Unanswered problem reports by date
The following problem reports have not yet been marked as `taken up' by a
message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or or `forwarded' by a
message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OVER 15 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref PackageKeywords/Subject Package maintainer
660 gdbGDB gets address of structure David Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
725 xbase twm places windows incorrectly Stephen Early <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
740 xbase xclock leaves `droppings' in i Stephen Early <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
OVER 14 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref PackageKeywords/Subject Package maintainer
773 xbase xmh falls over if mh is not in Stephen Early <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
775 xbase twm reports errors on incorrec Stephen Early <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
797 termcap-co /etc/termcap console keydefs f Christian Hudon <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
818 bash bash builtin `echo' doesn't ch [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Da
820 tcsh tcsh builtin `echo' doesn't ch Andrew Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
821 shellutils /bin/echo doesn't check write [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Da
825 trntrn warning messages corrupt t [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan
836 termcap-co Possible bugs in termcap syste Christian Hudon <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
OVER 13 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref PackageKeywords/Subject Package maintainer
887 xarchiexarchie barfs when ftp closes Christian Linhart <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
889 info Info 3.1-6 Erick Branderhorst
1009 bash bash problem with quoting/comp [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Da
1016 procps top has 3's in vt100 Fernando Alegre <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1032 boot-flopp Linux Counter Project Info Not Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1037 dpkg dselect user interface (was Re Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1045 termcap-co tgetflag("hc") segfaults (fwd) Christian Hudon <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1061 lpr/etc/printcap vs. /usr/man/man [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D.J. Gregor)
OVER 11 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref PackageKeywords/Subject Package maintainer
1099 perl perl bug Darren Stalder <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>
1108 binutils No manpage ar(5) David Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1112 gsfontsa2gs output unusable by gs but joost witteveen <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1118 fortunefortune is setuid games ?! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David H.
Silbe
1130 libc4 Stdlib.h problems when using g (unknown -- `libc')
1164 shellutils who --help uses /etc/{w,u}tmp [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Da
1170 perl perl fails to make headers fir Darren Stalder <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>
1176 procps /usr/bin/top segfault with unk Fernando Alegre <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
OVER 10 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref PackageKeywords/Subject Package maintainer
1201 perl perl doesn't know about includ Darren Stalder <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>
1211 libc4 libc __nis_getgrnam() segfault (unknown -- `libc')
1233 ifrenchBad french.hash file in ifrenc (orphan)
1239 findutils /etc/cron.daily/find: updatedb Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1240 procps ps(1) man page incomplete Fernando Alegre <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1246 procps ps man page does not agree wit Fernando Alegre <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1247 perl perl <...> globbing only works Darren Stalder <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>
1265 uucp Misc. uucp bugs[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David H.
Silbe
1275 xarchiexarchie clumsy with 2-button m Christian Linhart <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1278 libc4 dpkg seg faults with NIS (unknown -- `libc')
1279 libc4 Strangeness involving
OVER 9 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref PackageKeywords/Subject Package maintainer
1314 ncurses3.0 ncurses fails in silly way on (unknown -- `ncurses')
1336 procps CFLAGS shouldn't be used when Fernando Alegre <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1366 acmacm networking problemsIan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1372 boot-flopp rootdisk: no dvorak keytable Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1378 libc4 weird ELF/a.out difference (unknown -- `libc')
1381 workbone workbone postinst fails[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D.J. G
1399 dpkg dselect error handling not con Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1406 dbackupbackup postrm can fail when it [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David H.
Silbe
1411 perl perlconfig misses an opportuni Darren Stalder <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>
1429 bibtex, kp several TeX packages Provide t Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1451 ghostview `ghostviewR6' conflict with gh Helmut Geyer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1467 ax25-kerne `ax25-kernel-source', `ax25-ut (unknown -- `ax')
1468 glibcdoc `glibcdoc' should use `info-br Ian Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1480 dpkg start-stop-daemon doesn't chec Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1481 smail smail paniclog suggestion Soenke Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1488 dlddld control file dsccription
debian-private
Is debian-private running, or have I just been removed from it? I sent a message to it a couple days ago regarding the "WebPages" directory now in the distribution, but never saw it, nor any other messages to debian-private, appear. Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) --- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.
