[Perl/perl5] fbe95d: Update perldsc.pod adding vital deep slice shortcut

2024-02-17 Thread Dan Jacobson via perl5-changes
Branch: refs/heads/blead Home: https://github.com/Perl/perl5 Commit: fbe95d28cca2ed244df50120474bd0dd0fd1b78d https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/fbe95d28cca2ed244df50120474bd0dd0fd1b78d Author: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson Date: 2024-02-17 (Sat, 17 Feb 2024) Changed paths: M pod

[Perl/perl5] d74f9d: Update perlfunc.pod fixing grammar

2024-02-06 Thread Dan Jacobson via perl5-changes
Branch: refs/heads/blead Home: https://github.com/Perl/perl5 Commit: d74f9da21d78a55fb22a7c6130178ed862e08e25 https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/d74f9da21d78a55fb22a7c6130178ed862e08e25 Author: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson Date: 2024-02-06 (Tue, 06 Feb 2024) Changed paths: M pod

[Perl/perl5] 4f449b: Add basic example of qx// on perlop.pod

2024-02-02 Thread Dan Jacobson via perl5-changes
Branch: refs/heads/blead Home: https://github.com/Perl/perl5 Commit: 4f449b11929d79ca329e865cf541798a09d4 https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/4f449b11929d79ca329e865cf541798a09d4 Author: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson Date: 2024-02-02 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024) Changed paths: M pod

[Perl/perl5] 922e8c: Update perlop.pod

2023-10-02 Thread Dan Jacobson via perl5-changes
Branch: refs/heads/blead Home: https://github.com/Perl/perl5 Commit: 922e8c46512ec446e49a3b89d167175d29385408 https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/922e8c46512ec446e49a3b89d167175d29385408 Author: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson Date: 2023-10-02 (Mon, 02 Oct 2023) Changed paths: M pod

[Perl/perl5] 6bbe21: Still cleaning up Y2K residue

2023-05-01 Thread Dan Jacobson via perl5-changes
Branch: refs/heads/blead Home: https://github.com/Perl/perl5 Commit: 6bbe21a508a82ef4a3849bd69a435b3cf8d5bf40 https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/6bbe21a508a82ef4a3849bd69a435b3cf8d5bf40 Author: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson Date: 2023-05-01 (Mon, 01 May 2023) Changed paths: M pod

[Perl/perl5] 386638: Update Trig.pm

2023-02-19 Thread Dan Jacobson via perl5-changes
Branch: refs/heads/blead Home: https://github.com/Perl/perl5 Commit: 386638a2b4294c7af449dcfdf670df85dedbd92a https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/386638a2b4294c7af449dcfdf670df85dedbd92a Author: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson Date: 2023-02-19 (Sun, 19 Feb 2023) Changed paths: M

Bug#1011922: bugs.astron.com not very usable

2022-05-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: file https://bugs.astron.com/ 1. Says 'Warning: "admin" directory should be removed, or access to it restricted.' 2. Says my password is wrong. 3. Has no way to retrieve a lost/forgotten password. Hence I will report bugs to Debian.

Bug#1011921: big5

2022-05-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: file Version: 1:5.41-4 $ file 111D2012841-01.txt 111D2012841-01.txt: ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators Test further. It is big5! 交通部公路總局第二區養護工程處人民陳情案件處理情形調查表 親愛的民眾您好: 這是一項我們對人民陳情案件處理情形滿意度調查,主要目 的在瞭解您對我們處理情形的寶貴意見,以作為改進參考依據, 謝謝您的協助,並祝行車平安。(請寄回thb...@thb.gov.tw 信箱)

Bug#1010680: dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-open-sans, directory '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/open-sans' not empty so not removed

2022-05-06 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: fonts-open-sans Version: 1.11-2 dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-open-sans, directory '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/open-sans' not empty so not removed due to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/open-sans/.uuid

Bug#1009989: Can't convert from HTML

2022-04-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: gnumeric Version: 1.12.51-1 File: /usr/bin/ssconvert $ ssconvert --list-importers 2>&1 |grep -i htm Gnumeric_html:html | HTML (*.html, *.htm) $ txt2html /etc/motd > g.html $ ssconvert g.html /tmp/m.pdf Loading file:///tmp/g.html failed

Bug#1009920: Internal error: Could not resolve keysym XF86EmojiPicker

2022-04-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: x11-xkb-utils Version: 7.7+5 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/issues/156#note_1347383 says Internal error: Could not resolve keysym XF86EmojiPicker might be a Debian bug.

