Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 02:14:38PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: So do you, obviously. Someone said something that raised that question in my mind, but you deleted that part from this message, which proves you are the one who has an ax to grind by not answering the question that has been raise

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

but I'll probably forget, I've still got a couple of machines on buster to deal with first. There seems to be some confusion here. To actually convert your system to a merged /usr you need to install the usrmerge package which does the work, and is already available in bullseye and

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

On Tue 13 Sep 2022 at 18:59:42 (+0100), Tim Woodall wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, David Wright wrote: > > > I assume I'm merged already: > > > > $ ls -l /bin /lib /sbin > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 16 20:25 /bin -> usr/bin > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 16 20:25 /lib -> usr/lib > > lrwxrwxr

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 9/13/2022 2:02 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:42:12PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > >Software projects today, IIUC, are communities. The "volunteers" should do > >what the community > >wants, not necessarily what you or I want. Do you think the free/oss > >software co

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:50:22PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 13 Sep 2022 at 13:09:52 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Now I'm no longer just curious -- I'm *concerned*. Why does it want to > > remove my libpng12-0 package? What's the best way to keep

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

On 2022-09-13 18:55 +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: >>> There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed >>> with init-system-hel

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:42:12PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: Software projects today, IIUC, are communities. The "volunteers" should do what the community wants, not necessarily what you or I want. Do you think the free/oss software community wants volunteers who ignore bugs or refuse to f

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, David Wright wrote: I assume I'm merged already: $ ls -l /bin /lib /sbin lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 16 20:25 /bin -> usr/bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 16 20:25 /lib -> usr/lib lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Apr 16 20:25 /sbin -> usr/sbin $ Yes. usr-is-merged won't install

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its dependencies) but I don't see that available in bulls

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

On Tue 13 Sep 2022 at 13:09:52 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > > There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed > > with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its dependencies) >

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 07:40:08PM +0200, Javier Barroso wrote: > Did you test aptitude why-not libpng12-0? > > I'm not sure If It help in this case unicorn:~$ aptitude why-not libpng12-0 Automatically installed, current version 1.2.50-2+deb8u3, priority optional No dependencies require to remove

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: I agree with that. But the price-performance ratio could be even better if the "volunteers" in free/oss software projects were not free to ignore bugs reported to them. Pretty much everything worked for this grub bug other than some unfortunate se

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

Hello, El mar., 13 sept. 2022 19:10, Greg Wooledge escribió: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > > There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed > > with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its dependencies)

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed > with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its dependencies) > but I don't see that available in bullseye. > > Most of my s

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 9/13/2022 12:36 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:25:40PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > [...] > > > I agree with that. But the price-performance ratio could be even better if > > the "volunteers" > > in free/oss software projects were not free to ignore bugs reported

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:25:40PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: [...] > I agree with that. But the price-performance ratio could be even better if > the "volunteers" > in free/oss software projects were not free to ignore bugs reported to them. Hm. I doubt that. Perhaps they will do more what

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 9/13/2022 11:53 AM, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:27:43AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > >On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > >> > >> > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with en

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 9/13/2022 11:44 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:27:43AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > > > > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:27:43AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with enforceable > SLAs for free" If the requirement that maintai

usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

I see that the transition to merged /usr for all systems is about to start for sid imminently (unless explicitly disabled) and will then move to testing. There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its depende

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:27:43AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with enforceable > > > SLAs for free" > > If the require

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with enforceable > > SLAs for free" If the requirement that maintainers and developers of free/oss software must actually fix the

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with enforceable > SLAs for free" Had I a printer, I'd print out this, frame it and hang it on the wall. This makes the point very nicely :-) Cheers -- t signature.asc Descriptio

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 9/12/22 3:32 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 01:47:49PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > >Well, I suppose so, but I am pleased that a grub maintainer is now on the > >case. Still, > >there is another Debian bug that affects me that continues to be ignored, so > >I admit > >I

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 01:47:49PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: Well, I suppose so, but I am pleased that a grub maintainer is now on the case. Still, there is another Debian bug that affects me that continues to be ignored, so I admit I have an attitude about that. I accept that what is of g

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 2022-09-12 at 14:50, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/12/2022 1:58 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2022-09-12 at 13:47, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: >>> I wish to merely point out that what is often said about the >>> advantages and disadvantages of free, open-source software that >>> is maintained

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 9/12/2022 1:58 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2022-09-12 at 13:47, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > On 9/12/2022 12:14 PM, David Wright wrote: > > > >> On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 11:13:52 (-0400), Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > >>> The grub maintainers do not have the time or interest to fix it. > >>> Perha

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 01:47:49PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: [...] > [...] A disadvantage is that often the priorities of the developers who > release > free, open source software are not always the same as the priorities of any > particular > user [...] This might have been different bac

