Re: Bug#82710: A version for testing, please.
Packages do not go into testing until a minimum of 10 days after they enter unstable, of course many other factors can keep them out as well, including release critical bugs, build problems on other architectures, or dependancies on packages that are not yet in testing. Now, if we look at version 1.0-4's changelog, we see something truely amusing: adns (1.0-4) unstable; urgency=low * new upload since it does not show up in testing (Closes: #82710) -- Bernd Eckenfels [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu, 18 Jan 2001 05:03:23 +0100 adns (1.0-3) unstable; urgency=low * closes bug #70945 (fixed upstream) -- Bernd Eckenfels [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 7 Nov 2000 00:43:29 +0100 So when you filed this bug report on the 17th, adns version 1.0-3 had been in unstable for about 10 days and was due to go into testing. Bernd uploaded version 1.0-4 the next day (for no good reason). And 1.0-3 was moved into testing right in the nick of time before 1.0-4 replaced it in unstable. 7 Nov 2000 is quite a bit longer than 10 days from 18 Jan 2001. For whatever reason, adns was not in testing. This should fix it. In my mind, I was justified filing a wishlist bug. If there is a better mechanism, say so So if you had filed your bug report one day earlier, Bernd's upload of -4 would have actually managed to keep adns _out_ of testing for another 10 days! Moral of the story: Read the update_execuses if you want to know why something is not in testing, and uploads to force something into testing cannot work and can be rather counterproductive. Ah. I was not aware of such a document. perhaps in the next weekly news? -- Jon Nelson \|/ \|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] @'/ ,. \`@ C and Python Programmer /_| \__/ |_\ Motorcycle Enthusiast \__U_/
Re: Bug#82710: A version for testing, please.
Jon Nelson wrote: 7 Nov 2000 is quite a bit longer than 10 days from 18 Jan 2001. ... Well it is somewhere between 9 and 11 days interval depending on timezone issues and dinstall run times. You miss my point -- 7 Nov 2000 is 2 months, 11 days (approx) from 18 Jan 2001. 2 months 11 days is roughly 71 days 71 10 Anyway, I'll check with the past DWN issues and read up again. -- Jon Nelson \|/ \|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] @'/ ,. \`@ C and Python Programmer /_| \__/ |_\ Motorcycle Enthusiast \__U_/
Good Soundcard
Can anybody recommend a sound card based upon the following criteria: * Compatability with Linux * SBPro compatability * Sound Quality * Price Thanks! There seems to be a shortage of sound card reviews... -- Jon Nelson U of MN Housing and Res. Life Computing Supervisor [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Found Serious Bug in 2.1.x Kernels
I believe that I have found a bug in 2.1.x kernels that is rather serious. In short, read(fd, buffer, 0) returns a -1 with errno = EAGAIN. According to the manpage, read(fd, buffer, 0) should *always* return 0 From the manpage: If count is zero, read() returns zero and has no other results. If count is greater than SSIZE_MAX, the result is unspecified. Would someone care to confirm this? It has been demonstrated on a 2.1.76 kernel machine. The Boa Webserver that I help maintain exhibited this bug, as noticed by Christoph Lameter [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I would like to thank Christoph for helping me track down this bug, as his input and gracious access to a 2.1.x machine helped immensely. -- Jon Nelson U of MN Housing and Res. Life Computing Supervisor [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Problem with netscape
Say, does anybody know why this happens every once in a while? I'm running Netscape 3.01 on Debian 1.3.1 on a K5-100 system. For months at a time it is perfectly stable and then, for no reason that I am able to fathom, when I run netscape it never shows up. A quick ps -ax shows a zombied netstat process. In fact, I am completely unable to get netscape to come up without a complete restart. I am running a stock 2.0.32 kernel. -- Jon Nelson U of MN Housing and Res. Life Computing Supervisor [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
lock a pentium for fun!
A slightly edited version of what a friend sent me:
Did you hear the latest buzz on the internet? A four
byte instruction will lock any true Pentium solid.
Try this c program:
char x [5] = { 0xf0, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 };
main () { void (*f)() = x; f(); }
So much for using Pentia for robust multi-user servers.
A buffer overflow bug may not get the attacker root, but
can lock the machine solid.
Looks like its time to buy stock in AMD, Cyrix, and IDT.
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Re: It still don't work......
Responding to the message of Sat, 5 Jul 1997 10:49:36 -0600 from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well here we go again A little background so some of you remember. I installed debain 1.3 (7) times. Have been having trouble getting dselect to install files using the ftp access method. I keep getting this can't map /lib/libc message. Well someone sugested that I type this I don't know much but I will surely try to help you out. First, where did you get the distribution? Is it on CD? Did you FTP it? Having installed Slackware a number of times before I learned of Debian, I know this can be a frustrating experience. Personally, this is my take on the situation: I would ftp the rescue, drivers, and base disks from one of the debian sites... I always use ftp.caldera.com in /pub/mirrors/debian. Having installed Debian three days ago using that method, completely without flaw (except X, but that's a whole new ball of wax), I can only say that I think it should work for you, too. Give it a try, and let us know how it goes! Jon Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] U of MN Housing and Res Life Computing Supervisor -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: ideas about moving Debian to another hard drive
Roughly two months ago I did this exact same thing, three times! Without regard to the options I passed to cp, it *did* do a recursive copy of /mnt, hung on /dev, and I don't remember what happened to /proc. What *did* work for me what this (I think): in root directory, cp --archive /dir1 /dir2 /lastdir /mnt then I did mkdir /mnt/proc mkdir /mnt/mnt I can't remember what I did with /dev, but the above should do it. However, make sure it works (as always) before you zap the original. Jon Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
