Bug#282068: ltrace doesn't work with pthread programs

2012-10-29 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Thank you for your report. A fix which resolves this problem is now in Git[1]. Version 0.7.0, which will include the fix, is nearing release.[2] I expect it will be released in tarball form sometime in November 2012. You'll then be able to find it on the ltrace file-release page.[3] But it may

Bug#635857: tinyproxy: fails to start. "tinyproxy: Could not open file /var/log/tinyproxy.log: Permission denied."

2011-07-28 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: tinyproxy Version: 1.8.2-1squeeze1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable X-Debbugs-CC: e...@debian.org;sfr...@snowman.net Hi. Thank you for maintaining tinyproxy in Debian. tinyproxy 1.6.3-2 from Debian 5 "lenny" worked fine. I just upgraded to Debian 6 "squeeze" and

Bug#413940: Here is new suggested text for the strcpy manpage

2010-02-04 Thread Jason A. Spiro
FYI, I have now filed a kernel Bugzilla bug report[1] about the other most important manpages which should mention security but don't. ^ [1]. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15223 -- "Mention security in the manpages for strcat, scanf, and getopt" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Bug#562111:

2010-02-04 Thread Jason A. Spiro
X-Debbugs-CC: procps-feedb...@lists.sf.net Let's wait and see what option letter FreeBSD ends up choosing, and let's use the same letter for pkill on Linux. This will keep things consistent between OSes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Bug#562111:

2010-02-04 Thread Jason A. Spiro
X-Debbugs-CC: procps-feedb...@lists.sf.net A few days ago http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers/38636/focus=38645 , jhell wrote that -l (dash-ell) would be the ideal choice for the name for this option, because pgrep uses -l for something similar. I think that jhell's idea is b

Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use "-v" for negation; it's dangerous & some think -v means verbose

2010-02-04 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Hi Andrew, Thanks for writing NetBSD pgrep/pkill. When you have some spare time to carefully read ten messages and think, you please read through http://bugs.debian.org/558044 and suggest what you think would be a good algorithm for making -v safer? Thanks in advance, -Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Bug#388065: Processed (with 1 errors): Reopening bug closed due to spam

2009-12-22 Thread Jason A. Spiro
reopen 388065 thanks On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > >> unarchive 388065 >> thanks > Stopping processing here. [snip] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Bug#388065: Reopening bug closed due to spam

2009-12-22 Thread Jason A. Spiro
unarchive 388065 thanks A spambot, which used the sender name Shellgren Hasty , sent a spam to 388065-d...@bugs.debian.org with an attached image advertising an online pharmacy. So I am reopening the bug. 2009/12/5 Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: [snip] > #388065: My PC should warn me when I

Bug#562111: pkill: Add a verbose-output option

2009-12-22 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: procps Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: procps-feedb...@lists.sf.net;azat...@gmail.com Forwarded: procps-feedb...@lists.sf.net Albert, thanks for maintaining procps. It would be great if you could please add an option which would work like killall's -v, telling users output like "Killed

Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use "-v" for negation; it's dangerous & some think -v means verbose

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
cc added: Albert Cahalan . Albert, welcome to the thread, and thanks for maintaining procps. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Craig Small wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 04:09:30AM -0500, Jason A. Spiro wrote: >> >> When?  What were the complaints?  :) >> > It was

Bug#558044: Fwd: Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use "-v" for negation; it's dangerous & some think -v means verbose

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
-- Forwarded message -- From: Craig Small Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:14 AM Subject: Re: Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use "-v" for negation; it's dangerous & some think -v means verbose To: "Jason A. Spiro" On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 04:0

Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use "-v" for negation; it's dangerous & some think -v means verbose

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Craig Small wrote: > That's been done before, there were lots of complaints. When? What were the complaints? :) > They copied the FAQ from upstream, I saw nothing about it being a Debian > specific patched version. But Craig, aren't you the upstream maintainer

Bug#558044: Fwd: Re: Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use "-v" for negation; it's dangerous & some think -v means verbose

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
-- Forwarded message -- From: Craig Small Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:06 AM Subject: Re: Bug#558044: To: "Jason A. Spiro" On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 02:59:38AM -0500, Jason A. Spiro wrote: > Maybe you could gradually transition it in, by making both options > wo

Bug#558044:

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Craig Small wrote: > I disagree. pgrep/pkill (they're the same binary) are like grep and use > the same flags. I think that is important. I think it is more important to protect users. But you are the maintainer and so the decision is up to you. Now I will cont

Bug#558044:

2009-11-26 Thread Jason A. Spiro
I see from http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/my-10-unix-command-line-mistakes.html#comment-150923 that pkill's options are derived from pgrep's which are derived from grep's. But still, the benefits of preserving grep-like -v behavior don't outweigh the costs. The benefits of preserving Solaris compa

Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use "-v" for negation; it's dangerous & some think -v means verbose

2009-11-25 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: procps Version: 1:3.2.8-2 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: mo...@mozai.com;volker.maib...@eberspaecher.com Thank you for maintaining procps. A suggestion: "killall -v Foo" means "kill process Foo, and print verbose output". Therefore many users think that "pkill -v Foo" means the same

Bug#557061: Please update the mkfs.vfat runtime output and manpage to talk more about bootability

2009-11-19 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: dosfstools Severity: wishlist Daniel, thanks for maintaining dosfstools. They are very useful. But as mkfs.vfat mentions in its manpage, the partitions it creates aren't always bootable. This took me a long time, and a lot of frustration, to realize, because I didn't read the manpage b

Bug#534348: Choose the right module for running kernel when pulling in "-modules" virtual packages

