more ash/dash/bash questions

, ``#!/bin/ash'' or ``#!/bin/dash'' ? []s TIA! -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

gateway to linux.debian.user

hi all, this list used to be gatewayed to linux.debian.user and now it seems that's not true anymore; is this correct? am I missing something? please reply to me directly as I'm NOT subscribed (I used to access it through linux.debian.user) to the list; thanks! -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL

integrity of .deb files

simple way of doing it; like: dpkg --test-integrity package.deb any clues? I'm using 1.3 bo TIA! -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

checking package integrity

hi all, is there a way to check package intgrity in a given .deb file? I'm using debian 1.3 (bo); beers TIA! -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

simple smail questions

just created /etc/smail/retry with a single line like '* 55m/3d' hoping that it would instruct smail to keep trying each 55 min during 3 days; it looks like it didn't work: I'm still getting error messages after 1 hour; what else do I have to do? 'killall' something? TIA! -- Otavio Exel /\oo

Re: re-thinking partitions

symlink resolving done by the server? AFAIK there's no need for the client to know about symlinks! Phil. -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

backing-up dselect state files

that would scan the filesystem and re-build dselect's state files? TIA! -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

re-thinking partitions

is /usr/tmp symlynked to ../var/tmp instead of /var/tmp? same applies to /usr/spool; is it important? - what will happen with hard lynks if I cp -d from one part to another? TIA! -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe

Re: re-thinking partitions

://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa(w) 27+21+6502816 (h) 27+21+6863662 /---/ -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble

Re: re-thinking partitions

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mutt for bo libc5

..) TIA! -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

help needed installing hamm

to a conflict with libc5; am I missing something obvious? is there an other HOWTO on this subject? TIA! Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

bo-updates other updates

-i386.deb is available but I can't find it (let alone install it (let alone install it with dselect))!! I also would like to keep my installation up-to-date with whatever is in 'bo-updates'; is there a way to do it with dselect? btw: dselect is GREAT!!! congratulations, Debian guys! TIA! Otavio

just add IP_FORWARDING/GATEWAYING

without IP_FORWARDING GATEWAYING included? TIA! Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

installing hamm via ftp

development is continuing here. Note that hamm contains many symbolic links into bo. ..but I don't know where to type dists/ustable :-( sorry for the dumb question! TIA! Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL

Debian Adaptec AHA 2840VL/2842VL

to cable problems than MSDOS? I booted with my RedHat 4.12 boot floppy and it looks like RedHat would have no problem with this SCSI card; is this kind of hardware support distribuition-specific? TIA! hlp: I'm using Win95 to write this -- Otavio Exel /\oo/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED