dpkg 1.0.8: cosmetic fixes to installation method

1995-12-11 Thread Ian Jackson
I just released this because it was sitting around on my disk. There are no important changes here; the package should go into the development tree. dpkg (1.0.8); priority=LOW * update-alternatives slightly more helpful message. (Bug#1975.) * cosmetic improvements to disk installation metho

Bug#2012: libc5 recommends libc5-dev

1995-12-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: libc5 Version: 5.2.16-1 Package: libc5 Status: install ok installed Maintainer: David Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 5.2.16 Revision: 1 Provides: elf-libc Depends: ldso (>1.7.10-1) Recommends: libc5-dev Conflicts: elf-libc Description: The Linux C library version 5 (run-time

Re: symlink in /usr/include (fwd)

1995-12-11 Thread Simon shapiro
This is fine except that it will create a lot of /usr/include traffic. I try to track Linus and that means a kernel a week or so (I am deprived Linus! 1.3.45 is OLD :-). May I suggest a link in /usr/include to /usr/src/linux/include/linux. On my system, for example, /usr/src/linux is a link to

Bug#2011: very silly messages from rsh

1995-12-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: netstd? Version: netstd 1.22-1 or 1.23-1, netbase 1.20-1 or 1.19-1 I was logged into chiark as ian. I have permission (according to .rhosts files) to log into myrddin as iwj10. root exists on myrddin; ijackson and nonexistent do not. The bug involving quoting the remote dpkg -l invocat

mount-2.5-1

1995-12-11 Thread Robert Leslie
Date: 12 Dec 95 02:22 UT Source: mount Binary: mount Version: 2.5-1 Description: mount: mount, umount, swapon, and swapoff. Priority: Low Changes: Upgraded to 2.5; built for ELF. Files: -rw-rw-r-- 1 rob rob 45387 Dec 11 21:20 mount-2.5-1.tar.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 rob rob

Bug#2007: dialog segfault

1995-12-11 Thread Michael E. Deisher
On Mon, 11 Dec 95 15:52 GMT, Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I was trying things out with dialog, and managed to produce a > segfault. I've passed this one and a couple other bug reports on to the upstream maintainer. --Mike

Bug#2009: mailx ignores ^C at Subject prompt

1995-12-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: mailx Version: 8.1-5 -chiark:~/mail> mailx spong Subject: ^C ^C ^Z [1]+ Stopped mailx spong -chiark:~/mail> kill %1 [1]+ Stopped mailx spong -chiark:~/mail> [1]+ Terminated mailx spong -chiark:~/mail>

Bug#2010: mailx misses VM-generated From_ lines

1995-12-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: mailx Version: 8.1-5 -chiark:fsstnd> from -f cross-compilers >From ian Sat Nov 18 18:15:57 + 1995 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Nov 19 23:09:37 1995 >From ian Sun Nov 26 16:09:01 + 1995 -chiark:fsstnd> mailx -f cross-compilers Mail version 8.1 6/6/93 (POP extension). Type ? for hel

Bug#2008: libf2c is in /lib

1995-12-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: f2c Version: 951007-2 The f2c package puts libf2c.so.1.1 and libf2c_i2.so.1.1 in /lib. These files should be in /usr/lib. Ian.

Does anyone want to do the HP-100 palmtop interface programs

1995-12-11 Thread Bruce Perens
The author of "lxtools" has released it under the GPL after I asked him for a more clear license. Does anyone else want to package it? I will do so if nobody else does. Thanks Bruce

Re: solving some of our FTP problems

1995-12-11 Thread Bdale Garbee
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : : I'd love that feature too. But that either requires a damn good script, or : that everybody uses the same .changes format. "Obviously", everyone should use the same .changes format... but I don't care what that is, which is why I stayed out of the di

Re: 1.0 on Infomagic CD

1995-12-11 Thread Richard Kettlewell
Fernando Alegre writes: >I think my suggestion still fits very well within your scheme. Look below: >> 0.93R6 -> Highgate >> Highgate/ [contains 0.93R6] > >Why not having another symlink: > not-released-1.0 -> Holborn Yup, that'd be good. >That way we would just cha

Bug#2002: Missing manpages

1995-12-11 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Bill Mitchell wrote:' > >On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Owen S. Dunn wrote: > >> Package: diff >> Version: 2.7 >> Revision: 5 >> >> This package provides no man pages for any of diff, diff3, sdiff, or >> cmp. > >Too true. It comes with info pages, which are not at all the same thing. > >I think the current

Bug#2007: dialog segfault

1995-12-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: dialog Version: 0.6-1 I was trying things out with dialog, and managed to produce a segfault. chiark:~> dialog --menu "`cat /etc/group`" 14 80 3 upgrade u remove r 'on hold' h [ screen switches to alternative page for full-screen display ] Segmentation fault chiark:~> It also did some

Bug#2006: elf xlib for tk40.

1995-12-11 Thread David H. Silber
Package: tk40 Version: 4.0p3-1 This requires elf-x11r6lib, which does not exist. I installed xlib-3.1.2-2, which does not seem to provide what I need, but is the latest xlib available. I then forced the install of tk40 and found out that I am still missing the elf xlib, or something. Upgrading t

Bug#1998: xypic-3.2-3 requires nonexistant packages.

1995-12-11 Thread Erick Branderhorst
> Trying to configure xypic on a debian-1.0 (i.e. ALPHA) system fails ~~ > due to dependencies on texbin, mfbin, and mflib packages newer than > the ones currently available. > > These seem to be the currently available (development) packages: >

Announce: new libgdbm, libdb and libreadline

1995-12-11 Thread J.H.M.Dassen
THESE ARE ALPHA PACKAGES! Here are new versions of libgdbm, libdb and libreadline. They've been split in runtime and development versions. All of them have undergone major changes. For this reason, please do not install them unless you know what you're doing. I'd appreciate feedback on these ver

Bug#2005: No symlink /usr/X11 -> /usr/X11R6

1995-12-11 Thread Owen S. Dunn
Package: xbase Version: 3.1.2 Revision: 4 No symbolic link /usr/X11 is made to /usr/X11R6 when this package is installed. Owen -- Caius College, Cambridge CB2 1TA, UK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://myrddin.chu.cam.ac.uk/users/osd1000/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `I wis