Bug#4327: hsearch(3) man page patches

Package: manpages Version: 1.11-4 I suggest that the following patch be applied to ``/usr/man/man3/hsearch.3''. -BEGIN-- --- hsearch.3.orig Wed Aug 28 21:52:40 1996 +++ hsearch.3 Wed Aug 28 22:00:33 1996 @@ -29,11 +29,14 @@ .

uploading gs_4.01-3

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 28 Aug 96 21:19 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: gs Version: 4.01-3 Binary: gs Architecture: i386 source Description: gs: Postscript interpreter with X11 and svgalib preview suppo

Re: BSD lpr vs. LPRng

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Richard Kaszeta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >I created an LPRng package for Debian. LPRng is an enhanced BSD-like > >print spooler and is nearly compatible. (It is available at > >ftp://iona.ie/pub/plp/LPRng/ ). > > > >I'm thinking of obsoleting the lpr package by

Re: BSD lpr vs. LPRng

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sven Rudolph writes: > > > > I created an LPRng package for Debian. LPRng is an enhanced BSD-like > > print spooler and is nearly compatible. (It is available at > > ftp://iona.ie/pub/plp/LPRng/ ). > > Is it's call compa

Re: Packages to give away

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Michael Meskes wrote: > shadow I will take shadow as I am integrating it into login, passwd, etc. anyway. Guy

uploading gs_3.33-1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 28 Aug 96 18:39 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: gs Version: 3.33-1 Binary: gs Architecture: i386 source Description: gs: Postscript interpreter with X11 and svgalib preview suppo

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

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >> "jw" == joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >jw> do you want me to >jw> 1 move xosview to 'contrib', and stop maintaining it >jw> 2 just go on maintaining a broken xosview? > >IMHO, you should stick with 1. There are other things that m

Bug#4133: Earlier version doesn't exhibit the bug.

I backed Samba out to version 1.9.15p4 (which is the 1.1.x stable package) and this bug went away. Hopefully someone with a lot more experience than I with network code can track down and squish this, I assume it happens to other people as well. I'm pretty sure it is was caused by an attempt to a

Re: pgp docs missing.

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > In the pgp_us package both the readme.1st.intl and the readme.doc.us both > refer to the file setup.doc, but I don't see that file anywhere in the doc > directory for pgp. Is there some reason for this to be missing? setup.doc is the installation guide;

Bug#4326: smail can lose bounce messages

Package: smail Version: 3.1.29.1-14 Under certain obscure circumstances Smail can lose mail: When it needs to send a bounce message it reinvokes itself with the `-bS' flag, meaning to read SMTP commands from standard input but not to produce responses. It then feeds an SMTP `session' to the subp

Bug#4325: majordomo -- incorrect quoting of '@'

Package: majordomo Version: 1.93-3 The "request-answer" does not properly quote the "@" character (as required by perl-5) it its outgoing mail. The offending lines are: print MAIL <<"EOM"; To: $reply_to From: $list-request Subject: Your mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: $in_reply_

Re: Packages to give away

I could take xcolors and xsysinfo. I use sudo, so I would take that package but I'm not a very experienced sysadmin and I suppose there might be subtle security issues that would make me less than qualified. Let me know. Syrus. -- Syrus N

Bug#4323: xntp allows only one timeserver

Package: xntp Version: 3.5c-1 xntp's postinst only lets you input one timeserver. It would be easy to have it allow you to enter multiple space-seperated timeservers, and output multiple `server' lines into /etc/ntp.conf. -- Shields, CrossLink.

Bug#4305: metmail uses non-existent flag in postinst

Michael Meskes writes: > Susan G. Kleinmann writes: > > > > Package: metamail > > Version: 2.7-6 > > Oops, wrong depends line. Please upgrade your mime-support package. > (Perhaps this should be a seperate bug report; if you want one, please let me know.) I upgraded mime-support to 2.02-1 som

Bug#4322: lclint postinst gives error if no site-start.el

Package: lclint Version: 2.1b-1 While installing lclint, it says grep: /etc/site-start.el: No such file or directory This may or may not be cosmetic. -- Shields, CrossLink.