Re: Bug#3415: Xdvi and postscript fonts
>
> Package: latex
> Version: 2e-4
>
> Using xdvi with postscript fonts doesn't work: MakeTeXPK doesn't
> create the postscript bitmap files. I get output like this:
Could you send me your input file(s)?
Last time (yesterday) when I used \usepackage{times} in my latex2e
files, itworked OK, but you probably mean something different
with the postscript fonts.
Anyway, the current *TeX* maintainer, Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
has changed email-address, and seems not too responsive to mail
I sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (altough it _is_ the same nils).
So, maybe I'll try to fix this, if I manage.
> The TeTeX distribution (version 0.3.3) provides gsftopk, which uses
> the ghostscript fonts to create the bitmaps. I think the debian
> packages should do this too.
Could you also tell me where to find teTeX? (if CTAN, then never
mind, I'll find it).
> David M. Smith, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> x3952 http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk:2080/~maa036/
BTW, if anyone else is working on the *TeX* packages, please tell me.
Thanks,
--
joost witteveen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Use Debian/GNU Linux!
Bug#3414: gsftopk is missing
> > Package: gs > Version: 2.62-2 > > The gsftopk program, which comes with the teTeX 0.3.3, is missing from > both gs and texbin-3.1415-5. It's non in the non-free gs either. > > This program makes it possible to use postscript fonts with xdvi. > But where do you want it to be? In texbin, or in gs? If it's part of teTeX (whatever that is), then it _sounds_ to me as though it belongs somewhat more to tex than to gs. On the other hand, what makes you think it should go into eighter? it doesnt' come with gs, it doesn't come with TeX, so maybe you should create a tetex package? Emilio writes: > This is sure related to the bug with MakeTeXPK someone reported some days > ago, when using the "times" package. Dunno. I can use the "times" package. The Times package, as far as I know _should_ work without extra binaries -- or am I wrong? -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Use Debian/GNU Linux!
Bug#3446: expect 5.19.0-1 still depends on tcl74
Package: expect Version: 5.19.0-1 While installing expect (from the buzz/binary-i386/devel dir at caldera), *and* with tcl75 7.5-1 allready installed, expect failed to install since it insisted on tcl74. I installed tcl74 and left the links pointing to 75, so I suppose expect can run with 75 (right?). Also, dpkg reports old expect .deb file format, maybe that's relevant? Thanks. --Amos --Amos Shapira| "Of course Australia was marked for 133 Shlomo Ben-Yosef st. | glory, for its people had been chosen Jerusalem 93 805 | by the finest judges in England." ISRAEL[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Anonymous
Re: Proposal on Small shared libs
Christian Hudon wrote: : : > dpkg --install --autoresolve xv*deb : > : > would install all needed x11 files (since xv needs x11) plus : > all the other dependencies and requirements needed to run xv. : : Errm... Meaning you'd want dpkg to select the right x-server package for : you? More seriously, I'd be very wary of trying to make dpkg too : smart. Especially since dselect already deals with these problems pretty : well. ... you're right, as I thought quite a bit longer about that proposal, dselect handles it fairly well and dpkg is already complex enought. Heiko public pgp : finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] fingerprint: A1 7D F6 7B 69 73 48 35 E1 DE 21 A7 A8 9A 77 92
Re: Bug#3415: Xdvi and postscript fonts
>Last time (yesterday) when I used \usepackage{times} in my latex2e
>files, itworked OK, but you probably mean something different
>with the postscript fonts.
