Re: Switch to perl-5.005_02 ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Raphael Hertzog, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote: What will be done for slink ? I don't know but I'd like to have perl5.005 because it's better (ie. thread support is really useful). But then all lib*-perl maintainer will have to upload updated packages. Is this possible ? Considering that stable.tar.gz on CPAN is now pointing to Perl 5.005.02 and I'm having no problems with it, I'll be releasing it this weekend. Sorry I've been a bit slow, I'm working on buying a house. After I get the basic Perl package out (for testing and module recompilation), I plan on releasing another that has most of the bugs fixed. I also plan on making experimental packages of threaded Perl and the latest development Perl later in the week. BTW, Joey, some of my projects could *really* use threaded Perl as well. But it's considered experimental in 5.005 and just isn't up to snuff in a production environment. Darren - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.daft.com/~torin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Darren Stalder/2608 Second Ave, @282/Seattle, WA 98121-1212/USA/+1-800-921-4996 @ Sysadmin, webweaver, postmaster for hire. C/Perl/CGI/Pilot programmer/tutor @ @Make a little hot-tub in your soul. @ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBNhVfn7QuaHP6LBjxAQEv3QP/U4PgbU1e07JAgeMtnKbe6vQb77AHhBCp 3Bz2BAcY1t740wa2XLrrRJNgBybkfElQMGMWKaWanKiLAjdrIQAak981ZdlxRmwB vjkRwa8xHrx3/N09nSu0gM+4hN3ZwaBdu5vYJ5VtzzyosukR+4V+miIFr/E+FQLJ 28PF9alKvOA= =YyPw -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Switch to perl-5.005_02 ?
Darren Stalder wrote: BTW, Joey, some of my projects could *really* use threaded Perl as well. But it's considered experimental in 5.005 and just isn't up to snuff in a production environment. Do you have any plans to offer it as something like /usr/bin/perl-t? (or would modules need to be rebuilt too?) -- see shy jo
[vernard@cc.gatech.edu: [ale] Loan Equipment to Linux In Action Booth]
We may want to coordinate with them for some of the machines we will be bringing in, its definitely a worthy cause.. Zephaniah E, Hull. - Forwarded message from Vernard Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vernard Martin) Subject: [ale] Loan Equipment to Linux In Action Booth To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 17:27:55 -0400 (EDT) This is an official request for the loan of computer equipment for use by the Linux In Action display at the Atlanta Linux Showcase scheduled for October 23rd-24th. The Linux In Action booth has expanded from 2 booths last year to 3 booths this year. There is also a separate terminal garden which should cut down on visitors using machines as simple email terminals. We are asking for loans of computer equipment to be used in the booth for both days. Although the Showcase is much bigger than before, it is still difficult to acquire hardware for demos and such. This year the Linux General Store has graciously donated us space to use as a staging area. We are asking all equipment loans be dropped off at the LGS between the hours of Noon and 9pm any day in the range of Oct 19 - 21. This gives us a couple of days to get the necessary software installed on the machines. Be warned. The hard drives will be wiped so please remove any data that you wish to save. I can't stress this enough. If you have partial machines that you are willing to loan us such as large monitors and such they will be considered as well. We have several machines that are being loaned by various vendors that will need only monitors to make them functional. If you are willing to loan your equipment, please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that I can coordinate with you. I'll contact you ASAP to finalize everything. Thanks in advance. Vernard Martin Coordinator, Linux In Action booth --- Vernard Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | 2nd Atlanta Linux Showcase! http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/ | October 23 - 24, 1998 Georgia Tech, College of Computing | http://www.ale/org/showcase - End forwarded message - pgpEUSgSgNk6p.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Copyrights and licenses
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Ian Lynagh writes: So is it free or non-free? If the algorithm isn't patented you can do what ever you want with it, regardless of what the inventor says. OK, that just leaves two questions answered - is srp or SHA non-US and what do I put in the copyright file? Thanks Ian -- Ian Lynagh - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lynagh.demon.co.uk/ Oxymoron #6: Enough hard drive space
Re: Debian is not a main distro?
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 05:36:37PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: Assuming, of course, that Debian will accept them as a developer. Are people with legitimate packaging interests being rejected? That's a ridiculously simplistic question that I won't answer (hint: there's a bit more to being a suitable person for Debian than having ``legitimate packaging interests''), but I will say, Steve Lamb's implication is grossly unfair, as the number of rejections we've had to do so far can be counted on the fingers of a very mutilated hand. -- James
Re: what's after slink
Kenneth == Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kenneth After you freeze slink, what will be then name of the new Kenneth 'unstable' release (debian 2.2 or 3.0 that is). I think 'woody' would be an appropriate nickname. :) -- Brought to you by the letters E and L and the number 10. You forgot Uranus. Goodnight everybody! -- Yakko and Wakko Debian GNU/Linux -- where do you want to go tomorrow? http://www.debian.org/ I'm on FurryMUCK as Che, and EFNet and YiffNet IRC as Che_Fox.
Re: Canada to remain mostly free
On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 10:35:54AM -0400, Greg Stark wrote: Manley announced new crypto policies, and though the speech is low on detail, despite being particularly long-winded, it seems Canada may remain in the free world. Very cool. It looks like they've really listened to the industry's concerns! One thing that worries me is they weren't very strong on the export controls point... though they allow unrestricted _import_ of encryption. Golly gee, thanks. It does look pretty good for exporting though -- I guess they were deliberately careful with that in order to avoid upsetting the US. In particular, we still can't export encryption that we imported from the US :) It's good to see, though. I've never had confidence in government before. Have fun, Avery
Re: RFC: Java related package maintainers
On Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 10:31:09PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: Martin == Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Martin I wonder why debian-java@lists.debian.org exists... At least one maintainer of a java related package (Hamish Moffat - guavac) is not on that list, there may be other maintainers/packages also... I just subscribed. Unfortunately I missed the first part of this thread (over-zealous delete key) and it hadn't shown up on www.debian.org last I checked. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
Re: APT 0.1.6 is released!