Bug#1009920: Internal error: Could not resolve keysym XF86EmojiPicker

2022-04-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: x11-xkb-utils Version: 7.7+5 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/issues/156#note_1347383 says Internal error: Could not resolve keysym XF86EmojiPicker might be a Debian bug.

Bug#972678: initramfs-tools: bad error message when zstd requested but not installed

2022-04-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.16.0-6-amd64 W: No zstd in /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin, using gzip Shouldn't it just not remind the user?

Bug#972678: initramfs-tools: bad error message when zstd requested but not installed

2022-04-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.16.0-6-amd64 W: No zstd in /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin, using gzip Shouldn't it just not remind the user?

Bug#1007263: Document upgrading dash will change the /bin/sh no matter what

2022-03-14 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dash Version: 0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8 /usr/share/doc/dash/ says dash (0.5.5.1-2.1) unstable; urgency=low * The default system shell (/bin/sh) has been changed to dash for new installations. When upgrading existing installations, the system shell

Bug#1007093: dpkg-reconfigure system shell question

2022-03-10 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dash If we say no to the system shell question on dpkg-reconfigure dash well, there are some cases it still will be used... E.g., if bash no longer ships with a system shell... So the wording should be different.

Bug#1007021: Missing dependency

2022-03-10 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: webcamoid Version: 9.0.0-2 See https://github.com/webcamoid/webcamoid/issues/502 . You must install qml-module-qt-labs-platform package.

Bug#1007008: qvidcap

2022-03-10 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: v4l-utils Version: 1.22.1-2 v4l-utils is missing qvidcap.

Bug#1006567: ifname is out of alphabetical order on the man page

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: ppp Version: 2.4.9-1+1 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man8/pppd.8.gz ifname is out of alphabetical order: unit num Sets the ppp unit number (for a ppp0 or ppp1 etc interface name) for outbound connections. If the unit is already in use a dy‐

Bug#1006565: document adb ls

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: adb Version: 1:29.0.6-6 $ man adb $ adb help both don't mention $ adb ls So how did I find it? $ adb

Bug#1006566: man should mention adb backup is deprecated and may be removed

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: adb Version: 1:29.0.6-6 File: /usr/share/man/man1/adb.1.gz Running adb backup says: WARNING: adb backup is deprecated and may be removed in a future release Therefore the adb backup section on the man page should mention this fact also.

Bug#1006564: adb shell cmd settings help says Invalid command

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: adb Version: 1:29.0.6-6 I'm not sure where to send this bug. $ adb shell cmd settings Settings provider (settings) commands: help Print this help text. get [--user | current] NAMESPACE KEY Retrieve the current value of KEY. ... $ adb shell cmd settings help Invalid

Bug#1006563: man page subitems need indenting

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: adb Version: 1:29.0.6-6 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man1/adb.1.gz -apk etc. need to be indented. adb backup [-f file] [-apk|-noapk] [-obb|-noobb] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|-nosystem] [packages...] Write an archive of the device's data to

Bug#1004202: Don't leave empty files on disk if extraction fails

2022-01-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: unar Version: 1.10.1-2+b7 Severity: minor Don't leave empty files on disk if extraction fails. $ unar -p 0403 Certificate.zip Certificate.zip: Zip Certificate.pdf (254004 B)... Failed! (Missing or wrong password) Extraction to current directory failed! (1 file failed.) $ ls -l

Bug#1004159: Add a qpdf-doc package

2022-01-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
Anyway, the idea is now we are on a camping trip, and don't want to need to go back to town to run a second command to get the docs, because even though we installed all the qpdf-* packages we could before we left, we didn't read their instructions.

