Bug#217960: BTS clone links; fixed?

2005-11-27 Thread Don Armstrong
been fixed in CVS and (usually) on b.d.o are tagged pending, as this bug has been tagged. When the fixed version is uploaded, they'll be closed. Don Armstrong -- She was alot like starbucks. IE, generic and expensive. -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com/batch3.htm http

Bug#341783: bitlbee has a useless Build-Depends: on debconf-2.0

2005-12-02 Thread Don Armstrong
Package: bitlbee Version: 0.99-1 Severity: minor bitlbee currently Build-Depends on debconf-2.0 which is totally useless. (Moreover, Build-depends: on a virtual package is almost always the wrong thing to do.) Don Armstrong -- LEADERSHIP -- A form of self-preservation exhibited by people

Bug#344029: Bug #344029: Patch to fix this security bug

2006-01-06 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006, Niko Tyni wrote: On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 03:27:48AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: Attached is the patch for the NMU that I am preparing; I will upload it to a delay queue sometime tomorrow (assuming it checks out when I've had more sleep.) Hi, and thanks

Bug#346723: NMU to fix this bug in the 1 day delayed queue

2006-01-08 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an NMU to fix this bug to the 1 day delayed queue (as we are in permanent 0-day NMU until etch release). This NMU can be overridden by a maintainer upload between now and then. The interdiff of the upload is attached. Don Armstrong -- N: Why should I believe that? B: Because

Bug#347794: bugs.debian.org: tag fixed seen as NMU

2006-01-12 Thread Don Armstrong
was fixed in an NMU but has not yet been aknowledged by the maintainer, which is why the bugreport.cgi header indicates that. Don Armstrong -- Ban cryptography! Yes. Let's also ban pencils, pens and paper, since criminals can use them to draw plans of the joint they are casing or even, god forbid

Bug#342767: ARCH=powerpc instead of ARCH=ppc on powerpc kernels 2.6.15

2005-12-09 Thread Don Armstrong
errors that I don't fully comprehend (and haven't had a chnace to investigate yet.) Don Armstrong -- Cheop's Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p242 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu signature.asc

Bug#310062: More recent version of the slideshow patch for xpdf-reader

2005-12-11 Thread Don Armstrong
Do you (or anyone) have a more recent version of this patch that will apply to the current versions of xpdf-reader? Don Armstrong -- [] http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Bug#343575: zdiff should ideally inspect file contents to see if decompression is necessary

2005-12-16 Thread Don Armstrong
like gnumeric files which are compressed but don't normally carry a .gz or .tgz or .tar.gz extension.] Don Armstrong -- [A] theory is falsifiable [(and therefore scientific) only] if the class of its potential falsifiers is not empty. -- Sir Karl Popper _The Logic of Scientific Discovery_ §21

Bug#336971: please order posts to a single bugreport by date/thread

2005-11-01 Thread Don Armstrong
[1], or sort them according to whatever random date the client MUAs attach to the message. On top of that is allowing for threading; currently the BTS completely ignores References: and In-Reply-To: because it's simpler to do so. Don Armstrong 1: IE, in the order in which the log file is written

Bug#337052: ITP: denyhosts -- script to block SSH brute-force dictionary attacks

2005-11-02 Thread Don Armstrong
denyhosts differs from fail2ban may be usefull. [fail2ban being another python script that basically fills a similar niche.] Don Armstrong -- It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was, of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free

Bug#337215: super trivial patch for the \Q\E problem

2005-11-03 Thread Don Armstrong
Here's the trivial patch for this; only bothering to send it cause I already wrote it. ;-) Don Armstrong -- The beauty of the DRUNKENNESS subprogram was that you could move your intoxication level up and down at will, instead of being caught on a relentless down escalator to bargain basement

Bug#306452: Consider making default a daemon listening on 127.0.0.1

2005-11-04 Thread Don Armstrong
and making it trivial to disable in favor of inetd for more complex setups. [This would also be a far more secure default setting than what is the current default.] Don Armstrong -- I was thinking seven figures, he said, but I would have taken a hundred grand. I'm not a greedy person. [All