Bug#4316: cron -- crontab -l prints excess header

Steve Greenland wrote: > > Would you mind stripping these first three lines from the "crontab -l" > > output? > > Yes, because I think there is useful information there (primarily > the second line, with the file name (usually) and date). Could you write them to STDERR and the rest of the info to

Bug#3047: cron script problem? (fwd)

Seems as if this message didn't find it's way to the debian bug log's, because I didn't reply in the right way. So I send it again. Regards Herbert. - Forwarded message from thielen - >From thielen Sat Aug 17 13:03:38 1996 Subject: Re: Bug#3047: cron script problem? To: [EMAIL PR

Bug#4320: dc fonts (t1enc) are much too big

Package: latex Version: 2e-7 Package: mfbasfnt Version: 1.0-4 This didn't find it's way to the bug logging system as I used the old mail address. So it's here again ... Regards Herbert. - Forwarded message from thielen - >From thielen Sun Aug 18 02:12:48 1996 Subject: dc fonts

Bug#4321: doc-debian has old bug-reporting email address

Package: doc-debian Version: 1.0-2 In /usr/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt.gz the email address for bug reports is [EMAIL PROTECTED], but it seems as if mails send there never go to the debian bug logs. WebPages/Bugs/Reporting.html contains the right address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Herbe

Bug#4319: netbase and netstd packages overwrite config-files

Package: netstd and netbase Upgrade from version 2.03-1 (each) to version netbase-2.04-1 netstd-2.06-1 Hi, during the upgrade vom version 2.03-1 from netbase and netstd to netbase-2.04-1 netstd-2.06-1 a number of config files were overwritten without my confirmation and even without informing m

Bug#4305: metmail uses non-existent flag in postinst

Susan G. Kleinmann writes: > > Package: metamail > Version: 2.7-6 > ... A new version is underways. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__ \/ /_ / // /_/

pgp docs missing.

In the pgp_us package both the readme.1st.intl and the readme.doc.us both refer to the file setup.doc, but I don't see that file anywhere in the doc directory for pgp. Is there some reason for this to be missing? TIA, Dwarf -- ak

metamail_2.7-7

My first try with the new format. Could anyone who knows more about it than I do (Ian?) please take a look at it to see if everything's correct? Also I wonder since it suffices to upload diff + deb + changes + dsc for the next version, how do I tell dpkg-buildpatch to adjust? Hmm, seems I have to r

Bug#4318: important TeX fonts missing

Package: mfbasfnt Version: 1.0-3 The metafont base fonts are missing important fonts, for example cmbx14. Here's an example: $ xdvi example.dvi kpathsea: Running MakeTeXPK cmbx14 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet Running MakeTeXPK cmbx14 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet Running mf \mode:=deskjet; mag:=1+0/300; scr

Re: Packages to give away

Michael Meskes wrote: : : I will change jobs October 1st and I'm afraid I won't have enough time anymore : to do as much work for Debian as I do now. Since I will keep an internet ... For a first approach I'd take the lshell package. ~~ Perhaps one or two m

Re: BSD lpr vs. LPRng

Sven Rudolph writes: > > I created an LPRng package for Debian. LPRng is an enhanced BSD-like > print spooler and is nearly compatible. (It is available at > ftp://iona.ie/pub/plp/LPRng/ ). Is it's call compatible? Or does the user have to learn a new syntax? Michael -- Michael Meskes

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

Ian Jackson writes: > It should be 4754 - there's no point in stopping people reading it. > (I've been saying 4754 all along, and this is what is in the policy > manual.) Oops, I thought that was a typo :-) > Err, I strongly suggest that you compile the group check out of the > executable. This

