Bug#607812: Not a bug - found the cause - now is a wishlist request to update doc
Quoting Russell Gadd on 2010-12-29 06:07:36: > /* -*- Mode: C; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8; tab-width: 8 -*- */ ACK -- it is indeed an emacs modeline. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ 43190205 | Mail/Jabber/Yahoo/MSN: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Modern man has an approximately 140-character attention span. -- blr signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#608108: [PATCH] Fix typo in cross-reference to release-notes source
Quoting Jonathan Nieder on 2010-12-27 15:41:43: > sources of this document in in Section 4.1.1, “Back up any data ^ Dunno if anyone noticed, but there's a doubled word as well. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ 43190205 | Mail/Jabber/Yahoo/MSN: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Modern man has an approximately 140-character attention span. -- blr signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#598645: cleanup: dike non-policy
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.0.1 Severity: wishlist Owner: brianlry...@gmail.com Tags: patch As stated in my thread on debian-policy [1], I intend to clean up the policy documents. I'd been looking into this for quite a bit, and I'm at an impasse: I can't seem to determine what appendices should go. I'm proposing that the appendices be removed from policy.sgml for now [2], and look at it as "what from this should remain in policy or be funnelled elsewhere" instead of "what to remove from policy.sgml". [1] Thread beginning with Message-id: <20100904225747.ga27...@esterhazy> [2] And possibly saved to a separate file somewhere until the info gets to where it needs to go? -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (750, 'stable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash debian-policy depends on no packages. debian-policy recommends no packages. Versions of packages debian-policy suggests: pn doc-base (no description available) -- no debconf information -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ 43190205 | Mail/Jabber/Yahoo/MSN: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Modern man has an approximately 140-character attention span. -- blr From 25b4839e000bc696827519518a4c7d27ae76dcb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Ryans Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:46:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] policy cleanup: remove entire pkgman and refs * Remove the Packaging Manual * Remove references to the above * Reformat paragraphs altered by reference removal --- policy.sgml | 1450 +- 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1425 deletions(-) diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 642f672..bfb79cd 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -117,11 +117,6 @@ - The appendices to this manual are not necessarily normative, - either. Please see for more information. - - - In the normative part of this manual, the words must, should and may, and the adjectives required, @@ -2117,7 +2112,7 @@ The architectures we build on and build for are determined by make variables using the - utility dpkg-architecture. + utility dpkg-architecture. You can determine the Debian architecture and the GNU style architecture specification string for the build architecture as well as for the host architecture. The build architecture is @@ -5641,12 +5636,11 @@ Replaces: mail-transport-agent When a package is built which contains any shared libraries, it - must provide a shlibs file for other packages to - use. When a package is built which contains any shared - libraries or compiled binaries, it must run - dpkg-shlibdeps - on these to determine the libraries used and hence the - dependencies needed by this package. + must provide a shlibs file for other packages to use. + When a package is built which contains any shared libraries or + compiled binaries, it must run dpkg-shlibdeps on + these to determine the libraries used and hence the dependencies + needed by this package. dpkg-shlibdeps will use a program like objdump or readelf to find @@ -5699,11 +5693,10 @@ Replaces: mail-transport-agent The shlibs files present on the system - There are several places where shlibs files are - found. The following list gives them in the order in which - they are read by - dpkg-shlibdeps. - (The first one which gives the required information is used.) + There are several places where shlibs files are found. + The following list gives them in the order in which they are read + by dpkg-shlibdeps. (The first one which gives the + required information is used.) @@ -5743,27 +5736,26 @@ Replaces: mail-transport-agent files give details of any shared libraries included in the same package. An example may help here. Let us say that the source - package foo generates two binary - packages, libfoo2 and foo-runtime. - When building the binary packages, the two packages are - created in the directories debian/libfoo2 - and debian/foo-runtime respectively. + package foo generates two binary packages, + libfoo2 and foo-runtime. When building + the binary packages, the two packages are created in the + directories debian/libfoo2 and + debian/foo-runtime respectively. (debian/tmp could be used instead of one of these.) Since libfoo2 provides the libfoo shared library, it will require a shlibs file, which will be installed in debian/libfoo2/DEBIAN/shlibs, eventually to become /var/lib/dpkg/info/libfoo2.shlibs. - Wh
Bug#582342: Post test comments; this bug is not closed.