Bug#337592: qglviewer should not be a Debian native package

2005-11-04 Thread Don Armstrong
Package: qglviewer Version: 1.4-2 Severity: normal qglviewer is a Debian native package for inexplicable reasons, and should almost certainly not be. (This makes creating NMUs by other developers and/or the security team far more difficult than it needs be.)[1] Don Armstrong 1: The use of yada

Bug#316241: Ownership problem appears to be unreproduceable; downgrading and tagging

2005-11-05 Thread Don Armstrong
/var/cache/bind chgrp bind /etc/bind/named.conf* chmod g+r /etc/bind/rndc.key /etc/bind/named.conf* chmod g+rwx /var/run/bind/run /var/cache/bind fi should be taking care of this problem, I'm downgrading and tagging unreproducible. Don Armstrong -- Do not handicap your children

Bug#335279: spamassassin: also seeing the same problem

2005-11-05 Thread Don Armstrong
sometime tomorrow to fix this problem unless someone has some corrections to make to it. Don Armstrong -- Ban cryptography! Yes. Let's also ban pencils, pens and paper, since criminals can use them to draw plans of the joint they are casing or even, god forbid, create one time pads to pass uncrackable

Bug#335279: spamassassin: also seeing the same problem

2005-11-05 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005, Duncan Findlay wrote: On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 07:18:16PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: libnet-dns-perl is now required by M::SA::Dns If it's not installed, a warning message is issued, spamassassin still runs. (If it's not, something wierd is happening -- it should issue

Bug#338662: bugs.debian.org: bug subscriptions fail with unknown user error

2005-11-11 Thread Don Armstrong
: PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 9): 550 unknown user Yeah, the upgrade to exim 4 has broken this temporarily; I'm working with DSA to get the problem resolved. Don Armstrong -- I'd never hurt another living thing. But if I did... It would be you. -- Chris Bishop http://www.chrisbishop.com/her

Bug#339940: (no subject)

2005-12-22 Thread Don Armstrong
severity 339940 important tag 339940 unreproducible thanks I tried to replicate this FTBFS, and it built just fine here using a pbuilder chroot... downgrading and tagging unreproducible. Don Armstrong -- N: Why should I believe that? B: Because it's a fact. N: Fact? B: F, A, C, T... fact N

Bug#344462: libconfig-general-perl -- will adopt unless someone else wants it

2005-12-23 Thread Don Armstrong
As I'm personally using Config::General, I'll adopt it if no one else comes forward who has more time available. [As I'm not averse to someone else actually doing the work , I haven't retitled the wnpp bug.] Don Armstrong -- Junkies were all knitted together in a loose global macrame

Bug#311237: NMU to fix both of these bugs in 7 day DELAY queue

2005-12-23 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an upload to the 7-day DELAY queue to fix both of these bugs. This NMU can be overridden by a maintainer upload before 7 days have passed, ideally one which fixes the RC bug (#326371). Interdiff for the NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- Of course, there are ceases where only

Bug#326353: NMU to fix the RC bug on gphoto2 uploaded to 7-day delay queue

2005-12-24 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an NMU to the 7 day delayed queue to fix this bug. If you wish to override this NMU, you will need to make a maintainer upload between now and then. Please find the interdiff for the NMU attached. Don Armstrong -- Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find

Bug#326327: NMU to fix this RC bug in 7 day delayed queue

2005-12-24 Thread Don Armstrong
An NMU to fix this bug has been made to the 7 day delay queue. You can override this NMU by making a maintainer upload between now and then. The interdiff of the NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- LEADERSHIP -- A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with autodestructive imaginations

Bug#326373: NMU to fix 326373

2005-12-27 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an NMU of this package to the 7-day delayed queue on gluck. This NMU can be overridden by a maintainer upload between now and then. The interdiff for the NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- I'd sign up in a hot second for any cellular company whose motto was: We're less horrible

Bug#322213: NMU of libpoe-component-perl

2005-12-27 Thread Don Armstrong
in the 10-day delay queue sometime tomorrow.] Don Armstrong -- No amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free [...] You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. -- Robert Heinlein _Revolt in 2010_ p54 http://www.donarmstrong.com http

Bug#132054: renaming /usr/bin/afile in netatalk?