Bug#1004159: Add a qpdf-doc package

2022-01-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "JB" == Jay Berkenbilt writes: JB> /usr/share/doc/qpdf/README-doc.txt which includes instructions on how Maybe just copy the three files it mentions, and make them into a qpdf-doc package.

Bug#1004159: Add a qpdf-doc package

2022-01-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: qpdf Version: 10.5.0-1 Severity: wishlist Add a qpdf-doc package, so the documentation can be viewed offline, without needing to obtain an Internet connection, once one realizes the full documentation is missing.

Bug#375275: #375275: getty: cursor state not reset

2022-01-18 Thread Dan Jacobson
reopen 375275 thanks Easily reproducible currently using the steps in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375275#10

Bug#375275: #375275: getty: cursor state not reset

2022-01-18 Thread Dan Jacobson
reopen 375275 thanks Easily reproducible currently using the steps in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375275#10

Bug#1003783: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2022-01-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: libxml-libxml-perl Version: 2.0207+dfsg-2 Preparing to unpack .../8-libxml-libxml-perl_2.0207+dfsg-2_amd64.deb ... update-perl-sax-parsers: Unregistering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser with priority 50... update-perl-sax-parsers: Unregistering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX

Bug#1003577: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2022-01-11 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: texinfo Version: 6.8-4 Setting up texinfo (6.8-4) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead. /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

add --to example.

2022-01-11 Thread Dan Jacobson
(info "(mailutils) Invoking Mail") says '-t' '--to' Read recipients from the message header. Ignore addresses listed in the command line. All I know is that will cause FILE to be ignored when using $ cat FILE | mail.mailutils --to ... ... Therefore please add an examples.

Bug#1002478: Say "(virtual package)" in search results

2021-12-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 Severity: wishlist Instead of # aptitude search xmonad p libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev- Extensions to xmonad v libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev-0.16-c9735 - p libghc-xmonad-contrib-doc- Extensions to xmonad;

[Aptitude-devel] Bug#1002478: Say "(virtual package)" in search results

2021-12-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 Severity: wishlist Instead of # aptitude search xmonad p libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev- Extensions to xmonad v libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev-0.16-c9735 - p libghc-xmonad-contrib-doc- Extensions to xmonad;

Re: Mention how to unindent footnotes

2021-12-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "AMS" == Alfred M Szmidt writes: AMS>On AMS>(info "(texinfo) Footnote Styles") AMS>(info "(texinfo) @paragraphindent") AMS>mention how to unindent footnotes. AMS>$ makeinfo --plaintext --set-customization-variable paragraphindent=0 AMS>doesn't work. AMS> Your

Re: Mention cases when @noindent = @indent

2021-12-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
>>>>> "GS" == Gavin Smith writes: GS> On Sun, Dec 05, 2021 at 03:10:41AM +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: >> Add a note to (info "(texinfo) @noindent") >> mentioning why >> >> $ echo -e @indent\\n\\n|makeinfo --plaintext >

Bug#1001693: userguide.html missing background

2021-12-14 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: i3-wm Version: 4.20.1-1 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/doc/i3-wm/userguide.html Browsing https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html /usr/share/doc/i3-wm/userguide.html The former has a black background, missing in the latter.

bug#52453: Full timezone name

2021-12-12 Thread Dan Jacobson
>>>>> "PE" == Paul Eggert writes: PE> On 12/12/21 07:27, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: >> Also mention something about how to get the full timezone name. PE> Unfortunately at the coreutils level that information is not available PE> in any portable or reliable w

bug#52453: Full timezone name

2021-12-12 Thread Dan Jacobson
On (info "(coreutils) Time conversion specifiers") ‘%Z’ alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., ‘EDT’), or nothing if no time zone is determinable. See ‘%z’ for how it is determined. Also mention something about how to get the full timezone name. E.g., show instead of CST: Central

