lead-in violates some RFC, although you'd think what's in the > header's in the header and what ain't ain't and ne'er the twain shall > meet. > > At any rate, bw threads fine here, so it must be you (or me). It's you -- or rather bw's MUA, I'm afraid. :-) His mails don't

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-04-29 Thread Brian
On Sun 28 Apr 2019 at 21:54:46 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: > Björn Persson wrote: > > Brian wrote: > > > brian@futro:~$ uname -a > > > Linux futro 4.9.0-7-686 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u1 (2018-08-03) i586 > > > GNU/Linux > > > > That's an older Linux than I got. Perhaps I could try that pac

Re: emacs save and kill buffer for (neo)mutt

2019-04-29 Thread Pétùr
On 12/04/19 13:00, David Wright wrote: On Fri 12 Apr 2019 at 18:04:45 (+0200), Pétùr wrote: I use neomutt with emacs. I would like to quickly save and kill a buffer in emacs. This is to avoid typing C-x C-s and, then, C-x C-c when sending an email. I want one shortcut to save and kill the buffe

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-04-29 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 09:08 +0100, Thomas Pircher wrote: > Curt wrote: > > Maybe that lead-in violates some RFC, although you'd think what's > > in the > > header's in the header and what ain't ain't and ne'er the twain > > shall > > meet. > > > > At any rate, bw threads fine here, so it must be y

Oracle's virtualbox repo broken.

2019-04-29 Thread Martin
Hi list, since a few days, Oracle's virtalbox repo¹ seems broken. Does one of you have a working URL? Thanks, Martin 1) https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-04-29 Thread Thomas Pircher
Tixy wrote: > I'm guessing the archive is falling back to threading by > matching the subject line, as with Curt's MUA? The Debian list admins will have a more authoritative answer then mine, but I searched a bit about "possible follow-ups" in and this [1] old posting by the author of MHonArc conf

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-04-29 Thread Curt
On 2019-04-29, Thomas Pircher wrote: > Curt wrote: >> Maybe that lead-in violates some RFC, although you'd think what's in the >> header's in the header and what ain't ain't and ne'er the twain shall >> meet. >> >> At any rate, bw threads fine here, so it must be you (or me). > > It's you -- or r

Re: Oracle's virtualbox repo broken.

2019-04-29 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:09:06 +0200 Martin wrote: >Hi list, > >since a few days, Oracle's virtalbox repo¹ seems broken. Does one of you have >a working URL? > > >Thanks, Martin > > >1) https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian > I have always used a direct URL to manually download my cop

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-04-29 Thread bw
In-Reply-To: <1556516871.1480.1.ca...@yxit.co.uk> > >All your mails to the list seem to be a little broken. You are right, they are, but it's not alpine mail's fault. It's because I am replying through the list archive link through the browser, with a hacked script to try and rewrite the header

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-04-29 Thread David Wright
On Mon 29 Apr 2019 at 05:30:30 (+0200), Emanuel Berg wrote: > With apt pinning [1], in /etc/apt/preferences , > I have learned that one can have certain packs > from another release than the rest of the > system, seemlessly (?) with apt-get and the > other tools, for example like this for > w3m-el-

Re: Ava Max is showing psychopathy in their music videos and supports organized crime

2019-04-29 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
Well it sounds like she would feel right at home here in Chicago. Perhaps encourage her to consider a new home base besides Finland (?). On Sun, Apr 28, 2019, 8:03 PM Tomas Ukkonen wrote: > Hi > > Ava Max artist should be investigated. She's song "Sweet But Psycho" and > others tells that people

Re: Oracle's virtualbox repo broken.

2019-04-29 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:45:19 -0700 Charlie Kravetz wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:09:06 +0200 > Martin wrote: > > >Hi list, > > > >since a few days, Oracle's virtalbox repo¹ seems broken. Does one of you > >have a working URL? > > > > > >Thanks, Martin > > > > > >1) https://download.virtualbo

Re: emacs save and kill buffer for (neo)mutt

2019-04-29 Thread David Wright
On Mon 29 Apr 2019 at 10:38:40 (+0200), Pétùr wrote: > On 12/04/19 13:00, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 12 Apr 2019 at 18:04:45 (+0200), Pétùr wrote: > > > I use neomutt with emacs. > > > > > > I would like to quickly save and kill a buffer in emacs. This is to > > > avoid typing C-x C-s and, the

It's fixed: Oracle's virtualbox repo broken.