2005-12-27 Thread Don Armstrong
Is there any chance of renaming /usr/bin/afile sometime soon? [I sense that netatalk is probably the package that should be renamed, since it is merely a utility script...] Don Armstrong -- There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe

Bug#341394: (no subject)

2005-12-27 Thread Don Armstrong
tag 341394 sarge thanks I'm working on preparing a patch for this bug; note that this bug does not affect any version of webmin in testing or unstable, so long as perl on that system has been upgraded to 5.8.7 (or a version of perl that contains Sys::Syslog = 0.07). Don Armstrong -- A people

Bug#341394: interdiff patch to fix 341394 CVE-2005-3912

2005-12-27 Thread Don Armstrong
a specialy crafted username. This vulnerability does not affect machines which are running Sys::Syslog = 0.07. -- Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 27 Dec 2005 04:08:16 -0800 dsc and diff.gz are available if necessary at http://rzlab.ucr.edu/debian/webmin/ (Note again

Bug#344903: ITP: libpoe-component-client-ident-perl -- A POE Component that provides non-blocking ident lookups

2005-12-27 Thread Don Armstrong
: A POE component that provides non-blocking ident lookups POE::Component::Client::Ident is a POE component that provides non-blocking Ident lookup services to other POE components and sessions. [This module is needed for the new version of libpoe-component-irc-perl] Don Armstrong

Bug#343525: Technically not against policy, but a problem for security support in stable

2005-12-28 Thread Don Armstrong
it's not normally an RC offense, in the absence of a maintainer's opinion to the contrary, we might well call it in the opinion of the release team, the package is not fit for release Don Armstrong -- Tell me something interesting about yourself. Lie if you have to. -- hugh

Bug#340370: Downgrading to important, as this bug doesn't make the package unusable for everyone

2005-12-30 Thread Don Armstrong
, without rendering it completely unusable to everyone. Don Armstrong -- An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p244 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#326298: NMU to 7 day gluck delayed made to fix this bug

2005-12-30 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an upload to the 7 day gluck delayed queue to fix this bug. This upload can be overriden by a maintainer upload between now and then. The interdiff of this NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. -- Robert Heinlein http

Bug#326303: Fixed in NMU upload to 7 day delayed queue

2005-12-30 Thread Don Armstrong
I have made an NMU upload to the gluck 7 day delayed queue. This upload can be overridden by a maintainer upload between now and then. The interdiff of the NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- For those who understand, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, none is possible. http

Bug#263235: NMU to fix this RC bug made to the 7 day delayed queue

2005-12-31 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an upload to fix this RC bug to the gluck 7 day delayed queue. This upload can be overridden by a maintainer upload between now and then. The diff to the NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- Three little words. (In decending order of importance.) I love you -- hugh macleod http

Bug#322539: NMU to 7 day delayed queue to fix this bug

2005-12-31 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an NMU to the 7 day delayed queue on gluck to fix this bug. This NMU can be overriden by a maintainer upload between now and then. The interdiff to the NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- Junkies were all knitted together in a loose global macrame, the intercontinental

Bug#343525: Technically not against policy, but a problem for security support in stable

2006-01-01 Thread Don Armstrong
package and include whatever changes you make in the diff.gz I'm downgrading this bug to non-RC then; feel free to close it or do whatever you feel is appropriate. Don Armstrong -- Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory

Bug#328586: very old package, should this be removed?

