Bug#139569: Bug#388684: this problem exists on my etch machine, but not on my sarge machines

2006-12-02 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 06:45:56PM -0500, Tim Shepard wrote: IMHO it is not appropriate to label this bug "wishlist", for the documentation is leading the user astray while attempting to point the user at the complete documentation. It is at least a documentation bug. We cannot expect all users

Bug#374503: dpkg: md5sum doesn't exist upgrading to sid dpkg

2006-06-20 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 08:12:23AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: This is more complicated than that, since it involves at least some of "testing", and perhaps even some downgrading. Ok, there's no way I can duplicate or reproduce that. Once you start downgrading you're moving into "on your own"

Bug#374503: dpkg: md5sum doesn't exist upgrading to sid dpkg

2006-06-19 Thread Michael Stone
At this point I have no idea how a system could get into this state. Could someone run some upgrades to try to duplicate? (I can't.) Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#313605: Resolving these bugs ...

2005-06-14 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 09:29:22PM +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote: Until your package is ready to provide md5sum itself, we need something to make sure it's there -- we can't have a system without it. The diversion has been working for the last six months, and seems to have not upset anybody.

Bug#313605: dpkg removes a file from another package using a local diversion

2005-06-14 Thread Michael Stone
reopen 313605 thanks On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 04:19:20PM +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote: On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 10:57 -0400, Michael Stone wrote: dpkg has made the md5sum.textutils binary from the coreutils binary unavailable in its original path. A package must not remove files from another

Bug#313605: dpkg removes a file from another package using a local diversion

2005-06-14 Thread Michael Stone
Package: dpkg Version: 1.13.9 Severity: serious dpkg has made the md5sum.textutils binary from the coreutils binary unavailable in its original path. A package must not remove files from another package. dpkg did this by placing a local diversion. This local diversion does not (by definition) have