Bug#1032225: Graph::Easy::Manual not found

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: libgraph-easy-perl
Version: 0.76-3
Severity: minor

We see
> Please see Graph::Easy::Manual for a full description of the syntax rules.
But that file is missing.

Bug#1031849: Mention actual GitHub URL in copyright

[Dan Jacobson]

And no wonder even on a King Size monitor I couldn't find it:

Our brain scans the screen, noting A B C and D.

We note C and B are about the same, so we click B because it is closer
to A.

OK, now we see:

Voila, the left side panel's precious link to the Repository is gone.
Stolen out from under our nose.
We assume we are still looking at the left side panel from the previous
screen, but it has changed.

OK. I will tell metacpan, and the Geo-Inverse author.

Bug#1031849: Mention actual GitHub URL in copyright

[Dan Jacobson]

I bet you must be logged into metacpan to see it. I can't see it even if 
I "choose desktop site."

Bug#1031849: Mention actual GitHub URL in copyright

[Dan Jacobson]

There is exactly one link to the word 'repository' on that page, and it 
is not clickable!

See the attached screenshot. Thanks.

Bug#1031849: Mention actual GitHub URL in copyright

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: libgeo-inverse-perl
Version: 0.07-1
File: /usr/share/doc/libgeo-inverse-perl/copyright

$ dlocate -L libgeo-inverse-perl|xargs zgrep -i github
/usr/share/doc/libgeo-inverse-perl/CONTRIBUTING.md:Fork repository on GitHub 
and submit a pull request.
/usr/share/doc/libgeo-inverse-perl/changelog.gz:  - Added GitHub repository
/usr/share/man/man3/Geo::Inverse.3pm.gz:Please open an issue on GitHub
/usr/share/perl5/Geo/Inverse.pm:Please open an issue on GitHub

Somewhere the actual GitHub URL should please be mentioned, e.g., in the
copyright file.

Above it says he "added the GitHub repository", but no exact URL is
given. OK, maybe I'll also remind him about that. No I won't, as we
are supposed to tell him on GitHub, but try as I might, I really can't
find it. So... I give up!

Bug#1031666: Missing Dependencies: Geo::Point

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: libgis-distance-perl
Version: 0.19-2

Man page has
   my $point1 = Geo::Point->latlong( $lat1, $lon1 );
but
Can't locate object method "latlong" via package "Geo::Point" (perhaps
you forgot to load "Geo::Point"?)

Therefore where to get Geo::Point should at least be in the Package Recommends.

No, it's not in libgeo-distance-perl.

Bug#1031596: London-Tokyo vs. Tokyo-London distance much different!!

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: libgeo-calc-perl
Version: 0.12-1
Severity: grave
File: /usr/share/doc/libgeo-calc-perl
Forwarded: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=146578

Regarding Geo::Calc version 0.12, there is something very wrong.
The distance from London to Tokyo,
11314595.851556
is different that from Tokyo to London,
8256133.168096 !!
See https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=146578 .

There is no activity on the many years of reports there.
Are you sure this package should be in Debian?

Bug#1027419: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not empty

[Dan Jacobson]

MR> Does this still occur?

I'm not sure, as I purged all that software.

Bug#1030911: Repeated Unicode circles

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: ibus-chewing
Version: 1.6.1-2
Severity: minor

I found that ○● ○● are actually the same unicodes repeated at 1, 2
and 5, 6:
One pair is all that is needed.

This is the second page of 8:特殊圖形.

Bug#1030394: Couldn't be some interrupted install

[Dan Jacobson]

reopen 1030394
retitle 1030394 1.20 not cleaned up
thanks

Wait, on my other computer there is the exact same problem:

$ ls -log /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/
drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 2018-08-07  circe-2.6
drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 2022-05-26  csv-mode-1.20
drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 01-25 12:31 csv-mode-1.21
drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 01-25 12:31 debian-el-37

Bug#1030560: Ugly // in symlinks

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: elpa-csv-mode
Version: 1.21-1
Severity: minor

We note the ugly double slashes. Yes, cosmetic problem only.
ls -og ...
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/csv-mode-1.21:
-rw-r--r-- 132 01-18 18:15 Install.log.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 172 01-18 18:15 csv-mode-autoloads.el -> 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src/csv-mode-1.21//csv-mode-autoloads.el
lrwxrwxrwx 166 01-18 18:15 csv-mode-pkg.el -> 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src/csv-mode-1.21//csv-mode-pkg.el
lrwxrwxrwx 168 01-18 18:15 csv-mode-tests.el -> 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src/csv-mode-1.21//csv-mode-tests.el
-rw-r--r-- 1 15956 01-18 18:15 csv-mode-tests.elc
lrwxrwxrwx 162 01-18 18:15 csv-mode.el -> 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src/csv-mode-1.21//csv-mode.el
-rw-r--r-- 1 57160 01-18 18:15 csv-mode.elc

Bug#1030394: Cannot look-up eln file as no source file was found

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: elpa-csv-mode
Version: 1.21-1

When I open a .csv file, I see:

Warning (comp): Cannot look-up eln file as no source file was found for 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/csv-mode-1.20/csv-mode.elc Disable showing 
Disable logging

That's odd.
*needs .el, so perhaps ship it.
*1.20 vs. 1.21 problem too.

Bug#1030189: Let regular users know need to put non-free-firmware in sources.list

[Dan Jacobson]

> "DK" == David Kalnischkies  writes:

DK> The message is rather cryptic, but its intent is to catch unaware
DK> sid/testing users and those stable users who don't read release notes,

I am the perfect user to test it on.

I am the one who just has used sid for the last 20 years and all I do is
aptiude update; aptiude full-upgrade
not even using any GUI, curses, etc.

Anyway all those cool names "bookworm" or whatever, no, not even "in one
ear and out the other"... they never even get to one ear.

I'm like grandma who never watches the news. Wouldn't know if they
changed the flag until one day I looked on top of the post office.

Anyway to test it on me, "you'll need to give me a special cellphone
(.deb) that beeps when there is a (test) national alert", so as not to
bother other users.

