Work-needing packages report for Feb 16, 2007

The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the last week. Total number of orphaned packages: 353 (new: 8) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 85 (new: 0) Total number of packages requeste

Re: Archive signing key for 2007?

Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thursday 15 February 2007 13:44, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> > This includes my (partial) local mirror. Let's just say that this >> > would seriously impact my work on D-I and the release. >> >> Slightly off the topic but does that (still) work fine fo

Re: How to maintain packaging files for multiple distributions in the same tree?

Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:00:03 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:34:47 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> >>> Err, So I appl

Re: Handling of (inactive) Debian Accounts

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 06:36:33PM +0100, Amaya wrote: > Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > So what is your oh-so-elegant solution to the MIA account problem? > > Humans problems have no technical solution. As I understand it, the 'MIA account problem' is not about finding a solution to the 'humans pro

Re: How to maintain packaging files for multiple distributions in the same tree?

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:00:03 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:34:47 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> Err, So I apply a change to say, branch--foo. The I go to >> branch--b

Re: recent etch upgrade... sashroot (uid=0) started to impersonate uid=0 (root)

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 10:45:53AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > "Pierre" == Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Pierre> I totally agree with that. the _gnu libc_ getpwuid > Pierre> implementation is nothing, even not a de facto > Pierre> standard. I'm almost sure it do

Re: Bug#411053: ITP: libnexus -- library supporting the NEXUS scientific data file format

Dear Charles, Thanks for this alert. I have reviewed the website and software a bit. It looks like perhaps one day it could become another alternative Debian package to my own which would be nice. I think the logical name for the other library, the "Nexus Class Library", would be libncl. This

Re: unwanted loading of libnss_nis.so in etch

> "Steve" == Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> Because that's what it means when you use 'compat' instead Steve> of 'files', support for NIS netgroups in /etc/passwd and Steve> friends. C.f. nsswitch.conf(5) for the details. Steve> IIRC this is the default in

Re: Bug#411053: ITP: libnexus -- library supporting the NEXUS scientific data file format

Le Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 03:14:36PM +0100, Rudi Cilibrasi a écrit : > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Rudi Cilibrasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name: libnexus > Version : 3.0.0 > Upstream Author : Freddie Akeroyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http:/

Re: recent etch upgrade... sashroot (uid=0) started to impersonate uid=0 (root)

> "Pierre" == Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pierre> I totally agree with that. the _gnu libc_ getpwuid Pierre> implementation is nothing, even not a de facto Pierre> standard. I'm almost sure it does not behave the same on Pierre> other OS'es. I suspect you wil

Re: help

Am Donnerstag 15 Februar 2007 18:08 schrieb Matthew K Poer: > quick-list of popular desktop software and their Debian superiors: > > MS Office = OpenOffice.org 2.0 > Outlook / Outlook Express = Evolution / IceDove > Windows Media Player = Rythmbox and Totem/mplayer > Photoshop = GIMP > Internet Exp

Re: recent etch upgrade... sashroot (uid=0) started to impersonate uid=0 (root)

tag 411059 + wontfix severity 411059 wishlist thanks On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 12:51:12PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 03:47:53PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Steve Langasek writes ("Re: recent etch upgrade... sashroot (uid=0) started > > to impersonate uid=0 (root)"): >

Re: recent etch upgrade... sashroot (uid=0) started to impersonate uid=0 (root)

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 03:47:53PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Steve Langasek writes ("Re: recent etch upgrade... sashroot (uid=0) started > to impersonate uid=0 (root)"): > > Again, I believe the behavior is not a bug because the behavior of > > getpwuid() when two users share the same uid is und

Re: Bug#411069: Not so random endless loop/crash

Le jeudi 15 février 2007 à 19:20 +0100, Marco Nenciarini a écrit : > Package: puf > Version: 1.0.0-3 > Severity: important > > I've found that puf crashes almost all the time when attempts to do a > recursive fetch like > > puf -r http://www.htdig.org/files > > This ends in an endless loop after

Re: Archive signing key for 2007?

On Thursday 15 February 2007 13:44, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > This includes my (partial) local mirror. Let's just say that this > > would seriously impact my work on D-I and the release. > > Slightly off the topic but does that (still) work fine for you? Yes, debmirror works fine here. Appar

Re: Handling of (inactive) Debian Accounts

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:12:05 +0100, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Le jeudi 15 février 2007 à 11:50 -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : >> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:11:30 +0100, Josselin Mouette >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> > It's because he didn't pass NM with you as AM. By repac

Bug#411069: Not so random endless loop/crash

Package: puf Version: 1.0.0-3 Severity: important I've found that puf crashes almost all the time when attempts to do a recursive fetch like puf -r http://www.htdig.org/files This ends in an endless loop after some file downloaded (n < 10) on all my machine (all i386). I've tried to find the pr

Re: Handling of (inactive) Debian Accounts

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:36:33 +0100, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> So what is your oh-so-elegant solution to the MIA account problem? > Humans problems have no technical solution. While that is true, I don't think it is totally applicable here. The probl

Re: Handling of (inactive) Debian Accounts

Le jeudi 15 février 2007 à 11:50 -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:11:30 +0100, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > > It's because he didn't pass NM with you as AM. By repackaging stuff > > without debhelper, he would have learned how "fun" Debian can be. >

Re: How to maintain packaging files for multiple distributions in the same tree?

Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:34:47 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > >> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:47:59 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: If you had true pa

Re: unwanted loading of libnss_nis.so in etch

[Steve Langasek] > Because that's what it means when you use 'compat' instead of > 'files', support for NIS netgroups in /etc/passwd and friends. > C.f. nsswitch.conf(5) for the details. You can control the compat module using passwd_compat etc settings. By default it is set to nis, but you can u

Re: Handling of (inactive) Debian Accounts

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:11:30 +0100, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Le jeudi 15 février 2007 à 11:01 -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : >> So what is your oh-so-elegant solution to the MIA account problem? >> Or do you just specialize in bad-mouthing any solution other people >> come

Re: Handling of (inactive) Debian Accounts

Manoj Srivastava wrote: > So what is your oh-so-elegant solution to the MIA account problem? Humans problems have no technical solution. -- ·''`. If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution : :' :-- Emma Goldman `. `' Prou

Re: How to maintain packaging files for multiple distributions in the same tree?

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:34:47 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:47:59 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> If you had true parallel revisions then there should be a way to >>> edit

Re: Handling of (inactive) Debian Accounts

Le jeudi 15 février 2007 à 11:01 -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : > So what is your oh-so-elegant solution to the MIA account > problem? Or do you just specialize in bad-mouthing any solution > other people come up with? I have looked at the last doze or so posts > you've made to the l

Re: help

On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 21:14 -0700, RJ Gillis wrote: > Hey guys... > Thanks for all the responses and I got it figured out; my buddy went > there and thought it was a Quick-time like player needed to view the > page. Nothing happened and so he never told me about it. Well it is good to know that Deb

Re: Handling of (inactive) Debian Accounts

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:38:35 +0100, Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:35:27 -0600, Manoj Srivastava >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I mean, getting ones status reverted is an inconvenience, but >> surely an active DD should not be afraid of passing something we >> ask

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

On 14-Feb-07, 16:48 (CST), Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:49, Matthew Garrett > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Like any other P6-class CPU[1], the Pentium 3 can handle up to 64GB of > > RAM via PAE. Certain chipsets may be more restrictive, but it'

Re: recent etch upgrade... sashroot (uid=0) started to impersonate uid=0 (root)

clone 410758 -1 reassign -1 nscd retitle -1 nscd: getpwuid() behavior differs from default (de-facto standard) severity -1 normal thanks > > This behavior is related to other nscd issues in the past that /were/ bugs > It seems to me that nscd is buggy in that it fails to preserve the > long-establ

Re: recent etch upgrade... sashroot (uid=0) started to impersonate uid=0 (root)

Steve Langasek writes ("Re: recent etch upgrade... sashroot (uid=0) started to impersonate uid=0 (root)"): > Again, I believe the behavior is not a bug because the behavior of > getpwuid() when two users share the same uid is undefined. Where is the format of /etc/passwd standardised, so that we

Bug#411053: ITP: libnexus -- library supporting the NEXUS scientific data file format

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Rudi Cilibrasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libnexus Version : 3.0.0 Upstream Author : Freddie Akeroyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.nexusformat.org/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C, C++, Fortran D

Re: Archive signing key for 2007?

Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 05 February 2007 22:14, Joey Hess wrote: >> If this is being used as an empirical way to find out what breakas, >> fine. So far all I know of is debmirror << 20070123. > > Which means all Sarge and Etch boxes running debmirror > > This includes my

Re: How to maintain packaging files for multiple distributions in the same tree?

Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:47:59 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: >> If you had true parallel revisions then there should be a way to >> edit both "branches" at the same time and check in changes to both >> at the same time. > >

Bug#411029: ITP: libgnomekbd -- GNOME library to manage keyboard configuration

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Loic Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libgnomekbd Version : 2.17.2 Upstream Author : Sergey V. Udaltsov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : No homepage, tarballs available from:

Re: unwanted loading of libnss_nis.so in etch

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 10:03:09AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 4 > Below is the contents of my /etc/nsswitch.conf. This should mean that > libnss-nis.so is not loaded, however an strace of "ls -l" shows the above > line (an strace of "ls"

unwanted loading of libnss_nis.so in etch

open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 4 Below is the contents of my /etc/nsswitch.conf. This should mean that libnss-nis.so is not loaded, however an strace of "ls -l" shows the above line (an strace of "ls" with no parameters doesn't). Why would libnss_nis.so be loaded? When

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:49, Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3 servers with > > 1G and 2G before. But desktops are limited (desktop and server versions > > of the P3 CPU have