Re: resolution of the tar -I issue

2001-01-10 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 06:08:23PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > > sounds very good. > > besides that -j ("junkzip"?) is NON-DESCRIPTIVE at all. -Z or -2 would be > better... but thats an Upstream Issue I guess. -Z is for piping through comp

Re: fishing hooks

2000-09-13 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
Pang Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear sir or madame: > we are a fishing goods trading company located in China mainland, our > products > include > Banksticks, Rodrests, Boxes, Baskets, Seats, Floats & Float > accessories,etc,if > your want to import these products from China.please feel

Re: "GNU/Linux" vs. "Linux"

2000-03-30 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
ther way. Leavinger personal opinions aside in the hopes of not starting a flame war, it makes sense especially given that there is now a Debin GNU/Hurd distribution. -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jakob.kaivo.net/

Re: Turbo Vision non-free? (Was Re: Another packages wishlist)

2000-03-17 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
isn't public domain. From one file (tview.cpp, inside source.zip, inside tv.cpp): /* * Turbo Vision - Version 2.0 * * Copyright (c) 1994 by Borland International * All Rights Reserved. * */ That's about as non-free as you can get. -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jakob.kaivo.net/

Re: Crazy Idea: debian developer conference

1999-09-17 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 09:35:50AM -0700, Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo wrote: > > > > Is this idea worth pursuing? > > > > > > It's a neat idea, and I'd sure like to meet my fellow Debianers, but > >

Re: Steve Lamb in my killfile.

1999-09-16 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
cation will be on the 11:00 news right after "Hell Freezes Over" I think that happened in 1996 (q.v. The Eagles). > and "Monkeys Fly Out of My Butt". That only occurs in Oz, though. :) -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ndn.net/ "As time goes on, my signature gets shorter and shorter..." - me

Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: Re: Deficiencies in Debian]

1999-09-16 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
o double-check my counting. The answer of course, is that the first is better, as you don't have to reach for the backtick. ;) BTW, I know you can also complete the which command, but you first have to type "whic" to get past matching "while", so just typing "h" is s

Re: Crazy Idea: debian developer conference

1999-09-16 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
eir dist on it), and while I'm sure they're contributing back to Debian, sponsoring such an event would be a wonderful gesture on their part. -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ndn.net/ "As time goes on, my signature gets shorter and shorter..." - me

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-25 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
ny >yet, but when lin= ux is popular there will be. > > Presumably such shareware authors would be smart enough to statically > link their binaries. Isn't "smart shareware author" an oxymoron? ;) -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://ww

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-30 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
~/Mailbox people, but they should be drawn and quartered ;). +-----+--------+ | Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | NoDomainName Networks |http://www.nodomainname.net | | AtDot E-mail Services | http://www.atdot.org | +-++

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-27 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
gt; Thats policy where it isnt needed Then it doesn't have to be included. I only put it in to placate all the "other UNIXen use /var/mail, so /var/spool/mail shouldn't even exist" type people. +-----++ | Jakob &#

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Jakob &#x27;sparky&#x27; Kaivo
that /var/mail be the actual directory and /var/spool/mail be the symbolic link. At some point use of /var/spool/mail may become deprecated. +-++ | Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | NoDomainNam