Please blame me for all of this, and not the archive maintainer,
but if you try to install gs-3.33 from the unstable tree,
(the GNU version of gs), you'll notice it depends on gsfonts-4.01.
Next you'll notice, gsfonts is in non-free and you cannot install it
(as you're a pure-gnu).
Fortunately,
On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Marek Michalkiewicz wrote:
Package: ftp.debian.org
The current version of pine is in non-free because the copyright
is not clear. We really should talk to the maintainers - perhaps
we can get permission to distribute the package as part of the
distribution? (FYI,
This is why I really wish H.J. Lu would make pure, bug-fix only
releases for the current, stable libcs. Yes, I know Debian isn't
using the latest, stable libc, but this paritcular bug isn't fixed in
the current beta version either.
Marek Michalkiewicz writes:
I think there are two possible ways
Dale Scheetz wrote:
The copyright is quite clear. You can not distribute this package for a
fee without first getting permission from the pine developers. According
to our policy this requires it go into non-free.
Now I noticed that the copyright has changed, the new one (same in
version 3.94
Package: ssh
Version: 1.2.14-1
The binaries in this package are not stripped, and they should
according to the packaging guidelines.
Marek
Hi,
I'm searching for a new maintainer for the wu-ftpd package. You
should be able to program in perl (addftpuser is written in perl).
Thanks,
Peter
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Fachhochschule Ostfriesland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fachbereich
You (Marek Michalkiewicz) wrote:
Package: squid
Version: 1.0.beta16-1
In the default configuration, squid runs as root. While it can be
changed in the config file, someone might forget to configure it
after installation, so I think the default should be secure. The
permissions/ownerships
David Engel wrote:
About the best I can do, without further guidance, is make libc not
echo the problem lines to stderr. Is that acceptable?
I'm not sure. Someone could still read special files as root
(they would not see the contents, but merely reading them might
sometimes cause troubles
On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Marek Michalkiewicz wrote:
The current version of pine is in non-free because the copyright
is not clear.
The onus rests on the pine maintainer, not me, so I'm reassigning this
to pine.
Guy
Package: trn
Version: 3.6-5
trn should provide the virutal package `news-reader'.
--
Shields, CrossLink.
AFAIK it is along the line wit
site exec tar cvzf -rsh-command blafasel host:tar.tgz
Probably something else - I don't believe Red Hat would have that
nice old _PATH_EXECPATH bug for so long :-). It might be related
to the feature that wu-ftpd can send you a tar of a directory if
you do get
On 29 Aug 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote:
So, I'd propose a new directory, parallel to contrib and non-free. We
could call it dropped or orphaned and include a README saying that
these are packages that are no longer supported by the Debian project in
any way, and are not recommended, but
I rarely use pine myself (usually only when I have to read some
MIME-encrypted mail :-), but I know it's quite popular. It would
be a pity if we can't ship a MIME-aware mailer with the standard
distribution.
How odd...
I seem to have a /usr/bin/exmh, and exmh isn't in my /usr/local/bin. I
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Format: 1.5
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:11:43 +0200
Source: metamail
Binary: metamail
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.7-8
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Michael Meskes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Description:
metamail - An implementation of MIME.
Now that I finished this version, Bdale take over sudo.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Format: 1.5
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 11:44:22 +0200
Source: sudo
Binary: sudo
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.5-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just in case someone checks the md5sums in this announcement here's the correct
one:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Format: 1.5
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:11:43 +0200
Source: metamail
Binary: metamail
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.7-8
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer:
If you get this message:
dpkg-source: error: tarfile `./exmh_1.6.9.orig.tar.gz' contains object with
newline in its name
(exmh-1.6.9.orig/?exmh-1.6.9.orig/exmh.README?exmh-1.6.9.orig/COPYRIGHT?exmh-1.6.9.orig/e...(rest
of output deleted)
You should upgrade your cpio. Unfortunately the
Package: ltxmisc
Version: 1.0-1
In 1.1.7, Debian's TeX is unusable for somebody who wants to do serious
work with it, at least for me (I work in German). Hardly any of the
often - used packages is there (this starts with a4.sty, which is
required by the documentation of german.sty, missing).
On 30 Aug 1996, Mark Eichin wrote:
Emacs also has conditions
where it calls an outside editor...
Interesting. I'm aware of cases where it will call outside *viewers*
(mostly mime/web stuff) but I can't think of what outside editors it
would call. Could you perhaps expand on this
Package: emacs
Version: 19.31-2
I have the following line in an HTML document:
bdeny_sender/b in the brestrict.options/b file and the email
However when font-lock mode is turned on, everything from deny_sender
to restrict.options is highlighted, whereas the right to do is
to only highlight
Thomas Package: ltxmisc
Thomas Version: 1.0-1
Thomas
Thomas In 1.1.7, Debian's TeX is unusable for somebody who wants to do
Thomas serious work with it, at least for me (I work in German). Hardly
Thomas any of the often - used packages is there (this starts with a4.sty,
Thomas
Package: smartlist
Status: install ok half-configured
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Maintainer: Christoph Lameter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Version: 3.10-1
Depends: smail | sendmail | mail-transport-agent, procmail, libc5 (= 5.2.18-1)
Description: Versatile and Fast List Processor
-- Clip here
Dont know what kind of hostname tool you got installed on your machine.
It works on my Debian 1.1 system.
On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Douglas Bates wrote:
batesPackage: smartlist
batesStatus: install ok half-configured
batesPriority: optional
batesSection: mail
batesMaintainer: Christoph Lameter [EMAIL
On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
If you get this message:
dpkg-source: error: tarfile `./exmh_1.6.9.orig.tar.gz' contains object with
newline in its name
(exmh-1.6.9.orig/?exmh-1.6.9.orig/exmh.README?exmh-1.6.9.orig/COPYRIGHT?exmh-1.6.9.orig/e...(rest
of output deleted)
You
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.3.9
sfere:~$ dpkg-source -b procmeter-2.0 procmeter-2.0.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: warning: .orig.tar.gz name procmeter-2.0.orig.tar.gz is not
package-upstreamversion.orig.tar.gz (wanted procmeter_2.0.orig.tar.gz)
This should read `... is not
'Lars Wirzenius wrote:'
Spam does make furious, extra Cc's from mailing lists don't. They
just annoy me (see signature), and in theory they do cost me a bit.
Not enough to make me worry about it, but enough to write kilobyte after
kilobyte about it.
I do wish that people wouldn't Cc me when I
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Date: 29 Aug 96 21:19 UT
Format: 1.6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: Low
Maintainer: joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Source: gs
Version: 4.01-4
Binary: gs
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
gs: Postscript interpreter with X11 and svgalib preview
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.3.10
you should add +clearsig to the pgp paramterers
(pgp is callen when i start dpkg-buildpkg). on my system,
pgp doesn't create clear sigs, and changing /etc/pgp-i.conf doesn't
help. but that's a diffrent problem. dpkg should use +clearsig in any
case, because it
Package: hello
Version: 1.3-11
there is no man page. ok, i don't need a man page for hello, and there
is a big info file, but as far as i understand debian, a missing man
page is considered a bug. :-)
Regards,
Andreas
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