/debian/unstable/binary-all archives in error
It seems that all the archives of the subject are in error. There are a huge number of .deb files (packages) symlinked to themselves. It just occured to me what could have caused this. Perhaps during the transition from 0.93R6-stable to 1.1-stable, there were a large number of packages that were not unstable. As such, the archive maintainer, in order to minimize disk storage?, decided to symlink to the previously unstable area from the prerelease area. When the prelease area became stable, well I think you know what I mean. Anyway, shouldn't these symlinks to nowhere (themselves) now be symlinked to the stable area to fix the huge number of error messages our mirror programs generate? -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |--| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \--/
Re: No Distribution is 2.0.0 Current
Jeffery S. Coy Jr. writes: On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, David Engel wrote: Debian's version of libc 5.2.18 has the security fix plus a few other fixes. I really wish H.J. would continue to fix serious bugs in the last stable libc while the new one is still in alpha/beta testing. i thought libc 5.3.12 had been publicly released as stable some time ago. is this library being ignored due to doug lea's malloc, or is it something else? To clarify, I wasn't implying that libc 5.2.18 was the last stable release. I know that 5.3.12 was released some time ago. Debian isn't using it because we didn't want risk introducing any instabilities when we were trying to releas Debian 1.1. i think we are all a little more wary after libc 5.3.9's .rhost bug. but i agree, it would be nice if patches for important bugs were made available for proven libraries such as lib 5.2.18, rather than push the bleeding edge stuff so hard. Right. I've been saying for a long time now that Linux' huge growth makes stability a lot more important than it used to be. When an important problem is found in libc, we can't keep telling people to upgrade to the current beta version. It may fix the original problem but will several others. David -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
Potential problem with stable
Hello, all. I just switched from RedHat to Debian on my home machine, and I am very impressed. I needd a number of packages, set the ftp install running, went to bed, and woke up to the configuration script. This and tons of other stuff has almost completely converted me. This is a problem which people have referenced on linux.dev.kernel, but I figured that I'd follow the advice I give to others, and come here first. When I try to remake my kernel, the `make dep` hangs and starts chewing CPU. Below are the last 10 lines of the strace: write(1, rm -f .hdepend\n, 15)= 15 brk(0x8033000) = 0x8033000 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP INT QUIT TERM XCPU XFSZ], NULL) = 0 fork() = 5680 sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL) = 0 wait4(-1, [WIFEXITED(s) WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0], 0, NULL) = 5680 write(1, gawk -f scripts/depend.awk `find..., 113) = 113 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP INT QUIT TERM XCPU XFSZ], NULL) = 0 fork() = 5681 wait4(-1, As you can see, it hangs, apparently, in the middle of a wait call and just shoots the loadavg through the roof; it has to be killed after that. I have a clean 1.1-stable release that I installed three days ago. Nothing is on the machine not from a .deb package other than ssh. I did apply Alan Cox's suggested kernel patch. 386/40, 16MB RAM, 1.0GB IDE, etc. Feel free to email me instead of cluttering the list. If anyone needs more info, I'm happy to provide it. If I do figure it out, I'll be sure to post the answer here. TIA, and keep up the good work. Todd _ Todd Graham LewisCore Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Standard Disclaimers) (800) 719 4664, x2804
Re: Still Linux doesn't see my Ethercard
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pedro I. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to have Linux to recongnize my Ethernet card without success. I have a NIC with an AMD-PCNet chip. According to the Ethernet-HOWTO the right driver to use is lance. I managed to recompile the kernel to include this driver but still the driver doesn't see my card. Which PCnet chip variant do you know. 1.2.13 doesnt know all the current variants of this chip. I have no idea what to do next. The ethercard is ok (runs under windows) but I am missing something under linux. Any suggestions? The AMD PC-Net shouldnt be a problem because everything is on the chip so a vendor can't really do much to make it non standard. There have been some with hardware problems but clearly yours is ok as it runs under windows. Alan -- .-- UKUU free UUCP Project Swansea | Alan Cox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 1792 422028 (Cabletel) | Custom Linux Software Projects. Sonix 28.8K [33.6 soon] 24x7 | Linux Consultancy.
Q: Java in Debian?
As a out-sider who may step in the world of Debian, I am curious that if Java is included in Debian. If not, is there someone working on it? Thanks. - Jun -
Re: Q: Java in Debian?
On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, Jun Sun wrote: As a out-sider who may step in the world of Debian, I am curious that if Java is included in Debian. If not, is there someone working on it? There is currently no Java package for Debian. But I remember reading questions for a Java package on debian-devel, so I looks like someone is working on it. Christian
Retraction: Re: Potential problem with stable
Well, it looked like it was hanging. After I posted my report, I decided to let one go and see what happened. Turns out my machine was just really slow in doing the sed script. These things happen on a 386 with no math coprocessor. GRIN=SHEEPISH Never mind /GRIN _ Todd Graham LewisCore Engineering Mindspring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Standard Disclaimers) (800) 719 4664, x2804
kernal-image-2.0.0-0 + stuff...
