Bug#997092: imapfilter: Version 2.7.5 appears to be packaged but is actually version 2.6.16

2021-10-23 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: imapfilter Version: 1:2.7.5-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, It appears that version of 2.7.5 of imapfilter in the Debian package archive is actually version 2.6.16. I've tried installing the binary package from the pool, as well as building the package from source, but it only

Bug#408056: mozilla-firefox: Iceweasel crashes when trying to install delicious plugin

2007-01-23 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: mozilla-firefox Version: 2.0.0.1+dfsg-2 Severity: important Recreation steps: 1. Start iceweasel from the console 2. Go to delicious.com/help 3. Click on 'firefox extension' 4. Click on 'Install v1.2 now' 5. Iceweasel crashes and disappears from X The following output appears on the

Bug#379898: exim4-base: Could create cronjob to check paniclog

2006-07-28 Thread Andrew Ferrier
non-zero size, mail system might be broken | exim4 root; then log_this PANIC: sending out e-mail warning has failed, exim has non-zero return code fi fi fi with WATCH_PANICLOG being preset to yes? Greetings Marc Looks good to me. -- Andrew Ferrier mobile: +44 (0) 7968

Bug#379898: exim4-base: Could create cronjob to check paniclog

2006-07-27 Thread Andrew Ferrier
On 2006-07-26 at 19:51 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: On 2006-07-26 Andrew Ferrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: exim4-base Version: 4.62-1 Severity: wishlist The exim4 specification recommends creating a cronjob to check that paniclog is empty: (see third bullet point from

Bug#379898: exim4-base: Could create cronjob to check paniclog

2006-07-26 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: exim4-base Version: 4.62-1 Severity: wishlist The exim4 specification recommends creating a cronjob to check that paniclog is empty: (see third bullet point from the top) http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.40/doc/html/spec_45.html It would useful to have one of these shipped by Debian's

Bug#372184: aptitude: unmarkauto does not work correctly from the command line

2006-06-08 Thread Andrew Ferrier
to normal, though. Thanks for your work on aptitude. Regards, Andrew Ferrier. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.16 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages aptitude depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6

Bug#358634: sshfs: Could include FAQ

2006-03-23 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: sshfs Version: 1.2-1 Severity: wishlist The latest level of the FAQ from http://fuse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/SshfsFaq could be included in /usr/share/doc/sshfs. Thanks for packaging sshfs, it's really useful! Thanks, Andrew. -- System Information: Debian Release:

Bug#349974: aptitude -q=10 update does not behave as expected

2006-01-26 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.1-1 Severity: minor I was trying to find an aptitude equivalent to the apt-get command: apt-get -qq update which doesn't output anything on stdout (unless there is an error). The closest I could find was: aptitude -q10 update However, even when using an extreme

Bug#296479: monitrc.d

2006-01-26 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: monit Version: 1:4.6-1 Followup-For: Bug #296479 Actually, I would suggest that a good way of supporting this would be to support an /etc/monitrc.d directory (in a similar manner to /etc/apache.d, /etc/logrotate.d, and so on), into which other Debian packages (clamav, spamd, apache,

Bug#273468: dpkg-repack: Thanks

2006-01-23 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: dpkg-repack Version: 1.22 Followup-For: Bug #273468 That seems to do the job really well, thanks. Andrew -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB

Bug#346213: apt-show-versions: Could provide bash completion

2006-01-06 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: apt-show-versions Version: 0.09 Severity: wishlist It would be good if apt-show-versions provided a script for /etc/bash_completion.d to complete package names, options, etc. Thanks for your work on this package, it's really handy. Regards, Andrew Ferrier. -- System Information

Bug#342693: yafc: Ctrl-C behaviour is annoying

2005-12-10 Thread Andrew Ferrier
On 2005-12-09 at 12:28 -0500, Decklin Foster wrote: Andrew Ferrier writes: In bash, and most shells, Ctrl-C seems to kill the current line and open a new prompt. However, in yafc, pressing Ctrl-C also disconnects from the server one is connected to. My thought is that if something

Bug#342693: yafc: Ctrl-C behaviour is annoying

2005-12-09 Thread Andrew Ferrier
irritating and I am frequently disconnecting accidentally. I would have thought Ctrl-D is a more appropriate keymap, since this normally exits a shell. However, I appreciate that this may be design, so perhaps this bug is arguably wishlist. Thanks for your work on yafc. Regards, Andrew Ferrier