M == M Dietrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben Please test out this new release of APT; we hope everyone can Ben enjoy it! M this apt is really great! thnx alot for your work (just for not M only sending bug-reports on apt)! it worked out to exchange M sendmail for smail without any problem. ok, it trashed my nfs, M but this may be a packaging problem. I think you need to install the new nfs-server package. M where are the other parts of apt, the frontend and the like? is M it possible to look at those programs in a early state of M development? You can always download the source. :) -- Brought to you by the letters J and K and the number 3. Do you wish to see our *surprising toys*? No! Do not! -- Orz, SCII Debian GNU/Linux -- where do you want to go tomorrow? http://www.debian.org/ I'm on FurryMUCK as Che, and EFNet and YiffNet IRC as Che_Fox.
Re: Switch to perl-5.005_02 ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Joey Hess, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote: Do you have any plans to offer it as something like /usr/bin/perl-t? (or would modules need to be rebuilt too?) It will be available as /usr/bin/perl5.00502-thread. I could manage the /usr/bin/perl-t as alternatives. No suidperl will be offered for this. Any debian packages and all architecture dependent packages will have to be recompiled. The 5.00502-thread will install itself under /usr/lib/perl5.00502-thread so as to not conflict with the real Perl installation. Darren - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.daft.com/~torin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Darren Stalder/2608 Second Ave, @282/Seattle, WA 98121-1212/USA/+1-800-921-4996 @ Sysadmin, webweaver, postmaster for hire. C/Perl/CGI/Pilot programmer/tutor @ @Make a little hot-tub in your soul. @ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBNhWMlo4wrq++1Ls5AQFiCQP/RNjSPJKIAiIl2vl9F5jzCGO7Hok/GFfA PVoM6uQ9yPx+vNEj6I6SvRf5mKEsVk3chzEBibd2uJmUgsPsbruO15bD7647nI/2 XOnFTrEfpWEd/b40rVW20Fxt3TWeXFdsLpHQro7/SJWxjJYfUOBWjO6EXM4p24sq 2hSwe/KZlGA= =CRIl -END PGP SIGNATURE-
slink and nfs question
i lost the thread with this nfs-questing depending on the new package nfs-server. i ran into the same problem while installing slink and lost nfs this way. i then installed the new package and now got both scripts in /etc/inint.d/ and all links (netstd_nfs and nfs-server). i don't think, this is intended - so is this a bug? -- see header pgpm77pHdzb0G.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: what's after slink
Ben Gertzfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kenneth == Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kenneth After you freeze slink, what will be then name of the new Kenneth 'unstable' release (debian 2.2 or 3.0 that is). I think 'woody' would be an appropriate nickname. :) I've been wondering why this wasn't tried before; it seems such an obvious choice. Perhaps CD distributors don't want to advertise Debian woody? Does anyone have a script of toy story or something that would tell us the names of the other characters? I'd like to go with that thing that looked like binoculars with feet.
Re: Switch to perl-5.005_02 ?
Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote: It will be available as /usr/bin/perl5.00502-thread. I could manage the /usr/bin/perl-t as alternatives. Well /usr/bin/perl-thread is probably a better name. Any debian packages and all architecture dependent packages will have to be recompiled. Do you mean that to use data-dumper with perl5.00502-thread, you'd have to recompile it? Or would the same data-dumper package work with both perl5.00502 and perl5.00502-thread? -- see shy jo
Re: what's after slink
Daniel == Daniel Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kenneth After you freeze slink, what will be then name of the new Kenneth 'unstable' release (debian 2.2 or 3.0 that is). Ben I think 'woody' would be an appropriate nickname. :) Daniel I've been wondering why this wasn't tried before; it seems Daniel such an obvious choice. Perhaps CD distributors don't Daniel want to advertise Debian woody? Heck, I'd make a big order of woody any time.. Daniel Does anyone have a script of toy story or something that Daniel would tell us the names of the other characters? I'd Daniel like to go with that thing that looked like binoculars Daniel with feet. Here's what imdb.com says: Cast overview, first billed only: Tom Hanks Woody Tim Allen Buzz Lightyear Don Rickles Mr. Potato Head Jim Varney Slinky Dog Wallace Shawn Rex John Ratzenberger Hamm Annie Potts Bo Peep John Morris (III) Andy Erik von Detten Sid Laurie Metcalf Mrs. Davis R. Lee Ermey Sergeant Sarah Freeman Hannah Penn Jillette TV Announcer Jack Angel (I) Additional Voice Spencer Aste Additional Voice so we really don't have that many more choices.. Ben -- Brought to you by the letters D and H and the number 13. It's cold.. and there are wolves.. -- Grampa Simpson Debian GNU/Linux -- where do you want to go tomorrow? http://www.debian.org/ I'm on FurryMUCK as Che, and EFNet and YiffNet IRC as Che_Fox.
Re: what's after slink
On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 09:09:52PM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote: Daniel == Daniel Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kenneth After you freeze slink, what will be then name of the new Kenneth 'unstable' release (debian 2.2 or 3.0 that is). There is an ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid, with such recent things as debian-arm, so.. I think that's next:- -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org
Re: KDE - what's up ?