2019-04-29 Thread Martin
I saw this may be ten days ago, and it said some thing about not authorized. My fear was, that this was somehow related with the new (The Oracle JDK License has changed for releases starting April 16, 2019) Java license policy, where you need an account to get any (production ready) JDK update.

Re: Verifying authenticity of Debian CDs

2019-04-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
[ I often skim the debian-user list, but when I'm away on vacation or at a conference I'll miss things unless I'm directly CC:ed ] Thomas wrote: >Hi, > >Chris XX wrote: >> I was trying to Verify the authenticity of Debian CDs on your website, but I >> don't see instructions that will guide me th

Re: It's fixed: Oracle's virtualbox repo broken.

2019-04-29 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:56:35 +0200 Martin wrote: > I saw this may be ten days ago, and it said some thing about not authorized. > My fear was, that this was somehow related with the new (The Oracle JDK > License has changed for releases starting April 16, 2019) Java license > policy, where you

Re: Verifying authenticity of Debian CDs

2019-04-29 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/04/msg00214.html > > > SHA512SUMS.sign [...] SHA512SUMS [...] debian-9.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso john doe wrote: > > $ sha512sum -c --ignore-missing > > The '--strict' option could also be used. Steve McIntyre wrote: > If you're happy for me

More better thanks to the stretch digikam folks

2019-04-29 Thread Gene Heskett
I had just bought a new camera, a cannon with more capable glass than my now elderly nikon with its very flaky usb socket. Wheezy was never aware the camera was even plugged in, but I'd just installed a modified stretch the linuxcnc folks are testing to a test machine, so I took it to that mac

apt-get update error

2019-04-29 Thread Bob Bernstein
Greetings earthlings! I am running an old Jessie I refuse to let go of, on an amd64. # uname -a Linux debian.localdomain 3.16.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.59-1 (2018-10-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux Here is the apt-get update output error: W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie-up

Re: apt-get update error

2019-04-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 03:31:18PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > W: Failed to fetch > http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie-updates/InRelease Unable to find > expected entry 'main/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list > entry or malformed file) There is no more jessie-updates

Re: apt-get update error

2019-04-29 Thread Francisco M Neto
On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 15:31 -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > -snip- > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free > > deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://sec

Re: Cannot re-install synaptic on Buster.

2019-04-29 Thread Francisco M Neto
Hello! On Sat, 2019-04-27 at 18:56 +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > I haven't seen anything on this topic lately > > I noticed when I ran apt-get upgrade that synaptic was updated. > > Does this mean it is now generally available, or just that my manual > install updated? Yes. As I men

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-04-29 Thread Francisco M Neto
Greetings! On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 05:30 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > But is there a way to find out/confirm from > which release is a certain pack? You're looking for apt-cache policy. Example: == $ apt-cache policy gnome-core gnome-core: Installed: 1

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-04-29 Thread Toni Mas
apt-show-versions script are useful as well. apt-show-versions is a package itself. Toni Mas Missatge de Francisco M Neto del dia dl., 29 d’abr. 2019 a les 23:10: > > Greetings! > > > On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 05:30 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > > But is there a way to find out/confirm from > > whic

Re: apt-get update error

2019-04-29 Thread Bob Bernstein
Thank you guys! On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 03:36:24PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > This could have been communicated or handled a bit more > smoothly. Can I safely assume you are referring to how the organization handled it, and not my email? All best, -- "In our age there is no such thing a

System warning that "/var" is almost full

2019-04-29 Thread Esteban L
Hi, I got warning message that "/var is almost full." Knowing that being full on a hard drive is never good, I want to resolve this. >From command line: /var# du -h --max-depth=1 1.8G./lib 4.0K./local 2.7M./tmp 16K ./lost+found 44K ./snap 6.3G./cache 4.0K./opt 56K

Re: System warning that "/var" is almost full

2019-04-29 Thread Ben Finney
Esteban L writes: > >From command line: /var# du -h --max-depth=1 > 1.8G ./lib > 4.0K ./local > 2.7M ./tmp > 16K ./lost+found > 44K ./snap > 6.3G ./cache > 4.0K ./opt > 56K ./spool > 4.0K ./mail > 8.2M ./backups > 139M ./log > 8.2G . > > So, my backups seems to be causing the main

Re: System warning that "/var" is almost full

2019-04-29 Thread Esteban L
Opps corrected! #1 cause of my problems is bad eyes! -Original Message- From: Ben Finney To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: System warning that "/var" is almost full Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:35:18 +1000 Esteban L writes: > > From command line: /var# du -h --max-depth=1 >