Weird paragraph breaks in makeinfo man page

2021-12-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Weird paragraph breaks in man page: $ man makeinfo -o, --output=DEST output to DEST. With split output, create DEST as a directory and put the output files there. With non-split output, if DEST is already a directory or ends with a /,

makeinfo man page: note --no-* toggles off

2021-12-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
(info "(texinfo) Invoking texi2any") says '--no-number-footnotes' '--number-footnotes' Suppress automatic footnote numbering. By default, footnotes are numbered sequentially within a node, i.e., the current footnote number is reset to 1 at the start of each node. Yes, even I know

makeinfo man page: say columns, not characters

2021-12-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
$ man makeinfo --fill-column=NUM break Info lines at NUM characters (default 72). Say columns, not characters. E.g., there will be less characters if they are fullwidth characters. $ makeinfo --version texi2any (GNU texinfo) 6.8

clean up left over html files

2021-12-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Here we see a second run of makeinfo --html has only updated the first file: $ ls -ogt -rw-r--r-- 1 1714 12-04 23:59 index.html -rw-r--r-- 1 2757 12-04 23:49 First-Chapter.html -rw-r--r-- 1 2327 12-04 23:49 First-Section.html -rw-r--r-- 1 3422 12-04 23:49 Index.html -rw-r--r-- 1 2334 12-04 23:49

Always show source code of examples

2021-12-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
(info "(texinfo) @format") says: This is an example of text written between a '@format' command and an '@end format' command. As you can see from this example, the '@format' command does not fill the text. OK, that's great. However it would take five minutes less to figure out if instead you

Mention workaround to change margins

2021-12-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
(info "(texinfo) @pagesizes") says: To make more elaborate changes, such as changing any of the page margins, you must define a new command in 'texinfo.tex' or 'texinfo.cnf'. Mention a workaround: Before: $ perl -wle 'for(1..2){print "ABC " x 33, "\n";}'|makeinfo --plaintext ABC ABC

Mention cases when @noindent = @indent

2021-12-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Add a note to (info "(texinfo) @noindent") mentioning why $ echo -e @indent\\n\\n|makeinfo --plaintext $ echo -e @noindent\\n\\n|makeinfo --plaintext give the same output. (Don't tell me. I know why. Mention why in the document. Thanks.)

Mention how to unindent footnotes

2021-12-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
On (info "(texinfo) Footnote Styles") (info "(texinfo) @paragraphindent") mention how to unindent footnotes. $ makeinfo --plaintext --set-customization-variable paragraphindent=0 doesn't work. Or mention that 'sorry, it is impossible. Use sed or awk etc.'

Bug#1001011: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-12-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: ucf Version: 3.0043 # env UCF_FORCE_CONFFOLD=1 ucf --three-way --debconf-ok --sum-file=/usr/share/grub/default/grub.md5sum /tmp/grub.ytSP5JjQ2w /etc/default/grub /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead. See #1000830 .

Bug#1001010: man dpkg should also mention --unpack processes triggers

2021-12-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dpkg Version: 1.20.9 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man1/dpkg.1.gz Man page says --unpack package-file... Unpack the package, but don't configure it. If --recursive or -R option is specified, package-file must refer to a directory instead.

Bug#1001010: man dpkg should also mention --unpack processes triggers

2021-12-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dpkg Version: 1.20.9 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man1/dpkg.1.gz Man page says --unpack package-file... Unpack the package, but don't configure it. If --recursive or -R option is specified, package-file must refer to a directory instead.

Bug#1000968: closed by Colin Watson (Re: Bug#1000968: Mention the only way to abort dpkg-reconfigure)

2021-12-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
>> Else there is no way to quit. ^C, ^Z don't work. B> This is too situational for there to be a reasonable way to advise on it B> in the man page - it'll depend very much on the debconf frontend in use, Fine. Then the very clear solution is on every page, automatically add an 'abort' choice.