On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 08:10:43PM +0200, Christian Hammers wrote: KDE is still in the contrib section. You can expect something to be done with KDE soon. Unless KDE changes their license soon and applies fixes for the licenses they can't change, you can expect KDE binaries to go away. KDE source packages will probably hang around if the KDE maintainer wishes them to since there is no problem with the source. I don't want to start the endless thread again, but what is with the KDE apps I maintained ? Should I ask the ftp maintainers to remove them, or should I keep them up to date. I do not beg for it since I switched over to GNOME Enlightenment but since I am the maintainer of klyx,ksendfax etc I would at last keep them up to date by recompiling them against KDE 1.0. (Now most of them core dumps since they are for KDE Beta4 ! Bug Reports are sweeping me over :-() Are the licenses of these packages forgiving of linking with Qt? f not, there's a problem you should probably take upstream. pgpKAekKPTbPW.pgp Description: PGP signature
query on use of sys/syscall.h and asm/unistd.h in user code
Hi, I'm with glibc development and I need to know about how some headers are used by user code. Specifically, for the 2.2 release of glibc (which is at least a year away; we're in codefreeze for 2.1 right now) we are thinking about modifying sys/syscall.h. I would like to know: 1. What packages use sys/syscall.h 2. What packages use asm/unistd.h 3. Which of the packages in (1) use the __NR_xyz defines for syscall numbers instead of the SYS_xyz defines 4. Which of the packages in (1) use the _syscall[012345] macros currently defined by sys/syscall.h Please respond directly to me; it's unlikely that many people on this list care, and I'm not on the list. thanks, zw
FWD: Re: Linus is on a powertrip..
This is from the linux kernel mailing list. I find it pretty completly sums op my thoughts on all the new constitution and voting and policy voting stuff that we've been setting up. I haven't been vocal about this, but I think we've been moving in the wrong direction. Of course, this came up on linux kernel because Linus is showing signs of burnout - just like Bruce burnt out. The benevolent dicator system isn't perfect. - Forwarded message from Larry McVoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry McVoy) Subject: Re: Linus is on a powertrip.. Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 14:31:21 -0600 : This all boils down to the old saying that the benevolent dictator is : the best form of government --- there's only one problem: finding the : benevolent dictator. Linus has, up till now, served as a very good : benevolent dictator. It may be that the job has been putting much : pressure on him, and we need to find ways of relieving this pressure, or : otherwise solving the problem. Amen. To all points. I've watched the *BSD stuff and Linux from the sidelines for years, all the way back to 386BSD - Bill Jolitz, Mr 386BSD, used to work for me. I'm so sold on the benevolent dictator model that I jumped on the Linux bandwagon soley because of that model. I was pushing linux back when Linux was utter and complete garbage by comparison to any of the *BSDs. It wasn't because Linux was better, it was because Linux was going to get better and the *BSDs were not necessarily going to get better. Everyone should stop and think hard about the benevolent dictator issue. It's absoutely the most efficient way to get things done and the committee approach just creates arguments. Yeah, we have our arguments here, but as Ted says, Linus gets to resolve them and that's the end of it (you don't hear a lot from about RT any more do you - Linus made the call, I don't like it, but that's the end of it - if this was *BSD we would be like the energizer bunny - still going, and going, and going). We have two problems to think about: 1) do as much as we can in the short term (1-5 years) to keep Linus offloaded enough that he stays interested and retains power. 2) start thinking now about grooming a replacement. That second one is dicy but it's inevitable that Linus will eventually want to leave his current role - it's just too much pressure to want for the rest of your life. Also, it's a sign of a healthy organization to have folks that could step up hanging around being groomed. It means that the organization is more important than the individual and I think that is the case here, with no disrrespect intended. The problem is - who would you groom? I can think of lots of people who would volunteer but most (all?) of them are also disqualified. It's an issue. I suspect that the grooming process would help. My two cents. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - End forwarded message - -- see shy jo
Re: what's after slink
Hi, Ben == Ben Gertzfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kenneth == Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kenneth After you freeze slink, what will be then name of the new Kenneth 'unstable' release (debian 2.2 or 3.0 that is). Ben I think 'woody' would be an appropriate nickname. :) You are joking, right? manoj -- Nature is very un-American. Nature never hurries. William George Jordan Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/ Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E
Re: [mazzocch@pop.systemy.it: [FYI] Cool Changes in JDK1.2b4]
Ean R . Schuessler wrote: This comes from the Apache-Jserv list. Now, what I am wondering is if JServ continues to ignore free Java VMs and Sun continues its irresponsible development of the Java standard in the same secret way it has been, should JServ be considered non-free? In other words, did we decide that if a DFSG compliant program (ie. a KDE client) requires a non-DFSG program to run then it would be considered non-free? That's right isn't it? Should we tell the Apache-Jserv team that Jserv will not be distributed with Debian? If it depends on non-free components, it goes in contrib. -- see shy jo
Re: Canada to remain mostly free
hmmm... Wonder if we can get the Canadian gov't go convince the US Gov't to sell it the West coast of the US? California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington? Break it into 2 Provinces, you think? This would be cool because it'd put Silicon Valley in the Free World. Hmm, I wonder if the Canadian gov't would put M$ in its place any faster than the US Gov't would? = pgpNzgWv2jmqX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: what's after slink
On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 05:20:29PM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote: Kenneth After you freeze slink, what will be then name of the new Kenneth 'unstable' release (debian 2.2 or 3.0 that is). I think 'woody' would be an appropriate nickname. :) I thought 2.2 was going to be rc, and 3.0 would be woody. Johnnie Ingram was pushing for that one, as were a few others. pgp3CZPttvdof.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: An X version of dselect for slink
On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 05:09:18PM -0400, Steve Dunham wrote: For initial install on Intel, we could always use XF86_VGA16. That should work on all systems. People who have recycled Sparc monitors? Even TEXT mode on those things is an evil hack with svgatextmode! pgpYkOcjfSEUt.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: what's after slink
Manoj == Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kenneth == Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben == Ben Gertzfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kenneth After you freeze slink, what will be then name of the new Kenneth 'unstable' release (debian 2.2 or 3.0 that is). Ben I think 'woody' would be an appropriate nickname. :) Manoj You are joking, right? Not at all! It fits perfectly with the 'Toy Story' theme. How can we leave out the main character? *grin* -- Brought to you by the letters M and U and the number 16. He's kissing Christian.. and it's making you die. -- that dog. Debian GNU/Linux -- where do you want to go tomorrow? http://www.debian.org/ I'm on FurryMUCK as Che, and EFNet and YiffNet IRC as Che_Fox.