Okay, first off, thank you much for helping me out with the dselect probs I was having. Mounting my D drive before running dselect worked wonders. :) Now, while configuring stuff, I ran into about 4 packages, including kernal-image-2.0.0-0, that complained that while running --configure or whatever, that it couldn't find a directory or file. I included the latter because it said in the package selection option that it was required. Is this true? And is there any reason in particular that dpkg is having problems finding the right directories? I know I wasn't very descriptve of the problem, but as none of the packages are that important to me to get installed (except for kernal-image?) I didn't write down every single message thrown at me. Next, I'm curious if the editor Pico is anywhere in the Debian distribution. I use it frequently at school, and have found it fast and convenient. If it's not anywhere in the distribution, is anyone currently working on it? And finally, I seem to have lost the XF86Config program... I recognized it when I was configuring one of the X11 packages, but I didn't have time to set it up properly, so I skipped it. I found XF86Config somewhere in /etc/something but it was just a symlink to a file that didn't exsist. Is XF86Config in one of the packages, or do I have to run a configuration script again? (If so, which one?) Thanks for any help given on the above. --- --- Andy Heroff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember who you are... Iowa State University--- Mufasa Ames, IA http://www.public.iastate.edu/~aheroff
Re: kernal-image-2.0.0-0 + stuff...
On Sun, 30 Jun 1996, Andy Heroff wrote: Okay, first off, thank you much for helping me out with the dselect probs I was having. Mounting my D drive before running dselect worked wonders. :) Hear, hear, Ian! Now, while configuring stuff, I ran into about 4 packages, including kernal-image-2.0.0-0, that complained that while running --configure or whatever, that it couldn't find a directory or file. I included the latter because it said in the package selection option that it was required. Is this true? And is there any reason in particular that dpkg is having problems finding the right directories? I know I wasn't very descriptve of the problem, but as none of the packages are that important to me to get installed (except for kernal-image?) I didn't write down every single message thrown at me. Just guessing wildly, make sure you have /bin/perl as a symlink pointing to /usr/bin/perl... It's a known problem with the Perl package in 1.1. There should be a new perl package in 1.1-fixes fixing this. Or you can just make the symlink yourself.(If you want more than wild guesses, you really must provide more info.) Next, I'm curious if the editor Pico is anywhere in the Debian distribution. I use it frequently at school, and have found it fast and convenient. If it's not anywhere in the distribution, is anyone currently working on it? There is a pico package. But version 3.93 is in non-free. And finally, I seem to have lost the XF86Config program... I recognized it [snip] Can't help you here, I don't use XFree86. Christian
Re: tiff2gif utils?
Anyone have reccommendations on tiff-gif converters? I have the (debianized) pbmplus stuff, but when I run them, I get: chiba:~ /usr/bin/pbmplus/tifftopnm fax.tiff fax.pnm fax.tiff: Null decoding is not implemented. tifftopnm: writing PBM file Segmentation fault and a zero-length fax.pnm is the result. The pbmplus docco points out that I may need Sam Leffler's TIFF library installed for the Tiff utils to work, so I did that even though a 'strings tiff2pnm' shows headers from all those files... I'm not sure whether this answers you question, but you might try xv (in non-free). You will not be able to convert the files automatically (as far as i'm aware), but it should be able to convert the file. -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Use Debian/GNU Linux!
Re: kernal-image-2.0.0-0 + stuff...
And finally, I seem to have lost the XF86Config program... I recognized it when I was configuring one of the X11 packages, but I didn't have time to set it up properly, so I skipped it. I found XF86Config somewhere in /etc/something but it was just a symlink to a file that didn't exsist. Is XF86Config in one of the packages, or do I have to run a configuration script again? (If so, which one?) Thanks for any help given on the above. Try the 'xf86config' program. /etc/XF86Config is your config-file, ie. where all parameters and setting are stored. Maarten ___ | Maarten Boekhold, Faculty of Electrical Engineering TU Delft, NL | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ---
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netpbm package?
Hello everybody! Does someone have a netpbm package for debian? I just found the pbmplus package that looks pretty old. AFAIK, netpbm is the successor of pbmplus. The newest version I could find is sunsite: apps/graphics/convert/netpbm-Mar1994-bin.tar.gz while the pbmplus package is dated 10dec91. If there is no such package, I will probably create one. Thanks in advance, Chris -- _,, Christian Schwarz / o \__ [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! ___; \ /PGP-fp: 8F 61 EB 6D CF 23 CA D7 34 05 14 5C C8 DC 22 BA \\\__/ ! http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/ \ / -.-.,---,-,-..---,-,-.,.-.- DIE ENTE BLEIBT DRAUSSEN!
color_xterm?
Hi! Is there a color_xterm in Debian 1.1 - or something similar? Right now, I'm using the old color_xterm from Slackware. Thanks in advance Chris -- _,, Christian Schwarz / o \__ [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! ___; \ /PGP-fp: 8F 61 EB 6D CF 23 CA D7 34 05 14 5C C8 DC 22 BA \\\__/ ! http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/ \ / -.-.,---,-,-..---,-,-.,.-.- DIE ENTE BLEIBT DRAUSSEN!
