Re: resolution of the tar -I issue

2001-01-10 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
Bernd Eckenfels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 06:08:23PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: depricating -I in Debian Package sounds very good. besides that -j (junkzip?) is NON-DESCRIPTIVE at all. -Z or -2 would be better... but thats an Upstream Issue I guess. -Z is for

Re: fishing hooks

2000-09-13 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
Pang Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear sir or madame: we are a fishing goods trading company located in China mainland, our products include Banksticks, Rodrests, Boxes, Baskets, Seats, Floats Float accessories,etc,if your want to import these products from China.please feel free to

Re: GNU/Linux vs. Linux

2000-03-30 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
in the hopes of not starting a flame war, it makes sense especially given that there is now a Debin GNU/Hurd distribution. -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jakob.kaivo.net/

Re: Turbo Vision non-free? (Was Re: Another packages wishlist)

2000-03-17 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
tv.cpp): /* * Turbo Vision - Version 2.0 * * Copyright (c) 1994 by Borland International * All Rights Reserved. * */ That's about as non-free as you can get. -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jakob.kaivo.net/

Re: Crazy Idea: debian developer conference

1999-09-17 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Joseph Carter wrote: On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 09:35:50AM -0700, Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo wrote: Is this idea worth pursuing? It's a neat idea, and I'd sure like to meet my fellow Debianers, but I doubt you'll get anybody to pay for it. What about Corel? They're

Re: Crazy Idea: debian developer conference

1999-09-16 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
they're contributing back to Debian, sponsoring such an event would be a wonderful gesture on their part. -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ndn.net/ As time goes on, my signature gets shorter and shorter... - me

Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: Re: Deficiencies in Debian]

1999-09-16 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
of course, is that the first is better, as you don't have to reach for the backtick. ;) BTW, I know you can also TABcomplete the which command, but you first have to type whic to get past matching while, so just typing h is simpler. -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ndn.net

Re: Steve Lamb in my killfile.

1999-09-16 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
news right after Hell Freezes Over I think that happened in 1996 (q.v. The Eagles). and Monkeys Fly Out of My Butt. That only occurs in Oz, though. :) -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ndn.net/ As time goes on, my signature gets shorter and shorter... - me

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-25 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
is popular there will be. Presumably such shareware authors would be smart enough to statically link their binaries. Isn't smart shareware author an oxymoron? ;) -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ndn.net/ As time goes on, my signature gets shorter and shorter... - me

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-30 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
;). +-++ | Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | NoDomainName Networks |http://www.nodomainname.net | | AtDot E-mail Services | http://www.atdot.org | +-++

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-27 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
. I only put it in to placate all the other UNIXen use /var/mail, so /var/spool/mail shouldn't even exist type people. +-++ | Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | NoDomainName Networks |http

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
that /var/mail be the actual directory and /var/spool/mail be the symbolic link. At some point use of /var/spool/mail may become deprecated. +-++ | Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | NoDomainName Networks