Re: How about using bzip2 as the standard *.deb compression format?
On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 10:06:24PM -0500, dsb3 wrote: I read in an earlier mail that the main distro will no longer fit on one CD. Since a standardised specialized tool is already required to install a *.deb and this tool is installed on every Debian box, why not in the next update of dpkg include support to decompress bzip2 compressed *.debs? This would be transparent for the user, and (as far as I can reason anyways) fairly painless for the developer. I think we already went through this discussion a short while back. Unless I'm missing something new, it was pretty much decided that the memory overhead of bzip2 was too great for low-mem or slow PCs to handle. That said, please correct me if I got the wrong end of the stick. It'd STILL be nice to be able to use bzip2 for package source on REALLY BIG packages (Mozilla, X) pgpXFkKSO57Fv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: what's after slink
Ben Gertzfield wrote: Spencer Aste Additional Voice so we really don't have that many more choices.. Hmm, I think debian 2.1 (additional voice) has a nice ring to it. :-P -- see shy jo
Re: Debian is not a main distro?
On 03 Oct 1998 00:41:50 +0100, James Troup wrote: Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 05:36:37PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: Assuming, of course, that Debian will accept them as a developer. Are people with legitimate packaging interests being rejected? That's a ridiculously simplistic question that I won't answer (hint: there's a bit more to being a suitable person for Debian than having ``legitimate packaging interests''), but I will say, Steve Lamb's implication is grossly unfair, as the number of rejections we've had to do so far can be counted on the fingers of a very mutilated hand. No, it is not grossly unfair. I did not cite numbers any more than I did not. It was left up to the individual who read it to decide for themselves what those numbers were. I can, however, prove that one person has been told that they would not be accepted if they applied. That person is me. So my statement is accurate and not a gross misrepresentation because, as stated, no numbers were given... Malformed hand or not. :P -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. ---+-
Re: Problem compiling module
Jeff McWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Help. I've been trying to compile the lm_sensors source without much success. lm_sensors was written as a linux module that talks to the voltage and temperature sensors on a motherboard and lets you query /proc/sensors to view this information. I haven't found a .deb for this so I fetched the latest source yesterday and started trying toc compile it. I'm running debian 2.0, Kernel 2.0.34 and the standard debian gcc, make, and libc6-dev packages. Make works okay, but... insmod ./lm_sensors.o ... tells me that the module was compiled for kernel 2.0.33 which doesn't match my running kernel. /usr/doc/libc6-dev/FAQ.Debian.gz suggests adding -I/usr/src/linux/include I added that to the CFLAGS of the Makefile. It didn't help. I noticed that /usr/src/linux/include/linux does not contain a version.h file. Is that correct? 8 snip You have to use -I/usr/src/linux/include *and* also configure and build a kernel there to have version.h created plus a couple of other symlinks. Be warned that you should run the kernel you've built because of potential binary incompatibilities in the kernel depending which options you've compiled in. Kernel-package is your friend. Phil.
Re: dpkg -S problem
On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
$ dpkg -l /usr/bin/printmail
No packages found matching /usr/bin/printmail.
this is normal. you used -l (list packages) when you meant -S (search)
$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/printmail
elm-me+: /usr/bin/printmail
btw, you may want to install jim pick's dlocate hack. it runs a lot
faster than 'dpkg -S' and does the same job (and a lot more) - it is a
very clever use of the GNU locate tool.
$ dlocate /usr/bin/printmail
elm-me+: /usr/bin/printmail
Jim maybe you should package this??? or submit it to the maintainer
of the findutils package. BTW, you probably haven't seen my modified
version before. hope you like my changes.
anyway, here's how to install dlocate.
make the following directory:
mkdir -p /var/lib/dlocate
then install the following files:
---cut here---/usr/sbin/dupdatedb---cut here---
#! /usr/bin/make -f
#
# original shell script by Jim Pick [EMAIL PROTECTED], GPL'd of course
#
# hacked by cas to be a Makefile so it updates the dlocatedb only when
# needed (i.e. when the package *.list files have changed)
/var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb: /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list
grep '' /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list|sed 's,^.*/\(.*\)\.list:,\1: ,' | \
/usr/lib/locate/frcode /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb.new
mv -f /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb.old
mv /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb.new /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb
---cut here---/usr/sbin/dupdatedb---cut here---
note: this is a Makefile, so lines are indented by a TAB, not spaces!
this makefile needs to be run (as root) by cron once every day (or week,
or whatever) like so:
0 3 * * * make -f /usr/sbin/dupdatedb /dev/null
and the dlocate script itself:
---cut here---/usr/bin/dlocate---cut here---
#!/bin/sh
#
# original script by Jim Pick [EMAIL PROTECTED], GPL'd of course
#
# hacked by cas to use case instead of if/elif/fi
# hacked by cas to add '-ls' option. also added error checking for
# -L and -ls options.
# hacked by cas to add '-conf' and '-lsconf' options.
# hacked by cas to add '-md5sum' and '-md5check' options.
DLOCATEDB=/var/lib/dlocate/
DPKG_INFO=/var/lib/dpkg/info
case $1 in
|-h|-H|--help)
echo Usage: dlocate [-L] [-S] [-ls] [-conf] [-lsconf] [md5sum]
[md5check] string
echo
echo (no option) string list all records that match
echo -Sstring list records where files match
echo -Lstring list all files in package
echo -ls string 'ls -ldF' of all files in
package
echo -conf string list conffiles in package
echo -lsconf string 'ls -ldF' of conffiles in
package
echo -md5sum string list package's md5sums (if any)
echo -md5check string check package's md5sums (if
any)
echo
echo The -L and -S commands are roughly analagous to the
echo equivalent dpkg commands.