New changelog format

Is there a reason why dpkg-parsechangelog is so picky about the number of blanks used? Does it really matter if I have one or two blanks between my email address and the date? I think it could be a bit more user friendly. Please keep in mind that not everyone uses emacs. Michael -- Michael Meskes

Packages to give away

I will change jobs October 1st and I'm afraid I won't have enough time anymore to do as much work for Debian as I do now. Since I will keep an internet account I won't be lost, though. Aynway, with this lack of time I have to give away a lot of my packages. They are all in a pretty good state. In f

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

David Engel wrote: >Thomas Koenig writes: >> David Engel wrote: >> >> $ gcc -bi486-linuxaout hello.c >> >> gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory >> >> >This isn't a bug. >> >> To change a bug into a feature, it needs to be documented. > >This has been documented

Bug#4317: xosview should display cached mem

> > Package: xosview > Version: 1.3.2-6 > > The mem bar only shows shared/shared/buf/free which is incorrect. > It should display: used/buffer/cached/free. Shared doesnt fit in that > summary chart, and cached is missing (for recent kernels of course). > The amount of shared isnt very easy to be

Bug#4316: cron -- crontab -l prints excess header

Brian C. White wrote: > > Package: cron > Version: 3.0pl1-34 > > Running "crontab -l" has a bad habit of displaying header information > that is not actually part of the crontab. > > For example: > > $ crontab -l -u gnats > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. > # (- install

Bug#4317: xosview should display cached mem

Package: xosview Version: 1.3.2-6 The mem bar only shows shared/shared/buf/free which is incorrect. It should display: used/buffer/cached/free. Shared doesnt fit in that summary chart, and cached is missing (for recent kernels of course). The amount of shared isnt very easy to be displayed as bar,

Bug#4315: xfishtank problems

Dirk> 1. The package contains nothing but the binary. It *must* contain at Dirk> least the copyright file. Docs would be nice. Christoph> There is no copyright. The packages origin are unknown. I can Christoph> just generate a file with "Unknown" in it. Are you sure there is nothing in

Bug#4316: cron -- crontab -l prints excess header

Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-34 Running "crontab -l" has a bad habit of displaying header information that is not actually part of the crontab. For example: $ crontab -l -u gnats # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (- installed on Mon Jul 29 14:07:28 1996) # (Cron version

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

> "jw" == joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: jw> do you want me to jw> 1 move xosview to 'contrib', and stop maintaining it jw> 2 just go on maintaining a broken xosview? IMHO, you should stick with 1. There are other things that may do the same thing xosview is supposed to do.

Re: Bug#4261: Ghostview -- needs MIME entry

> "BCW" == Brian C White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BCW> I suggest making ghostview "Recommends: mime-support". I don't see why this is necessary. "mime-support" brings no extra capabilities to ghostview, AFAIK. Ciao, Emilio. -- Emilio C. Lopes

Re: Bug#4315: xfishtank problems

On Tue, 27 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dirk.Eddelbuettel> Dirk.Eddelbuettel>PACKAGE: xfishtank Dirk.Eddelbuettel>VERSION: 2.2-1 Dirk.Eddelbuettel> Dirk.Eddelbuettel>1. The package contains nothing but the binary. It *must* contain at least the Dirk.Eddelbuettel> copyright file. Docs would

Unanswered problem reports by maintainer and package

The following problem reports have not yet been marked as `taken up' by a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or or `forwarded' by a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The maintainer listed against each package is derived from the Maintainer field of the package as found in the development tree; there is an ov

Re: New virtual package names.

On 27 Aug 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (Until they try to remove all editors) > > I don't want to cause trouble, but why don't we just completely > disallow the removal of ae. It's harmless, and the entire package > only takes up 54K. I can't see t

Re: Do we ever retire packages?

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I have argued before that a2ps and a2gs are effectively replaced by > > genscript, and that we should remove them. I think a similar case could be Please don't do that. Personally, I am used to a2ps and I'm a lot more attached to my habits than to genscript :-). An