Your message dated Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:56:27 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#685859: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #284120, regarding maildir-bulletin: Documentation is wrong and misleading, lacks examples to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: maildir-bulletin Version: 0.67 Severity: minor The manpage says: /var/lib/maildir-bulletin/ADMIN A list of administrator email addresses and groups ("ALL" will match any group) seperated by spaces with one address per line. Each line lists a group that the particular administrator will be listed as "Sender:" for. I am not sure that this feature is even needed. "I am not sure that this feature is even needed."??? But: Without that file, maildir-bulletin will not work -- I get a bounce saying: <[email protected]>: Command died with status 1: "/usr/sbin/maildir-bulletin staff". Command output: Can't open file ADMIN Once the file DOES exist, it's not clear what the contents are supposed to be: If I use: staff [email protected] I get: <[email protected]>: Command died with status 1: "/usr/sbin/maildir-bulletin staff". Command output: Can't get administrator for group staff. If I use: [email protected] staff I ALSO get: <[email protected]>: Command died with status 1: "/usr/sbin/maildir-bulletin staff". Command output: Can't get administrator for group staff. WTF? Then in desperation I created the TOFIELDS file, and all over a sudden it would deliver the mail. OH MY GOD. Could this "documentation" PLEASE be transformed into something actually helpful for setting this program up? Recommendations: ================ /var/lib/maildir-bulletin/ADMIN A list of administrator email addresses and groups ("ALL" will match any group) seperated by spaces with one address per line. Each line lists a group that the particular administrator will be listed as "Sender:" for. I am not sure that this feature is even needed. -> Here: Which format does the file need to have? Do I have to use spaces or is whitespace (TAB!) good enough. This file is mandatory. /var/lib/maildir-bulletin/TOFIELD Same format but for the "To:" field. -> Here: This file is mandatory. If want [email protected] to be able to send bulletins to everyone and [email protected] to send bulletins to staff then have the following: --> Here: unfortunately, this is not enough, since the other files seem to require some content as well. The example should list all required files with the content. Not just a fragment. Typo: "address is allowed to send a buttetin to the" --> No butts allowed... -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-ac11 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages maildir-bulletin depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.2-2 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 0.69+rm Dear submitter, as the package maildir-bulletin has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see http://bugs.debian.org/685859 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Alexander Reichle-Schmehl (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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