Bug#1000968: Mention the only way to abort dpkg-reconfigure

2021-12-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: debconf Version: 1.5.79 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man8/dpkg-reconfigure.8.gz On this man page please mention how to quit halfway. E.g., "Open another window and do killall dpkg-reconfigure" (And mention the possible consequences.) Else there is no way to quit. ^C, ^Z

Bug#1000830: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-12-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
# ed /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst # dpkg --configure grub-pc dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure): package grub-pc is already installed and configured Errors were encountered while processing: grub-pc # dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc # # xterm # killall dpkg-reconfigure

Bug#1000830: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-12-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
# strace --output=/tmp/xx -ff dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_2.06-2_amd64.deb shows plenty of which's still left, as you said. But apparently one is still not going to /dev/null for me. Maybe you can send me a .deb with an set -x in /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst so I don't have

Bug#1000964: add way to run installation scripts with sh -x

2021-12-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dpkg Version: 1.20.9 Severity: wishlist Add a way to run /var/lib/dpkg/info/* scripts with sh -x instead of sh, without needing to repackage a package just to put an set -x at the top of a file.

Bug#1000964: add way to run installation scripts with sh -x

2021-12-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dpkg Version: 1.20.9 Severity: wishlist Add a way to run /var/lib/dpkg/info/* scripts with sh -x instead of sh, without needing to repackage a package just to put an set -x at the top of a file.

Bug#1000834: Support U+031A COMBINING LEFT ANGLE ABOVE

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: fonts-liberation Version: 1:1.07.4-11 Maybe https://crbug.com/1274125 is a fonts-liberation bug. As that is what Developer Tools shows is being used here.

Bug#1000832: apt-listchanges: news for jidanni5

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
OK, maybe next release, the maintainer will remove the run-time warning, as we also see there is already a NEWS item. > "r" == root writes: r> --- News for grub2 (grub2-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub-common) --- r> grub2 (2.06-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium r> * Boot menu entries for

Bug#1000000: million bugs

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
People always told me Debian has a million bugs.

Bug#1000832: Mention how to turn off GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER warnings

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: grub-pc Version: 2.06-2 We see two warnings: Setting up linux-image-5.15.0-2-amd64 (5.15.5-1) ... ... Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions. Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration. Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation

Bug#1000830: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: grub-pc Version: 2.06-2 Setting up grub-pc (2.06-2) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

Bug#962216: Github link

2021-11-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
See also https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/21491 .

Bug#962216: Github link

2021-11-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
See also https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/21491 .

Bug#1000464: journalctl --fac #just beeps

2021-11-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: systemd Version: 249.7-1 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/journalctl # journalctl --help|grep fac --facility=FACILITY... Show entries with the specified facilities # journalctl --fac #just beeps $ grep -c fac

Bug#1000464: journalctl --fac #just beeps

2021-11-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: systemd Version: 249.7-1 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/journalctl # journalctl --help|grep fac --facility=FACILITY... Show entries with the specified facilities # journalctl --fac #just beeps $ grep -c fac

Bug#999733: -fillscreen vs. < and > and 100% zoom

2021-11-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: xli Version: 1.17.0+20061110-6 (Not sure where to report this.) If one uses $ xli -forall -fillscreen *.jpg then the < and > keys will never take one to 100%. They skip over it!

Bug#999733: -fillscreen vs. < and > and 100% zoom

2021-11-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: xli Version: 1.17.0+20061110-6 (Not sure where to report this.) If one uses $ xli -forall -fillscreen *.jpg then the < and > keys will never take one to 100%. They skip over it!

Re: Document -x and -vx give the same results

2021-11-14 Thread Dan Jacobson
I was testing -xeu vs. -vxeu on set -xeu set /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated cp $@ /tmp update-exim4.conf --verbose diff /tmp $@||: set update-exim4.conf.conf echo . $PWD/$@-jidanni > /tmp/$@ diff $@ /tmp and no matter STDOUT or STDERR they gave the same results, there in emacs'

Document -x and -vx give the same results

2021-11-14 Thread Dan Jacobson
Man page says: -vPrint shell input lines as they are read. -xPrint commands and their arguments as they are executed. Perhaps mention that -x and -vx give the same results, often or always. GNU bash, version 5.1.8