Did you use xdvi, though? latex->dvips works, I think, it's the
latex->xdvi that screws up (xdvi uses ugly fonts at the wrong size
instead, because MakeTeXPK fails to create them.)
Libident-0.17-2 uploaded to master
This upload fixes architecture and name issues for this package. Date: 27 Jun 96 21:26 UT Format: 1.5 Distribution: unstable Priority: Low Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: libident Version: 0.17-2 Binary: libident Architecture: i386 source Description: libident: libident - simple RFC1413 client library Changes: added architecture and dpkg-names to debian.rules/control Files: fe88377098e7b1a4a6e1bc47cca4b7fb 10906 Devel - libident-0.17-2.tar.gz 0c0ccc75de53a25361da68711cd6d409 5103 Devel - libident-0.17-2.diff.gz c650cc23f60fed401f1dc2de29f33629 11200 Devel extra libident_0.17-2_i386.deb Later, 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 --
M4-1.4-3 uploaded to master
Figured I'd bring this puppy up to date as well. Date: 28 Jun 96 20:45 UT Format: 1.5 Distribution: unstable Priority: Low Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: m4 Version: 1.4-3 Binary: m4 Architecture: i386 source Description: m4: GNU m4 - a macro processing language Changes: Updated debian.rules/control for architecture and name Files: b927973cd8edf1cdb331c71b038049bf 320178 devel - m4-1.4-3.tar.gz 034a96f87bf7232d50fde488521f724d 2481 devel - m4-1.4-3.diff.gz 25ad8bc5aa8690804e0f2c8163f00804 77280 devel extra m4_1.4-3_i386.deb Later, 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 --
Re: Debiandoc - WWW access to online docs
I put out a new version of debiandoc, download the file debiandoc_0.1-0.deb from http://www.clinet.fi/~liw/ (enter the directory as the URL, then in lynx press d on the file, or shift-right-mouse-button in Netscape, or something similar in other browsers). This version is not a security bug. Unless there's something important I don't know about URLs, cgi-bins, or shell scripting. Take a look. Changes from version 0.0-0 to 0.1-0: Fixed security bug. No longer uses rman (since it is in non-free), but uses a simple built-in man2html conversion. Not really smart enough, but good enough for a prototype. Due to previous, references to manual pages inside manual pages work. Added a couple of manual pages. The manual pages work relatively well. Plain text works. Info files don't work (they'll be converted to ugly plain text). HTML should work (if filename is *.html or *.html.gz). I won't hack or read much mail for a few days, but then I'll start hacking on the conversions and the caching. I vaguely remember hearing about info2html and texi2html converters; if you have URLs, don't hesitate to tell me. I'll also start re-reading the developer's guidelines so that I'll know how to do proper uploads (I have the account). If anyone tests this, please tell me what you think. If I don't get any feedback, I won't improve it. Someone might also want to take a look at implementing the queries (full text search of all documents, and everything related to one program). I don't know if and when I will have time for those.
Bug#3446: expect 5.19.0-1 still depends on tcl74
Amos Shapira writes: > > Package: expect > Version: 5.19.0-1 > > While installing expect (from the buzz/binary-i386/devel dir at caldera), > *and* with tcl75 7.5-1 allready installed, expect failed to install since > it insisted on tcl74. I installed tcl74 and left the links pointing to > 75, so I suppose expect can run with 75 (right?). Expect 5.19 is for Tcl 7.4 so the current expect package depends on the tcl74 package. Expect 5.20 is for Tcl 7.5 but it is still in development. David -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
Re: this is not working.... (fwd)
Could we do something similar with the Debian mailing lists? Especially for unsubscribe requests being sent to the lists themselves. Christian -- Forwarded message -- Date: 30 Jun 1996 02:35:51 - From: "D. J. Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: this is not working > I'm trying to keep lusers from sending subscription requests to the > mailing list. To do this, I need to have a |condredirect at the head > of the mailing list file. You could put | condredirect you-foo-request grep -s whatever you-foo-outgoing into ~you/.qmail-foo and then use qlist for ~you/.qmail-foo-outgoing. Or maybe a more positive approach: | condredirect you-foo-outgoing grep -s '^Distribute-This-Message-To: foo' you-foo-request Or hook in a fancier mailing list program. [snip]
Nils/TeX maintainer, where are you?
Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is currently listed as our TeX maintainer. The email address doesn't work, and email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets forwarded to the same address, so that doens't help eighter. Some of the TeX packages have bugs reported against them, and I feel the urge to try and correct them. Before I do so, however, I would like to know whether - Nils is still alive (i.e. connected) - There are other people who intended to take over (some) TeX packages. Personally, I think I _can_ correct some things in the TeX packages, and I use TeX quite often, but TeX (and the fonts, and everything) so often remind me of the fact that I really don't know very much about it, that I feel somewhat uneasy with the thought of becomming the TeX maintainer. On the other hand, I do think it's better to have a maintainer than no maintainer at all, so if there are no other people willing to take it over, I'll be glad to dive into the TeX packages. -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Use Debian/GNU Linux!
Bug#3447: Wu-ftpd prompts for installation of /home/ftp twice
Package: wu-ftpd Version: 2.4-23 Hi. Here's a snippet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:3:~] dpkg -i wu-ftpd-2.4-23.deb Selecting previously deselected package wu-ftpd. (Reading database ... 16318 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking wu-ftpd (from wu-ftpd-2.4-23.deb) ... Setting up wu-ftpd ... You already have an anonymous FTP account, but the FTP home directory [/home/ftp] does not exist! Do you want to create it? [y] n You already have an anonymous FTP account, but the FTP home directory [/home/ftp] does not exist! Do you want to create it? [y] n [EMAIL PROTECTED]:3:~] This may not be a serious bug, but it shouldn't ask me twice :-) ...Karl -- Karl Ferguson, Tower Networking Pty Ltd (ACN: 072 322 760) [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +61-9-455-3446 Fax: +61-9-455-2776
debian lists sent to anon.petet.fi ??
Hmm something curious today. I sent the following message yesterday ago:
+ Subject: Re: Bug#3290: sysvinit path doesn't include /usr/local/{,s}bin
+ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+ Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 14:02:52 +0200 (MET DST)
+ Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
+ [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
+ debian-devel@lists.debian.org
+
+ You (Christian Hudon) wrote:
+ > On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
+ >
+ > > You (Ian Jackson) wrote:
+ > > >
[deleted]
And I got this back from the anon.petet.fi gateway. The interesting thing is
that my collegue got *exactly* the same mail from the anon.petet.fi gateway
and he sent a bug report to [EMAIL PROTECTED] only, no Cc:'s.
+ Date: Sat, 29 Jun 96 21:37:18 +0300
+ Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+ Subject: Anonymous service rejected your mail.
+ Status: RO
+
+ You, [EMAIL PROTECTED], have requested anonymous mail forwarding to
+ dade. This was rejected, as the user is unknown.
+
+ Contents of message follows:
+
+ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+ X-Anonymously-To: dade
+ Organization: Anonymous forwarding service
+ Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+ Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 18:37:17 UTC
+ Subject: Re: Bug#3290: sysvinit path doesn't include /usr/local/{,s}bin
+
+ You (Christian Hudon) wrote:
+ > On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
+ >
+ > > You (Ian Jackson) wrote:
+ > > >
[deleted]
Mike.
--
Miquel van| Cistron Internet Services --Alphen aan den Rijn.