Bug#1030190: mplayer uninstallable

[Dan Jacobson]

Also:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libavformat58 : Depends: libsrt1.4-gnutls (>= 1.4.4) which is a virtual 
package and is not provided by any available package

Bug#1030190: mplayer uninstallable

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: mplayer
Version: 2:1.4+ds1-3+b2
Severity: critical

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 mplayer : Depends: libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is 
not provided by any available package
   Depends: libavformat58 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is 
not provided by any available package
   Depends: libavutil56 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is 
not provided by any available package
   Depends: libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is 
not provided by any available package
   Depends: libswresample3 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is 
not provided by any available package
   Depends: libswscale5 (>= 7:4.4) which is a virtual package and is 
not provided by any available package

The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

 Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) mplayer [Not Installed]

*** No more solutions available ***

In sources.list I have
deb http://.../debian/ unstable main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

Bug#1030189: Let regular users know need to put non-free-firmware in sources.list

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: general

The average user will not notice his firmware is not updating any more.

Some users, if they do
$ apt-show-versions |grep 'No available version in archive'
will see
firmware-amd-graphics:all 20221214-3 installed: No available version in archive
firmware-brcm80211:all 20221214-3 installed: No available version in archive...

And if they check
/var/lib/apt/lists/*_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_i18n_Translation-en.diff_Index
will notice something funny happened...
 137480 T-2023-01-30-2019.16-F-2023-01-14-1406.12
 137194 T-2023-01-30-2019.16-F-2023-01-14-2004.08
 137161 T-2023-01-30-2019.16-F-2023-01-16-0203.33
 137036 T-2023-01-30-2019.16-F-2023-01-16-2003.44
  73251 T-2023-01-30-2019.16-F-2023-01-18-2013.57
  73217 T-2023-01-30-2019.16-F-2023-01-19-2008.34
  72676 T-2023-01-30-2019.16-F-2023-01-20-2016.02

So he must do Google Search.
https://www.google.com/search?q=debian+firmware+non-free
which leads to
https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
which says
...a new repository component non-free-firmware...

So that means he needs to add it to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
Ah ha!

Yes, he should be regularly subscribed to debian-user, but that's too
much.
Or https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/, but that's too many boring
messages too.

Yes, he uses apt-listchanges, but that won't tell him this.

So I'm saying that Debian needs a mechanism to have his computer tell
him to do this.

Maybe the next time he uses apt*, somehow the system should tell him...

Bug#1029805: Cannot look-up eln file as no source file was found for

[Dan Jacobson]

I have no idea.
Please reassign it.
Thanks.

---


On 2023-01-29 05:17, Sven Joachim wrote:

On 2023-01-28 07:24 -0400, David Bremner wrote:


Dan Jacobson  writes:


Package: dh-elpa-helper
Version: 2.0.16
Severity: minor

I saw this:
Warning (comp): Cannot look-up eln file as no source file was found 
for

/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/csv-mode-1.20/csv-mode.elc


Why do you think this is a bug in dh-elpa-helper?


It surely looks more like a bug in Emacs to me, but with Dan's usual
terseness it is hard to tell.  So, Dan:

- Does /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/csv-mode-1.20/csv-mode.elc 
exist?

- Which version of elpa-csv-mode do you have installed, if any?

Cheers,
   Sven

Bug#1029920: mention APT::Clean-Installed on autoclean part of man page

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.13-5

autoclean is great, but it would be nice if there could be an optional
way to not have it delete .debs of installed versions.

Yes, most old .debs we don't want anymore,
except if that is the version we actually have installed.

I don't want to throw away a working .deb, and keep a non working .deb,
even if the latter is the current version upstream.

I just want to keep these
aptitude --disable-columns -F %p\ %v search ~U\|~o

out of the
aptitude -s autoclean list.

Wait, on man apt-get the autoclean section mentions APT::Clean-Installed
but that is missing from the corresponding man aptitude section, even
though it works the same way.

Therefore please simply also mention it on man aptitude, to save
users hours.

rgrep  Clean-I -l /usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/ finds none there, but
it is right on the apt-get man page, meaning it is important.

Bug#1029805: Cannot look-up eln file as no source file was found for

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: dh-elpa-helper
Version: 2.0.16
Severity: minor

I saw this:
Warning (comp): Cannot look-up eln file as no source file was found for
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/csv-mode-1.20/csv-mode.elc

Bug#1029748: All bugs with submitter=... package=all, latest first, limit 30

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: qa.debian.org
Severity: wishlist
User: qa.debian@packages.debian.org
Usertags: udd

I wish there was a way to use the
https://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase/
to find all the bugs I have submitted, for all packages in Debian,
latest first, limit=30.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?&submitter=jida...@jidanni.org
finds too many, and no way to make latest first.

Bug#1029667: downgrading heif-gdk-pixbuf:amd64 from 1.14.2-1 to 1.13.0-1 to work

[Dan Jacobson]

See also #1029668.
But gpicview shouldn't segfault anyway.

Bug#1029668: downgrading heif-gdk-pixbuf:amd64 from 1.14.2-1 to 1.13.0-1 to work

[Dan Jacobson]

severity 1029668 grave
thanks

I had to do
dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*1.13.0-*
dpkg: warning: downgrading heif-gdk-pixbuf:amd64 from 1.14.2-1 to 1.13.0-1
dpkg: warning: downgrading libheif-examples from 1.14.2-1 to 1.13.0-1
dpkg: warning: downgrading libheif1:amd64 from 1.14.2-1 to 1.13.0-1
to make viewnior and gpicview work again.

Bug#1029747: Empty "Categorize using"

[Dan Jacobson]

Package:www.debian.org

On https://www.debian.org/Bugs/ there is an empty
Categorize using

Bug#1029746: want: querybts --submitter= ... --limit=...

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: reportbug
Version: 11.6.0
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/querybts

I want to use querybts to find the latest 30 bugs that I have submitted,
for all packages.

Currently
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?submitter=jida...@jidanni.org
finds thousands... too many, and no way to change the order.

--latest-first looks good, but wish also to have --limit= so one doesn't
need head -n ...

