Re: ftp.debian.org?

1996-01-01 Thread Karl Ferguson
On Sun, 31 Dec 1995, Karl Ferguson wrote: Just logged into ftp.debian.org with my mirror script manually and it was about to delete ALL my files. I manually ftp'd in there and the only directory under there was ftpadmin with a few files in it. Where has the whole of the Debian

building packages without running is root

1996-01-01 Thread Mark W. Eichin
The hello-1.3 debian.rules does the 'make install' as root, presumably in order to have correct uid's and permissions on the resulting tree. While that's certainly a result to be desired, it is inconvenient when building packages over NFS or in shared environments where root access is not made

Bug#2078: bind not working properly

1996-01-01 Thread Karl Ferguson
Package: bind Version: 4.9.3BETA26-3 Hi... This is the BIND under 1.0 I'm referring to. I have multiple domains that I serve here - I set up the named.boot file and all that jazz as per normal - however, after reloading (and yes, the serial number was updated) and doing a host -lav domain at

Re: Bug#2077: mdir says fat_read: Wrong FAT encoding? on valid dos partition

1996-01-01 Thread J.H.M.Dassen
there, but not mtools. Do you know of any tools that can clean up an illegal FAT? (Ahh, for an fsck.msdos :-) From archie: ftp.imag.fr/pub1/linux/slackware/source/a/bin/dosfsck.1.tar.gz Probably on ftp.cdrom.com too. I haven't used it myself, so I don't know if it can handle this problem.

Re: what do the X11R6 virtual package names *really* mean?

1996-01-01 Thread Stephen Early
On Mon, 1 Jan 1996, Mark W. Eichin wrote: standards/virtual-package-names-list.text lists: X11R6 XFree86 R6, including base system xR6shlibXFree86 R6 shared library only I've put together a package of xterm_color (an xterm that supports ANSI

Re: ALPHA-TEST permissions

1996-01-01 Thread Ian Murdock
A few weeks ago, I said... Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 10:38:18 -0500 (EST) From: Ian Murdock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, we appear to have two options. We can (1) leave the development release in an unreadable directory, as it is at present; or (2) move the development release back into

Re: binary-alpha and binary-sparc directories

1996-01-01 Thread Michael K. Johnson
Ian Murdock writes: ther have to have separate Incoming directories for all supported architectures, or we'll have to have a naming scheme for all Incoming binary packages (prepending a dash and the architecture name, for example) that can be easily resolved before the packages are moved.

Too much information! (And what to do about it.)

1996-01-01 Thread Ian Murdock
With all of the new developers that are joining the Project and the number of new packages that are resulting from their involvement, it's becoming increasingly difficult, especially for newer users who aren't exactly sure what to look for, to browse the archive of packages without becoming

Re: Bug#2079: wu-ftpd xferstats

1996-01-01 Thread Peter Tobias
Stephen Early wrote: Package: wu-ftpd Version: 2.4-14 xferstats has a bug that shows up when a summary period crosses a year boundary: TOTALS FOR SUMMARY PERIOD Mon Jan 1 1996 TO Sun Dec 31 1995 The following patch should fix the problem: --- xferstats.orig Sun May 14 02:28:54

ae-493-9

1996-01-01 Thread Bill Mitchell
Date: 01 Jan 96 03:41 UT Source: ae Binary: ae Version: 493-9 Description: ae: Anthony's Editor -- a tiny full-screen editor Priority: Low Changes: elf package * rebuilt using ncurses shared lib * changed ncurses-runtime dependency to ncurses3.0 Files: -rw-r--r-- 1

less-290-8

1996-01-01 Thread Bill Mitchell
Date: 01 Jan 96 04:28 UT Source: less Binary: less Version: 290-8 Description: less: A file pager program, similar to more(1) Priority: Low Changes: elf package * rebuilt using ncurses shared lib * changed ncurses-runtime dependency to ncurses3.0 Files: -rw-r--r-- 1

ee-1.72-7

1996-01-01 Thread Bill Mitchell
Date: 01 Jan 96 05:17 UT Source: ee Binary: ee Version: 1.72-7 Description: ee: An easy editor for novices and compuphobics Priority: Low Changes: elf package * removed spurious dependency on ncurses-runtime Files: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root63866 Dec 31 21:16

beav-140-6

1996-01-01 Thread Bill Mitchell
Date: 01 Jan 96 04:01 UT Source: beav Binary: beav Version: 140-6 Description: beav: Binary Editor And Viewer (beav) Priority: Low Changes: * rebuilt using ncurses shared lib * changed ncurses-runtime dependency to ncurses3.0 Files: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131150

git-4.3.7-6

1996-01-01 Thread Bill Mitchell
total 15184 lrwxrwxrwt 1 1 debian 34 Jan 2 00:46 D - /debian.org/ftp/debian/development drw-rw-r-- 2 1 debian 512 Jan 1 21:00 HOLD drwxr-xr-x 2 1 debian 1024 Jan 1 21:00 NOT-ANNOUNCED drwxr-xr-x 2 1 debian 1024 Jan 1 21:00 NOT-COMPLETE -rw-r--r-- 1

Bug#2080: cern-httpd or dpkg leaves log files after purge.

1996-01-01 Thread David H. Silber
Package: cern-httpd -or- dpkg Version: ??? 1.0.7 After purging cern-httpd from my system, the log files remained. -- David H. Silber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project: Debian GNU/Linux (dbackup) http://www.access.digex.net/~dhs/ Wanted: Spare time.

Re: [imurdock@debian.org: Re: coming soon]

1996-01-01 Thread Bruce Perens
Write to Eric Troan [EMAIL PROTECTED]. He's on vacation this week. Caldera simply follows Red Hat's lead on this issue. Red Hat has shown a willingness to deal with us. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pixar Animation Studios

When packages are installed.

1996-01-01 Thread David H. Silber
I tried to send this directly to Ian J., but I have not yet heard back from him, so I'll send it to him (and all of the Debian developers while I'm at it) via debian-devel. Ian, In working on the dbackup program, I find that I need to be able to determine the installation date ( time) of a