Bug#4063: magicfilter has wrong path

1996-08-08 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Dirk 2. There is another problem with extracting the filter from the set Dirk of filters in /usr/doc/examples/magicfilter/filters/filters.tar.gz as Dirk the extracted file is not registered with dpkg --- upon removal of Dirk the package a useless file will remain on the machine. a if [

Re: xpdf needs an entry in mailcap

1996-08-08 Thread Brian C. White
Brian If you put the if clause around the calls to install-mime, then Brian you don't have to actually depend on 'mime-support'. That is correct. But would I want this? Now that we have mime-support, shouldn't I depend on it? It really is a useful feature. I find it reasonable to

Bug#4059: public readable editor-backups in pine

1996-08-08 Thread Guy Maor
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Winfried Truemper wrote: Package: pine Version: 3.94-2 Here what happens when I write e-mail: -rw-r--r-- 1 truemper students 169 Aug 6 17:37 #pico19247# That's emacs's autosave file. emacs will copy the permissions of the original file to set the autosave

gcc and binutils

1996-08-08 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hi, ist it possile that on a fresh new install gcc is installed before binutils is installed, and therefore fail to configure? If I run configure afterwards everything is fine. Will dpkg install a package first if it sees that other ones depend on it? Greetings Bernd -- (OO) -- [EMAIL

Bug#4064: sendmail should recommend deliver, not depend

1996-08-08 Thread Michael Shields
At 1996-08-07 09:57 +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: You (Michael Shields) wrote: Package: sendmail Version: 8.7.5-4 sendmail depends on deliver. However, in at least two common configurations -- null client, and delivery by procmail -- it will run perfectly without deliver. sendmail

metamail

1996-08-08 Thread Michael Meskes
Just wanted to let you all know that I'm working on a bug free release of metamail. I'll take over maintaining it since noone else seems to do it. If anyone else already works on it, please tell me. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | /

lyx_0.10.0-1 re-uploaded

1996-08-08 Thread Michael Meskes
Due to that silly naming of the pre-0.10 versions the latest upload was overwritten. I reuploades it. However, dpkg will tell you that you downgrade. Don't worry about it. lyx_0.10.0-1 is the actual version. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 08 Aug 96 07:26 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution:

modules_2.0.0-7 uploaded

1996-08-08 Thread Michael Meskes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 08 Aug 96 07:25 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: Michael Meskes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source: modules Version: 2.0.0-7 Binary: modules Architecture: i386 source Description: modules: Linux module utilities. Changes: modules

sysv `news' package is unclear

1996-08-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: news Priority: extra Section: admin Description: System news tool. (System V) In addition the fact that this description is inadequate (which will have been reported automatically a few weeks ago), IMO the package name is very misleading - it will make people think the package has

Re: site-start.el and lout-mode.el

1996-08-08 Thread Emilio Lopes
eichin == eichin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: eichin If someone wants to write an install-elisp (there have been eichin some quite clever suggestions here) some time this week, I'll eichin try and include it in the 19.32-1 package. I like the way is done in w3: all the commands necessary to

Re: xpdf needs an entry in mailcap

1996-08-08 Thread Brian C. White
As the priority of mime-support is standard and therefore higher than the one of xpdf (extra), I'll add a Depends: mime-support. If anybody has a problem with that, mail me soon, or file a bug report later ... If you put the if clause around the calls to install-mime, then you don't have to

Updated Virtual Package Name List

1996-08-08 Thread Warwick HARVEY
Changes this time: Added editor virtual package. Regarding make/gnu-make: It seems there is some resistance to any change here. The argument is that many things assume make is GNU Make, and that having an alternative make is not worthwhile. Thus I am not planning to add any make or gnu-make

Re: xpdf needs an entry in mailcap

1996-08-08 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Dirk As the priority of mime-support is standard and therefore higher Dirk than the one of xpdf (extra), I'll add a Depends: Dirk mime-support. If anybody has a problem with that, mail me soon, or Dirk file a bug report later ... Brian If you put the if clause around the calls to

Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package - /usr/doc/package/copyright ?

