Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread KatolaZ
On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 08:08:51AM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: [cut] > > apt-get dist-upgrade is what's necessary to change release - as the name > means -, eg Wheezy to Jessie or Jessie to Ascii. or if you are permanently on testing, since it is not uncommon there for some upgrades to br

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 13/05/2017 à 17:03, Steve Litt a écrit : On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:06:38 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: Long before three weeks ago. I don't usually upgrade or dist-upgrade unless there is some particular need. Probably I'm not alone, even if that is not considered best practice. I never dist-upgrade

Re: [DNG] recommending apt-get upgrade before filing a bug report (was Re: reportbug default bts)

2017-05-13 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 01:44:13PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: [cut] > > I stand by my original suggestion: that reportbug could help > reduce the noise of bug reports on outdated packges > by advising users to 'apt-get upgrade' (or in the case of > unstable 'apt-get upgrade' followed by 'apt-get >

Re: [DNG] recommending apt-get upgrade before filing a bug report (was Re: reportbug default bts)

2017-05-13 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 13 May 2017 13:44:13 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: > Harald Arnesen wrote: > > Steve Litt [2017-05-13 17:03]: > > > > > I never dist-upgrade. From what I hear, it breaks things. If I > > > feel the need to dist-upgrade, it's probably time to back up, > > > reformat the disks, and clean-instal

[DNG] recommending apt-get upgrade before filing a bug report (was Re: reportbug default bts)

2017-05-13 Thread Joel Roth
Harald Arnesen wrote: > Steve Litt [2017-05-13 17:03]: > > > I never dist-upgrade. From what I hear, it breaks things. If I feel the > > need to dist-upgrade, it's probably time to back up, reformat the > > disks, and clean-install a later version. > > If you can't dist-upgrade, it's probably tim

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread Harald Arnesen
Steve Litt [2017-05-13 17:03]: > I never dist-upgrade. From what I hear, it breaks things. If I feel the > need to dist-upgrade, it's probably time to back up, reformat the > disks, and clean-install a later version. If you can't dist-upgrade, it's probably time to find another distribution. --

Re: [DNG] ..is Devuan BTS down? reportbug torbrowser-launcher likely failed for me...

2017-05-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 13 May 2017 23:07:46 +0200, Arnt wrote in message <20170513230746.4c391...@nb6.lan>: > ..since Micah disses md5sum as broken, I shot these too > into the attached jacksums: (https://pastebin.com/KzncDm3F) > arnt@box:~$ jacksum -a all -m jacksums > Jacksum: Meta-Info: > version=1.7.0;alg

Re: [DNG] ..is Devuan BTS down? reportbug torbrowser-launcher likely failed for me...

2017-05-13 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:07:46PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > Hi, > > ..I tried to ":~$ reportbug torbrowser-launcher > *** Welcome to reportbug. Use ? for help at prompts. *** > Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of > the submitter). Detected character set: UT

[DNG] ..is Devuan BTS down? reportbug torbrowser-launcher likely failed for me...

2017-05-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
Hi, ..I tried to ":~$ reportbug torbrowser-launcher *** Welcome to reportbug. Use ? for help at prompts. *** Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of the submitter). Detected character set: UTF-8 Please change your locale if this is incorrect. Using 'arnt ' as your

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 07:36:32PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..I came in woody time from the cold dropped Red Hat 7.3, I've > dist-upgraded from woody and sarge to sid/wheezy, and from lenny > to sid/Jessie. Only reason I left SuSE-5.2 (It rocked!), was > I didn't know how to do "insmod -v

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 13 May 2017 16:16:48 +0100, KatolaZ wrote in message <20170513151648.gf14...@katolaz.homeunix.net>: > On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:03:18AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:06:38 -1000 > > Joel Roth wrote: > > > > > Long before three weeks ago. I don't usually upgrade or

[DNG] No mail attachments get to Devuan ML web (and worse) WAS: Help with xmodmap+xcape

2017-05-13 Thread Miroslav Rovis
( to Mathias: don't let this distract you from your work on unofficial+grsecurity, this is technical about Devuan webmail where you recent email has not been posted, just find your name below where you are mentioned, and pls. keep up with the unofficial+grsecurity, the GNU/Linux users need it even

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:03:18AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:06:38 -1000 > Joel Roth wrote: > > > Long before three weeks ago. I don't usually upgrade or > > dist-upgrade unless there is some particular need. > > Probably I'm not alone, even if that is not considered > >

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:06:38 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: > Long before three weeks ago. I don't usually upgrade or > dist-upgrade unless there is some particular need. > Probably I'm not alone, even if that is not considered > best practice. I never dist-upgrade. From what I hear, it breaks things.

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 01:06:38AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: [cut] > > Hi Joel, > > > > that's strange again. Do you remember when you dist-upgraded? > > reportbug-6.6.3+devuan1.3 has been in the repos since about three > > weeks ago... > > Long before three weeks ago. I don't usually upgrade or

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread Joel Roth
KatolaZ wrote: > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 11:11:06PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: [cut] > > Somehow my upgrade to Devuan somehow missed getting reportbug. > > > > $ dpkg -l reportbug > > > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | > > Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/tri

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread KatolaZ
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 11:11:06PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: [cut] > > Hi KatolaZ, > > Somehow my upgrade to Devuan somehow missed getting reportbug. > > $ dpkg -l reportbug > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Tri

Re: [DNG] reportbug default bts

2017-05-13 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 05:54:13AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 03:41:23PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > When I ran reportbug and filed a bug, I was surprised to > > see the report went to Debian. > > > > /etc/reportbug.conf (which I've never edited) > > has n