;;
-L)
if [ -e $DPKG_INFO/$2.list ] ; then
cat $DPKG_INFO/$2.list
else
echo Package \$2\ not installed.
fi
;;
-S)
locate -d $DLOCATEDB $2 | grep :.*$2.*
;;
-ls)
if [ -e $DPKG_INFO/$2.list ] ; then
ls -ldF $(cat $DPKG_INFO/$2.list)
else
echo Package \$2\ not installed.
fi
;;
-conf)
if [ -e $DPKG_INFO/$2.conffiles ] ; then
cat $DPKG_INFO/$2.conffiles
else
echo Package \$2\ not installed or has no conffiles.
fi
;;
-lsconf)
if [ -e $DPKG_INFO/$2.conffiles ] ; then
ls -ldF $(cat $DPKG_INFO/$2.conffiles)
else
echo Package \$2\ not installed or has no conffiles.
fi
;;
-md5sum)
if [ -e $DPKG_INFO/$2.md5sums ] ; then
cat $DPKG_INFO/$2.md5sums
else
echo Package \$2\ not installed or has no md5sums.
fi
;;
-md5check)
if [ -e $DPKG_INFO/$2.md5sums ] ; then
cat $DPKG_INFO/$2.md5sums | \
awk '{print $1 / $2}' | \
md5sum -v -c /dev/stdin
else
echo Package \$2\ not installed or has no md5sums.
fi
;;
*)
locate -d /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb $*
;;
esac
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craig
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craig sanders
Re: Copyrights and licenses
Ian Lynagh wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Ian Lynagh writes: So is it free or non-free? If the algorithm isn't patented you can do what ever you want with it, regardless of what the inventor says. OK, that just leaves two questions answered - is srp or SHA non-US and what do I put in the copyright file? I don't know what srp does. SHA is a hashing algorithm, like MD5, so it's not export-restricted unless you do encryption with it. In the copyright file, I would copy the text in the license that mentions it (I forgot which one it was), and then add the text you got from the author, and add a note that the Debian Project does not believe that protocols are copyrightable in the first place. Richard Braakman
Re: How about using bzip2 as the standard *.deb compression format?
On Fri, 2 October 1998 22:25:35 -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: It'd STILL be nice to be able to use bzip2 for package source on REALLY BIG packages (Mozilla, X) I agree. It'd be fine for now if it's supported and then you can still decide to use it for your own packages. You won't install X or mozilla on boxes with, say, 4 megs of RAM, right? ;-) Just a thought. Alexander -- - Real programmers don't document. Documentation is for simps who can't read the listings of the object deck. Alexander Koch - - aka Efraim - PGP - 0xE7694969 - Hannover - Germany pgpB7yk5907Kn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: ISDN problem ....
MD == M Dietrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: MD when installing isdnutils from slink, MAKEDEV complains about MD device names - something like 'don't know how t mail isdnctrl0' or MD something (don't remember exact device name). I believe this is already reported as http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/26/26971.html (release critical!) Ciao, Martin
Re: what's after slink
On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Joseph Carter wrote: On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 05:20:29PM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote: Kenneth After you freeze slink, what will be then name of the new Kenneth 'unstable' release (debian 2.2 or 3.0 that is). I think 'woody' would be an appropriate nickname. :) I thought 2.2 was going to be rc, and 3.0 would be woody. Johnnie Ingram was pushing for that one, as were a few others. But didn't an even earlier discussion conclude that woody should be bypassed as it would be offensive to some people. Bob
Intend to package gtkfind
gtkfind-0.7 is a graphical file-finding program using the gtk toolkit A screenshot can be found here: http://www.oz.net/~mattg/gtkfind.gif Regards, Joey -- Whenever you meet yourself you're in a time loop or in front of a mirror.
Re: what's after slink
On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 06:57:54AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: But didn't an even earlier discussion conclude that woody should be bypassed as it would be offensive to some people. It's only offensive if you're in the frame of mind to think so. Aren't there children's stories with a character named Woody Woodpecker? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
Suse supports linuxconf
I remembered, that there was some time ago some discussion about linuxconf on the list. I just picked up, that Suse will support linuxconf (beside yast) in Suse 6.0 (release date: end of 1998). -- Rainer Dorsch Abt. Rechnerarchitektur e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Uni StuttgartTel.: 0711-7816-215
Re: FWD: Re: Linus is on a powertrip..
