Bug#469602: [Pkg-db-devel] Bug#469602: libdb4.6: bug in memory pool set_maxsize() causes mutex deadlock

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 09:34:24AM -0500, Clint Adams wrote: On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:10:08PM -0800, Kevin Lindsay wrote: I have not yet reported this to upstream. Please let me know if you will be doing this or if I can help out in anyway. Actually, if you can stand to use a web forum

Bug#469602: libdb4.6: bug in memory pool set_maxsize() causes mutex deadlock

Package: libdb4.6 Severity: normal Tags: patch Currently it is not possible to set an in-memory database's maxium size using it's memory pool's set_maxsize() function. Calling this function after a db_open will cause libdb to hang in a mutex deadlock. This has only been tested on an in-memory

Bug#359793: slocate: please improve the short description

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 07:04:13PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 02:58:56PM -0800, Kevin Lindsay wrote: Well, if you index your filesystem using GNU Locate as root, the location to every file will be available to all users. Isn't it added security that Secure Locate

Bug#359793: slocate: please improve the short description

: Secure replacement of findutil's locate but this package provides no added security (at least on Debian), but rather some enhanced/extended functionality. Please consider making this more clear. -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#346341: slocate: permission problem when LOCATE_PATH is set and not working -d option

project at LORIA -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#345646: slocate: Please provide a NEWS file announcing important changes

slocate --version Ok, thanks. The fix will be in the next upload, which should be today sometime. BTW, I don't think slocate --version and slocate --help should return with a non-zero exit status. doh, yes, this will be fixed as well. thanks! Kevin- -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP

Bug#346341: slocate: permission problem when LOCATE_PATH is set and not working -d option

in_main /root/db/in_main_db trakker:~/db# slocate in_alt /root/db/in_alt_db -d seems to be working here: trakker:~/db# slocate -d /tmp/alt.db in_alt /root/db/in_alt_db trakker:~/db# slocate -d /tmp/alt.db in_main trakker:~/db# Can you provide any futher debugging info? Thanks, Kevin- -- Kevin

Bug#345171: fix on the way

ppc uses unsigned chars by default, which is causing this bug. I will have a fix in the next upload. Thanks, Kevin- -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#345646: slocate: Please provide a NEWS file announcing important changes

the LOCATE_PATH environment variable making slocate no longer work here; until I found this problem, I was wondering why. This kind of things should have been announced in a NEWS file (which is given by apt-listchanges when upgrading). -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4

Bug#345646: slocate: Please provide a NEWS file announcing important changes

. Does that sound right? Kevin- -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#345646: slocate: Please provide a NEWS file announcing important changes

slocate -d db2.db foo This will search both db1.db and the default database: LOCATE_PATH=db1.db slocate foo This is what I gather from looking at the old code. Kevin- -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#156385: slocate: NETPATHS is not used

Moving to wishlist. /etc/updatedb.conf is provided by findutils. Slocate just happens to parse some of the variables in this configuration. But I should definetly add support for this. -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#219710: findutils: new config file not installed

I believe we need to get findutils and slocate using alternatives to fix this properly. I am going to merge this bug with #57749: slocate should use alternatives. -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#345171: slocate takes 100% CPU and doesn't find anything

users and groups ii dpkg 1.13.11package maintenance system for Deb ii libc6 2.3.5-9GNU C Library: Shared libraries an slocate recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id

Bug#344478: slocate: does not work, fatal error: set_path_head: path_head len = 0: 0

This is due to the slocate database format changing, and me forgetting to force a remove of the database upon upgrade. The next upload will fix this. A workaround is to just execute: /etc/cron.daily/slocate This will recreate the database and all should be good. Kevin- -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL

Bug#324951: Closing bug on next upload

Slocate uses the glibc fts which is not vulnerable. Unless there are any objections, I will be closing this bug in my next upload to unstable. Kevin- -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#266530: Update

Globbing will properly work in the next upload to unstable. This will be slocate v3.0 beta. Kevin- -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#324951: Ping

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Bug#229551: Reassigned bug to findutils

updatedb.conf is located in the findutils package, thus I have reassigned this bug. -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#328866: very old package, should this be removed?

the archive is better for Debian's users. Thanks! Mar -- Kevin Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key Id: 746C51F4 signature.asc Description: Digital signature