Bug#998908: Two identical messages about paniclog

2021-11-09 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: exim4-base Version: 4.95-2 Severity: minor If there was a paniclog entry, then even if the problem is already fixed, root will get *two identical* messages the next boot. One is enough. (Never mind the actual entry (failed to expand...) I already fixed that. That is not my point.) $

Bug#998806: deprecated which

2021-11-07 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: apt-listchanges Version: 3.24 Setting up apt-listchanges (3.24) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

Bug#998805: empty /etc/polkit-1/rules.d remains after purge

2021-11-07 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: policykit-1 Version: 0.105-31 Purging configuration files for policykit-1 (0.105-31) ... dpkg: warning: while removing policykit-1, directory '/etc/polkit-1' not empty so not removed

[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#998805: empty /etc/polkit-1/rules.d remains after purge

2021-11-07 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: policykit-1 Version: 0.105-31 Purging configuration files for policykit-1 (0.105-31) ... dpkg: warning: while removing policykit-1, directory '/etc/polkit-1' not empty so not removed ___ Pkg-utopia-maintainers mailing list

Bug#998802: which deprecated

2021-11-07 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: libdebuginfod-common Version: 0.185-2 Purging configuration files for libdebuginfod-common (0.185-2) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

Bug#998802: which deprecated

2021-11-07 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: libdebuginfod-common Version: 0.185-2 Purging configuration files for libdebuginfod-common (0.185-2) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

Bug#998694: Don't timeout if you haven't asked for password yet

2021-11-06 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: login Version: 1:4.8.1-1.1 (/usr/share/doc/login/copyright says This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of the shadow utilities. It was downloaded from: . As of May 2007, this site is no longer available.) OK, I'll report the bug here:

[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#998694: Don't timeout if you haven't asked for password yet

2021-11-06 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: login Version: 1:4.8.1-1.1 (/usr/share/doc/login/copyright says This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of the shadow utilities. It was downloaded from: . As of May 2007, this site is no longer available.) OK, I'll report the bug here:

Bug#998665: The SYNOPSIS only randomly mentions one of the programs

2021-11-05 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: imagemagick-6.q16 Version: 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man1/ImageMagick-im6.q16.1.gz The SYNOPSIS only randomly mentions one of the programs.

Bug#997072: "Need to get ... MB of archives" didn't check the partial directory!

2021-10-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 Severity: minor # aptitude full-upgrade Let it download a bit, then hit ^C. OK do it again: # aptitude full-upgrade The following packages will be upgraded: libdatetime-timezone-perl libllvm12 2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not

[Aptitude-devel] Bug#997072: "Need to get ... MB of archives" didn't check the partial directory!

2021-10-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 Severity: minor # aptitude full-upgrade Let it download a bit, then hit ^C. OK do it again: # aptitude full-upgrade The following packages will be upgraded: libdatetime-timezone-perl libllvm12 2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not

Bug#996730: Certain menus don't work right when chrome is in the Normal Layer

2021-10-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "EB" == Eduard Bloch writes: EB> I have no idea what you mean and this is definitively not "grave". Tried I was thinking because it caused other packages to not work properly... EB> to reproduce with different settings and chromium 93.0.4577.82-1 and it EB> just works. EB> Maybe some

Re: sharing info pages via HTTP hyperlinks

2021-10-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
Well currently the share method is: paste some words from the page into google and see if we can find the same page on the net. Now you have the URL to share. RP> Youʼre looking for 'Info-url-for-node' from Drew Adams' info+.el I'm just saying the software should expect people would want to

Bug#996873: Add link to emails: "this reply contains spam"

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: bugs.debian.org Got a mail (I chopped it): From: "Elizab Subject: Bug# To: "476519-s Date: Wed, 20 Reply-To: "el Resent-From: Attachment: [ 1. ( ) text/ Hallo, ich bi USD anbieten. Elizabeth Liu Wouldn't it be great if at the bottom there was a link "Report ... spam".

