On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 01:09:07PM +0000, Oliver Elphick wrote: >Peter Palfrader wrote: > >> There is a further weird package disappearance in unstable: all mgetty > >> packages (execept mgetty-doc) are gone! [...] > >> Hey, these are important packages. > > > >mgetty is not important, it's extra. > >That may be, but where has it gone?
mgetty* got bitten by an old [pre-pool] dinstall bug, where uploads without "unstable" in the changelog disappear from unstable: mgetty (1.1.21-3) stable; urgency=low * make mgetty-fax's postinst create /var/spool/fax/outgoing/.last_run to close a potential symlink exploit by members of the fax group that is otherwise possible until that file is created -- Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:05:13 +0100 See http://bugs.debian.org/77585 . Regards, -- Brendan O'Dea bod@compusol.com.au Compusol Pty. Limited (NSW, Australia) +61 2 9810 3633