2009-07-01 Thread Jason A. Spiro
tags 534348 -moreinfo thanks Thanks for your reply. I have attached a typescript with the info you requested. If you need any further information, don't hesitate to ask. By the way, note that the exact same problem happens in aptitude; aptitude installs Recommends by default. Cheers, -Jason Sc

Bug#526402:

2009-06-29 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Until this is fixed, try the fish shell. It has syntax highlighting[1] as you desire. Unfortunately, its scripting syntax is different than bash's. I wish it used bash scripting syntax. Regards, -Jason ^ [1]. http://fishshell.org/screenshots.html -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, pac

Bug#520716: virtualbox-ose: Installation requires -486-Kernel

2009-06-23 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Daniel Baumann wrote: >... >because you have automatic installation of recommends enabled, >virtualbox-ose recommends virtualbox-ose-modules, >virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-1-486 is alphabetically the first package >that provides virtualbox-ose-modules, and >virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-1-486 depe

Bug#534348: Choose the right module for running kernel when pulling in "-modules" virtual packages

2009-06-23 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: apt Version: 0.7.21 Severity: wishlist Thanks for all your work on APT. Here's a bug: Current behavior: I have automatic installation of recommends enabled. When I install a package, like virtualbox or hdapsd, that recommends a '-modules' virtual package with multiple possibilities in

Bug#533866: my /var/run/screen is owned by a different group than utmp, so I get "Directory '/var/run/screen' must have mode 777" at startup

2009-06-20 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: screen Version: 4.0.3-13 Severity: minor Tags: patch Thanks for maintaining screen. == My problem == Whenever I try to start screen, I get the error message "Directory '/var/run/screen' must have mode 777". /usr/bin/screen is owned by 0(root):43(utmp). But /var/run/screen is owned by

Bug#388175: New version available

2009-04-26 Thread Jason A. Spiro
2009/4/19 Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer : > tag 388175 +moreinfo > thanks > > Kopete has a new version (4.2.2-1) in Debian's repos. Could you please check > that this bug still holds? Maybe I can check. My laptop is swapping horribly when I run aptitude, which makes it hard to install new

Bug#515055: Please a) make information bricks obvious and b) gray them out when seen.

2009-02-12 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: smc Version: 1.7-1 Severity: wishlist Hi, There are lots of informational bricks. For example, at the beginning of the very first level of Secret Maryo Chronicles, there is one brick that tells you to jump on enemies' heads to kill them, and another one that tells you to run while jumpi

Bug#515056: Please make Maryo's arms swing while he walks

2009-02-12 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: smc Version: 1.7-1 Severity: wishlist Hi, Thanks for writing Secret Maryo Chronicles. It's fun. Please make Maryo's arms swing while he walks. That would make him look more realistic, and would make the game seen more professional. -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, t

Bug#509206: You should ship more files in /usr/share/doc/crawl such as aptitudes.txt

2008-12-26 Thread Jason A. Spiro
If you can find them, please also ship the following files that the crawlrc file in /usr/share/doc/crawl/examples tries to include but fails to find: autopickup_exceptions.txt travel_stoppers.txt standard_colours.txt food_colouring.txt menu_colours.txt messages.txt tiles_options.txt -- To UNSU

Bug#509209: Please package the newest Crawl

2008-12-19 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: crawl Version: 2:0.4.1-1 Severity: wishlist Please package the newest version of Crawl. At this writing, IIRC the newest is 0.4.3. This will fix Debian bug 508127 (The player's skills train ten times too fast; this makes the game easier than it was meant to be), a bug which makes the ga

Bug#509206: You should ship more files in /usr/share/doc/crawl such as aptitudes.txt

2008-12-19 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: crawl Version: 2:0.4.1-1 Severity: normal Thanks for packaging Crawl. But there are a bunch of text files which you should ship in /usr/share/doc/crawl. For example, you are missing aptitudes.txt; I think this missing file why the key sequence "? %" does nothing in Debian's version of C

Bug#419653: wish: matchit plugin should jump to matching quotation mark when I press %

2008-12-17 Thread Jason A. Spiro
2008/11/2 James Vega wrote: > tag 419653 wontfix > thanks > > This isn't really a feasible option as matchit would have no way to know > whether you're on the starting or closing quote. For similar reasons, > this is why Vim's a", a', i", i' text objects only work on the current > line as that na

Bug#505647: Followup: The P and W keys should both don anything; the T and R keys should both doff anything

2008-11-13 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Del Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggests further that "if you do P it should list amulets and rings and such first; if you hit W it should list armor first. That way it's minimally intrusive to people that choose to ignore the change." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Bug#383316: Could you please forward this proposed license to Teosto? (was: Re: Choosing a license for Frets on Fire songs)

2007-05-16 Thread Jason A. Spiro
2007/5/15, Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... How about: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/legalcode with 4. d. added saying: You may not publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally perform the Work except as part of the game and you may not d

Bug#383316: Could you please forward this proposed license to Teosto? (was: Re: Choosing a license for Frets on Fire songs)

2007-05-15 Thread Jason A. Spiro
2007/4/27, Jason Spiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/4/27, Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] How about using: > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/legalcode with 4. d. > added saying: > > You may not distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or > publicl

Bug#413970:

2007-04-08 Thread Jason A. Spiro
OK, I realize my previous description sounded like an infomercial. This new one is more down-to-earth. Could you please use it as the new emacs-snapshot-gtk package description? Description: Integrated development environment full of features . Emacs is an integrated development environment and

Bug#374808: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2007-03-31 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Dear maintainer and reporter, Based on my experimentation (though I use Ubuntu Linux, mixed releases 6.06/6.10) I suspect the segfault in recent versions of etags happens whenever one uses the -R (--no-regex) option of etags. The option is used together with the -r (--regex) option to control wh