Bug#330242: jhead: Also happens with -autorot

2005-10-04 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: jhead Version: 2.41-1 Followup-For: Bug #330242 This also seems to happen with -autorot; for example, in a directory full of images, some of which need to be rotated, and some which don't: jhead -autorot * Initially all files have rw-r--r-- permissions. At the end, the ones which are

Bug#330188: gnome-applets: Sticky notes: always on top option

2005-09-26 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: gnome-applets Version: 2.10.1-5 Severity: wishlist As of 2.10, the sticky notes applet appears to have new (or perhaps fixed :) behaviour whereby the notes are always on top. Although this probably makes sense as the default setting, I personally find it quite irritating: unticking 'Show

Bug#326901: aptitude: Cannot keep package at current version when in hold state

2005-09-06 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: aptitude Version: 0.2.15.9-2 Severity: minor Instructions to reproduce: 1. Start aptitude, select a normal, installed, package. 2. Hit =. The package is marked as held. 3. Now I've changed my mind, I just want it to be kept at the current version, but not prevent upgrades. So I press :.

Bug#315550: elinks: Doesn't save keybinding for ' correctly

2005-06-23 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: elinks Version: 0.10.4-7 Severity: normal Steps to recreate: 1. Delete or move ~/.elinks/elinks.conf out of the way. 2. Run elinks. 3. In the keybinding manager, set any action to the ' key. Confirm when warned that it's already in use. 4. Select 'Save', then 'Close'. 5. Exit

Bug#313417: aptitude: Does not remember package selection after install failure

2005-06-14 Thread Andrew Ferrier
rather than normal. Thanks, Andrew. -- Andrew Ferrier mobile: +44 (0) 7968 147953 web: http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#313417: aptitude: Does not remember package selection after install failure

2005-06-13 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: aptitude Version: 0.2.15.9-2 Severity: normal To recreate: 1. Lock the dpkg database e.g. open a terminal, do apt-get install apackagename, and leave it sitting at the [Y/n] prompt. 2. Open another terminal, run aptitude. Select a single package to install and hit 'g'. The package is

Bug#313206: sox: Does not cope well with running out of disk space

2005-06-12 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: sox Version: 12.17.3-4woody2 Severity: grave Justification: causes non-serious data loss I invoke sox in the following way: sox file.au file.wav sox runs out of disk space half-way through the conversion (as confirmed by a subsequent df), but appears to terminate normally: nothing is

Bug#299480: synaptic: Package/Configure... on package with no settings is confusing

2005-06-09 Thread Andrew Ferrier
. It's probably best to reassign this to dpkg-reconfigure (or add a seperate bug to dpkg-reconfigure). It could e.g. print a message or something. -- Andrew Ferrier web: http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#312328: xxdiff: 'copy file' in recursive diff copies to wrong directory

2005-06-07 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: xxdiff Version: 1:3.1-3 Severity: normal To recreate, create two directory structures: /tmp/a/ /tmp/a/b/ /tmp/a/b/c /tmp/a/b/d /tmp/a2/ /tmp/a2/b/ /tmp/a2/b/d The 'd' files are identical, but it doesn't matter exactly what the contents are. Invoke xxdiff: xxdiff -r /tmp/a /tmp/a2

Bug#310723: /usr/bin/querybts: Minor grammar correction

2005-05-25 Thread Andrew Ferrier
probably say: leading # is not needed to specify a bug by number. Thanks, Andrew. -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: EDITOR=vi ** /home/ferriera/.reportbugrc: mode advanced realname Andrew Ferrier email [EMAIL PROTECTED] no-cc -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT

Bug#310568: screen: Does not honour monitor toggle correctly when defmonitor is set

2005-05-24 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: screen Version: 4.0.2-2.backports.org.1 Severity: normal Note: I have also seen this bug with the standard woody version of the package, 3.9.11-5woody1. I upgraded to the latest backport from backports.org to see if this fixed it but exactly the same bug occurs. With 'defmonitor on' in

Bug#308947: vim-common: Syntax highlighting for sources.list

2005-05-13 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: vim-common Version: 1:6.3-071+1 Severity: wishlist It would be handy if vim had syntax highlighting for apt's sources.list, a file that can be confusing for newcomers to Debian especially. Thanks, Andrew. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy:

Bug#307904: spamassassin: Version 3.0.3 into unstable?