2006-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
in the next month or so seems reasonable.] Don Armstrong -- N: Why should I believe that? B: Because it's a fact. N: Fact? B: F, A, C, T... fact N: So you're saying that I should believe it because it's true. That's your argument? B: It IS true. -- Ploy http://www.mediacampaign.org

Bug#335778: RM figfonts -- included font files do not include licensing information, and therefore are not distributable even in non-free

2006-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
requesting removal.] Don Armstrong -- Filing a bug is probably not going to get it fixed any faster. -- Anthony Towns http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#326362: NMU to fix this bug made to the 7 day delay queue

2006-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an NMU to fix this bug to the 7 day delay queue. This upload can be overridden by a maintainer upload between now and then. The interdiff of the NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p250

Bug#320137: NMU to fix these bugs made to the 7 day delay queue

2006-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an upload to the 7 day delay queue to fix these two bugs. This NMU can be overridden by a maintainer upload between now and then. The interdiff of the NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all

Bug#335971: This FTBFS has been fixed in the upstream release 0.47

2006-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
clone 335971 -1 retitle -1 Please package new upstream release 0.47 severity -1 wishlist tag 335971 fixed-upstream thanks I'll consider preparing an NMU for this shortly for the 7 day delay queue, but since it involves a new upstream release, I'd much rather have the maintainer do that. Don

Bug#344400: NMU for this package in 7 day delayed

2006-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
I have just made an NMU for this package to the 7 day delay queue. This NMU can be overridden by a maintainer upload between now and then. The interdiff of the NMU is attached. Don Armstrong -- Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come. -- Tussman's Law http

Bug#339526: Patch to fix 339526 and CVE-2005-3351

2006-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
tag 339526 patch thanks spamassassin (3.0.3-2sarge0) stable-security; urgency=high * Fix a potential bypass of spam detection when insanely large To: headers are encountered. (CVE-2005-3351) (Closes: #339526) -- Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 3 Jan 2006 07:01:02 -0800 svn diff

Bug#344029: Patch to fix this security bug

2006-01-04 Thread Don Armstrong
tag 344029 patch thanks Attached is the patch for the NMU that I am preparing; I will upload it to a delay queue sometime tomorrow (assuming it checks out when I've had more sleep.) Don Armstrong -- A one-question geek test. If you get the joke, you're a geek: Seen on a California license

Bug#327608: bugs.debian.org: CC bug owner on event

2005-10-18 Thread Don Armstrong
time you sent mail to owner if you wanted the mail and weren't already subscribed to the bug. Don Armstrong -- Three little words. (In decending order of importance.) I love you -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com/graphics/batch35.php http://www.donarmstrong.com http

Bug#339659: DEBIAN/ directory doesn't appear to exist at image_clean_hook time

2005-11-17 Thread Don Armstrong
, in order to do that, it needs to be run right before packing, which is what used to happen in the 9.X series of kernel-package. [Trying now with the current kernel-package 10.0.10; will close if it's already been fixed.] Don Armstrong -- Dropping non-free would set us back at least, what, 300

Bug#339659: DEBIAN/ directory doesn't appear to exist at image_clean_hook time

2005-11-17 Thread Don Armstrong
found 339659 10.0.10 thanks On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Don Armstrong wrote: Trying now with the current kernel-package 10.0.10; will close if it's already been fixed. I was able to replicate this in 10.0.10 as well. (cd /mnt/sda1/kernel_trunk/linux-2.6.11/debian/linux-xen0-2.6.11-xenserial4000

Bug#340490: su(1) manpage does not document what -c -m -p or -s do

2005-11-23 Thread Don Armstrong
are slim. ;-)) Don Armstrong -- ...Yet terrible as UNIX addiction is, there are worse fates. If UNIX is the heroin of operating systems, then VMS is barbiturate addiction, the Mac is MDMA, and MS-DOS is sniffing glue. (Windows is filling your sinuses with lucite and letting it set.) You owe the Oracle

Bug#401988: Large Input files no longer(?) work with -udf

2006-12-07 Thread Don Armstrong
have worked in the first place... still checking.] Don Armstrong -- Filing a bug is probably not going to get it fixed any faster. -- Anthony Towns http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Bug#397384: Do not use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for bug ping-pong

2006-12-12 Thread Don Armstrong
to have been closed in error, or tagging bugs to assist maintainers in classifying their bugs of course. Just don't use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for bug ping-pong.] Don Armstrong 1: There's also the Don Armstrong reported it, so you damn well beter fix it exception. ;-) -- Debian's not really about

