Bug#1870: /usr/bin/perl: cannot execute binary file

1995-11-18 Thread Partha Narasimhan
I just installed 0.93R6 base system. Everything seemed to go well. When I tried 'adduser', it failed with the message bash: /usr/bin/perl : cannot execute binary file dpkg complained too when I tried installing vim. cheers partha

Bug#1872: wu-ftpd in CPU loop

1995-11-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: wu-ftpd Version: 2.4-16 From ps guaxww: USER PID %CPU %MEM SIZE RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND ... ftp 23724 85.6 0.1 164 24 ? R12:51 670:04 (wu-ftpd) ... From ps glaxww: FUID PID PPID PRI NI SIZE RSS WCHAN STAT TTY TIME COMMAND ... 011

checkdescriptions.pl

1995-11-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Here's the script I use to check the presence and format of packages' extended descriptions. Would anyone like to take over maintaining it, running it, and reporting bad or missing descriptions as bugs ? Ian. #!/usr/bin/perl -- $/=; while () { next if m/^Status:/ !m/^Status:.*

Re: Revised resorted bugs list

1995-11-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Murdock writes (Re: Revised resorted bugs list): I looks like I need to do a little editing of the noverrides file, too--I've given away several packages that haven't been updated (a few of the base packages, for example). Right. I also need to mark a few bug reports forwarded, now that

Warning people off 1.0 (was Re: Unidentified subject!)

1995-11-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Bill Mitchell writes (Re: Unidentified subject!): Matthew Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I don't know if this is a good news or bad news. but I think there is a big misunderstanding about debian-0.93 and debian-1.0 I really forsee the need to do this debian-0.93 release - debian-0.93

Re: aout-* packages

1995-11-18 Thread Ian Jackson
David Engel writes (Re: aout-* packages): This brings up a good question. Do we really want to provide new, a.out versions of *all* development packages, even if they don't contain any shared libraries? Not doing so might be a good way to encourage all development to switch to ELF. We have

Re: md5sum passwords

1995-11-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Karl Ferguson writes (Re: md5sum passwords): I know what you're all saying, but I'd definately like the MD5 in place as an optional extra. Isn't that possible? The extra security as an Internet Provider is a much needed asset... As I wrote earlier, MD5 used in this way is not significantly

Re: Warning people off 1.0 (was Re: Unidentified subject!)

1995-11-18 Thread Ian Jackson
I wrote: I've added/edited various README's and .message files. Take a look at what you see now; I think it's pretty hard to miss ... I forgot to say that I *didn't* edit README.DEBIAN. Ian M., can you do that ? Ian.

new maintainer for miscutils

1995-11-18 Thread Bruce Perens
Jeff Noxon [EMAIL PROTECTED] is taking over the miscutils package. The ones I still have available are: mount - a few outstanding bug reports. procmail - track the upstream maintainer. rspfd - For radio hams only. Track the upstream maintainer. setserial - Track the upstream maintainer. syslinux

Re: ELF ncurses

1995-11-18 Thread Siggy Brentrup
Jeff == Jeff Noxon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeff I am trying to wrap a new version of the miscutils package for ELF. Jeff It depends on ncurses, however, and I can't find debianized ncurses Jeff libs that work with the stuff in debian-1.0. Jeff Also, the ELF ncurses in the

Bug#1873: dvipsk ignores /etc/papersize!

1995-11-18 Thread Michael E. Deisher
Package: dvipsk Version: 5.58f-3 The package installs a /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/config.ps file that is setup for A4 paper. Please take pity on the small minority of debian users in the US and give us the install-time option of using US Letter size instead. --Mike

Bug#1874: a2ps ignores /etc/papersize!

1995-11-18 Thread Michael E. Deisher
Package: a2ps Version: 4.3-1 The package is preconfigured for A4 paper. Please take pity on the small minority of debian users in the US and give us the install-time option of using US Letter size instead. --Mike