Bug#504776: locales package ignores debconf setting that were set using debconf-set-selections

2008-11-06 Thread Richard Cole
Package: locales Version: 2.7-13 Severity: important *** Please type your report below this line *** If you set locale settings using debconf-set-selections and then install the locales package it wipes out the configuration settings that you specified. This makes automated installation quite di

Re: Bug#504699: (no subject)

2008-11-06 Thread Michael Kerrisk
I'm the upstream upstream man-pages maintainer. I'd entertain a patch to improve the documentation, or if someone can give a clear, simple explanation of what needs to be changed, I'll do the patch myself. It sounds like some people on this thread have already done some digging, and I don't want

Processed: Re: Bug#504699: libc6: makecontext() on AMD64 does not handle pointers; docs do not make this clear

2008-11-06 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 504699 manpages-dev Bug#504699: libc6: makecontext() on AMD64 does not handle pointers; docs do not make this clear Bug reassigned from package `libc6' to `manpages-dev'. > severity 504699 minor Bug#504699: libc6: makecontext() on AMD64 does

Bug#504699: libc6: makecontext() on AMD64 does not handle pointers; docs do not make this clear

2008-11-06 Thread Aurelien Jarno
reassign 504699 manpages-dev severity 504699 minor thanks On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 11:27:01AM +, Paul Evans wrote: > Package: libc6 > Version: 2.7-15 > Severity: normal > > > makecontext() on AMD64 cannot pass pointer arguments to the invoked > function; they get squashed to 32bit values, ign

Bug#504699: libc6: makecontext() on AMD64 does not handle pointers; docs do not make this clear

2008-11-06 Thread Paul Evans
Package: libc6 Version: 2.7-15 Severity: normal makecontext() on AMD64 cannot pass pointer arguments to the invoked function; they get squashed to 32bit values, ignoring the top bits. I'm aware that the POSIX spec doesn't require the ability to pass pointers, though it isn't all that clear on th