Smoorenburg, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cistron.nl/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +31-172-419445 (Voice) 430979 (Fax) 442580 (Data)
Bug#3448: Apache purge gives several error message
Package: apache Lots of warning messages. However, at the end of it all, only /var/web remains and is empty. #dpkg --purge apache (Reading database ... 14473 files and directories currently installed.) Removing apache ... no /usr/sbin/apache-httpd found; none killed. dpkg - warning: while removing apache, directory `/etc/httpd' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing apache, directory `/var/log/apache-httpd' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing apache, directory `/var/web/webspace' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing apache, directory `/var/web' not empty so not removed. Removing any system startup links to /etc/init.d/apache ... rc0.d/K20apache rc1.d/K20apache rc2.d/S20apache rc3.d/S20apache rc4.d/S20apache rc5.d/S20apache rc6.d/K20apache Purging configuration files for apache ...
Bug#3448: Apache purge gives several error message
You (Giuliano Procida) wrote: > Package: apache > > Lots of warning messages. However, at the end of it all, only /var/web > remains and is empty. And why is this a bug? Seems fine to me. OK, it should probably remove /var/web too, but the warning messages are nothing serious. That's just the way dpkg works, I think. Mike. -- Miquel van| Cistron Internet Services --Alphen aan den Rijn. Smoorenburg, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cistron.nl/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +31-172-419445 (Voice) 430979 (Fax) 442580 (Data)
Re: debian lists sent to anon.petet.fi ??
Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >And I got this back from the anon.petet.fi gateway. The interesting thing is >that my collegue got *exactly* the same mail from the anon.petet.fi gateway >and he sent a bug report to [EMAIL PROTECTED] only, no Cc:'s. Ditto with a bug report I sent yesterday to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with no Ccs. + From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jun 30 08:24:52 1996 + Date: Sat, 29 Jun 96 23:01:51 +0300 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Subject: Anonymous service rejected your mail. + + You, [EMAIL PROTECTED], have requested anonymous mail forwarding to + dade. This was rejected, as the user is unknown. + + Contents of message follows: + + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + X-Anonymously-To: dade + Organization: Anonymous forwarding service + Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 20:01:50 UTC + Subject: Bug#3443: mechanism for dealing with orphan packages + [...snipped...] Pine saved the following header from the outgoing message: >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jun 29 06:45:30 1996 Status: O X-Status: Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 06:45:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mechanism for dealing with orphan packages In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Departure -- hopefully temporary
I'm afraid that I must drop off the debian project for now. I'm still on track to drop off the net around mid July, due to relocation to the Philippines, and I need to spend a larger portion of my time getting ready for the move. I'm not sure where in the Philippines I'll end up, or whether a net connection will be workable from wherever that may be. Hopefully, I'll be rejoining the project in a couple of months. I'm unsubscribing from the lists as of today, but I'll still be reachable by email for the next couple of weeks. I've been involved in the debian project since day one, and it's been a good experience. We've produced a top-notch distribution, but it's still got some rough edges. I think some of those rough edges would have been smoother if we'd made a few design decisions differently. In those areas where the rough edges really matter, the design decisions which they grow out of will get re-thought to smooth out the roughness. That's already happened in a couple of areas. Most of my packages have found homes. I have three packages left, one of which is an important one. I'm afraid that they're now orphans. The following is disposition information on my former packages: bc-1.03 gone to Austin Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cvs-1.8.1 gone to [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff-2.7gone to Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ed-0.2 gone to Austin Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> file-3.19 gone to "Darren/Torin/Who Ever..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> indent-1.9.1gone to Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> jgraph-83 ORPHAN patch-2.1 gone to "Darren/Torin/Who Ever..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sharutils-4.2 gone to [EMAIL PROTECTED] symlinks-1.0gone to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # need ncurses for these ae-962 ORPHAN (important) beav-140ORPHAN less-290gone to "Darren/Torin/Who Ever..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> git-4.3.9 gone to Klee Dienes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ee-126.1.89 gone to Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> elvis-2.0 gone to "Susan G. Kleinmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # need elf X11 xasteroids-5.0 gone to Klee Dienes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # not elf-ized yet kermit-190 gone to "Susan G. Kleinmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Mitchell)