Bug#1029668: Cannot read HEIC anymore

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: heif-gdk-pixbuf
Version: 1.14.2-1
X-Debbugs-No-Ack: noack

$ file $2
trips/2022/DCIM/Camera/20221118_121323.heic: ISO Media, HEIF Image HEVC Main or 
Main Still Picture Profile
$ viewnior $2

** (viewnior:12267): WARNING **: 15:48:54.146: Cannot read plugin directory.

** (viewnior:12267): WARNING **: 15:48:54.152: Cannot read plugin directory.

(viewnior:12267): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 15:48:54.152: 
gdk_pixbuf_format_is_writable: assertion 'format != NULL' failed

(viewnior:12267): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 15:48:54.152: 
gdk_pixbuf_animation_is_static_image: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF_ANIMATION 
(animation)' failed

(viewnior:12267): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 15:48:54.152: 
gdk_pixbuf_animation_get_width: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF_ANIMATION (animation)' 
failed

(viewnior:12267): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 15:48:54.152: 
gdk_pixbuf_animation_get_height: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF_ANIMATION 
(animation)' failed

(viewnior:12267): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 15:48:54.152: IA__gtk_window_resize: 
assertion 'width > 0' failed

(viewnior:12267): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 15:48:54.152: g_object_unref: 
assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Worked fine last week.

Bug#1029667: segfault

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: gpicview
Version: 0.2.5-3+b2
X-Debbugs-No-Ack: noack

$ file $2
trips/2022/DCIM/Camera/20221118_121323.heic: ISO Media, HEIF Image HEVC Main or 
Main Still Picture Profile
$ gpicview $2

** (gpicview:12191): WARNING **: 15:46:38.979: Cannot read plugin directory.

** (gpicview:12191): WARNING **: 15:46:38.985: Cannot read plugin directory.
Segmentation fault

I could read them last week.
Anyway Segmentation fault is still bad.

Bug#1029665: Document APT::Clean-Installed on/true

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: apt
Version: 2.5.5
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/man/man8/apt-get.8.gz
X-Debbugs-No-Ack: noack

   autoclean (and the auto-clean alias since 1.1)
   Like clean, autoclean clears out the local repository of retrieved
   package files. The difference is that it only removes package files
   that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely useless. This
   allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without it
   growing out of control. The configuration option
   APT::Clean-Installed will prevent installed packages from being
   erased if it is set to off.

OK, but still you need to say what will happen if it is set to on.

Or is the default on? Etc.

Bug#1029587: Add simplest example

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: p7zip-full
Version: 16.02+dfsg-8
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/man/man1/7z.1.gz
X-Debbugs-No-Ack: noack

On the 7z man page add an additional most simplest example of
7zipping and unzipping a single file. Thanks.

$ 7z a d.7z d

perhaps.

Bug#1029126: Wishing for Emacs 29 in Debian

[Dan Jacobson]

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBookworm says it is "testing".
Hmmm, I am using sid. Maybe it could go into sid?

> "SW" == Sean Whitton  writes:
SW> Hello,

SW> This can't happen before the release of bookworm.

Bug#1029126: Wishing for Emacs 29 in Debian

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: emacs
Version: 1:28.2+1-9
Severity: wishlist

Please bring emacs 29 into Debian, so we don't have to compile it ourselves.

Bug#207095: so hard to get dates

[Dan Jacobson]

On https://github.com/GPSBabel/gpsbabel/issues/981#issuecomment-1385579428
I was racking my brains again to show them the dates.

Bug#1028114: Upstream has new versions

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: xdotool
Version: 1:3.20160805.1-5

https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool/releases has many new versions. Thanks.

Bug#1028039: Mention "use run e2fsck -f" to fix.

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: e2fsprogs
Version: 1.46.6~rc1-1+b1

Please instead of making users nervous by just saying:

fsck from util-linux 2.38.1
Inode 65923 extent tree (at level 1) could be shorter.  IGNORED.

Please simply add "use run e2fsck -f" to fix:

Inode 65923 extent tree (at level 1) could be shorter.  IGNORED.
Use run e2fsck -f" to fix.

It works!:

# e2fsck -f /dev/mmcblk0p2
e2fsck 1.46.6-rc1 (12-Sep-2022)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Inode 65923 extent tree (at level 1) could be shorter.  Optimize? yes

That way users would know how to avoid getting the warning forever.

Also they wouldn't need to do
https://www.google.com/search?q=Inode+extent+tree+(at+level+1)+could+be+shorter.+IGNORED.
as you see many many have.

Bug#1027693: Document X-Debbugs-No-Ack cannot be empty

[Dan Jacobson]

OK, my experiments show, at least for the pseudoheader, the document
needs to mention:


   an X-Debbugs-No-Ack header or pseudoheader in your e-mail (the contents
   of this header do not matter). If you report a new bug with this

   ^, but they cannot be empty!

   header, you will need to check the web interface yourself to find the
   bug number.

Bug#935571: Reverse Bugs checkbox fails

[Dan Jacobson]

Now there is a Reverse Bugs checkbox
but it doesn't do anything with raw:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?bug-rev=on;ordering=raw;submitter=jidanni%40jidanni.org
 is in the same
  order as 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?ordering=raw;submitter=jidanni%40jidanni.org
 .

Bug#1027695: Don't make empty Summary sections

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: bugs.debian.org
Severity: minor
X-Debbugs-No-Ack:

If a Summary section is empty, like on
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?bug-rev=on;ordering=raw;package=bugs.debian.org;submitter=jidanni%40jidanni.org
then don't print the  in the first place. perhaps.

Bug#1027694: Add "Jump to Options" at the top of reports

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: bugs.debian.org
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-No-Ack: this time just a pseudo header no-ack

Let's take a long report like
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?submitter=jida...@jidanni.org

Well let's say we want to toggle some options.
However they are thousands of lines down.

Therefore at the top there could be a handy "Jump to Options" link.
I.e., this h2
  Options
needs an id=... , and at the top there should be a
hyperlink to jump to it.

In fact it would be good practice to give each element an id= so people
could make links to them.

Bug#1027693: X-Debbugs-No-Ack ignored

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: bugs.debian.org
Severity: minor
X-Debbugs-No-Ack: maybe it needs a word here after all

/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt.gz
says I can add an X-Debbugs-No-Ack pseudo header
and that's what I did in
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1027691
but as you see an acknowledgment was sent anyway:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1027691;msg=4

Bug#1027691: Mention PSEUDO-HEADER needs colon or will silently fail

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: reportbug
Version: 11.6.0
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/man/man1/reportbug.1.gz
X-Debbugs-No-Ack:

At
   -P PSEUDO-HEADER, --pseudo-header=PSEUDO-HEADER
Mention a colon needs to be present.   --pseudo-header='Z' will
silently fail.

