Thank you for your response. On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Scott Barker wrote:
> Nicely summarized list, Dale. But, I've a few notes to add: > > Dale Scheetz said: > > 1. Already reported as a bug: Can't find xlib6 so file. > > Add /usr/X11R6/lib to ld.so.conf and run ldconfig. > > I did not have this problem. My /etc/ld.so.conf still contains /usr/X11R6/lib > after my upgrade. Correct. This only happens with a new install. > > > 4. New sendmail fails to use old .cf file > > One report indicates re-installation fixes the problem. > > I could not get sendmail to use my old .cf file, nor a new one I generated. > Re-installing sendmail did not help. It always complains about the line: > > Kdequote dequote > > saying "file does not exist". My only solution was to down-grade to 8.7.6-1 > I will forward you comments tothe sendmail maintainer. > > 5. Cron dies. (actually never starts) > > Run "update-rc.d cron defaults" > > cron died for me, but the symlinks remained. All I had to do was > > /etc/init.d/cron start > > I did not have to use 'update-rc.d' > If you don't update rc.d you will probably have to manually start cron every time you reboot. Does it still have a cron entry? > > 11. xbase can't remove xdm and xfs > > Remove by hand using dpkg --purge. > > Again, I did not experience this problem during the upgrade. > Great! > > 17. Adduser depends on perl-suid, not in base. > > Install by hand using --force-depends > > On a philosophical note, I don't believe that a required base package should > depend on a program which is an inherent security risk (perl-suid). > Almost everyone here agrees. This is currently being fixed. > > As a final note, 'elm' is still broken when reading mail from a nfs-mounted > spool dir. It fails to restore the correct permissions (should be 660, ends up > being 600). This makes it impossible for the remote sendmail to deliver the > mail (not sure exactly why -- the sendmail on the remote in this case is AIX's > sendmail). I had to restore my hacked version of elm (which is "fixed" for my > situation only). As the elm maintainer I would be pleased to see a diff of your "hacked" version. I have no way to test an nfs mount, so I will rely heavily on your feedback. Again, Thanks for the input. Luck, Dwarf ------------ -------------- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ If you don't see what you want, just ask -------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]