Quoting Julien Cristau on 2010-09-25 18:43:42: > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 17:42:45 -0500, C. A. Cropper wrote: > > This bug IS in squeeze. I use the squeeze distribution and it still exists. > That's not what the tag means. As I understand /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-maint-info.txt, the tag $CODENAME means the bug is not to be archived until it's fixed in $CODENAME; is that still the case for squeeze? That's held true since sarge, and seems to me have applied to potato and woody too. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ 43190205 | Mail/Jabber/Yahoo/MSN: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Modern man has an approximately 140-character attention span. -- blr signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#597646: Addendum: reproduction
Input to reproduce the bug: ,[ reproduce #597646 ]- | hexer | :q! ` -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ 43190205 | Mail/Jabber/Yahoo/MSN: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ /* Witty quotes of 68 chars or less here. Email me for more info. */ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#597646: hexer: terminal is not reset on exit
Package: hexer
Version: 0.1.4c-2
Severity: minor
The program, upon exit, leaves the terminal with grey text on a blue
background. Expected behavior is for the terminal to return to defualt
{fore,back}ground colors upon exit.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.6
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (750, 'stable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages hexer depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
hexer recommends no packages.
hexer suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Bug#594214: closed by Michal Čihař (Re: Bug#594214: nanoblogger: creates empty entry on quit-no-write from editor)
ACK. I was expecting a 'entry not changed, send anyway?' confirmation different from the normal. Sorry for the BTS noise. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ UIN: 43190205 | Mail/MSN/Jabber: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ "The most powerful optimization tool . . . may be the Delete key." -- Eric S. Raymond signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#594214: nanoblogger: creates empty entry on quit-no-write from editor
Package: nanoblogger Version: 3.3-4 Severity: normal The following command sequence will cause a blank entry to appear. nb -a -b $BLOGDIR # configure if it's a new blog nb -a -b $BLOGDIR # to add a new entry if the blog's new # your editor's "quit without writing" command, like vi's ZQ I have repeated this using nano, various *vi*, and mousepad. By the time this reaches BTS, an example should be visible at [1]. [1] http://brianryans.beoch.net/bugs/nanoblogger/nbtest/ I'm developing a patch for it, but I'm not sure if it will cause breakage yet. The patch would ideally compare the saved file to the template, and reject the entry if they're the same. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (750, 'stable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages nanoblogger depends on: ii bsdmainutils 6.1.10 collection of more utilities from Versions of packages nanoblogger recommends: ii tidy 20080116cvs-2 HTML syntax checker and reformatte Versions of packages nanoblogger suggests: ii elinks [www-browser]0.11.4-3 advanced text-mode WWW browser ii iceweasel [www-browser] 3.0.6-3 lightweight web browser based on M ii kazehakase [www-browser 0.5.4-2.2+lenny1 GTK+-base web browser that allows ii lynx-cur [www-browser] 2.8.7dev9-2.1Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup ii nanoblogger-extra 3.3-3 Nanoblogger plugins -- no debconf information -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ UIN: 43190205 | Mail/MSN/Jabber: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ "The most powerful optimization tool . . . may be the Delete key." -- Eric Raymond signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#576524: ssft: uses hardcoded pager (DP 11.4)
Package: ssft
Version: 0.9.11
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
A hardcoded pager, more, is used by ssft. This patch changes all
invocations of more to use sensible-pager instead.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (750, 'stable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
ssft depends on no packages.