1996-08-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Dirk Eddelbuettel writes (Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package - /usr/doc/package/copyright ?): [Ian Jackson:] Should we move the copyright file (and the examples directory) into the per-package directory in /usr/doc ? Good idea. Can we also recommend/impose to include the Changelog [1] file ?

dpkg 1.3.1: source package tools' documentation improvements

1996-08-08 Thread Ian Jackson
The main new thing here is a manpage for dpkg-source and the related scripts. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 02:36:04 +0100 Source: dpkg Binary: dpkg Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.3.1 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Ian Jackson

Bug#3951: kernel-image-2.0.7-0 postinst looks for /bin/perl

1996-08-08 Thread Frank Neumann
Hi, Graham William wrote: Package: kernel-image Version: 2.0.7-0 The postinst and prerm scripts of kernel-image have as their first line: #! /bin/perl My vanilla installation of Debian 1.1 seems to have perl only in /usr/bin/perl. I noticed this too, after having built a

Bug#4054: reassign

1996-08-08 Thread Michael Meskes
I just found out that this bug is NOT in ncurses but in richtext. It works well with termcap but not with terminfo. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__

Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package - /usr/doc/package/copyright ?

1996-08-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Erick Branderhorst writes (Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package - /usr/doc/package/copyright ?): ... No, the /usr/doc/package dir is a dir which normally comes with all stuff in it gzipped and I think we should keep it like that. We can not gzip copyright files (this has been decided/mandated long

Bug#4070: snmpd: hrStorageSize fix

1996-08-08 Thread Patrick Weemeeuw
Package: snmp Version: 2.1.2l4-1 The following patch fixes the problem of integer wrap around that occurs for =2Gb disks (i.e. sbuf.f_blocks * sbuf.f_bsize 2^31). This is accomplished by computing the intermediate values in floating point. Patrick.

Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package - /usr/doc/package/copyright ?

1996-08-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Guy Maor writes (Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package - /usr/doc/package/copyright ?): ... I don't think we should move the copyright file. Most people don't ever need to look at them, so it's simpler if they're out of the way. What about the changelog ? In general I'm not convinced that keeping

Draft manual updates PostScript version available

1996-08-08 Thread Ian Jackson
I've made a few minor edits and rearrangements. The PostScript (via Lout) formatting is now working. Updated versions are at: http://chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk/~ian/programmer.html/ http://chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk/~ian/policy.html/ ftp://chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk/users/ian/dpkg-doc/ So, what should I

Re: How do I compare unstable/source to unstable/binary-m68k

1996-08-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Guy Maor writes in private email - I hope he won't mind me posting: On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Ian Jackson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd like to see where we sit as far as catching up and was wondering if anyone has a nice little script that will compare the source directory to the

Re: Bug#4069: slrn gives error

1996-08-08 Thread Maarten Boekhold
Package: slrn Version: 0.8.7.1-3 What version(s) of slang-lib have you installed? Do a dpkg -l '*slang' please. Then I can see if it's library-related, which seems to be the most likely cause. Maarten ___ | Maarten

Bug#4054: reassign II

1996-08-08 Thread Michael Meskes
Sorry, I send the last one too early. I reassigned the bug to metamail already. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__ \/ /_ / // /_/ /_/ / _ \/ ___/ ___/

Re: xpdf needs an entry in mailcap

1996-08-08 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Thanks for the suggestion, Brian. I'll do that today. As the priority of mime-support is standard and therefore higher than the one of xpdf (extra), I'll add a Depends: mime-support. If anybody has a problem with that, mail me soon, or file a bug report later ... -- Dirk Eddelbuttel

Re: Bug#3990: xdm-errors location not what FSSTND says

1996-08-08 Thread Michael Gaertner
On 4 Aug 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Sanders) wrote on 04.08.96 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Michael Gaertner wrote: Package: xbase Version: 3.1.2-9 FSSTND R1.2 writes in chap. 5.3.5 to place xdm-errors in /var/lib/xdm/. This is not the

Uploading dosfstools 1.0-3 (Utility to create and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems)

1996-08-08 Thread Martin Schulze
-- Begin Changes -- Date: 7 Aug 96 19:45:50 UT Format: 1.5 Distribution: unstable Binary: dosfstools Source: dosfstools Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.0-3 Maintainer: Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: Utility to create and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems Inside of this package

Re: wg-local other priority

1996-08-08 Thread Christophe Le Bars
**On 06 Aug, In article wg-local other priority, ** EB (Erick Branderhorst) writes: EB 1. Have you installed the wg-locale (or something like that) package? You need to if you want to use locales. Perhaps this package needs higher priority. Agreed. IMHO it should be 'standard'.