I wrote earlier:
> Indeed, but it's the principle that matters. Spam isn't costing me
> all that much either, but I still get furious when I get it.
Dirk pointed out that equating a couple of superfluous Cc's from
debian-devel with spam isn't exactly polite. Sorry, I was writing too
quickly again
You write:
}Package: mkdosfs, dosfstools
}Version: 0.3b-1, 1.0-1
}Unpacking mkdosfs (from .../misc/mkdosfs_0.3b-1.deb) ...
}...
}dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
} trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man8/mkdosfs.8', which is also in package
dosfstools
The package mkdosfs i
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Date: 16 Aug 96 19:51 UT
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Distribution: unstable
Urgency: Low
Maintainer: joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: pixmap
Version: 2.6pl1-5
Binary: pixmap
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
pixmap: A pixmap editor.
Changes:
- Upstream maint
Uploaded to master.debian.org.
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Date: 16 Aug 96 18:21 UT
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Distribution: unstable
Urgency: Low
Maintainer: Robert Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: hfsutils
Version: 1.17b-1
Binary: hfsutils
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
hfsutils: Tools f
Package: bash
Version: 1.14.6-4
It seems some example files are installed twice:
$ ls -l /usr/doc/examples/bash /usr/doc/examples/bash/examples
/usr/doc/examples/bash:
total 7
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 742 Nov 2 1992 alias-conv.sh
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Apr 10 16
This one has to go into both releases as it fixes a security bug.
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Urgency: High
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: sudo
Version: 1.4.4-2
Binary: sudo
Architecture: i386 sour
Package: less
Version: 321-1
When I run less on a 0 byte file, it displays its help screen (same as
if you less a normal file and press 'h').
Example:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/work>touch foo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/work>less foo
SUMMARY OF LESS COMMANDS
Commands marked with *
Package: bsdmainutils
Version: 3.1-0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp>su
Password:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp>write joey
write: joey is logged in more than once; writing to ttyp1
write: you are uid 0, but your login is as uid 500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp>
I don't know if this is meant to be a security feature of
Package: mkdosfs, dosfstools
Version: 0.3b-1, 1.0-1
Unpacking mkdosfs (from .../misc/mkdosfs_0.3b-1.deb) ...
...
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man8/mkdosfs.8', which is also in package
dosfstools
Package: mkdosfs
Version: 0.3b-1
Unpacking mkdosfs (from .../misc/mkdosfs_0.3b-1.deb) ...
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/doc/copyright/debian.copyright', which is also in
package util-linux
Package: util-linux
Version: 2.5-4
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/doc/copyright/debian.copyright', which is also in
package util-linux
Package: latex
Version: 2e-7
The following input file fails with a 'cannot find dc1000.mf' error
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
Testing \LaTeX\ and trying to figure out font encodings.
\end{document}
Versions of my TeX installation:
ii kpathsea2.6-2
On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Erick Branderhorst wrote:
>I was wondering why the mflib postinst script creates directories:
...
>Isn't it better to include these in the directory structure of the package?
Didn't think of that. Yes. of course.
--
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You (Christophe Le Bars) wrote:
> > Doesn't glibc use /usr/share/locale, too?
>
> Well, I don't know...
I do. That's the reason I started this thread: should it or shouldn't it?
I've deciced it should, and I'm configuring glibc to use /usr/share.
Now should we move /usr/lib/zoneinfo too? What
On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> "Brian C. White":
> > By the way, for such tiny things, it's usually considered better
> > to just notify the maintainer instead of adding the overhead of
> > a full bug report.
>
> I disagree.
We seem to be divided fairly evenly on this issue.
>
>
> Package: pixmap
> Version: 2.6pl1-2
>
> Pixmap crashes when I try to save an icon (it works with
> some icons).
You've got a 8bpp display!
(well, I just think you don't have a 16bpp display, as get
pixmap dump core upon loading your file)
Thanks for the bug-report, though. I've removed t
I've got a somewhat strange problem: I fixed a bug and tried to close
the bugreport, but somehow the message does seem to arrive at bugs.debian.org
The problem only occurs with this specific bug. Anyone got any ideas on
why this occurs on how it can be fixed?
Here is the message I got from sendma
Package: xbase
Version: 3.1.2-9
If you shutdown -r|h with running xdm-daemon you get:
"start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill xxx: No such process"
This is because start-stop-daemon kills xdm and the local
X-displayserver too - which gets killed by xdm.
To get rid of this annoying message yo
Raul Miller writes:
>I think you should look at this issue a bit differently. In one
>sense, both policies are broken -- delivering mail to a spool
>directory requires sgid programs for the user to read mail (in the
>usual sense). A more secure and more robust solution would be to
>deliver mail
> Doesn't glibc use /usr/share/locale, too?
Well, I don't know...
> The only difference I'm aware of
> is /usr/share/i18n instead of /usr/share/nls. But then this already holds
> for libc5 starting with 5.4.0
The next wg15-locale package must provide a symbolic link then
(/usr/share/i18
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>So you're right, one needs the environment variable. I guess the best place
>to put it would be /usr/local/bin/xmaple.
This would certainly fix the specific Maple problem, but I suspect
there may very well be more packages with the same problem. It's
not Maple - specifi
On 16 Aug 1996, Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote:
torin> different systems here. Can you check and see if /var/lib/xemacs/lock
torin> exists and is mode 1777? Also, are you sure you're using the right
Oh, I'm so stupid. Of course /var/lib/xemacs/lock does not exist
because the package was insta
>
> >Shouldn't the "paper size" be an attribute of a print queue, and not an
> >attribute of a machine?
Well, it could be argued that Yvess libppaper could look at
the current $PRINTER setting, and select the correct papersize
depending on the /etc/papersize.printer file or something. But
at the
> Raul Miller writes:
[quotation removed]
> I think you should look at this issue a bit differently. In one
> sense, both policies are broken -- delivering mail to a spool
> directory requires sgid programs for the user to read mail (in the
> usual sense). A more secure and more robust solu
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
: > When mainstream is updated, hello-1.3 -> hello-1.4
: > Non-usual-maintainer updates, hello-1.3-8 -> hello-1.4-0.1
: > Usual-maintainer updates, hello-1.3-8 -> hello-1.4-1
: >
: > Usual-maintainer should never use -0 for revisions.
:
: I think this se
Bernd Eckenfels:
> umm... I'm not going to bring calculation examples.. usually you wont notice
> a few mails eighter in a uucp batch nor in ppp background transmission.
Indeed, but it's the principle that matters. Spam isn't costing me
all that much either, but I still get furious when I get it.
"Brian C. White":
> By the way, for such tiny things, it's usually considered better
> to just notify the maintainer instead of adding the overhead of
> a full bug report.
I disagree. The bug list is not a shame pole! It's a trivial way for
users to reach maintainers -- there's only one address
I'm starting to package the newest version of 'gnats' (currently in late
beta). Could I get this resolved soon?
> The entry for the "gnats" userid is currently set to...
> gnats:*:21:100:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
>
> It should be...
> gnats:*:16:65534:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/g
Raul Miller said:
> Package: xcoral
> Version: 2.5-1
>
> Today, I decided to try xcoral. The first operation I tried, upon
> starting it, was New. This was sufficient to kill the program, with
> the error message:
>
> X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for oper
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Date: 15 Aug 96 21:21 UT
Format: 1.6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: Low
Maintainer: joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Source: pixmap
Version: 2.6pl1-3
Binary: pixmap
Architecture: i386 source
Description:
pixmap: A pixmap editor.
Changes:
- Fixed bug 410
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