[Bug 1976341] Re: the .netrc man page neglects to disclose the format for the password string

2022-06-05 Thread Bill Yikes
Also note that wget checks the syntax of the ~/.netrc file every time it runs with default options, and it gives a warning when bash-style quoting is used for FTP & Fetchmail. Reported here: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?62586 ** Bug watch added: GNU Savannah Bug Tracker #62586

[Bug 1977567] Re: security oversight that makes users vulnerable to doxxing

2022-06-03 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Neomutt gives no possible way to send a PGP-encrypted msg and then save an unencrypted local copy. This forces users to choose from the following workflows: 1) Encrypt the msg only to the recipients & store a copy of it, which the sender can never again see

[Bug 1977567] [NEW] security oversight that makes users vulnerable to doxxing

2022-06-03 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Neomutt gives no possible way to send a PGP-encrypted msg and then save an unencrypted local copy. This forces users to choose from the following workflows: 1) Encrypt the msg only to the recipients & store a copy of it, which the sender can never again see the payload they

[Bug 1977492] [NEW] Lynx cannot visit .onion sites

2022-06-03 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Running this: `torsocks lynx 'https://c6usaa6obkiahck7rkn2phbffb3strd375pfpxmawuexnmectjizyjad.onion/about'` results in: “Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host. … lynx: Can't access startfile …” The same malfunction occurrs with other onion sites as well. But note

[Bug 1976361] [NEW] man page “passes the buck” to a dead end for .netrc docs

2022-05-31 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: The man page says: “See the ftp(1) man page for details of the syntax of the ~/.netrc file.” There are a few problems with this: 1) the fetchmail pkg is not dependant on the netkit-ftp package, so the FTP man page is not necessarily installed. 2) even when FTP is

[Bug 1976341] [NEW] the .netrc man page neglects to disclose the format for the password string

2022-05-31 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: The FTP man page references the .netrc man page for the .netrc file format. The .netrc man page simply states that the “password” token is followed by the actual password, but it does not specify the format of that string. The problem is that different applications have

[Bug 1951704] [NEW] Profanity freezes in a hung state when uplink connection is severed

2021-11-20 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: When the Internet is unplugged, Profanity hangs. It’s so frozen there is no way to quit gracefully -- no way to enter “/quit”. The only way to terminate is to kill the process externally (“pkill profanity”). I’ve seen Profanity hang at other times as well, so it may not

[Bug 1929241] Re: [feature request] add a proxy CLI option to debootstrap

2021-10-29 Thread Bill Yikes
Now that ~7 months have past, I don't recall if I tried the env var. Probably not, because nothing in the docs suggests that the env var has any effect. The http_proxy environment variable is a convention. Some apps honor the convention and some don't. In the case at hand, there's nothing to even

[Bug 1947005] Re: linphone gui has no dialpad if Sway+xWayland is used

2021-10-13 Thread Bill Yikes
i was able to simply enter a phone number in the search field, and it worked. So the UI is not broken. There is still a bug here though: no man page. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1947005] Re: linphone gui has no dialpad if Sway+xWayland is used

2021-10-13 Thread Bill Yikes
The attached image shows what Linphone 4.4.21 looks like -- the defective version. ** Attachment added: "Linphone 4.4.21" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linphone-desktop/+bug/1947005/+attachment/5532508/+files/linphone_screencap_nokeypad.png -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1947005] Re: linphone gui has no dialpad if Sway+xWayland is used

2021-10-13 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: When Linphone is installed a system that uses Sway & Xwayland (instead of Gnome), the app launches with no way to dial a phone number. There is no dialpad, just a field where the SIP account of the other party can be entered. The contacts form also omits phone

[Bug 1947005] [NEW] linphone gui has no dialpad if Sway+xWayland is used

2021-10-13 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: When Linphone is installed a system that uses Sway & Xwayland (instead of Gnome), the app launches with no way to dial a phone number. There is no dialpad, just a field where the SIP account of the other party can be entered. The contacts form also omits phone number from