And also if there is a colon at the end, the program shouldn't add a
blank after it. Because there isn't anything to separate, so it just
becomes a trailing blank.

Bug#1027421: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts': Directory not empty

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: gsfonts-other
Version: 6.0-4.2

dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts': 
Directory not empty

due to a .uuid file.

Bug#1027420: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/polkit-1': Directory not empty

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: systemd

Unpacking systemd (252.4-1) over (251.1-1) ...
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/polkit-1': Directory 
not empty

# ld -Ral /var/lib/polkit-1
/var/lib/polkit-1:
total 12
drwx--  3 rootroot4096 12-31 16:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 45 rootroot4096 12-31 16:11 ..
drwx--  2 polkitd nogroup 4096 2016-12-21  .cache

/var/lib/polkit-1/.cache:
total 8
drwx-- 2 polkitd nogroup 4096 2016-12-21  .
drwx-- 3 rootroot4096 12-31 16:05 ..

Bug#1027419: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not empty

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: dhcpcd5

Unpacking dhcpcd5 (9.4.1-11) over (9.4.1-0.1) ...
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/dhcpcd': Directory not 
empty

Just some years old
/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-*.lease
/var/lib/dhcpcd/secret
files.

I don't know if I should just delete the directory manually.

Bug#1011921: big5

[Dan Jacobson]

I am sorry. My mailer  converts it into utf-8. So you guys will just 
have to convert it back into Big 5 to continue the experiments.

Bug#1011921:

[Dan Jacobson]

> "王" == 王昊然   writes:
王> Not all non-unicode text streams can be reliably detected, as they could be
王> ambiguous to eachother.

All I know is we humans can tell better what it at least not is... so
maybe it needs artificial intelligence.

王> And the attached file is actually in UTF-8

Hmmm, I'm not sure how that happened.

Bug#1024695: Warning: reference to free variable dired-mode-map

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: elpa-debian-el
Version: 37.10
File: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa-src/debian-el-37/debian-el.el

I see in the *Warning* bfuffer
Warning (comp): debian-el.el:90:26: Warning: reference to free variable
‘dired-mode-map’
# apt-show-versions |grep emacs
emacs:all/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacs-bin-common:amd64/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacs-common:all/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacs-common-non-dfsg:all/unstable 1:28.2+1-2 uptodate
emacs-el:all/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacs-gtk:amd64/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacsen-common:all/unstable 3.0.4 uptodate

Bug#1024694: reference to free variable tab-line-exclude-modes

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: w3m-el-snapshot
Version: 1.4.632+0.20221027.0216.7f74768-1
File: /usr/share/w3m-el/w3m.el

I see in the *Warning* bfuffer
Warning (comp): w3m.el:78:33: Warning: reference to free variable 
‘tab-line-exclude-modes’ Disable showing Disable logging
Warning (comp): w3m.el:82:42: Warning: assignment to free variable 
‘tab-line-exclude-modes’ Disable showing Disable logging
# apt-show-versions |grep emacs
emacs:all/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacs-bin-common:amd64/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacs-common:all/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacs-common-non-dfsg:all/unstable 1:28.2+1-2 uptodate
emacs-el:all/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacs-gtk:amd64/unstable 1:28.2+1-6 uptodate
emacsen-common:all/unstable 3.0.4 uptodate

Bug#1024307: No notice to users of what change is happening

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: emacs-bin-common

All I know is
# aptitude full-upgrade
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 emacs-gtk : Depends: emacs-common (= 1:28.2+1-5) but 1:28.2+1-3 is installed
 emacs-bin-common : Depends: emacs-common (= 1:28.2+1-5) but 1:28.2+1-3 is 
installed
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
 Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) emacs-bin-common [1:28.2+1-3 (now)]
2) emacs-gtk [1:28.2+1-3 (now)]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y

Then a second run of
# aptitude full-upgrade
just says
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.

# apt-show-versions -i
# apt-show-versions |grep emacs
emacs:all 1:28.2+1-3 installed: No available version in archive
emacs-bin-common:amd64/unstable 1:28.2+1-3 upgradeable to 1:28.2+1-5
emacs-common:all 1:28.2+1-3 installed: No available version in archive
emacs-common-non-dfsg:all/unstable 1:28.2+1-2 uptodate
emacs-el:all 1:28.2+1-3 installed: No available version in archive
emacs-gtk:amd64/unstable 1:28.2+1-3 upgradeable to 1:28.2+1-5
emacsen-common:all/unstable 3.0.4 uptodate

What I'm trying to say is suddenly things are in disarray,
and the user has got no notice of whatever is going on even though he
monitors apt-listchanges.

Bug#1023595: Mention End Of Life in package Description

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: isc-dhcp-client
Version: 4.4.3-P1-1

In the package Description mention something about End Of Life.
Yes, it's mentioned in /usr/share/doc/isc-dhcp-client,
but it should also be mentioned in the package Description section,
so e.g.,

$ apt show isc-dhcp-client
...
Priority: important
...
Description: 

will warn potential users that all is not sunny.

Bug#1023559: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#1023559: show with no arguments

[Dan Jacobson]

To be picky, one also notices the man page says ,
which means they are required:

   aptitude [...] {build-dep | build-depends | changelog |
download | forbid-version | hold | install | markauto | purge
| reinstall | remove | show | showsrc | source | unhold |
unmarkauto | versions} ...

But for e.g., install, purge, that isn't actually the case.

Bug#1023559: show with no arguments

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.13-5
Severity: wishlist

$ aptitude show
with no arguments should print a usage message.

Bug#1022949: Much newer docs available at proj.org

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: proj-ps-doc
Version: 4.3.3-5.1

https://proj.org/download.html shows
much newer docs available upstream:
2022-09-01 proj-9.1.0.tar.gz (md5)
2022-09-01 proj-data-1.11.tar.gz
---> PDF Manual proj.pdf <---

One might say the "ps" is hardwired into the proj-ps-doc package name,
so things must stay the same.

But anyway please if you are going to package the manual, package a
slightly fresh version! Thanks.