Versions of packages ssft recommends:
ii dialog1.1-20080316-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii gettext-base 0.17-4 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii zenity2.22.1-2 Display graphical dialog boxes fro
ssft suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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From: Brian Ryans
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 18:50:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] make ssft use sensible-pager, not hardcoded pager
policy 11.4
---
ssft.sh |6 +++---
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ssft.sh b/ssft.sh
index 856670f..56831ce 100755
--- a/ssft.sh
+++ b/ssft.sh
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ ssft_select_multiple() {
_l_count=$(( $_l_count + 1 ))
_l_ss="$(echo "$_l_selected_items" | cut -b $_l_count)"
printf " (%s) %2s. %s\n" "$_l_ss" "$_l_count" "$_l_item"
- done | more
+ done | sensible-pager
echo ""
printf "%s: " "$_l_PROMPT_STR"
read _l_option
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ ssft_select_single() {
_l_selected=" "
fi
printf "%s %2s. %s\n" "$_l_selected" "$_l_count" "$_l_item"
- done | more
+ done | sensible-pager
echo ""
printf "%s: " "$_l_PROMPT_STR"
read _l_option
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ ssft_show_file() {
;;
text)
ssft_print_text_title "$_l_title"
-more "$_l_file"
+sensible-pager "$_l_file"
echo ""
;;
*)
--
1.5.6.5
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Bug#576525: ssft: Lacking a readme file
Package: ssft Version: 0.9.11 Severity: minor Tags: patch I've included a very basic readme file, mostly generated from the output of the script itself. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (750, 'stable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash ssft depends on no packages. Versions of packages ssft recommends: ii dialog1.1-20080316-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii gettext-base 0.17-4 GNU Internationalization utilities ii zenity2.22.1-2 Display graphical dialog boxes fro ssft suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ UIN: 43190205 | Mail/MSN/Jabber: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced From c70cfdc148e1e1919b8b5ce38e16c993de12d74f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Ryans Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:20:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] include a very basic readme I didn't compress it for diff purposes, don't know the best way to handle compressed text files in patches. --- README | 113 1 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 000..37838ba --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ + ssft 0.9.11 Readme + + Brian Ryans + <[1]brianlry...@gmail.com> + __ + +Preface + + This document is licensed under the same terms as the Debian package + ssft itself, and was mostly generated from the contents of said + package. + __ + +Usage + + ssft is a shell function library, so near the top of your script, + source it, using something like: + +if [ -x $(which ssft.sh) ]; then . ssft.sh; else exit 1; fi + __ + +Functions + + ssft_set_textdomain + + Description: Saves the current TEXTDOMAIN and sets it to ssft-runtime + + ssft_reset_textdomain + + Description: Resets the TEXTDOMAIN to its old value (if there is one) + + ssft_choose_frontend + + Description: print the name of the preferred frontend, but don't set it + + ssft_print_text_title TITLE + + Description: auxiliary function to print titles on text and + noninteractive frontends + + ssft_display_message TITLE MESSAGE + + Description: Show a message to the user + + ssft_display_error TITLE MESSAGE + + Description: Show an error message to the user, the default frontend + prints it on stderr + + ssft_display_emsg TITLE MESSAGE + + Description: Call ssft_display_error for program error messages + + ssft_file_selection TITLE + + Description: Read a filepath from the user and store the value on the + variable SSFT_RESULT. The function returns 0 if some value was set by + the user and != 0 if it wasn't. + + ssft_progress_bar TITLE [TEXT [INITIAL_%]] + + Description: Show a progress bar to the user; the input contains two + lines per update, one for the % (integer between 0 and 100) and another + for the message displayed. The dialog is closed when the input ends. + + ssft_read_string TITLE QUESTION + + Description: Read a string from the user and save the value on the + variable SSFT_RESULT. The function returns 0 if some value was set by + the user and != 0 if it wasn't. If the variable SSFT_DEFAULT is set + when this function is called its value is used as the default string + value. Note that the variable SSFT_DEFAULT is unset after it is used. + + ssft_read_password TITLE QUESTION + + Description: Read a password from the user (without echo) and save the + value on the variable SSFT_RESULT. The function returns 0 if the value + was set by the user and != 0 if it wasn't. + + ssft_select_multiple TITLE QUESTION ITEMS_LIST + + Description: Select one or multiple items from the ITEMS_LIST and save + the values on SSFT_RESULT. The function returns 0 if the value was set + and != 0 if it wasn't. If the variable SSFT_DEFAULT is set when this + function is called and it contains the names of valid options (one by + line) they are used as the default selection. Note that the variable + SSFT_DEFAULT is unset after it is used. + + ssft_select_single TITLE QUESTION ITEMS_LIST + + Description: Select one item from the ITEMS_LIST and save the value on + SSFT_RESULT. The function returns 0 if the value was set and != 0 if it + wasn'