2005-05-06 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: spamassassin Version: 3.0.2-1 Severity: wishlist Now that version 3.0.3 of SpamAssassin has been released, could it be put into unstable? Thanks for your work on this package. Thanks, Andrew. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900,

Bug#307910: /usr/bin/dpigs: dpigs could support human-readable

2005-05-06 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: debian-goodies Version: 0.23 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/dpigs Obviously the -h option is already taken, but it would be handy if dpigs could support something similar to du's -h option to print in human-readable form. It's a very handy utility, but this would make it more friendly

Bug#305564: RFP: atlas-flightgear -- Produce and display high quality charts of the world for users of FlightGear, an open source flight simulator.

2005-04-20 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2005-04-20 Severity: wishlist * Package name: atlas-flightgear Version : 0.2.2 Upstream Author : [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://atlas.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : Produce and display high quality

Bug#305318: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives: Suggested improvements to update-alternatives help text

2005-04-19 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.27 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives Although update-alternatives is a handy utility, the help text that appears when you execute it without arguments is a little confusing and ambiguous, in my humble opinion - it took me a while to figure out

Bug#305158: desktop-file-utils: Invalid characters in sodipodi desktop file?

2005-04-18 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: desktop-file-utils Version: 0.10-1 Severity: minor On my system, I see the following behaviour: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ferriera$ update-desktop-database File '/usr/share/applications/sodipodi.desktop' contains invalid MIME type 'image/svg+xml,image/svg' that contains invalid

Bug#303387: libgetopt-mixed-perl: Manpage does not explain what happens with a string option containing whitespace

2005-04-06 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: libgetopt-mixed-perl Version: 1.008-10 Severity: minor This is a great package. However, the manpage doesn't explain what happens to a string argument that contains whitespace. I found by experiment that: --myoption=argument that contains whitespace does the right thing and passes the

Bug#297877: gnome-media: Fixed in 2.10

2005-03-14 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: gnome-media Version: 2.8.0-0.2 Followup-For: Bug #297877 Apparently this is fixed in Gnome 2.10, so you might want to close this when that gets into unstable. Thanks, Andrew. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800,

Bug#299480: synaptic: Package/Configure... on package with no settings is confusing

2005-03-14 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: synaptic Version: 0.55+cvs20050218-1 Severity: normal If I select Package/Configure... on a debconfable package with no settings to set right now (for example, adduser behaves like that on my system), the behaviour is confusing. If I run dpkg-reconfigure -fgnome adduser from the

Bug#264137: /usr/bin/make-jpkg: Man page

2005-03-10 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: java-package Version: 0.20 Followup-For: Bug #264137 One more thing: this would require an addition to the man page too probably to mention IBM JDK/JREs. Thanks, Andrew. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'),

Bug#264137: java-package: Excellent

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: java-package Version: 0.20 Followup-For: Bug #264137 The latest version of this is indeed an excellent patch: I've tested it on IBM JDK 1.4.2 and it works very well. I suggest it be integrated into java-package. Thanks, Andrew. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers

Bug#298451: /usr/bin/svn_load_dirs: Would be helpful if supported confirmation

2005-03-07 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: subversion-tools Version: 1.1.3-2 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/svn_load_dirs svn_load_dirs is a really useful tool, but it would be useful if it supported some way of listing what will be committed before the commit is done, and confirming or declining that. Once or twice, I've

Bug#297877: /usr/bin/gnome-cd: Could minimise only to panel notification area?

2005-03-03 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: gnome-media Version: 2.8.0-0.2 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/gnome-cd I noticed that gnome-cd puts an icon in the Panel Notification Area. However, even when it does this, minimising the main gnome-cd window still lists the window in the Window List. It would be nice if instead the

Bug#275410: rootstrap: Could drop entirely?

2005-02-23 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: rootstrap Version: 0.3.21-1 Followup-For: Bug #275410 I think it might be better if the dependency on user-mode-linux was dropped entirely. From kernel 2.6.9 onwards, the UML patch is integrated into the kernel, and thus the user-mode-linux package is not needed at all. Plus rootstrap

Bug#291973: RFP: gaim-osd -- Allow Gaim to display several notification messages in an 'on-screen display' manner

2005-01-24 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: gaim-osd Version : 1.0.0-1 Upstream Author : ? * URL : http://gaimosd.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : Allows Gaim to display several notification messages in an 'on-screen display' manner

Bug#290885: qtparted: Keyboard shortcuts incorrectly shown

2005-01-17 Thread Andrew Ferrier
Package: qtparted Version: 0.4.4-3 Severity: minor When I run qtparted (under my Gnome 2.8 desktop), the keyboard accelerators (underlines) on the main menu are correctly shown (i.e. a line under the F of File, the O of Operations, etc.). However, when opening one of these menus, a symbol