Bug#403178: bugs.debian.org: closed capi4hylafax bug doesn't appear in bug list

2006-12-15 Thread Don Armstrong
/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=capi4hylafax;archive=yes Don Armstrong -- Tell me something interesting about yourself. Lie if you have to. -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com/archives/batch20.php http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#402456: Serious Copyright violation in cdrkit

2006-12-15 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Joerg Schilling wrote: Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First and foremost, the maintainer(s) of a Debian Package are wholy responsible for determining the state of bugs assigned to their packages in the BTS unless overridden by the tech-ctte. If they did act

Bug#360362: Diff for NMU to fix these bugs

2006-09-11 Thread Don Armstrong
profile in PerlMagick (closes: #349264) + * Fix incomaptibility with graphviz = 2.8 and build-depend on an +appropriate version (closes: #360362) + * Fix XCF and Sun Raster File buffer overflows [CVE-2006-3743/-3744] +(closes: #385062) + + -- Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 10 Sep

Bug#340713: Further example

2006-09-11 Thread Don Armstrong
that somebody is working on the long standing and very boring bugs of bugs.debian.org? I've been working on them for quite some time, actually. Don Armstrong -- Tell me something interesting about yourself. Lie if you have to. -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com/archives/batch20.php

Bug#342135: subhelp is what it is currently set to

2006-09-12 Thread Don Armstrong
/spool/db-h/$2/$1$2.summary}\ {$local_part}fail}}fail} Don Armstrong -- If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. -- Lowery's Law http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#187064: Mostly implemented full text searching on merkel

2006-09-12 Thread Don Armstrong
tag 187064 pending thanks Full text searching has been mostly implemented and is currently in place on merkel: http://merkel.debian.org/~don/cgi/search.cgi Don Armstrong -- LEADERSHIP -- A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with autodestructive imaginations in order to ensure

Bug#237140: Please use usertags to demonstrate that these tags/features are useful

2006-09-12 Thread Don Armstrong
. Don Armstrong -- Cheop's Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p242 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#340713: Further example

2006-09-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Andreas Tille wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Don Armstrong wrote: The archive flag is totally wrong; actually archived bugs only show up when you use archive=yes. As reported in #339141 and #326774 this is not true since a long time. (This is my most hated and probably

Bug#340713: Again a bug is shown as outstanding and isn't.

2006-09-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Manolo Díaz wrote: This time is the bug #353518, taged as fixed and archived and shown as outstanding. Because it's marked as fixed in 1.5-1, which is a version that doesn't exist anywhere in Debian. It should have been marked closed in 1.5.0.5-1. Don Armstrong -- We

Bug#386406: libmms: majormms haven't yet granted relicensing to LGPL

2006-09-12 Thread Don Armstrong
be useful to include the actual copyright statements of the parts which you have included the LGPLed license statement. [Adjusting the severity accordingly; feel free to override.] Don Armstrong 1: Which is already done in this package... -- Fate and Temperament are two words for one and the same

Bug#340713: Again a bug is shown as outstanding and isn't.

2006-09-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Alexander Sack wrote: On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 12:59:37PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Manolo Díaz wrote: This time is the bug #353518, taged as fixed and archived and shown as outstanding. Because it's marked as fixed in 1.5-1, which

Bug#378460: dependency

2006-09-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Zach Sadecki wrote: libmilter should not be required with postfix =2.3, either. It's still required, as spamass-milter links against it. Don Armstrong -- The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call

Bug#386406: libmms: majormms haven't yet granted relicensing to LGPL

2006-09-13 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Loïc Minier wrote: On Tue, Sep 12, 2006, Don Armstrong wrote: Loic: The only actual (minor) issue here is that the package doesn't reference the GPL and include the copyright+licensing statement of the parts that are GPL licensed. It would also be useful to include

Bug#387390: POE::Filter::{IRC,CTCP} are not a subclasses of POE::Filter, which breaks POE::Component::IRC

2006-09-13 Thread Don Armstrong
Package: libpoe-component-irc-perl Severity: serious Version: 4.77-1 Because POE::Filter::{IRC,CTCP} are not subclasses of POE::Filter, POE::Filter::Stackable bails out. The new upstream version, 5.02, fixes this problem. Don Armstrong -- Grimble left his mother in the food store and went