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 2022-09-12 at 13:47, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/12/2022 12:14 PM, David Wright wrote: > >> On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 11:13:52 (-0400), Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: >>> The grub maintainers do not have the time or interest to fix it. >>> Perhaps the Xen users could try to convince the Xen maintaine

Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

On 9/12/2022 12:14 PM, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 11:13:52 (-0400), Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/12/2022 12:55 AM, David Wright wrote: > > > > > > I would imagine a fix could follow quite quickly as it only requires > > > rebuilding with a filename added to a list of files not

Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release

On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 11:13:52 (-0400), Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/12/2022 12:55 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 01:15:47 (+0200), Tom Lew wrote: > > > This is my first post, bear with me.. > > > > > > Package "grub-xen-host"

Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release

On 9/12/2022 12:55 AM, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 01:15:47 (+0200), Tom Lew wrote: > > This is my first post, bear with me.. > > > > Package "grub-xen-host" shipped with point release 11.5 broke all PV > > domains on my Xen server, after &quo

Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release

On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 01:15:47 (+0200), Tom Lew wrote: > This is my first post, bear with me.. > > Package "grub-xen-host" shipped with point release 11.5 broke all PV > domains on my Xen server, after "apt upgrade" from 11.4. > > I found https://bugs.debian

Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release

On Mon, 12 Sep 2022, Tom Lew wrote: This is my first post, bear with me.. Package "grub-xen-host" shipped with point release 11.5 broke all PV domains on my Xen server, after "apt upgrade" from 11.4. I found https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1017944 e

Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release

This is my first post, bear with me.. Package "grub-xen-host" shipped with point release 11.5 broke all PV domains on my Xen server, after "apt upgrade" from 11.4. I found https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1017944 exactly mirroring my situation, and I won

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Re: German Translation error of apt package description for xwit

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Re: German Translation error of apt package description for xwit

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German Translation error of apt package description for xwit

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Re: How can I find out why apt-get is keeping a package back?

On 7/10/22, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 10 Jul 2022 at 15:24:11 (-0700), L L wrote: >> How can I find out why apt-get is keeping a package back? > > I usually look at the output of apt-cache show . I accidentally stumbled upon that I can "apt-get upgrade " and see w

Re: libpq-dev package

On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 07:30:32PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: > Apparently the package name is exactly libpq-dev. ;-) > > Naming convention sucks sometimes... ;-) > > However even after installing it I still can't compile. > Same exact error is given. Now the exact error (a

Re: libpq-dev package

On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 07:19:08PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: > Hi, > I figured out that the libpq package is called postgresql-client. > > However it looks like there is no postgresql-client-dev package? > > Trying to compile my program it fails by not finding the > pg-co

Re: How can I find out why apt-get is keeping a package back?

On Sun 10 Jul 2022 at 15:24:11 (-0700), L L wrote: > How can I find out why apt-get is keeping a package back? I usually look at the output of apt-cache show . For example, after running apt-get update, I currently have linux-image-amd64 held back. Thus: $ apt-cache show linux-image-am

Re: apt won't remove/ purge installed package...

On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 17:27 Morgan Read wrote: > > > On 10/07/2022 11:16 pm, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 15:48 Morgan Read > > wrote: > > > > I attempted to install firewalld and firewall-config with ufw > installed > > - perhaps not the wi

Re: libpq-dev package

Hi, On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 7:28 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > Hello, > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 07:19:08PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: > > Trying to compile my program it fails by not finding the > > pg-config script and libpq-fe.h file. > > You were already shown apt-file. True. However trying it I g

Re: libpq-dev package

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Re: libpq-dev package

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Re: What package I can find aclocal in?

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Re: What package I can find aclocal in?

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Re: What package I can find aclocal in?

Hi, On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 6:10 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 05:43:33PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: > > What package can I find aclocal in? > > I need to set up my autotools project in the newly installed Debian.. > > How to find out what package

Re: What package I can find aclocal in?

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Re: What package I can find aclocal in?

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Re: apt won't remove/ purge installed package...

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What package I can find aclocal in?

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How can I find out why apt-get is keeping a package back?

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Re: apt won't remove/ purge installed package...

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Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

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Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

On 2022-07-08 12:48, Greg Wooledge wrote: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives thanks mick

Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

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Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

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Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

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Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

On 2022-07-08 11:30, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: Not every binary is contained in a package called like it. That's what "apt-file" is for (in the same named package): tomas@trotzki:~$ apt-file search bin/which debian-goodies: /usr/bin/which-pkg-broke debian-goodies: /us

Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

e what that has to do with anything else that's in this message. > export _GRAALVM_HOME=.../graalvm-ce-java17-22.1.0 > export PATH=${PATH}:${_GRAALVM_HOME}/bin > which javac > which java > $ > > bash: which: command not found > > # apt-get install which > Reading packa

Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

d not found So, did you check what $PATH contains? (e.g. echo $PATH) It seems likely it's corrupted or missing the right directory (/usr/bin see below). > > # apt-get install which > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information

Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

aving forces actively messing with your work)? > > export _GRAALVM_HOME=.../graalvm-ce-java17-22.1.0 > export PATH=${PATH}:${_GRAALVM_HOME}/bin > which javac > which java > $ > > bash: which: command not found > > # apt-get install which > Reading package lists...

Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

graalvm-ce-java17-22.1.0 > export PATH=${PATH}:${_GRAALVM_HOME}/bin > which javac > which java > $ > > bash: which: command not found > > # apt-get install which > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done &g

Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

which has been deprecated. Use command -v. If you need which -a, you are out of luck... Please find an attached which if you are interested. # apt-get install which > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > E: Unabl

Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

Hi, Albretch Mueller wrote: > # apt-get install which > E: Unable to locate package which Try apt-get install debianutils I got the proposal from $ apt-file search which | grep 'which$' | less which still finds 18 lines which end by "which". Number two looks lik

bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

ATH}:${_GRAALVM_HOME}/bin which javac which java $ bash: which: command not found # apt-get install which Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package which # # cat /etc/apt/sources.list # deb cdrom:[Official Deb

Re: Is there an easy way to get the latest version number of a source package that is available?

> > > > will download the latest version of the source package. > > > > > > Is there a one liner that will give me the version of the package > > > (including the epoch) without downloading the package and parsing the > > > dsc? >

Re: Is there an easy way to get the latest version number of a source package that is available?

On Mon, 27 Jun 2022, Roberto C. S?nchez wrote: On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 03:31:01PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: Hi, apt-get --only-source --download-only source will download the latest version of the source package. Is there a one liner that will give me the version of the package (including

Re: Is there an easy way to get the latest version number of a source package that is available?

On 6/27/22 10:31, Tim Woodall wrote: Hi, apt-get --only-source --download-only source will download the latest version of the source package. Is there a one liner that will give me the version of the package (including the epoch) without downloading the package and parsing the dsc? Tim

Re: Is there an easy way to get the latest version number of a source package that is available?

On 6/27/22, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 03:31:01PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: >> Hi, >> >> apt-get --only-source --download-only source >> >> will download the latest version of the source package. >> >> Is there a one liner

Re: Is there an easy way to get the latest version number of a source package that is available?

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 03:31:01PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > Hi, > > apt-get --only-source --download-only source > > will download the latest version of the source package. > > Is there a one liner that will give me the version of the package > (including the epoch)

Re: Is there an easy way to get the latest version number of a source package that is available?

On Mon, 27 Jun 2022, The Wanderer wrote: On 2022-06-27 at 10:31, Tim Woodall wrote: Hi, apt-get --only-source --download-only source will download the latest version of the source package. Is there a one liner that will give me the version of the package (including the epoch) without

Re: Is there an easy way to get the latest version number of a source package that is available?

On 2022-06-27 at 10:31, Tim Woodall wrote: > Hi, > > apt-get --only-source --download-only source > > will download the latest version of the source package. > > Is there a one liner that will give me the version of the package > (including the epoch) without dow

Is there an easy way to get the latest version number of a source package that is available?

Hi, apt-get --only-source --download-only source will download the latest version of the source package. Is there a one liner that will give me the version of the package (including the epoch) without downloading the package and parsing the dsc? -- Everything below here is what I&#x

Re: Suggestions for rm [WAS: Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 07:02:35AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Train your brain and your fingers to move the rf to the end of the command so that you _have_ to check what filename you are typing as you type it. I set a shell alias alias rm='echo use trash instead' This was enough to t

Re: Suggestions for rm [WAS: Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 09:45:58AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 07:42:25PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > I list the files first: > > > > ls some-pattern > > > > then add a pipe to rm: > > > > ls some-pattern | rm > > > > or > > > > ls some-pattern | rm -rf > > Those co

Re: Suggestions for rm [WAS: Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 07:42:25PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > I list the files first: > > ls some-pattern > > then add a pipe to rm: > > ls some-pattern | rm > > or > > ls some-pattern | rm -rf Those commands do not work. rm does not read a list of files from stdin. Even if you were to add

Re: Suggestions for rm [WAS: Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 07:02:35AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > There are a couple of useful habits to get into when removing things: > > There's an > > rm -i > Use the pwd command to check where you are in the > filesystem. (It may be short for "print working > directory"). > If you

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

On 6/24/2022 2:24 PM, David Wright wrote: This strikes me as a nightmare waiting to happen. There was probably a similar feeling when .deb and dpkg and apt rolled out. I think you made this up. I'm sure there were some people who were happy enough with Slackware when dpkg was evolving, but I ne

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

On Wed 22 Jun 2022 at 18:21:10 (-0400), Bijan Soleymani wrote: > On 6/22/2022 5:22 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:25:02 -0400 Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > > > > Anyways it would be nice to do: > > > > > > apt install http://domain/filename.deb > > This strikes me as a nightma

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