Bug#1016387: Traces

[Dan Jacobson]

OK, I found my trace!
But it was so tiny.
I had to zoom in to see it.
But I needed to use the slider, as CTRL++ doesn't work, only CTRL+-
does.
Also the man page should say one can start with a filename:
$ gpxviewer filename.gpx
which works, but should indeed then zoom in so the whole trace is noticeable.
OK, maybe with e.g., --zoom(-in)
Also
$ gpxviewer --help
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gpxviewer", line 48, in ...
should instead mention some usage message.

Bug#1016387: Traces

[Dan Jacobson]

I had made the trace you see downloadable on
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jidanni/traces/4707960 .

I made it with https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMTracker_(Android) .
Such traces only have trackpoints, no waypoints usually.

I was hoping to see something like the above URL.

Bug#1016387: Traces

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: gpxviewer
Version: 1.1.0-4
Severity: wishlist

Cannot see tracepoints.

Bug#1011922: bugs.astron.com not very usable

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: file

https://bugs.astron.com/
1. Says 'Warning: "admin" directory should be removed, or access to it 
restricted.'
2. Says my password is wrong.
3. Has no way to retrieve a lost/forgotten password.
Hence I will report bugs to Debian.

Bug#1011921: big5

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: file
Version: 1:5.41-4

$ file 111D2012841-01.txt
111D2012841-01.txt: ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators

Test further. It is big5!

交通部公路總局第二區養護工程處人民陳情案件處理情形調查表

親愛的民眾您好:

這是一項我們對人民陳情案件處理情形滿意度調查，主要目
的在瞭解您對我們處理情形的寶貴意見，以作為改進參考依據，
謝謝您的協助，並祝行車平安。(請寄回thb...@thb.gov.tw 信箱)

1.請問您本次提出陳情的時間是： 年 月 日
  機關回復之發文日期： 年 月 日及字號：
  陳情事由：


2、請問您本次是透過那一種方式提出陳情？
   □(1)書信□(2)電話□(3)傳真□(4)電子信箱
   □(5)親自至機關
3、請問您對本次陳情案件之機關處理情形是否滿意？（答(4)、(5)者請續答第3-1題）
   □(1)非常滿意   □(2)滿意   □(3)無意見/拒答 
   □(4)不滿意 □(5)非常不滿意
3-1、請問您不滿意的原因為何？（可複選）
   □處理時間太慢 □處理態度不佳
   □答復內容未具體明確   □答復內容為制式例稿，欠缺誠意
   □答復內容與陳情內容不符   □問題未獲解決
   □其他 
4、職業: 
  (1)□軍、公、教  (2)□工 (3)□農 (4)□商  (5)□服務業  (6)□自由業 
  (7)□其他
5、性別: 
   (1)□男性 (2)□女性
6、年齡: 
   (1)□20歲以下 (2)□21-30歲 (3)□31-40歲 (4)□41-50歲 
   (5)□51-60歲(6)□61歲以上
7、教育程度
   (1)□國中以下  (2)□高中 (3)□大學  (4)□研究所以上

Bug#1010680: dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-open-sans, directory '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/open-sans' not empty so not removed

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: fonts-open-sans
Version: 1.11-2

dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-open-sans, directory 
'/usr/share/fonts/truetype/open-sans' not empty so not removed

due to

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/open-sans/.uuid

Bug#1009989: Can't convert from HTML

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: gnumeric
Version: 1.12.51-1
File: /usr/bin/ssconvert

$ ssconvert --list-importers 2>&1 |grep -i htm
Gnumeric_html:html   | HTML (*.html, *.htm)
$ txt2html /etc/motd > g.html
$ ssconvert g.html /tmp/m.pdf
Loading file:///tmp/g.html failed

Bug#1009920: Internal error: Could not resolve keysym XF86EmojiPicker

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: x11-xkb-utils
Version: 7.7+5

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/issues/156#note_1347383
says
   Internal error: Could not resolve keysym XF86EmojiPicker
might be a Debian bug.

Bug#972678: initramfs-tools: bad error message when zstd requested but not installed

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.16.0-6-amd64
W: No zstd in /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin, using gzip

Shouldn't it just not remind the user?

Bug#1007263: Document upgrading dash will change the /bin/sh no matter what

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: dash
Version: 0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8

/usr/share/doc/dash/ says

dash (0.5.5.1-2.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * The default system shell (/bin/sh) has been changed to dash for
new installations.  When upgrading existing installations, the
system shell will not be changed automatically.
  * One can see what the current default system shell on this machine
is by running 'readlink /bin/sh'.
  * Change it by running 'dpkg-reconfigure dash'. 

 -- Luk Claes   Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:23:20 +0200

However, my /bin/sh -> bash got changed anyway, so the above is wrong.

# ls -l /bin/sh --full-time
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2022-03-15 07:31:29.311937593 +0800 /bin/sh -> dash

# grep  dash /var/log/dpkg.log
2022-03-15 07:31:29 upgrade dash:amd64 0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-3 
0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8
2022-03-15 07:31:29 status half-configured dash:amd64 
0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-3
2022-03-15 07:31:29 status unpacked dash:amd64 0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-3
2022-03-15 07:31:29 status half-installed dash:amd64 
0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-3
2022-03-15 07:31:29 status unpacked dash:amd64 0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8
2022-03-15 07:31:29 configure dash:amd64 0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8 

2022-03-15 07:31:29 status unpacked dash:amd64 0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8
2022-03-15 07:31:29 status half-configured dash:amd64 
0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8
2022-03-15 07:31:29 status triggers-awaited dash:amd64 
0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8
2022-03-15 07:33:03 status installed dash:amd64 
0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8

# grep  dash /var/log/apt/term.log
Preparing to unpack .../dash_0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dash (0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8) over 
(0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-3) ...
Setting up dash (0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8) ...
Adding 'diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to 
/usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash'

Bug#1007093: dpkg-reconfigure system shell question

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: dash

If we say no to the system shell question on
dpkg-reconfigure dash
well, there are some cases it still will be used...
E.g., if bash no longer ships with a system shell...
So the wording should be different.

Bug#1007021: Missing dependency

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: webcamoid
Version: 9.0.0-2

See https://github.com/webcamoid/webcamoid/issues/502 .
You must install qml-module-qt-labs-platform package.

Bug#1007008: qvidcap

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: v4l-utils
Version: 1.22.1-2

v4l-utils is missing qvidcap.