Bug#387389: POE::Filter::IRCD is not a subclass of POE::Filter, which breaks POE::Component::IRC

2006-09-13 Thread Don Armstrong
Package: libpoe-filter-ircd-perl Severity: serious Version: 1.2-1 Because POE::Filter::IRCD is not a subclass of POE::Filter, POE::Filter::Stackable bails out. The new upstream version, 2.0, fixes this problem. Don Armstrong -- Grimble left his mother in the food store and went

Bug#103803: Allowing reopen to unarchive archived bugs

2006-09-17 Thread Don Armstrong
Is there any objection to changing reopen so that it can also unarchive archived bugs? [I suppose this could be made a configuration option too.] Don Armstrong -- Tell me something interesting about yourself. Lie if you have to. -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com/archives/batch20.php

Bug#103803: Allowing reopen to unarchive archived bugs

2006-09-17 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Don Armstrong wrote: Is there any objection to changing reopen so that it can also unarchive archived bugs? [I suppose this could be made a configuration option too.] From talking to Colin: 1) Add unarchive which will do this 2) Add archive which will reverse unarchive

Bug#388212: Request for Pseudopackage: debian-i18n

2006-09-19 Thread Don Armstrong
; and if you really want to make my life easier, write up a description of the pseudopackage. [http://www.debian.org/Bugs/pseudo-packages] Don Armstrong -- If you have the slightest bit of intellectual integrity you cannot support the government. -- anonymous http://www.donarmstrong.com

Bug#397761: bugs.debian.org: please forward bug reports to Uploaders also

2006-11-09 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 09 Nov 2006, Marcus Better wrote: It would be very helpful if bug reports were forwarded to the Uploaders as well as the Maintainer. If the maintainer is not given as a mailing list, then the uploaders should all subscribe to the PTS for a given package. Don Armstrong -- When I

Bug#294857: The general instructions already appear to handle this case

2006-11-15 Thread Don Armstrong
be in order. Don Armstrong -- Your village called. They want their idiot back. -- xkcd http://xkcd.com/c23.html http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu

Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-16 Thread Don Armstrong
be a wishlist or minor bug because the libraries don't expose the proper interfaces or need to be modified before being compiled. In either case, the proper solution is to eventually fix the interfaces or library so the extra code can be jettisoned. Don Armstrong -- What I can't stand is the feeling

Bug#393336: please block image attachments

2006-10-16 Thread Don Armstrong
screenshots to bug reports which are forwarded to mailing lists. The BTS will still accept messages with screenshots, assuming that they pass through its spam filters. So long as those messages get passed through, it's probably ok. Don Armstrong -- An elephant: A mouse built to government

Bug#354622: Please don't assign bugs that are different to two packages at once

2006-10-16 Thread Don Armstrong
, and reassign it. Don Armstrong -- The trouble with you, Ibid he said, is that you think you're the biggest bloody authority on everything -- Terry Pratchet _Pyramids_ p146 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#393990: debbugs: page for kernel-patch-kdb does not show #393287

2006-10-18 Thread Don Armstrong
/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=kernel-patch-kdb I've fixed that particular issue, but I'm working on the underlying problem still, which is why I haven't closed the bug. Don Armstrong -- Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. -- Robert Heinlein http://www.donarmstrong.com http

Bug#238214: apt-get: warn the user when it is known that an upgrade may break the package system

2006-10-18 Thread Don Armstrong
the tagging bugs unless this is done. (If you want to try a different solution, then reassign as appropriate.) Don Armstrong -- More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have

Bug#238214: apt-get: warn the user when it is known that an upgrade may break the package system

2006-10-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2006-10-18 17:31:30 -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: They're not only visible to the user themselves; they're visible to anyone who knows which e-mail address associated with the usertags to use. Before I'll add additional tags (when I personally

Bug#394558: bugs.debian.org: Acknowledgement mails lost

2006-10-21 Thread Don Armstrong
at your end which is causing those messages to be rejected. I can ask DSA to check out the mail logs, but it will take a while for them to have time to do so. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the message id. Don Armstrong -- NASCAR is a Yankee conspiracy to keep you all placated so the South won't rise

