Re: Answering machine software?

[Brian Potkin]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 08:30:52PM -0500, David B . Harris wrote:

> Sorry, I'll be more clear. :) There's no 'mgetty' in Unstable(Sid).
> There is no mgetty-viewfax, there is no mgetty-fax, there is no
> mgetty-voice. :) Each and every one of those packages gives:
> 
> Package mgetty has no available version, but exists in the database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and 
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
> 
> of sources.list
> 
> When I try to 'apt-get install' it. I've checked the mirrors, too.
> They're not there. They're available for Stable(Potato), but not
> Unstable(Sid).

mgetty packages which fix a security problem were uploaded a few days
ago.  Should you want these put

deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free

in your /etc/apt/sources.list. 

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Re: Answering machine software?

[Antonio Rodriguez]

Well, get them from potato. I don't think there will be any problem.

"David B. Harris" wrote:
> 
> To quote kmself@ix.netcom.com,
> # > Odd, never noticed this, but there's no 'mgetty' in Unstable. No
> # > mgetty-voice either. I have mgetty-docs, but that's just about it.
> Any
> # > thoughts?
> #
> # Um:
> #
> # $ apt-cache search mgetty
> # mgetty-viewfax - Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X.
> # mgetty-fax - Faxing tools for mgetty.
> # mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty
> # lprfax - Utility to allow printing to a fax modem
> # mgetty - Smart Modem getty replacement
> # mgetty-voice - Voicemail handler for mgetty
> #
> # Cheers.
> 
> Um:
> 
> Sorry, I'll be more clear. :) There's no 'mgetty' in Unstable(Sid).
> There is no mgetty-viewfax, there is no mgetty-fax, there is no
> mgetty-voice. :) Each and every one of those packages gives:
> 
> Package mgetty has no available version, but exists in the database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
> 
> of sources.list
> 
> When I try to 'apt-get install' it. I've checked the mirrors, too.
> They're not there. They're available for Stable(Potato), but not
> Unstable(Sid).
> 
> Thanks anyways,
> 
> David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
> Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
> 
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Re: Answering machine software?

[kmself]

on Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 08:30:52PM -0500, David B . Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
wrote:
> To quote kmself@ix.netcom.com,
> # > Odd, never noticed this, but there's no 'mgetty' in Unstable. No
> # > mgetty-voice either. I have mgetty-docs, but that's just about it.
> Any
> # > thoughts?
> # 
> # Um:
> # 
> # $ apt-cache search mgetty
> # mgetty-viewfax - Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X.
> # mgetty-fax - Faxing tools for mgetty.
> # mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty
> # lprfax - Utility to allow printing to a fax modem
> # mgetty - Smart Modem getty replacement
> # mgetty-voice - Voicemail handler for mgetty
> # 
> # Cheers.
> 
> Um:
> 
> Sorry, I'll be more clear. :) There's no 'mgetty' in Unstable(Sid).
> There is no mgetty-viewfax, there is no mgetty-fax, there is no
> mgetty-voice. :) Each and every one of those packages gives:
> 
> Package mgetty has no available version, but exists in the database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and 
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
> 
> of sources.list
> 
> When I try to 'apt-get install' it. I've checked the mirrors, too.
> They're not there. They're available for Stable(Potato), but not
> Unstable(Sid).

OK.

My understanding is that if a package hasn't yet been modified in
unstable (which I do track), then the latest availabel *stable* version
is the default fallback.

My own sources list tracks unstable by default:

# apt package archives

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main 

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib 
non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib 
non-free

# KDE Debian packages: (updated Monday December  4, 2000, KMSelf)
# Following is primary site
deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main crypto optional qt1apps

# Galeon
deb ftp://galeon.sourceforge.net/pub/galeon/nightly/debian galeon/
deb-src ftp://galeon.sourceforge.net/pub/galeon/nightly/debian galeon/

...or is the package simply not compatible or utterly unavailable?

Cheers.

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Re: Answering machine software?

[John Hasler]

Karsten M. Self writes:
>$ apt-cache search mgetty
>mgetty-viewfax - Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X.
>mgetty-fax - Faxing tools for mgetty.
>mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty
>lprfax - Utility to allow printing to a fax modem
>mgetty - Smart Modem getty replacement
>mgetty-voice - Voicemail handler for mgetty

toncho/~ apt-cache search mgetty
mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty
lprfax - Utility to allow printing to a fax modem

toncho/~ grep 'Package: mgetty' 
/u/var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages
Package: mgetty-docs
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Re: Answering machine software?

[David B . Harris]

To quote Brian Frederick Kimball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Phil Hands (the maintainer) did a stable-only upload, causing it to be
# removed from unstable due to a bug in dupload (or whatever).
# 
# In November he told me "It's a dinstall cock-up.  Expect it back soon
# :-)" but it's not back and I haven't seen him on any of the Debian
lists
# since then.  He's apparently MIA.

Thanks very much for the response :) I'm glad I havn't screwed something
up on this end ;)

David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)

Re: Answering machine software?

