Re: Learning dpkg/apt

2000-08-19 Thread Steve Bowman
s => bottom-up "parsing". IMHO, attacking a new piece of source top-down seems to make comprehension easier. I'd start with main(). -- Steve Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (preferred) Buckeye, AZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <htt

Re: How many CDs in potato?

2000-08-15 Thread Steve Bowman
7;ll find that the ones that are missing depend on non-free. Lyx for example depends on libforms0.89 . Apt is used by debian-cd to set up the build and apt doesn't like broken dependencies. Steve -- Steve Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (preferred) Buckeye, AZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Intent To Split: netbase

2000-08-15 Thread Steve Bowman
On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 10:53:06PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > Fine with me; either interpretation would get traceroute into (/usr)?/bin. > > Same here, but .. > > > On the other hand, fsck seems to be a good example of a program that can't > > do much for the unprivileg

Re: /usr/etc and /usr/local/etc?

1999-10-06 Thread Steve Bowman
On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 05:30:13AM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote: > > BTW, I *like* the idea of moving stuff out of /etc to /usr/etc or > maybe /usr/local/etc. It's not the /etc is too big, it's too messy. > I just think that stuff in /bin and /sbin set an upper bound on what

Re: /usr/etc and /usr/local/etc?

1999-10-06 Thread Steve Bowman
On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 09:20:32PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 03:43:07AM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote: > > > I think if you are going to use /usr/etc, programs should first check > > > /etc, in case the system administrator wishes to override the sharable

Re: /usr/etc and /usr/local/etc?

1999-10-06 Thread Steve Bowman
d /etc/local could be > >used. Just as one likes. > > I prefer /usr/etc, as this means a seperate mount point is > not required, as /usr is already shared. > -- > Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Steve Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Buckeye, AZ Powered by Debian GNU/Linux <http://www.debian.org>

Re: Where does 'www-data' come from?

1999-01-20 Thread Steve Bowman
the createuser command in order to stop people running into the GRANT > bug. Calling it a bug may be a bit harsh, but I'm glad you disabled it. '-' is an operator in SQL and keeping people from using it foolishly is a "good thing". Just think of using & or | in f