Bug#1006567: ifname is out of alphabetical order on the man page

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: ppp
Version: 2.4.9-1+1
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/man/man8/pppd.8.gz

ifname is out of alphabetical order:

   unit num
  Sets the ppp unit number (for a ppp0 or ppp1 etc interface name)
  for  outbound  connections.  If the unit is already in use a dy‐
  namically allocated number will be used.

   ifname string
  Set the ppp interface name for outbound connections.  If the in‐
  terface  name  is  already in use, or if the name cannot be used
  for any other reason, pppd will terminate.

   unset name
  Remove a variable from the environment variable for scripts that
  are invoked by pppd.  When specified by a privileged source, the
  variable name cannot be set by options contained in an  unprivi‐
  leged  source.   See also the set option and the environment de‐
  scribed in SCRIPTS.

Bug#1006565: document adb ls

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: adb
Version: 1:29.0.6-6

$ man adb
$ adb help
both don't mention
$ adb ls

So how did I find it?
$ adb 

Bug#1006566: man should mention adb backup is deprecated and may be removed

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: adb
Version: 1:29.0.6-6
File: /usr/share/man/man1/adb.1.gz

Running adb backup says:
WARNING: adb backup is deprecated and may be removed in a future release

Therefore the adb backup section on the man page should mention this
fact also.

Bug#1006564: adb shell cmd settings help says Invalid command

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: adb
Version: 1:29.0.6-6

I'm not sure where to send this bug.

$ adb shell cmd settings
Settings provider (settings) commands:
  help
  Print this help text.
  get [--user  | current] NAMESPACE KEY
  Retrieve the current value of KEY.
...
$ adb shell cmd settings help
Invalid command: help

Bug#1006563: man page subitems need indenting

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: adb
Version: 1:29.0.6-6
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/man/man1/adb.1.gz

-apk etc. need to be indented.


   adb  backup  [-f  file] [-apk|-noapk] [-obb|-noobb] [-shared|-noshared]
   [-all] [-system|-nosystem] [packages...]
 Write an archive of the device's data to file.  If no  -f  option  is
 supplied  then the data is written to backup.ab in the current direc‐
 tory.

   -apk | -noapk enable/disable backup of the .apks themselves in the  ar‐
   chive; the default is noapk.

   -obb | -noobb enable/disable backup of any installed apk expansion (aka
   .obb) files associated with each application; the default is noobb.

   -shared | -noshared enable/disable backup of the device's shared  stor‐
   age / SD card contents; the default is noshared.

   -all means to back up all installed applications.

   -system  | -nosystem toggles whether -all automatically includes system
   applications; the default is to include system apps.

   packages... is the list of applications to be backed up.  If  the  -all
   or -shared flags are passed, then the package list is optional.  Appli‐
   cations explicitly given on the command line will be included  even  if

P.S., adb help doesn't mention some things seen on the man page.
$ adb help|grep -ic backup
0

Bug#1004202: Don't leave empty files on disk if extraction fails

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: unar
Version: 1.10.1-2+b7
Severity: minor

Don't leave empty files on disk if extraction fails.

$ unar -p 0403 Certificate.zip
Certificate.zip: Zip
  Certificate.pdf  (254004 B)... Failed! (Missing or wrong password)
Extraction to current directory failed! (1 file failed.)
$ ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 jidanni jidanni  0 01-22 21:28 Certificate.pdf
-rw--- 1 jidanni jidanni 242430 01-22 21:26 Certificate.zip
$ lsar -l Certificate.zip
Certificate.zip: Zip
 Flags  File size   Ratio  Mode  Date   Time   Name
 =  ==  =    == =  
  0. ---E-  254004   4.6%    2022-01-22 09:38  Certificate.pdf
(Flags: D=Directory, R=Resource fork, L=Link, E=Encrypted, @=Extended 
attributes)
$ lsar -L Certificate.zip
Certificate.zip: Zip
Certificate.pdf: 
  Name:   Certificate.pdf
  Size:   254 KB (254004 bytes)
  Compressed size:242 KB (242264 bytes)
  Is encrypted:   Yes
  Last modified:  2022-01-22 09:38:52 +0800
  DOS file attributes:-- (0x00)
  Index in file:  0
  Start of data:  56
  Length of data: 242264
  WinZipAESCompressionMethod: 8
  WinZipAESKeySize:   3
  WinZipAESVendor:17729
  WinZipAESVersion:   2
  ZipCRC32:   0x
  ZipCompressionMethod:   99
  ZipExtractVersion:  20
  ZipFileAttributes:  0
  ZipFlags:   9
  ZipLocalDate:   1412844762
  ZipOS:  0
  ZipOSName:  MS-DOS

P.S., trailing blank spotted:
$ lsar -L Certificate.zip|sed -n '/ $/p'
Certificate.pdf: 

Bug#1004159: Add a qpdf-doc package

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Anyway, the idea is now we are on a camping trip, and don't want to need
to go back to town to run a second command to get the docs, because even
though we installed all the qpdf-* packages we could before we left, we
didn't read their instructions.

Bug#1004159: Add a qpdf-doc package

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

> "JB" == Jay Berkenbilt  writes:

JB> /usr/share/doc/qpdf/README-doc.txt which includes instructions on how

Maybe just copy the three files it mentions, and make them into a
qpdf-doc package.

Bug#1004159: Add a qpdf-doc package

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: qpdf
Version: 10.5.0-1
Severity: wishlist

Add a qpdf-doc package, so the documentation can be viewed offline,
without needing to obtain an Internet connection, once one realizes the
full documentation is missing.

Bug#375275: #375275: getty: cursor state not reset

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

reopen 375275
thanks
Easily reproducible currently using the steps in
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375275#10

Bug#1003783: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: libxml-libxml-perl
Version: 2.0207+dfsg-2

Preparing to unpack .../8-libxml-libxml-perl_2.0207+dfsg-2_amd64.deb ...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Unregistering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser 
with priority 50...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Unregistering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX with 
priority 50...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Updating overall Perl SAX parser modules info file...
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.

Setting up libxml-libxml-perl (2.0207+dfsg-2) ...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser 
with priority 50...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX with 
priority 50...
update-perl-sax-parsers: Updating overall Perl SAX parser modules info file...
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.

Bug#1003577: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: texinfo
Version: 6.8-4

Setting up texinfo (6.8-4) ...
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.