Bug#570492: aptitude: TUI reselects just removed packages for installation
Quoting Sven Joachim on 2010-02-19 03:20:34: > Package: aptitude > Version: 0.6.1.5-2 I've attempted to reproduce your bug in lenny (aptitude 0.4.11.11), without success. I'm thinking it's a regression, but by the time you see this message I should have 0.6.1.5-2 installed on a test system and see if the problem occurs in this version. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ UIN: 43190205 | Mail/MSN/Jabber: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficently advanced. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#562561: modprobe: could not load modules.dep during boot
I did notice something unusual in Felix's '/proc/cmdline'. Don't know how relevant this is, but it stood out among the message and had me thinking 'wtf': The doubled slash at the beginning of BOOT_IMAGE. Quoting Felix Koop on 2010-02-20 03:16:42: > BOOT_IMAGE=//vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 > root=UUID=20dcd9c8-46aa-423e-9e1a-0ac010d2e7af ro quiet -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ UIN: 43190205 | Mail/MSN/Jabber: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficently advanced. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#567415: iceweasel won't restart after it crashes
Quoting Gary Dale on 2010-01-28 16:55:32: > After Iceweasel crashes it refuses to restart - even in safe-mode - until > I reboot the computer. When you start Iceweasel, does it bring up an error message saying something like "There is an iceweasel process running but it is not responding"? If so, try the following command. This is just a temporary fix, designed to prevent you from having to reboot. $ killall iceweasel || killall firefox-bin Create a new profile and try from that. If that fails as well, create a new user. If all of the above fails, then I'll have to look into how to do some heavier debuggng on it. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ UIN: 43190205 | Mail/MSN/Jabber: brianlry...@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficently advanced. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#566742: add: exists in squeeze,sid; regression vs etch
As found at http://packages.debian.org/sid/display-dhammapada, the text is still the same in the sid and squeeze versions. This is a regression against the version found in etch. This is the submitter. If I'm going against some unwritten convention I've yet to figure out from reading a months' worth of debian-bugs-dist, or otherwise doing something wrong, please clue me in. -- _ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against ( ) Brian Ryans HTML E-mail and V-cards Xbrianlry...@gmail.com www.asciiribbon.org / \ GPG Public Key 0xC11213D0 Key Fingerprint: 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#566742: display-dhammapada: debian/control violates Policy 3.4.{1,2}
Package: display-dhammapada Severity: normal Tags: patch display-dhammapada, as found in lenny, is in violation of Policy 3.4.1 paragraph 2 [1] and 3.4.2 paragraph 1 [2]. One possible patch which seems to address this particular issue is provided as [3]. The wording may possibly be improved, though. [1] "Do not include the package name in the synopsis line." [2] "Do not try to continue the synopsis line into the extended description" [3] --- control 2008-02-02 18:49:13.0 -0600 +++ control.new 2010-01-24 16:01:17.0 -0600 @@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ Recommends: xbase-clients Section: misc Priority: optional -Description: Dhammapada is a Buddhist scripture which contains sayings of Buddha - in 423 verses. - This program displays a random verse from an English and Polish translation of - the Dhammapada. It works similarly to fortune, so you can place it in your - shell startup script or use it in your e-mail footer. +Description: fortune-like collection of Buddhist sayings + This program displays a random verse from the English or Polish translations of + the Dhammapada, a "verisfied Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the + Buddha himself" (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammapada) + . + As this program works similarly to fortune, one may use it in shell profiles or + .sig generators, among others. [end 3] -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