Bug#996854: Mention that "install" indeed does accept filenames after all

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: apt Version: 2.3.10 File: /usr/share/man/man8/apt-get.8.gz man apt-get says: install install is followed by one or more packages desired for installation or upgrading. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified filename All I know is

sharing info pages via HTTP hyperlinks

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
Let's say we are reading e.g., (info "(make) Instead of Execution") and want to share it with someone via a hyperlink. It would be nice if emacs / info etc. had a keystroke to copy https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Instead-of-Execution.html somehow.

bug#51288: Break date SYNOPSIS into two sections

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
On the 'date' man and info pages, SYNOPSIS date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT] date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]] Synopses: date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT] date [-u|--utc|--universal] [ MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] ] please break these down into: printing the date:

Bug#996730: Certain menus don't work right when chrome is in the Normal Layer

2021-10-17 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: icewm Version: 2.8.0-1 Severity: grave Are there any other users who can confirm https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm/issues/62 ?

Bug#996730: Certain menus don't work right when chrome is in the Normal Layer

2021-10-17 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: icewm Version: 2.8.0-1 Severity: grave Are there any other users who can confirm https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm/issues/62 ?

Say "(No permission to read directory contents)"

2021-10-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Maybe instead of cryptic: /adb::/root: (No match) total used in directory 0 available 1.6 GiB Say: /adb::/root: (No permission to read directory contents) total used in directory 0 available 1.6 GiB In fact also: total used in directory: unknown, available 1.6 GiB Anyway at least

Bug#995034: Only single dash completions shown

2021-10-11 Thread Dan Jacobson
Actually I just take a random guess each time of where to report to. Also often I am offline, so queuing a mail to bugs.debian.org is quite attractive.

Bug#995715: Problem seen only when package is in trouble

2021-10-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Problem only seen when package is in $ aptitude search ~i C a dictionaries-common state. I.e., during #995685 .

[Aptitude-devel] Bug#995715: Problem seen only when package is in trouble

2021-10-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Problem only seen when package is in $ aptitude search ~i C a dictionaries-common state. I.e., during #995685 . ___ Aptitude-devel mailing list Aptitude-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net

Bug#995715: Internal Error, No file name for dictionaries-common:amd64

2021-10-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 # aptitude reinstall dictionaries-common The following packages will be REINSTALLED: dictionaries-common 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Do

[Aptitude-devel] Bug#995715: Internal Error, No file name for dictionaries-common:amd64

2021-10-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 # aptitude reinstall dictionaries-common The following packages will be REINSTALLED: dictionaries-common 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Do

Bug#995034: Only single dash completions shown

2021-10-03 Thread Dan Jacobson
Well OK. But e.g., if a user e.g., reports to all perltidy debian perltidy upstream bash-completion debian bash-completion upstream then that would require a total of 4 x 4 = 16 cross references, (as users have no hint of where to report.)

Bug#995497: dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-noto-cjk, directory '/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto' not empty so not removed

2021-10-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: fonts-noto-cjk Purging configuration files for fonts-noto-cjk (1:20201206-cjk+repack1-1) ... dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-noto-cjk, directory '/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto' not empty so not removed /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/.uuid

Bug#995214: Wide apostrophe ending up on single width pages

2021-10-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "YW(" == Yao Wei (魏銘廷) writes: YW(> You can try preferring Latin fonts to CJK fonts. How? 怎麼設定?

--no-absolute-filenames note

2021-09-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
(info "(cpio) Tutorial"): You can instruct cpio to remove leading slashes using the '--no-absolute-filenames' option. Add a note: "Note you will also have to remove leading slashes in the pattern you give cpio, to continue matching now."

Bug#995214: Wide apostrophe ending up on single width pages

2021-09-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: fonts-noto-cjk-extra Version: 1:20201206-cjk+repack1-1 File: /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/NotoSansCJK-Medium.ttc Why is this happening in Firefox and Chrome? $ LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8 $BROWSER http://ud.taichung.gov.tw/

Bug#994179: Upstream mess

2021-09-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
OK I meant serious: "makes the package unsuitable for release." Because it is now spitting out error messages on every use.

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