Re: Bug#198158: architecture i386 isn't i386 anymore
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 09:04:55AM -0400, David B Harris wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:04:54 -0500 > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And not only 80386 needs this - There is the Sparc64 port which would > > also benefit from this (http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/#64bit). If we > > had support for subarchtectures, not only would the ix86 mess be able to > > be split in many flavors (i.e. strict 386, 486 and up, 686, or whatever > > you fancy). And I am sure this can somehow help maintain the non-Linux > > ports - NetBSD gives us the potential to bring Debian to _many_ new > > platforms. > > No it doesn't. I've yet to even hear of an architecture that NetBSD runs > on but which Linux doesn't. They just have a different definition of > "architecture" than us. (ie: our "hppa" may be three or four arches to > the NetBSD kernel folk.) They support the vax, and openbsd (nearly) supports the m88k. The others look (to me, I didn't look very hard) like their CPUs are supported Frank
Re: Debian 10th birthday gear
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 11:44:12AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 09:44:06PM -0400, James Michael Greenhalgh wrote: > > > > > > > 100 million users > > > > > 1000 installations > > > > > > > > I would recommend to exchange these last two lines. More installations > > > > than users? > > > > > > actually they are million users :) > > > > > > > Is it me or has the debate over whether there are more installations or > > users > > resulted in your post/point being lost. 100 million users = > > 1 users - it should just be 100 users? > > Since there are roughly 30 people on the planet, 1 > users must mean debian is the first interplanetary operating system. Isn't that why it is called the Universal operating System ? Frank
Re: Debian 10th birthday gear
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 11:21:18PM +1000, Steve Kowalik wrote: > At 9:13 pm, Friday, July 11 2003, Craig Sanders mumbled: > > you're all making a big mistake. those numbers were obviously binary, not > > decimal. > > > 2 architectures? Rght. Little endian and big endian. Or CISC and RISC. Don't make your subdivisions too low level. Frank
Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:48:06PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > Then how do you suggest maintaining a kernel 2.4.20 for one > > architecture and a 2.4.22 for another architecture, when you can't even > > test on either of them? > > I wouldn't. I'm going to track the latest minor version, just like the rest > of Debian packages do. So you would recommend dropping support for architectures that do not boot with the latest kernel ? Frank -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activity monitor
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 03:30:24PM -0200, Everton da Silva Marques wrote: > It's VERY oppressive to force hot-babe out of > Debian because of personal feelings about nudity. > It's pure anti-speech insanity leading the way > to socialism. How is this related to socialism at all ? Frank -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
Re: installing a source tree?
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 12:24:15PM -0500, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote: > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:13:10 +, Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 'postgresql-dev'. > > > > What's the name of the software you're trying to build? > > > > > I'm creating/documenting a quick Debian_Hints file at: > > > http://insecurity.org/ll3i11_j0n35/Debian_Hints > > > > Have you read many of the fine Debian manuals? There's a lot of > > good stuff linked to from: > > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/ > > Yes, um, but I'll read them more =) > > Its a Accounting/Ledger system from http://www.sql-ledger.org/ -- > sql-ledger is written in Perl and seems simple enough but I'm getting > strange "cannot be found" issues. Like I mis-configured > Debian/Perl/PostgresSQL =/ =) But I doubt that however. I tried sql-ledger a while ago (version 2.0.9), and IIRC it did not need the postgresql source, or even the -dev package. However, it does need libpgperl or libdbd-pg-perl (I don't remember which, probably libpgperl) Frank > > Probably just been awake too long. Thanks for the quick reply =) > -- > WC -Sx- Jones > http://insecurity.org/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
Re: plagiarism of reiserfs by Debian
On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 01:02:15PM -0500, Chris Cheney wrote: > in an editor is not bloat? By the way emacs21 takes 50MB to install (vim > takes 15MB), and yes a full KDE install takes more at around 254MB to > install but it could be argued it provides more functionality. ;) Are you sure ? Emacs provides a _lot_ of functionality ;) Frank > Chris > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Daft Internet Stuff [Re: Returning from "vacation". (MIA?)]
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 07:26:34PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > I disagree. Once I've explained why I don't like HTML e-mail, people > normally see 'my side' and switch. And if they still don't see it, the following 'html' might convince them, at least if they use outlook (be careful. It is not harmless) Another way is to encourage them, and support MIME multipart/alternative mails, just not text/plain and text/html, but application/x-troff and application/postscript. Frank
Re: donations wishlist?
On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 10:15:54AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > I could use some non-mac m68k boxes to do exactly that :-) > Does that include boxes that are not supported by the kernel yet ? I have a VME 68030 board with full hardware documentation here... Frank
Re: Tool to provide fake dependencies
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 01:12:43PM -0800, Shaun Jackman wrote: > I recall there's a tool that builds small .deb packages that Provides > some dependency, without doing any actualy work. What package is this > tool in? Try as I might, I haven't been able to find it. equivs Frank > > Thanks, > Shaun > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
