Bug#4272: ncftp dumps core when xterm window is too wide

1996-08-26 Thread Christian Hudon
Package: ncftp Version: 2.3.0-5 Ncftp dumps core when invoked in an xterm window of width 160 or more. Looks like this is a ncftp bug and not a ncurses ones... Dselect works just fine in wide windows, and so does pine. Christian Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Co

Re: Bug#4204: cron does not install if /usr/sbin/cron does not exist!?

1996-08-26 Thread Steve Greenland
Yves Arrouye wrote: > Package: cron > Version: 3.0pl1-33 > > Here is what I get: > > marin13# dpkg -i cron_3.0pl1-33.deb > (Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace cron (using cron_3.0pl1-33.deb) ... > start-stop-daemon: unable to

Re: Bug#4051: access permissions for /usr/bin/fdmount

1996-08-26 Thread Michael Meskes
Ian Jackson writes: > Obviously if you've done it right having the binary check itself > whether rgid or getgroups includes `floppy' and having it only > executable by group floppy have the same security effect. Yes, it checks getgroups. > However, there are other differences: having the permissi

Bug#4269: xosview has only XOSView as application resource file

1996-08-26 Thread joost witteveen
> > Package: xosview > Version: 1.3.2-6 > > Xosview only reads the file XOSView (and ~/.Xdefaults) when evaluating > its X resources. It does this by doing all the reading by foot (calling > XrmGetFileDatabase() etc.). > This is IMO the wrong way to do it; the application should use > XtGetApp

fdutils_4.3-5

1996-08-26 Thread Michael Meskes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 25 Aug 96 19:47 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: fdutils Version: 4.3-5 Binary: fdutils Architecture: i386 source Description: fdutils: Floppy utitlities Changes: fdutils (4.3-5)

Bug#4287: ircd postinst uses illegal option to hostname

1996-08-26 Thread Michael Meskes
Package: ircd Version: 2.8.21-1 In the postinst hostname is called with option -fqdn. However, there is no option 'q' nor an option 'n'. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#4288: ircd doc files have bad permissions

1996-08-26 Thread Michael Meskes
Package: ircd Version: 2.8.21-1 The doc files have incorrect permissions and ownership: ls -l /usr/doc/ircd gives: total 146 -rw--- 1 root root 768 Aug 3 21:54 2.8-New -rw--- 1 999 meskes 1898 Dec 2 1994 Advertisement -rw--- 1 999 meskes 55

shadow packages

1996-08-26 Thread Michael Meskes
Since there weren't many testers of the shadow packages I decided to upload it. Please test it! There will still be some bugs. So be careful. The problems I know about are: 1) adduser doesn't work anymore 2) xdm doesn't work anymore 3) The dependency are not yet correct. In particular I think I

Bug#4289: mount's swapon command doesn't have the "-s" option

1996-08-26 Thread Austin Donnelly
Package: mount Version: 2.5j-1.1 In many traditional unices, swapon can take a "-s" option. This means list the partition (or files) currently in use. Linux's swapon doesn't have this option, but it would be nice if it did. I don't think this information is made available outside the kernel; per

Re: Bug#4262: dpkg-source requires cpio

1996-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Susan G. Kleinmann writes ("Bug#4262: dpkg-source requires cpio"): ... > # dpkg-source -x sgmlspm_1.03ii-2.dsc > dpkg-source: failure: exec cpio: No such file or directory > dpkg-source: failure: cpio gave error exit status 2 ... > Installing cpio cured the problem, but suggests that the newest >

Re: Bug#4263: dpkg-source requires patch

1996-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Susan G. Kleinmann writes ("Bug#4263: dpkg-source requires patch"): ... > # dpkg-source -x sgmlspm_1.03ii-2.dsc > dpkg-source: extracting sgmlspm in sgmlspm-1.03ii > dpkg-source: failure: exec patch: No such file or directory > dpkg-source: failure: patch gave error exit status 2 ... patch is onl

Bug#4290: Cannot install diald

1996-08-26 Thread Michael Meskes
Package: diald Version: 0.14-4 For some strange reasons I cannot install it: (Reading database ... 30731 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking diald (from .../ftp/diald_0.14-4.i386.deb) ... -*- ATTENTION -*- Your kernel does not seem to have SLIP devices.