Bug#278538: Please use usertags to do this for already extant bugs

2006-10-22 Thread Don Armstrong
satisfies the need for a pseudopackage, please close this bug by sending a message to -done. Otherwise, please respond with a list of bugs which have had the usertag applied and a stanza to be used in documenting the description of the pseudopackage. Don Armstrong -- A citizen of America will cross

Bug#278538: Please use usertags to do this for already extant bugs

2006-10-22 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Santiago Vila wrote: On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Don Armstrong wrote: tag 278538 moreinfo thanks Before another pseudopackage is added to the BTS for stuff like this, there should be a list of bugs in general for which the pseudopackage is appropriate using usertags

Bug#278538: Please use usertags to do this for already extant bugs

2006-10-22 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Santiago Vila wrote: On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Don Armstrong wrote: On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Santiago Vila wrote: You are assuming that there are already bugs in general regarding this which should be usertagged. If they're aren't bugs existing to which you would reassign

Bug#395054: Puzzle: my reopening a closed bug results in closing BTS reply, reportedly from me.

2006-11-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006, A. Costa wrote: On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:57:08 -0700 Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The message above *is* the reopen indication; you got sent an ack from parsing that control mail. That's confusing since that URL points to this text: It should have been #11

Bug#395054: Puzzle: my reopening a closed bug results in closing BTS reply, reportedly from me.

2006-11-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 04 Nov 2006, A. Costa wrote: On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 19:10:13 -0800 Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems like a useful message that belongs in the bug log. If that's the only problem, then perhaps this bug should be changed to to a 'wishlist' bug and retitled

Bug#391180: apt-listbugs: sometimes fails downloading bug information.

2006-10-08 Thread Don Armstrong
' for 'sometimes downloading empty message from b.d.c. There have been no recent 0 size downloads from b.d.c; most likely it's a proxy error. [There aren't any non-200 returns from the soap.cgi using SOAP4R either in the past week.] Don Armstrong -- UF: What's your favourite coffee blend? PD

Bug#339141: bugs.debian.org: Archived bugs are still displayed

2006-10-10 Thread Don Armstrong
), without comment. Maybe I missed something here? What pkgreport.cgi shows as archived bugs is wrong. Archived bugs are bugs which are in the archive, and can only be seen with archive=yes. The bug is that we haven't fixed bug archival, which is why it was merged. Don Armstrong -- DIE

Bug#392402: Patch for NMU to fix this bug

2006-10-12 Thread Don Armstrong
tag 392402 patch thanks Attached is the patch for the NMU to fix this bug. Don Armstrong -- There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu

Bug#388867: bbclone: non-free Firefox icon included

2006-10-12 Thread Don Armstrong
consider splitting them out into non-free?] Don Armstrong -- More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. -- Woody Allen http

Bug#354698: Changing severity to important

2006-10-12 Thread Don Armstrong
/Developer#severities for an explanation of the severities. Don Armstrong -- Filing a bug is probably not going to get it fixed any faster. -- Anthony Towns http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Bug#387688: debian-archive-keyring should Recommends: gnupg not Depends: it

2006-10-12 Thread Don Armstrong
means you have no way of checking and it shouldn't whine. Don Armstrong -- You have many years to live--do things you will be proud to remember when you are old. -- Shinka proverb. (John Brunner _Stand On Zanzibar p413) http://www.donarmstrong.com http

Bug#384276: netatalk doesn't start if there are no interfaces available

2006-10-12 Thread Don Armstrong
always be able to at least to netatalk stuff on localhost. Furthermore, it breaks installs which were previously working. Also, it's kind of annoying that the start in the background support has been broken in the official init scripts. Don Armstrong -- Taxes are not levied for the benefit

Bug#391789: Spamass-milter socket problems with Postfix

2006-10-13 Thread Don Armstrong
-milter is running as. Can you check the debs on http://archimedes.ucr.edu/ss/spamass-milter_0.3.1-3_i386.deb to make sure that they resolve the issues for postfix users? Don Armstrong -- Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you. If you don't bet, you can't win. -- Robert Heinlein

