Re: [DNG] Why Debian 8 Pinning is (or isn't) pointless

2016-07-17 Thread aitor_czr
LOL, On 07/17/2016 02:00 PM, Rick Moen wrote: On 07/16/2016 10:15 PM, Rick Moen wrote: > >Iron-clad proof that Bill Gates owns Fort Knox. ;-> > >Linuxmafia ?? I did get a very bemused mail from the main organiser of Linux Silicia, because of the domain name. (It does have the advantage o

Re: [DNG] Help needed debugging MySQL install

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Walter
On 07/17/2016 01:01 PM, Simon Walter wrote: Hi everyone, I am having trouble installing mysql-server inside a container (lxc). I have the same problem with a fresh Jessie install. so it doesn't seem specific to Devuan. Basic description of problem: After unpacking and setting up the packages, m

[DNG] Please, inform

2016-07-17 Thread Edward Bartolo
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[DNG] Inform DNG users their email has been moved.

2016-07-17 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, I would like to suggest DNG mail moderators/admins to consider informing mail senders that their mail has been moved. Other email providers like Google always duly informs its users when their email fails to reach its destination and this notwithstanding the huge number of gmail users. It is

Re: [DNG] Larcenous mail threads.

2016-07-17 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 15/07/2016 06:43, Edward Bartolo a écrit : Yes, I refrain from writing C obfuscated code. +1 It doesn't make sense with today's powerful computers not to write readable code, that is why I make an effort to write readable code. I would rather give credit to high quality compilers

Re: [DNG] Why Debian 8 Pinning is (or isn't) pointless

2016-07-17 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Rick Moen writes: [...] >> Systemd is vendor lock-in and there is no other way to explain it when >> "apache2-common" cannot be installed due to libsystemd0 dependency. > > Ah, _libsystemd0_. Thanks for the clarification. You were not talking > about a dependency that resolves to package syst

Re: [DNG] libsx-dev and libsx0 packages don't work

2016-07-17 Thread Dragan FOSS
On 07/16/2016 04:55 PM, Steve Litt wrote: Unfortunately, I can't find the source code anywhere. ftp://ftp.ac-grenoble.fr/ge/Xlibraries/ ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Help needed debugging MySQL install

2016-07-17 Thread aitor_czr
Hi Simon, On 07/17/2016 02:00 PM, Simon Walter wrote: Hi everyone, I am having trouble installing mysql-server inside a container (lxc). I have the same problem with a fresh Jessie install. so it doesn't seem specific to Devuan. Basic description of problem:You should check the account's pass

Re: [DNG] Why Debian 8 Pinning is (or isn't) pointless

2016-07-17 Thread Dragan FOSS
The purpose of libsystemd0 is to enable packages whose code has been 'enhanced' with spurious systemd depedencies to work on systemd-less systems. That's absolutely not harmless. So, why not remove it? ;> TRIOS == excellence in simplicity :) *** [dragan@trios-eudev][~/Desktop]$ cat /etc

Re: [DNG] Why Debian 8 Pinning is (or isn't) pointless

2016-07-17 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Rainer Weikusat (rweiku...@talktalk.net): > The purpose of libsystemd0 is to enable packages whose code has been > 'enhanced' with spurious systemd depedencies to work on systemd-less > systems. That's absolutely not harmless. Your implied concept of 'purpose' is IMO a bit problematically

Re: [DNG] Why Debian 8 Pinning is (or isn't) pointless

2016-07-17 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Dragan FOSS (dragan.f...@gmx.com): > >The purpose of libsystemd0 is to enable packages whose code has been > >'enhanced' with spurious systemd depedencies to work on systemd-less > >systems. That's absolutely not harmless. > > So, why not remove it? ;> > TRIOS == excellence in simplicity

Re: [DNG] Help needed debugging MySQL install

2016-07-17 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting aitor_czr (aitor_...@gnuinos.org): > The substitute for MySQL is MariaDB :) What you said. ;-> MariaDB is a 100% compatible workalike (binary drop-in replacement). https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/ I'm personally also very fond of Drizzle, a cleaned-up,

Re: [DNG] Need for documentation (golinux)

2016-07-17 Thread Go Linux
On Sat, 7/16/16, Steve Litt wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] Need for documentation (golinux) To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016, 9:24 AM On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 13:25:58 + (UTC) Go Linux wrote: >> >> Actually this is the place where slim issues are being posted. ;) >> >> http

Re: [DNG] Help needed debugging MySQL install

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Walter
On 07/18/2016 08:15 AM, Rick Moen wrote: Quoting aitor_czr (aitor_...@gnuinos.org): > The substitute for MySQL is MariaDB :) What you said. ;-> MariaDB is a 100% compatible workalike (binary drop-in replacement). https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/ Same instal

Re: [DNG] Inform DNG users their email has been moved.

2016-07-17 Thread mett
On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:53:21 +0200 Edward Bartolo wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to suggest DNG mail moderators/admins to consider > informing mail senders that their mail has been moved. Other email > providers like Google always duly informs its users when their email > fails to reach its desti

Re: [DNG] Larcenous mail threads.

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Walter
On 07/18/2016 02:11 AM, Didier Kryn wrote: Le 15/07/2016 06:43, Edward Bartolo a écrit : Yes, I refrain from writing C obfuscated code. +1 It doesn't make sense with today's powerful computers not to write readable code, that is why I make an effort to write readable code. I would

Re: [DNG] Inform DNG users their email has been moved.

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Walter
On 07/18/2016 01:53 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: Hi, I would like to suggest DNG mail moderators/admins to consider informing mail senders that their mail has been moved. Other email providers like Google always duly informs its users when their email fails to reach its destination and this notwith

Re: [DNG] Larcenous mail threads.

2016-07-17 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Simon Walker wrote: << Edward, you need to read a 101 computing book or a take primer in CS - and have some patience. It takes time to learn something. Don't expect so much from yourself. >> Do you realise you are not talking to a child? "101 computing" is aimed for children. << Put down tho

Re: [DNG] Larcenous mail threads.

2016-07-17 Thread Didier Kryn
Edward, Do you realize you have been consuming a large fraction of the "bandwidth" of this mailing list for your own e-learning of the C language and of Linux OS, and for expressing your pathos about the reactions of others? This list has a lot of short-lived off-topic (or sidewa