Bug#1002478: Say "(virtual package)" in search results

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.13-3
Severity: wishlist

Instead of
# aptitude search xmonad
p   libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev- Extensions to xmonad
v   libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev-0.16-c9735 -
p   libghc-xmonad-contrib-doc- Extensions to xmonad; 
documentation
p   libghc-xmonad-contrib-prof   - Extensions to xmonad; 
profiling libraries
v   libghc-xmonad-contrib-prof-0.16-c9735-
p   libghc-xmonad-dev- Lightweight X11 window 
manager
v   libghc-xmonad-dev-0.15-a09b4 -
p   libghc-xmonad-doc- Lightweight X11 window 
manager; documentation
p   libghc-xmonad-extras-dev - third party extensions for 
xmonad with wacky dependencies
v   libghc-xmonad-extras-dev-0.15.2-a1447-
p   libghc-xmonad-extras-doc - third party extensions for 
xmonad with wacky dependencies; documentation
p   libghc-xmonad-extras-prof- third party extensions for 
xmonad with wacky dependencies; profiling libraries
v   libghc-xmonad-extras-prof-0.15.2-a1447   -
p   libghc-xmonad-prof   - Lightweight X11 window 
manager; profiling libraries
v   libghc-xmonad-prof-0.15-a09b4-
p   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-dev  - xmonad wallpaper extension
v   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-dev-0.0.1.4-24bf6-
p   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-doc  - xmonad wallpaper extension; 
documentation
p   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-prof - xmonad wallpaper extension; 
profiling libraries
v   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-prof-0.0.1.4-24bf6   -
p   xmonad   - Lightweight X11 window 
manager written in Haskell

Perhaps say
# aptitude search xmonad
p   libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev- Extensions to xmonad
v   libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev-0.16-c9735 - (virtual package)
p   libghc-xmonad-contrib-doc- Extensions to xmonad; 
documentation
p   libghc-xmonad-contrib-prof   - Extensions to xmonad; 
profiling libraries
v   libghc-xmonad-contrib-prof-0.16-c9735- (virtual package)
p   libghc-xmonad-dev- Lightweight X11 window 
manager
v   libghc-xmonad-dev-0.15-a09b4 - (virtual package)
p   libghc-xmonad-doc- Lightweight X11 window 
manager; documentation
p   libghc-xmonad-extras-dev - third party extensions for 
xmonad with wacky dependencies
v   libghc-xmonad-extras-dev-0.15.2-a1447- (virtual package)
p   libghc-xmonad-extras-doc - third party extensions for 
xmonad with wacky dependencies; documentation
p   libghc-xmonad-extras-prof- third party extensions for 
xmonad with wacky dependencies; profiling libraries
v   libghc-xmonad-extras-prof-0.15.2-a1447   - (virtual package)
p   libghc-xmonad-prof   - Lightweight X11 window 
manager; profiling libraries
v   libghc-xmonad-prof-0.15-a09b4- (virtual package)
p   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-dev  - xmonad wallpaper extension
v   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-dev-0.0.1.4-24bf6- (virtual package)
p   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-doc  - xmonad wallpaper extension; 
documentation
p   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-prof - xmonad wallpaper extension; 
profiling libraries
v   libghc-xmonad-wallpaper-prof-0.0.1.4-24bf6   - (virtual package)
p   xmonad   - Lightweight X11 window 
manager written in Haskell

Just plain looks better.
Also we now know at a glance that the maintainer didn't forget a title, etc.

Bug#1001693: userguide.html missing background

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: i3-wm
Version: 4.20.1-1
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/doc/i3-wm/userguide.html

Browsing
https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html
/usr/share/doc/i3-wm/userguide.html
The former has a black background, missing in the latter.

Bug#1001011: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: ucf
Version: 3.0043

# env UCF_FORCE_CONFFOLD=1 ucf --three-way --debconf-ok 
--sum-file=/usr/share/grub/default/grub.md5sum /tmp/grub.ytSP5JjQ2w 
/etc/default/grub
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.

See #1000830 .

Bug#1001010: man dpkg should also mention --unpack processes triggers

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.20.9
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/man/man1/dpkg.1.gz

Man page says

   --unpack package-file...
   Unpack the package, but don't configure it. If --recursive or -R
   option is specified, package-file must refer to a directory
   instead.

But wait, it should also mention --unpack processes triggers:

# dpkg --unpack /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_2.06-2_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 145018 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../grub-pc_2.06-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking grub-pc (2.06-2) over (2.06-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-2) ...

Bug#1000968: closed by Colin Watson (Re: Bug#1000968: Mention the only way to abort dpkg-reconfigure)

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

>> Else there is no way to quit. ^C, ^Z don't work.

B> This is too situational for there to be a reasonable way to advise on it
B> in the man page - it'll depend very much on the debconf frontend in use,

Fine. Then the very clear solution is on every page, automatically add an 
'abort' choice.

B> on the maintainer scripts in question, etc.

Hmmm, I see. Not so simple.

Well anyway, see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/newt/+bug/31207 .

And dpkg-reconfigure remains the craziest command in Debian.

Even the Debian Installer allows people to abort out.

Anyway, you will have a bunch of people using 'killall dpkg-reconfigure'
at random steps.

It would be much better, if like in the Debian Installer, at each step,
authors were required to add an abort choice, which would do the proper
clean up for their scripts at that point.

Sure, currently thoughtful authors already add such choices.
But most just assume the user "always wants to complete and submit their
tax return, and never has second thoughts halfway."

Bug#1000968: Mention the only way to abort dpkg-reconfigure

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.79
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/share/man/man8/dpkg-reconfigure.8.gz

On this man page please mention how to quit halfway.

E.g.,
"Open another window and do killall dpkg-reconfigure"

(And mention the possible consequences.)

Else there is no way to quit. ^C, ^Z don't work.

Bug#1000830: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

# ed /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst
# dpkg --configure grub-pc
dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure):
 package grub-pc is already installed and configured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-pc
# dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc #
# xterm
# killall dpkg-reconfigure

Bug#1000830: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

# strace --output=/tmp/xx -ff  dpkg -i 
/var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_2.06-2_amd64.deb
shows plenty of which's still left, as you said. But apparently one is
still not going to /dev/null for me.

Maybe you can send me a .deb with an set -x in
/var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst so I don't have to repackage the
whole package.