Bug#391789: Spamass-milter socket problems with Postfix

2006-10-13 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Zach Sadecki wrote: Works fine now. Thanks. Ok; I've got one last iteration which should obviate the need to even edit the defaults file. Can you see if it works for you? Don Armstrong -- There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't

Bug#391789: Spamass-milter socket problems with Postfix

2006-10-13 Thread Don Armstrong
on http://archimedes.ucr.edu/ss/spamass-milter_0.3.1-3_i386.deb to make sure that they resolve the issues for postfix users? Don Armstrong With the 0.3.1-3 script I get this on startup: Starting Sendmail milter plugin for SpamAssassin: Could not open pidfile: Permission denied I

Bug#391789: Spamass-milter socket problems with Postfix

2006-10-13 Thread Don Armstrong
for SpamAssassin: Could not open pidfile: Permission denied error again. Agh; typo in the init script... can you change /usr/sbin/posfix to /usr/sbin/postfix and tell me if that works? Don Armstrong -- LEADERSHIP -- A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with autodestructive imaginations

Bug#391789: Spamass-milter socket problems with Postfix

2006-10-13 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Zach Sadecki wrote: hmm... now I'm confused. The latest .deb on your site doesn't have any /usr/sbin/posfix (or /usr/sbin/postfix) reference in the init script... Hrm... well, the version there now should have it. [It's possible that an old one leaked out.] Don Armstrong

Bug#392148: Upgrading to 0.29 (and packaging libfilter-template-perl) will fix this

2006-10-14 Thread Don Armstrong
Upgrading to 0.29 and packaging libfilter-template-perl will resolve this bug. Don Armstrong -- Frankly, if ignoring inane opinions and noisy people and not flaming them to crisp is bad behaviour, I have not yet achieved a state of nirvana. -- Manoj Srivastava in [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Don Armstrong
duplicated in the upstream source may not be so bad, but it definetly should not be used to build the binary package.] Of course, it's true that this would be a should directive; things that fail to meet it are buggy, but it's not an RC bug. Don Armstrong -- Clint why the hell does kernel-source

Bug#391299: closed by Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Re: Bug#391299: [EMAIL PROTECTED] should accept reports re. packages that are not part of Debian)

2006-10-05 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 05 Oct 2006, Jason Spiro wrote: 2006/10/5, Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are other bug tracking services extant that can track bugs for random packages Where do these services exist? sourceforge.net, as can many gforge implementations. I'm not sure if there are any

Bug#388379: stunnel4 doesn't check that pids are valid before trying to use kill

2006-09-20 Thread Don Armstrong
/quarantine_stunnel.conf] stunnel. Don Armstrong -- Dropping non-free would set us back at least, what, 300 packages? It'd take MONTHS to make up the difference, and meanwhile Debian users will be fleeing to SLACKWARE. And what about SHAREHOLDER VALUE? -- Matt Zimmerman in [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Bug#386228: libgcj7-0 (and by extension libgcj7) packaged such that conflicts are inevitable

2006-09-23 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Matthias Klose wrote: Don Armstrong writes: libgcj7-0 (and by extension libgcj7) are packaged such that any soname increment will result in the old versions of libgcj no longer being installable unless the gcj version is also incremented. won't fix. /usr/lib/gcj

Bug#386228: libgcj7-0 (and by extension libgcj7) packaged such that conflicts are inevitable

2006-09-23 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Matthias Klose wrote: Don Armstrong writes: It could be that it not being in libgcj7 was a bug, and the placement of libgjsmalsa.so.0 was a bug as well... but at the next soname bump adding unofficial sonames to the shared libraries in /usr/lib/gcj-4.1 would

Bug#386363: Abuse of [EMAIL PROTECTED]; please provide useful close messages

2006-09-26 Thread Don Armstrong
up and until it is archived (which is currently disabled, anyway.) Don Armstrong [throwing sawblade rimmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] hats around] -- The attackers hadn't simply robbed the bank. They had carried off everything portable, including the security cameras, the carpets, the chairs

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