Re: New virtual package names.

1996-08-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Ian Jackson wrote: > I have read all of the discussion. Just because I'm a week behind on > my email doesn't mean I'm not reading it. > > However, since you seemed so insistent, I went back and had a look at > what arguments people might have presented. > > I found a rather

Re: 96 New Debian i386 Packages

1996-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Michael Meskes writes ("Re: 96 New Debian i386 Packages"): ... > I've scanned through this list and found quite a lot of packages I never > read an announcement of. I usually read debian-{devel,changes,user,private} > so I take it I should have found this announcements. But I never have. Did I > ju

Re: $(ARCH)-debian-linux-gnu

1996-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Miquel van Smoorenburg writes ("Re: $(ARCH)-debian-linux-gnu"): ... > The GNU configure scripts usually match on i[3456]86-*-*) for > architecture support, so that's not a problem. > > I usually do something like: > > a = $(shell dpkg --print-architecture) > > ifeq (i386,$(a)) > arch = i486-debi

Bug#4218: Problems removing INN

1996-08-26 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
You (Ian Jackson) wrote: > Rob Leslie writes ("Bug#4218: Problems removing INN"): > ... > > dpkg: error processing inn (--purge): > > cannot remove `/var/spool/news': Device or resource busy > > Would it be better if I made dpkg treat this as a warning ? > (It happens one of the directories in a

New source format now official

1996-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
dpkg 1.3.10 contains version 2.0.0.0 of the package maintainers' manuals. With this release the new source format is made official. Maintainers should start thinking about converting their packages. There is no rush yet, but packages which you're updating anyway are probably best converted now.

Re: Bug#4238: mirror requires perl

1996-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Dirk Eddelbuettel writes ("Bug#4238: mirror requires perl"): ... > On the other hand, we seem to have (had ?) a policy of relying on (at least a > rudimentary) perl in the base system --- but I cannot find anything on that > in the programmers and policy manuals of dpkg-1.3.8. So should timezone.pl

Re: Bruce - fiat required to end discussion on lyx/copyright ?

1996-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Dale Scheetz writes ("Re: Bruce - fiat required to end discussion on lyx/copyright ?"): ... > Pine is in non-free because it's copyright places restrictions on the > distribution of source. Xforms has more severe restrictions on the > distribution of source than pine does. It is my understanding t

Bug#4257: request-route would be better as conffile

1996-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Kevin M. Bealer writes ("Bug#4257: request-route would be better as conffile"): ... > The modules packages contains a file /sbin/request-route. This is run by > the kernel to create routes as needed. > > The script's comments suggest is it very configurable, and I usually > configure it heavily .

Bug#4292: win32gcc can't exec cc1

1996-08-26 Thread Thomas Koenig
Package: Package: win32gcc Version: 2.7.2.cygnus.960412-1 $ cc -bi386-unknown-cygwin32 -c binary.c cc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory >From strace: access("/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-unknown-cygwin32/2.7.2/cc1", X_OK) = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory) acc

Bug#4294: gcc -bi486-linux can't find cc1

1996-08-26 Thread Thomas Koenig
Package: aout-gcc Version: 2.6.3-13 $ gcc -bi486-linuxaout hello.c gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory $ gcc -bi486-linuxaout -v hello.c gcc version 2.7.2 /usr/i486-linuxaout/bin/cpp -lang-c -v -undef -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=7 -D__ELF__ -Dunix -Di386 -D

Bug#4293: mawk doesn't report an error on full filesystems

1996-08-26 Thread Herbert Thielen
Package: mawk Version: 1.2.2-1 Mawk doesn't report an error when writing to a full filesystem: $ mawk '{print}' < /etc/motd > /dev/full $ echo $? 0 Probably no write error is catched. Gawk does it's job correct: $ gawk '{print}' < /etc/motd > /dev/full ga