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joey Hess) wrote on 02.10.98 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is from the linux kernel mailing list. I find it pretty completly sums op my thoughts on all the new constitution and voting and policy voting stuff that we've been setting up. I haven't been vocal about this, but I think we've been moving in the wrong direction. OTOH, *I* believe we're moving in the right direction because the past has shown that, for whatever reason, our social dynamics are such that the original model doesn't work for us. Incidentally, I think the reasons are actually obvious once you think about it. With Linux, Linus is the one that keeps the kernel source. He decides about every bit that goes in. Debian, OTOH, doesn't have any comparable position, and in all the time I've been here (since .99something), it never had one. Oh, it may have had one in the very beginning, but if so, it was already abandoned back in the .99something days. To put it a different way ... Linus is the main developer for Linux. That makes him a good benevolent dictator. Debian does not have a main developer; Ian has a political, not a technical, job. Linus *acts* as a dictator. He dictates what goes into the kernel, and what doesn't. Debian has nothing comparable. There is no instance we have to pass to get stuff into the distribution. Indeed. I suspect many developers would leave were there such a choke point. Linux kernel development is almost completely different from Debian distribution development. That's why Ian's job description differs from Linus'. MfG Kai
Re: Suse supports linuxconf
Rainer Dorsch wrote: I remembered, that there was some time ago some discussion about linuxconf on the list. I just picked up, that Suse will support linuxconf (beside yast) in Suse 6.0 (release date: end of 1998). Please check our experimental such as ftp://ftp.infodrom.north.de/pub/debian/project/experimental/linuxconf_1.10r34-1_i386.deb If you think it's not fully integrated, please find some time and work on it. If you think that it should be included in the regular release, please discuss it with the maintainer, and/or here. Regards, Joey -- Whenever you meet yourself you're in a time loop or in front of a mirror.
Re: Intent to Package GNU nana
Brent Fulgham wrote: I am working on a project that could benefit from the GNU nana package. It would be a cool idea if you would provide a description what nana is or does. Regards, Joey -- Whenever you meet yourself you're in a time loop or in front of a mirror.
Re: Switch to perl-5.005_02 ?
Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote: Joey Hess, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote: Do you have any plans to offer it as something like /usr/bin/perl-t? (or would modules need to be rebuilt too?) It will be available as /usr/bin/perl5.00502-thread. I could manage the /usr/bin/perl-t as alternatives. No suidperl will be offered for this. Any debian packages and all architecture dependent packages will have to be recompiled. The 5.00502-thread will install itself under I guess after the new version of perl is installed in slink somebody should file bugreports against all architecture-dependent perl packages, i.e. CPAN modules with a severity of at least important so they will be either recompiled or removed with slink. Btw. do we have a name for the next release yet? Regards, Joey -- Whenever you meet yourself you're in a time loop or in front of a mirror.
Re: what's after slink
This leaves the following possible names: Ben Gertzfield wrote: Here's what imdb.com says: Cast overview, first billed only: Don Rickles Mr. Potato Head John Morris (III) Andy Laurie Metcalf Mrs. Davis R. Lee Ermey Sergeant Sarah Freeman Hannah so we really don't have that many more choices.. 2.2 potatoe 2.3 andy 2.4 davis 3.0 sergeant 3.1 hannah The namespase lasts for five more releases. Or do I misunderstand something? Regards, Joey -- Whenever you meet yourself you're in a time loop or in front of a mirror.
Re: Intent to Package GNU nana
Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brent Fulgham wrote: I am working on a project that could benefit from the GNU nana package. It would be a cool idea if you would provide a description what nana is or does. From the README: * GNU Nana - improved support for assertions and logging in C and C++. Nana provides improved support for assertion checking and logging in C, C++ and after a fashion in Ada. It provides: o Operations can be implemented directly in C or by generating debugger commands which do the checking and logging only if the application is run under the debugger. The debugger based calls require are very space efficient (0 or 1 bytes per call). o Support for assertion (invariant checking) including: + Space and time efficient (at least versus assert.h) For example: assert(i=0) uses 53 bytes on a i386 vs an optimised nana call which uses 10 bytes per call. + Checking can be turned on or off at compile or run time. + The action taken when an error is detected can be modified on a global and per/call basis. o Support for logging (printf style debugging) including: + Logging can be turned on and off at compile or run time. + Logging to files, processes or circular buffers in memory with optional time stamping. o Support for the quantifiers of predicate calculus (forall, exists).
Re: Switch to perl-5.005_02 ?
Martin Schulze wrote: Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote: Joey Hess, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote: Do you have any plans to offer it as something like /usr/bin/perl-t? (or would modules need to be rebuilt too?) It will be available as /usr/bin/perl5.00502-thread. I could manage the /usr/bin/perl-t as alternatives. No suidperl will be offered for this. Any debian packages and all architecture dependent packages will have to be recompiled. The 5.00502-thread will install itself under I guess after the new version of perl is installed in slink somebody should file bugreports against all architecture-dependent perl packages, i.e. CPAN modules with a severity of at least important so they will be either recompiled or removed with slink. Let's wait till *after* the freeze and do that in the new unstable. Frankly, I think it's a bad idea to just break all those packages. Isn't there some way to create a smooth upgrade path? Richard Braakman
intent to package
I'm just about to become a debian developer, and i would like to package BeroFTPD, and Telnet98
Re: what's after slink
On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: This leaves the following possible names: Ben Gertzfield wrote: Here's what imdb.com says: Cast overview, first billed only: Don Rickles Mr. Potato Head John Morris (III) Andy Laurie Metcalf Mrs. Davis R. Lee Ermey Sergeant Sarah Freeman Hannah so we really don't have that many more choices.. 2.2 potatoe 2.3 andy 2.4 davis 3.0 sergeant 3.1 hannah The namespase lasts for five more releases. Or do I misunderstand something? That's from the credits, but there are some more : r.c. (mentioned previously) molly snake robot etch mike mr. spell lenny claw There were a few others, but I couldn't pick out the names from the soundtrack. Bob
Re: what's after slink
Hamish == Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bob But didn't an even earlier discussion conclude that woody Bob should be bypassed as it would be offensive to some people. Hamish It's only offensive if you're in the frame of mind to Hamish think so. Aren't there children's stories with a Hamish character named Woody Woodpecker? Actually, Woody Woodpecker is a cartoon, still shown on TV nowadays. -- Brought to you by the letters N and Q and the number 7. Porco ga daisuki! -- Fio, Porco Rosso Debian GNU/Linux -- where do you want to go tomorrow? http://www.debian.org/ I'm on FurryMUCK as Che, and EFNet and YiffNet IRC as Che_Fox.
Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ may not be conffile ?
Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Policy states: *Application defaults* files have to be installed in the directory `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/'. They are considered as part of the program code. Thus, they should not be modified and should not be tagged as *conffile*. If the local system administrator wants to customise X applications globally, the file `/etc/X11/Xresources' should be used. What's the logic here? app-defaults files are very version specific. If you have the app-defaults file from one version of a program that depends heavily on it installed and update to a newer version the program then that program would probably not display correctly at all. greg
What about a bookmarks-package ?
Hi ! Just an idea while I was (like so often) search the Web for some Information: Why not creating a Debian package that contains a huge html file with links and some bookmarks-file converters for Netscape/IE/lynx etc. The bookmarks could e.g. contain a folder with all (good) search engines, with ones for the web,for usenet (dejanews) for mailing lists etc. Another one could contain links to descriptions of standards e.g. a link to a SQL Reference, a HTML Reference, a libc Reference or a Perl5 Reference. Yet another could held security-related sites: bugtraq archive, rootshell, pgp.net cert.net etc. Of course the main folders would contain anything related to Linux: all Distributions, Home Pages of GNU,FSF,GNOME,kernel.org,Linux Resources, ... and all you can imagine. The fast growing size (:-)) of this file could be handled by splitting it up to several smaller files that lays in (hum...) /var/www/Debian-Bookmars or maybe in /usr/share with a link to /var/www - I must think about it a bit longer. What is your opinion - would this be a good idea ? read you, -christian- P.S.: Yes, I would like to be maintainer - if all of you be contributers =;-) -- Linux - the choice of the GNU generation ! Christian Hammers * Oberer Heidweg 35 * D-52477 Alsdorf * Tel: 02404-25624 50 3C 52 26 3E 52 E7 20 D2 A1 F5 16 C4 C9 D4 D3 1024/925BCB55 1997/11/01
Re: Canada to remain mostly free
Avery Pennarun [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 10:35:54AM -0400, Greg Stark wrote: Manley announced new crypto policies, and though the speech is low on detail, despite being particularly long-winded, it seems Canada may remain in the free world. Very cool. It looks like they've really listened to the industry's concerns! The only thing i'm still worried about is whether they'll change the current system which makes it very easy to distribute free software. It seems likely they'll write whatever regulations they write with the needs of commercial software in mind, and whereas a company would not really mind paying a few dollars for an rubber-stamp permit, any such scheme would kill free crypto development. greg
Re: What about a bookmarks-package ?
Christian Hammers wrote: Why not creating a Debian package that contains a huge html file with links and some bookmarks-file converters for Netscape/IE/lynx etc. P.S.: Yes, I would like to be maintainer - if all of you be contributers =;-) I'd say: Go ahead. First start for the search engines: http://www.infodrom.north.de/search.html Regards, Joey -- Whenever you meet yourself you're in a time loop or in front of a mirror.
Re: Switch to perl-5.005_02 ?
Le Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 07:21:06PM +0200, Richard Braakman écrivait: Let's wait till *after* the freeze and do that in the new unstable. Frankly, I think it's a bad idea to just break all those packages. Isn't there some way to create a smooth upgrade path? No. But it might no be a great problem, I tried to see how many packages would be broken : $ zcat Contents-i386.gz | grep 'usr/lib/perl.*\.so' | perl -npe '$_ = ((/^(\S)+\s+(\S+)\s*$/)[1].\n)' | sort | uniq base/data-dumper base/perl-base contrib/interpreters/libdbd-msql-perl contrib/interpreters/libdbd-mysql-perl contrib/interpreters/msqlperl contrib/math/pgperl devel/eperl devel/pilot-link-perl graphics/freewrl interpreters/alias interpreters/libdatecalc-perl interpreters/libdbd-pg-perl interpreters/libdbi-perl interpreters/libfile-sync-perl interpreters/libgtk-perl,interpreters/libgnome-perl,interpreters/libgtk-imlib-perl interpreters/liblockdev0-perl interpreters/libmd5-perl interpreters/libmsgcat-perl interpreters/perl interpreters/perl-tk interpreters/perlmagick libs/libcompress-zlib-perl libs/libcurses-perl libs/libmime-base64-perl libs/libpgperl libs/libterm-readkey-perl libs/libtime-hires-perl math/netcdf-perl math/pdl math/r-pdl non-free/graphics/libgd-perl web/libapache-mod-perl web/libhtml-embperl-perl That makes 35 packages. Really not unreachable. I can fill the bugreports if needed. Cheers, -- Hertzog Raphaël ¤ 0C4CABF1 ¤ http://www.mygale.org/~hra/
Re: Switch to perl-5.005_02 ?