Bug#1000964: add way to run installation scripts with sh -x

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.20.9
Severity: wishlist

Add a way to run /var/lib/dpkg/info/* scripts with sh -x instead of sh,
without needing to repackage a package just to put an set -x at the top
of a file.

Bug#1000834: Support U+031A COMBINING LEFT ANGLE ABOVE

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: fonts-liberation
Version: 1:1.07.4-11

Maybe https://crbug.com/1274125 is a fonts-liberation bug. As that is
what Developer Tools shows is being used here.

Bug#1000832: apt-listchanges: news for jidanni5

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

OK, maybe next release, the maintainer will remove the run-time warning,
as we also see there is already a NEWS item.

> "r" == root   writes:
r> --- News for grub2 (grub2-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub-common) ---
r> grub2 (2.06-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium

r>   * Boot menu entries for other operating systems are no longer generated by
r> default.  To re-enable this, set GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false in
r> /etc/default/grub.

r>  -- Colin Watson   Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:03:23 +0100

Bug#1000000: million bugs

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

People always told me Debian has a million bugs.

Bug#1000832: Mention how to turn off GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER warnings

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 2.06-2

We see two warnings:

Setting up linux-image-5.15.0-2-amd64 (5.15.5-1) ...
...
Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration.
Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry.

Setting up grub-pc (2.06-2) ...
...
Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration.
Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry.

We look at
(info "(grub) Simple configuration")
and read about GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER.

But nowhere is it mentioned how to turn off those two warnings.

No, we don't want to turn on the prober. We just want to turn off the warnings.

Bug#1000830: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 2.06-2

Setting up grub-pc (2.06-2) ...
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.

Bug#962216: Github link

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

See also https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/21491 .

Bug#1000464: journalctl --fac #just beeps

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: systemd
Version: 249.7-1
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/journalctl

# journalctl --help|grep fac
 --facility=FACILITY...  Show entries with the specified facilities
# journalctl --fac #just beeps
$ grep -c fac /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/journalctl
0

Bug#999733: -fillscreen vs. < and > and 100% zoom

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: xli
Version: 1.17.0+20061110-6

(Not sure where to report this.)
If one uses
$ xli -forall -fillscreen *.jpg
then the < and > keys will never take one to 100%.
They skip over it!

Bug#998908: Two identical messages about paniclog

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: exim4-base
Version: 4.95-2
Severity: minor

If there was a paniclog entry,
then even if the problem is already fixed,
root will get *two identical* messages the next boot.
One is enough.

(Never mind the actual entry (failed to expand...) I already fixed that.
That is not my point.)

$ sum $@
48822 1 /home/jidanni/.procmail/backup/msg.PFhP
48822 1 /home/jidanni/.procmail/backup/msg.zFgP
$ cat $1
>From r...@jidanni.org Wed Nov 10 02:41:01 2021
Return-path: 
Envelope-to: r...@jidanni.org
Delivery-date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 02:41:01 +0800
Subject: exim paniclog on jidanni.org has non-zero size
To: r...@jidanni.org
Message-Id: 
From: root 
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 02:41:01 +0800

exim paniclog /var/log/exim4/paniclog on jidanni.org has non-zero size, mail 
system might be broken. Up to 10 lines are quoted below.

2021-11-08 05:56:22 1mjq90-00011Y-DN failed to expand "<; ${if 
exists{/etc/exim4/passwd.client} 
{${lookup{$host}nwildlsearch{/etc/exim4/passwd.client}{$host_address}}}{} }" 
while checking a list: failed to open /etc/exim4/passwd.client for linear 
search: Permission denied (euid=116 egid=121)

Bug#998806: deprecated which

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: apt-listchanges
Version: 3.24

Setting up apt-listchanges (3.24) ...
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.

Bug#998805: empty /etc/polkit-1/rules.d remains after purge

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: policykit-1
Version: 0.105-31

Purging configuration files for policykit-1 (0.105-31) ...
dpkg: warning: while removing policykit-1, directory '/etc/polkit-1' not empty 
so not removed

Bug#998802: which deprecated

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: libdebuginfod-common
Version: 0.185-2

Purging configuration files for libdebuginfod-common (0.185-2) ...
/usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in 
scripts instead.

Bug#998694: Don't timeout if you haven't asked for password yet

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: login
Version: 1:4.8.1-1.1

(/usr/share/doc/login/copyright says
This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of the shadow utilities.

It was downloaded from: .
As of May 2007, this site is no longer available.)

OK, I'll report the bug here:

Let's say the system is so overloaded that...

Login: root

Login timed out after 60 seconds

Yes, that's right, even before the password prompt appeared!

So that timeout will prevent access to the whole system!

So: at least don't timeout if you haven't asked for password yet!

Thanks.

Bug#998665: The SYNOPSIS only randomly mentions one of the programs

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: imagemagick-6.q16
Version: 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/man/man1/ImageMagick-im6.q16.1.gz

The SYNOPSIS only randomly mentions one of the programs.

Bug#997072: "Need to get ... MB of archives" didn't check the partial directory!

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.13-3
Severity: minor

# aptitude full-upgrade
Let it download a bit, then hit ^C.

OK do it again:
# aptitude full-upgrade
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libdatetime-timezone-perl  libllvm12
2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 19.4 MB/19.7 MB of archives. After unpacking 913 kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Get: 1 http://opensource.nchc.org.tw/debian unstable/main amd64 libllvm12 amd64 
1:12.0.1-14 [19.4 MB]
76% [1 libllvm12 14.7 MB/19.4 MB 76%]...

In fact "Need to get 19.4 MB/19.7 MB of archives" is wrong.
It didn't figure in the 14.7 MB I had already downloaded!

/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10jidanni :
APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant false;
APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant false;
APT::Cache::AllVersions false;
APT::Clean-Installed false;
APT::Default-Release "unstable";
APT::Get::Fix-Missing true;
APT::Get::Purge true;
APT::Install-Recommends false;
APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages true;
APT::Periodic::Enable false;
Acquire::PDiffs true;
Acquire::http::No-Cache true;
Aptitude::CmdLine::Always-Prompt true;
Aptitude::CmdLine::Show-Deps true;
Aptitude::CmdLine::Show-Why true;
Aptitude::CmdLine::Verbose 1;
Aptitude::Purge-Unused true;
Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages true;