[Brian Frederick Kimball]

> on Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 04:15:02PM -0500, David B . Harris ([EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > To quote Ron Farrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > # The getty family does this. vgetty is for voice. mgetty is for data,
> > # and so on. Just do a 'apt-get -f install mgetty-voice' you might also
> > # want to install the "mgetty-docs" package.
> > 
> > Odd, never noticed this, but there's no 'mgetty' in Unstable. No
> > mgetty-voice either. I have mgetty-docs, but that's just about it. Any
> > thoughts?

Phil Hands (the maintainer) did a stable-only upload, causing it to be
removed from unstable due to a bug in dupload (or whatever).

In November he told me "It's a dinstall cock-up.  Expect it back soon
:-)" but it's not back and I haven't seen him on any of the Debian lists
since then.  He's apparently MIA.
 
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> Um:
> 
> $ apt-cache search mgetty
> mgetty-viewfax - Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X.
> mgetty-fax - Faxing tools for mgetty.
> mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty
> lprfax - Utility to allow printing to a fax modem
> mgetty - Smart Modem getty replacement
> mgetty-voice - Voicemail handler for mgetty
> 
> Cheers.

Are you using unstable?

root:~# grep ^deb /etc/apt/sources.list 
deb http://bigfoot.eecs.umich.edu/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://bigfoot.eecs.umich.edu/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib 
non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib 
non-free
root:~# apt-get update > /dev/null
root:~# apt-cache search mgetty
mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty
lprfax - Utility to allow printing to a fax modem
root:~#

Re: Answering machine software?

[David B . Harris]

To quote kmself@ix.netcom.com,
# > Odd, never noticed this, but there's no 'mgetty' in Unstable. No
# > mgetty-voice either. I have mgetty-docs, but that's just about it.
Any
# > thoughts?
# 
# Um:
# 
# $ apt-cache search mgetty
# mgetty-viewfax - Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X.
# mgetty-fax - Faxing tools for mgetty.
# mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty
# lprfax - Utility to allow printing to a fax modem
# mgetty - Smart Modem getty replacement
# mgetty-voice - Voicemail handler for mgetty
# 
# Cheers.

Um:

Sorry, I'll be more clear. :) There's no 'mgetty' in Unstable(Sid).
There is no mgetty-viewfax, there is no mgetty-fax, there is no
mgetty-voice. :) Each and every one of those packages gives:

Package mgetty has no available version, but exists in the database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and 
never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents

of sources.list

When I try to 'apt-get install' it. I've checked the mirrors, too.
They're not there. They're available for Stable(Potato), but not
Unstable(Sid).

Thanks anyways,

David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)

Re: Answering machine software?

[kmself]

on Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 04:15:02PM -0500, David B . Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
wrote:
> To quote Ron Farrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> # The getty family does this. vgetty is for voice. mgetty is for data,
> # and so on. Just do a 'apt-get -f install mgetty-voice' you might also
> # want to install the "mgetty-docs" package.
> 
> Odd, never noticed this, but there's no 'mgetty' in Unstable. No
> mgetty-voice either. I have mgetty-docs, but that's just about it. Any
> thoughts?

Um:

$ apt-cache search mgetty
mgetty-viewfax - Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X.
mgetty-fax - Faxing tools for mgetty.
mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty
lprfax - Utility to allow printing to a fax modem
mgetty - Smart Modem getty replacement
mgetty-voice - Voicemail handler for mgetty

Cheers.

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Re: Answering machine software?

[David B . Harris]

To quote Ron Farrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# The getty family does this. vgetty is for voice. mgetty is for data,
# and so on. Just do a 'apt-get -f install mgetty-voice' you might also
# want to install the "mgetty-docs" package.

Odd, never noticed this, but there's no 'mgetty' in Unstable. No
mgetty-voice either. I have mgetty-docs, but that's just about it. Any
thoughts?

Dave

David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)

Re: Answering machine software?

[Ron Farrer]

David B . Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> I have a plain USR Voice/Fax/Data modem, of the 56k variety. I was
> wondering if anyon knew if there is some software(prefferably Free, of
> course) which will act as an answering machine, using said modem?
> 
> Ideally, it'd also be able to handle faxes, but since I have a fax
> machine anyways, that's not as important.

The getty family does this. vgetty is for voice. mgetty is for data,
and so on. Just do a 'apt-get -f install mgetty-voice' you might also
want to install the "mgetty-docs" package.

HTH,
Ron
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Re: Answering machine software?

[Eric G . Miller]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 11:30:11AM -0500, David B . Harris wrote:
> Hello everyone :)
> 
> I have a plain USR Voice/Fax/Data modem, of the 56k variety. I was
> wondering if anyon knew if there is some software(prefferably Free, of
> course) which will act as an answering machine, using said modem?
> 
> Ideally, it'd also be able to handle faxes, but since I have a fax
> machine anyways, that's not as important.

There used to be a package like mgetty+sendfax+voice ?  But I don't see
it in unstable...  

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Answering machine software?

[David B . Harris]

Hello everyone :)

I have a plain USR Voice/Fax/Data modem, of the 56k variety. I was
wondering if anyon knew if there is some software(prefferably Free, of
course) which will act as an answering machine, using said modem?

Ideally, it'd also be able to handle faxes, but since I have a fax
machine anyways, that's not as important.

Thanks for your time,

David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)