[Bug 1946079] Re: ppmraw device no longer produces output (regression)

2021-10-05 Thread Bill Yikes
Upstream report: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704500 ** Bug watch added: Ghostscript (AFPL) Bugzilla #704500 http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704500 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1946079] [NEW] ppmraw device no longer produces output (regression)

2021-10-05 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: In version 9.26, the following command worked as expected -- it produces a ppm file: $ gs -sDEVICE=ppmraw -q -r600 -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dFIXEDMEDIA -sPageList=4 -o /tmp/raster.ppm vector.pdf But in ghostscript version 9.53.3, that command produces no PPM file, and the terminal

[Bug 1944040] [NEW] (bad docs) The special network id “all” is undocumented in wpa_cli

2021-09-18 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: In wpa_cli: > help enable_network commands: enable_network = enable a network That's insufficient. What happens when someone runs “select_network 5” followed at some point by “save config”? It permantly disables all networks except network 5. Users who want to get

[Bug 1942483] [NEW] calcurse import of ICS files is lossy (location, description, and UID are lost)

2021-09-02 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: On an Android, new events were entered into v.5.1.2 of this 3rd-party calendar app: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro/ Events contained a Title ("Summary" field), Location, and Description. The events were exported to an ICS file and

[Bug 1940691] Re: sfdisk fails to overwrite disks that contain a pre-existing linux partition

2021-08-20 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: This command should non-interactively obliterate whatever partition table is on /dev/sde, and create a new table with a linux partition that spans the whole disk: - $ sfdisk --label gpt /dev/sde <<< 'start=2048, type='"$(sfdisk --label +   $ sfdisk --label gpt

[Bug 1940691] [NEW] sfdisk fails to overwrite disks that contain a pre-existing linux partition

2021-08-20 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: This command should non-interactively obliterate whatever partition table is on /dev/sde, and create a new table with a linux partition that spans the whole disk:   $ sfdisk --label gpt /dev/sde <<< 'start=2048, type='"$(sfdisk --label gpt -T | awk '{IGNORECASE = 1;} /linux

[Bug 1940001] Re: Segmentation fault when using “-s max”

2021-08-15 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: I'm starting with a 2.5gb image of a TomTom device which was created using dd. There is no partition table, so the vfat filesystem begins on the very first sector. $ dd if=/dev/sdd of=image_file_2.5gb.dd This is a migration to a 4gb sd card. So I used

[Bug 1940001] [NEW] Segmentation fault when using “-s max”

2021-08-15 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: I'm starting with a 2.5gb image of a TomTom device which was created using dd. There is no partition table, so the vfat filesystem begins on the very first sector. $ dd if=/dev/sdd of=image_file_2.5gb.dd This is a migration to a 4gb sd card. So I used fdisk to see the

[Bug 1939911] [NEW] kitty gives “ValueError: Failed to create GLFWwindow” under Sway

2021-08-13 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Running kitty with Xwayland and Sway installed gives: [225 13:13:30.143763] [glfw error 65543]: EGL: Failed to create context: Arguments are inconsistent [225 13:13:30.152170] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/../lib/kitty/kitty/main.py", line 344, in

[Bug 1938719] Re: (feature request) support for non-stdio plugins (like Hydroxide)

2021-08-03 Thread Bill Yikes
> Lucas, it is still a support request rather than a feature request since the feature is already there It's not. You misunderstood the ticket. Your first response mirrors my opening statement, but neglects everything that followed. The "plugin" option only works with stdio. This ticket is to

[Bug 1938719] [NEW] (feature request) support for non-stdio plugins (like Hydroxide)

2021-08-02 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Protonmail-Hydroxide users are inconvenienced with having to manually execute this command prior to running fetchmail: $ torsocks hydroxide imap The fetchmailrc stanza looks like this: skip protonmail-hydroxide via 127.0.0.1 protocol imap port 1143    

[Bug 1938548] Re: screen capture broken; ImageMagick "import" command fails

2021-07-30 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: When running Xorg+xwayland+wayland+sway, the ImageMagick "import" command was executed on the commandline. The pointer was then dragged across an Ungoogled Chromium window. I should have drawn a rectangle to show the area being snapshot'd, but no box appeared.

