Modula-3 for Debian [Was: Bug#16663: lyx: depends on xforms0]

1998-01-11 Thread Anthony Fok
Hello Stuart! :-) On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Stuart Lamble wrote: * Modula-3 (compiles into packages just fine with libc5; there are issues to deal with under libc6.) Which Modula-3 did you make? Was it SRC or Cambridge or some other implementation? :-) Anyway, about glibc2 support, I just

Re[2]: Linux Kernel list???

1998-01-11 Thread Adam Heath
| On Saturday, 10 January 98, at 5:33:08 AM | Martin wrote about Linux Kernel list??? On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 03:41:31PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: I was subscribed to linux kernel. I haven't received anything since Dec. 29. I have tried resubscribing several times. I even resent the

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-11 Thread Matt Bartley
This version should be close to good enough. The major change since the last one that was posted is the ability to upgrade from files in the current dir instead of a local mirror requirement. This script still needs testing. # upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm). [...] #

Integrating main, non-us ftp site

1998-01-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
If I attempt to do a dselect install via ftp from a local mirror which has both the main debian distribution as well as the non-US stuff, it doesn't work. Not without jumping through some serious hoops, at any rate. The problem is that the Packages file on the non-US site do not follow the same

Re: Snapshots of python 1.5 packages

1998-01-11 Thread Mike Orr
I've put a snapshot of my python 1.5 non-maintainer packages at http://www.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/~flight/debian-private/python/. Hi again, Gregor. I tried to download these today, but both lynx and netscape want to display the files as text and when you save it into a file it gets

Re:libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-11 Thread Craig Sanders
here's another update to igor's latest version. this one: - avoids duplicated code - tells the user what it's doing - has more error checking - guesses at the location of the mirror enjoy! ---cut here--- #! /bin/sh DPKG=`which dpkg` LDCONFIG=`which ldconfig` #

Re: AucTeX

1998-01-11 Thread Britton
Your right about AucTeX, heck I've used it many times now. We did just switch LaTeX distributions though didn't we? Btw, if you have ever managed to make dvi files with ps images print right through magicfilter, I would love to hear how you did it. Is there really a ps2dvi program? Or

Re:libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-11 Thread Craig Sanders
oops. i hard-coded 'binary-i386'. mea culpa. ---cut here--- #! /bin/sh DPKG=`which dpkg` LDCONFIG=`which ldconfig` # uncomment for debugging #set -x #DPKG=echo dpkg #DCONFIG=echo LDCONFIG # upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm). # based on Scott Ellis' excellent Debian libc5 to

Re: 2 versions of netcat

1998-01-11 Thread Rob Browning
Robert Woodcock [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also I've been hearing that there's a namespace conflict between nc (netcat) and nc (nedit-client). Any ideas on this one? I think it'd be easier to rename the latter because it's not a backend tool and thus not likely to be used in scripts. (And of

Re: Debian logo license still not resolved

1998-01-11 Thread Richard Roberto
Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How about: * We require that people acknowledge the use of our trademark, quoting `Debian penguin logo automatic licence version 1' and the date. * The licence gives permission only for the year following the date quoted. Then if we want to change the

version 0.8 of libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-11 Thread Craig Sanders
I just ran this script on an old system (somewhere between rex and bo) with lots of -dev packages installed. found and fixed two bugs. - libc6 conflicts with libpthread0 - i made a typo... PKGS_GPP instead of PKGS_LIBGPP. - some old version of perl's postrm didn't delete a .packlist

Broken smail config

1998-01-11 Thread Andrew Martin Adrian Cater \[Andy\]
Subject says it all: newest version of smail is refusing to parse the config file so is failing to work. I may be able to send this: I may not receive it back. Andy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

non-maintainer releases and bug fixes

1998-01-11 Thread Adrian Bridgett
After having a look through the policy and dpkg documents, I can't seem to find anything about non-maintainer releases. It was only because someone emailed me and reopened bugs that I had closed on a non-maintainer release that I now know that you shouldn't do this (in case the regular maintainer

Re:libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-11 Thread Shaya Potter
You should make sure that you record which -dev packages are installed. You also might be able to set up a script that can take a list of -dev packages from bo, and tell dpkg to install the comparable packages from Hamm. Shaya -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: AucTeX

1998-01-11 Thread Hubert Weikert
The .ps Files are included by dvips during his run as part of the lpd magicfilter. This process runs in a other directory (the spool directory). Xdvi runs in your working directory. The use of magicfilter makes no sense if you want to reference other files from your print file (like .ps files from

Re:libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-11 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Shaya Potter wrote: You should make sure that you record which -dev packages are installed. You also might be able to set up a script that can take a list of -dev packages from bo, and tell dpkg to install the comparable packages from Hamm. somebody's already suggested

Re: Snapshots of python 1.5 packages

1998-01-11 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Mike Orr wrote: I've put a snapshot of my python 1.5 non-maintainer packages at http://www.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/~flight/debian-private/python/. Hi again, Gregor. I tried to download these today, but both lynx and netscape want to display the files as text and when you save it into a

intent to package junkbuster

1998-01-11 Thread Markus Schauler
junkbuster is a www privacy-enhancer. Acting a a filtering proxy, it prevents private information (browser type, operating system..) from beeing revealed to the outside and blocks unwanted advertisements and cookies. original source: http://www.junkbusters.com license: GPL Markus -- TO

Re: intent to package junkbuster

1998-01-11 Thread jdassen
On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 01:56:41PM +, Markus Schauler wrote: junkbuster is a www privacy-enhancer. Acting a a filtering proxy, it prevents private information (browser type, operating system..) from beeing revealed to the outside and blocks unwanted advertisements and cookies. Already

Re: intent to package junkbuster

1998-01-11 Thread Toens Bueker
Am Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 02:57:56PM +0100, meinte [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 01:56:41PM +, Markus Schauler wrote: junkbuster is a www privacy-enhancer. Acting a a filtering proxy, it prevents private information (browser type, operating system..) from beeing revealed to

Re: AucTeX

1998-01-11 Thread Ardo van Rangelrooij
Some time ago I stumbled upon a package which provides a solution for this problem. It's called flpr and is a magic filter running in the user space so it can e.g. get to the .ps files. Further, it has some nice features as being able to print a .ps file in 2 or even 4 pages per physical side.

xload not part of xproc any more.

1998-01-11 Thread csmall
G'day All, I am the Debian developer of the xproc package. The upstream people have moved xload out of xproc because the one in standard X packages does the job now. However xcontrib does not include xload. I now have a bug ( #16939 ) saying that there is no xload, should I move this bug

Motif problems

1998-01-11 Thread Guillaume BIBAUT
Hello !! I'm a french user of the last Debian Gnu Linux 1.3.1. I'm student in programmation in an I.U.T.(french) and i've learned to program in Motif. I have Motif on my Linux and i've download Motifnls.deb to use applications make in Motif. The compilation of my sources are well done but when I

Re: Motif problems

1998-01-11 Thread Vincent Renardias
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Guillaume BIBAUT wrote: I'm a french user of the last Debian Gnu Linux 1.3.1. I'm student in programmation in an I.U.T.(french) and i've learned to program in Motif. I have Motif on my Linux and i've download Motifnls.deb to use applications make in Motif. The