Le Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 10:08:01PM -0400, Roderick Schertler écrivait: One wouldn't want to switch /usr/bin/perl to have threading enabled at this point, as there is still a significant speed penalty (somewhere in the neighborhood of 30%, even if you haven't spawned any auxiliary threads). I think it would be reasonable to switch to a non-threaded 5.005_02, though. Why not propose perl and perl-thread ? Each one would conflict with the other one, but that's not a problem. The problem is : Can the maintainer package perl5.005 ?. I would like to help but I'm a still a new Debian developer and really not a C hacker... after perl5.005 has been packaged, there should be no problem. lib*-perl packages need no modifications, just a recompilation. Cheers, -- Hertzog Raphaël ¤ 0C4CABF1 ¤ http://www.mygale.org/~hra/
Re: what's after slink
On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: [ snip ] : That's from the credits, but there are some more : : r.c. (mentioned previously) : molly : snake : robot : etch : mike : mr. spell : lenny : claw : : There were a few others, but I couldn't pick out the names from the : soundtrack. My son has the Toy Story game for the Mac ... I'll see if I can glean a few more from that :) (Looks like you've done a commendable job, however). -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Re: FWD: Re: Linus is on a powertrip..
Kai Henningsen wrote: Linus is the main developer for Linux. That makes him a good benevolent dictator. Debian does not have a main developer; Ian has a political, not a technical, job. Linus's position is just as political as Ian's, it's just not so obvious because the difference in the development models keep the politics queter, and resolves issues faster without as much debate. -- see shy jo
Re: What about a bookmarks-package ?
Le Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 08:51:53PM +0200, Christian Hammers écrivait: What is your opinion - would this be a good idea ? Yes, I think so. I propose you to have some national pages which would held links for non-english speaking sites. e.g. french-links.html beside links.html (english-speaking by default). Yes I will send you some good links for the french page. ;-) Cheers, -- Hertzog Raphaël ¤ 0C4CABF1 ¤ http://www.mygale.org/~hra/
Re: what's after slink
If 'Woody' was offensive, do you think that Disney would have used the name in their movie? Wasn't toy story rated G? Come on, who is more sensitive to this than the mouse factory? -- On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 06:57:54AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: But didn't an even earlier discussion conclude that woody should be bypassed as it would be offensive to some people. It's only offensive if you're in the frame of mind to think so. Aren't there children's stories with a character named Woody Woodpecker? _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: intent to package
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ivan Stojic [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Telnet98 I've already taken that one. Sorry :-( -- Ian Lynagh - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lynagh.demon.co.uk/ My poor mouse only has one ball.
Re: An X version of dselect for slink
Jim Pick wrote: Tom Lees [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Since it seems obvious that apt WON'T be finished (GUI bit I mean) before freeze of slink, I have started writing an X clone of the Dselect tool. Although to be ready by 16th will make it pretty much a hack, I think it Great! Keep going... I really, really like the idea of having multiple front-ends for package selection that we can choose from. For some of the stuff I want to do, I'm going to need to be able to customize a front-end. By having more than one front-end, we should end up with some good, well-defined interfaces. Cheers, - jIm I agree very much with this we need multiple frontend. In our quest from a X11 let use never forget the text version. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PENQUIN-LOVER-CODER ALERT: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All windows user please exvacuate the building (So I can install a better OS on the comps) Pass on the GAS get NASM instead.
formal documents
hi, I have a question about the procedure to become a maintainer. You should also include some mechanism by which we can verify your real-life identity. For example, any of the following mechanisms would suffice: * A PGP or RSA key signed by any well-known signature, such as any current Debian developer. * A scanned (or physically mailed) copy of any formal documents certifying your identity (such as a birth certificate, national ID card, U.S. Driver's License, etc.). Please sign the image with your PGP or RSA key. Do you accept a passport as the above formal documents ? How about Japan Driver's License ? (this is written only in Japanese though) Thanks. -- Kikutani, Makoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linux related only)
slanglib for Japanese
Please consider a compiliance to Japanese for slanglib in the next release. The necessary work is only set #define SLANG_HAS_KANJI_SUPPORT 1 in src/sl-feat.h. I believe this doesn't affect to English. -- Kikutani, Makoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linux related only)
Re: formal documents
On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 05:43:14PM -0400, Kikutani Makoto wrote: Do you accept a passport as the above formal documents ? I'm not one of those who decide that, but I would find it quite strange if it were not accepted. It's as formal as it could reasonably get. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** 118. Editing is a rewording activity. (Epigrams on Programming, Alan J. Perlis)
Re: what's after slink
On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 11:26:51AM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote: Hamish It's only offensive if you're in the frame of mind to Hamish think so. Aren't there children's stories with a Hamish character named Woody Woodpecker? Actually, Woody Woodpecker is a cartoon, still shown on TV nowadays. Then shouldn't we call the networks to demand its cancellation? thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
GTK Dselect - ALPHA 1
Just a small tar.gz. Not many features are implemented at the moment - notably, it doesnt update the status file, and it doesnt lock the status area, but I'm releasing it for testing of the rest of it. To compile, cd gdselect, and run make. The binary is in gtk/gdselect. One question: the core size is rather large as it stands - is it worth reducing this by using an apt-style cache file in your opinion? (i.e. will people with low-memory, probably less than 24MB, run this?) Tell me what you think of the interface. The buttons at the bottom are meant to change the status. The actual installation is the Install/Apply menu option. -- Tom Lees [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lpsg.demon.co.uk/ PGP Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.lpsg.demon.co.uk/pgpkeys.asc. gdselect-alpha1.tar.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data
gnome .debs
(for the purposes of this email, consider my sig my resume). i am an admin at a local high school. our shell server is a p233 with 128m ram and 12gb disk. it will soon be upgraded to 256mb, and sooner or later, a second processor. it sits on a t1, with incoming ftp supposed to be unfirewalled awhile ago (i can get around it, if necessary). the machie is idle 23 hours a day. i have never used cvs-buildpackage, but would be willing to generate nightly .debs. what do people think of this? # Justin Maurer GNOME Hacker # [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Developer # http://slashdot.org/ Slashdot Author # 09 84 FC 03 13 AA 4A AF F6 A4 85 9D 8C 96 B6 A4