Bug#4295: majordom passwd line is wrong

1996-08-26 Thread Guy Maor
Package: base Version: 1.1.0-14 /etc/passwd has majordom:*:30:30:majordomo:/var/majordomo:/bin/sh The group should be `majordom', not `majordomo'. Guy

Bug#4296: named should provide reverse on all of 127/8

1996-08-26 Thread Michael Shields
Package: bind Version: 4.9.3-P1-3 If you say yes at the appropriate prompt, bindconfig will create zones called `localhost' and `0.0.127.in-addr.arpa'. This is correct, but it could go further -- all of 127.0.0.0/8 is loopback, so it could provide the `127.in-addr.arpa' zone with one entry, `1.0.

msql 1.0.14 packages

1996-08-26 Thread Brian C. White
Does anybody have or know where I can find the msql 1.0.14 packages? The newer ones don't seem to work (for me at least) at all. Please respond by email or copy me on any reply as I have not been able to resubscribe to the debian-devel list lately. Brian

dpkg --compare-versions

1996-08-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
I have been trying to use dpkg --compare-versions in a perl script I am working on. The command seems to execute ok, but I get nothing back from it. How do I tell if the command has been successful or not? TIA, Dwarf -- aka Dal

Bug#4297: msql 1.0.16 cannot connect to remote DBs

1996-08-26 Thread Brian C. White
Package: msql Version: 1.0.16-2 When I try to run any of the msql programs, it fails to connect to remote databases. Connecting to these from a 1.0.14 client works fine. $ relshow -h gate Connect: Connection refused Error connecting to database : Can't connect to MSQL server on gate

Bug#4265: util-linux_2.5-5.deb: /sbin/clock Seg. faults

1996-08-26 Thread Guy Maor
On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Erik B Andersen wrote: > Package: util-linux > Version: 2.5-5 > > /sbin/clock seg. faults. The following illustrates this problem: I can't duplicate this. I'm running 2.0.15, libc5.2.18-10. I skipped 2.0.14 but doubt that that's the problem. Are you on a m68k perhaps? Th

Re: $(ARCH)-debian-linux-gnu

1996-08-26 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
You (Ian Jackson) wrote: > Miquel van Smoorenburg writes ("Re: $(ARCH)-debian-linux-gnu"): > ... > > The GNU configure scripts usually match on i[3456]86-*-*) for > > architecture support, so that's not a problem. > > > > I usually do something like: > > > > a = $(shell dpkg --print-architecture)

Bug#4103: slrn epends on unavailable slang-lib09931

1996-08-26 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Maarten Boekhold wrote:' > >On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Joey Hess wrote: > >> Package: slrn >> Version: 0.8.8.4-1 >> >> This version of slrn appears to depend on a version of slang-lib that's >> not been packaged yet. slang-lib_0.99.23-1 is the newest version of slang >> I can find as a .deb on ftp.debi

Bug#4298: arrow keys in dselect don't work after search

1996-08-26 Thread Joey Hess
Package: dpkg Version: 1.2.13elf I'm running dselect in an xterm. I go to the "[S]elect" part of it, and the up and down addor keys scroll through the list of packages. But when I type "/mosaic\n", to search for mosaic, the arrow keys stop working. ctrl-p and ctrl-n still work, as do pageup and pa

Bug#4103: slrn epends on unavailable slang-lib09931

1996-08-26 Thread Joey Hess
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Chris Fearnley wrote: > > I only put slang-lib0931.deb at > http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf/debian/slang-lib09931-1.deb or > ftp://ftp.netaxs.com/people/cjf/debian. I'm hoping to get slang-09933 > out, but I've been plagued by hardware problems and too much > consulting work. Wel

/usr/local (again)

1996-08-26 Thread Richard Kaszeta
Just an idea, no flames, etc intended: Could maintainers who have packages that create directories/etc in /usr/local make sure they do it in a way that is friendly to nfs-mounted /usr/local? Example: On all of our debian 1.1 machines, /usr/local is an nfs mounted directory, and on all but one of