Re: inline-math-1.7 (fwd)

1995-11-27 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
> Version 1.7 of inline-math has been uploaded to sunsite: > /pub/Linux/libs/inline-math-1.7.tar.gz. I think that these would be a *great* thing to include in debian. Having a good, solid linux release (debian) with *good* math libs will encourage commercial developers to build mathematical sof

Bug#1896: fsck won't go because of elf?

1995-11-27 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
done

Re: Bug#1896: fsck won't go because of elf?

1995-11-24 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
> During boot up the harddisk is checked before the modules (binfmt_elf) > are loaded. The fsck/e2fsck utility is elf dependend but can't run > without the module being loaded. Ah! Good point. Ok, guys... how to handle this? I have recompiled elf support directly into the kernel (seeing as how

e2fsprogs-1.01

1995-11-21 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
I just thought I'd notify people that I will be uploading a new version of the e2fsprogs in the next day or so that incorporate the changes suggested by Rolf . I've been a bit too busy for it yet... -Andrew. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: md5sum passwords

1995-11-16 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
> A mixed solution may be possible, supplying DES (from both a US and a > non-US site) to those who require YP support. I'm still not in favor > of Debian doing this alone in the Linux community, though. Yep, another "me too" reply... I see quite often, like here at McGill University, what you

Bug#1850: includes,source do not conflict

1995-11-11 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
Package: source Version: 1.2.13-5 includes should conflict with source -Andrew. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Bug#1849: includes,source do not conflict

1995-11-11 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
Package: includes Version: 1.2.13-5 includes should conflict with source -Andrew. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Bug#1851: gopher-client-2.1.1 has quotes around version and revision numbers

1995-11-11 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
Package: gopher-client Version: 2.1.1-2 [Gothe:652]$ dpkg --info gopher-client-2.1.1-2.deb old debian package, version 0.939000. size 95170 bytes: control archive= 348, main archive= 94809. 36 bytes, 2 lines conffiles 215 bytes, 7 lines control PACKAGE: gopher-clien

e2fsprogs-dif

1995-11-11 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
I have uploaded the context diff for e2fsprogs-1.01-1.diff.gz to ftp.debian.org: 89d24e4bedccc995314c18fe2bcc4af2 e2fsprogs-1.01-1.diff.gz Note that I accidentally uploaded the same file as e2fsprogs-1.01.diff.gz: that file should be deleted. -Andrew.

sbpcd module init

1995-11-06 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
Ian, Of course, your problem was with the loadable kernel module... so much for "think first, post later..." Anyway, here is the answer you want. From the 1.2.13 README.sbpcd in the "drivers" directory... = Using sbpc

packaging X things

1995-11-02 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
Perhaps those with experience can help me with this... I am in the process of packaging up x3270 for debian, and while I have built X-stuff via imake before, I have never had to modify things. Until now. Is there an easy way of modifying the (i)makefiles to install the software in a non-root s

Re: Source packages

1995-10-31 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
> > I propose that Debian source packages be constructed this way: > > The source package "hello.dsr" is a compressed tar archive containing > four files. I like this, but perhaps there should be two DELTA files, or one DELTA file with the patch program taking arguments... remember s

Aladdin Ghostscript

1995-10-26 Thread Andrew D. Fernandes
pristene GS sources in a subdirectory. Just to make it clear: binaries and the sources to build those binaries would be distributed together on a cdrom that contained (as far as I know, and this can be verified) only freely-redistributable-for-non-commercial use software. Can I have your comments on