[Bug 1938556] [NEW] screen capture broken-- "import" command fails in Wayland

2021-07-30 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: The import command fails to work in environments configured with the following components: * Xorg * Wayland * Xwayland * Sway With all of those packages installed, import fails. More details of this bug are mirrored in the following bug against Xwayland:

[Bug 1834636] Re: Import selection rectangle leaves trails visible in screenshot

2021-07-30 Thread Bill Yikes
I've noticed that this bug manifests whenever a the screen is animated. And sometimes the screen /appears/ ot be still, but perhaps some crappy javascript does something like repeated refreshing to make the still image "animated". A good reproducer: use a browser other than Tor Browser to access

[Bug 1938548] [NEW] screen capture broken; ImageMagick "import" command fails

2021-07-30 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: When running Xorg+xwayland+wayland+sway, the ImageMagick "import" command was executed on the commandline. The pointer was then dragged across an Ungoogled Chromium window. I should have drawn a rectangle to show the area being snapshot'd, but no box appeared. When the

[Bug 1937874] [NEW] one --accept-regex expression negates another

2021-07-23 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: This command should theoretically fetch all PDFs on a page: $ wget -v -d -r --level 1 --adjust-extension --no-clobber --no-directories\ --accept-regex 'administrative-orders/.*/administrative-order-matter-'\ --accept-regex 'administrative-orders.*.pdf'\

[Bug 1937850] [NEW] the -L / --relative option breaks --accept-regex

2021-07-23 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: This code should in principle (per the docs) fetch a few *.pdf files: $ wget -r --level 1 --adjust-extension --relative --no-clobber --no-directories\ --domains=ncua.gov --accept-regex 'administrative-orders/.*.pdf'\

[Bug 1937311] [NEW] copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line command does nothing in LaTeX mode

2021-07-22 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: When in latex-mode with a latex source file in the buffer, running: M-x copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line does nothing. It doesn't matter whether there is an existing line with -*- -*- or not. It's a bit annoying, because there are 4 latex engines to choose from

[Bug 1937082] [NEW] gunzip fails to extract data from stdin when the zip holds multiple files

2021-07-21 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: There is no good reason for this command to fail: $ wget --quiet -O - https://web.archive.org/web/20210721004028/freefontsdownload.net/download/76451/lucida_fax.zip | gunzip - The output is: [InternetShortcut] URL=HOMESITEfree-lucida_fax-font-76451.htmgzip: stdin has more

[Bug 1936953] [NEW] evince no longer renders grayscale DjVu docs

2021-07-20 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Evince used to have no problem showing a grayscale djvu file. Version 3.22.1 was fine. Now evince version 3.38.2 presents an error: 'Unable to open document "grayscale_sample.djvu". File type DjVu image (image/gnd.djvu) is not supported.' Now evince can only render bilevel

[Bug 1935581] Re: evince no longer shows bookmarks for DjVu files

2021-07-18 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Evince used to have no problem showing bookmarks when viewing a djvu file. Version 3.22.1 was fine. Now evince version 3.38.2 just shows a blank pane for bookmarks. I'm not sure if the bug is in evince or in djvused, so the bug report is mirrored for each

[Bug 1754431] Re: multiple urls not opening on commandline

2021-07-14 Thread Bill Yikes
On torbrowser-launcher 0.3.3, same issues persist. URLs passed on the commandline are ignored. I also concur with the feature request/bug regarding the ability to add tabs to existing sessions. It appears the capability was there at one time but later removed. Specifically, I believe the

[Bug 1935749] [NEW] [string totitle] does not actually convert to title case

2021-07-10 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: The [string totitle] operation is falsely named and falsely documented. The actual behavior of this operation gives /sentence case/, where only the first character of the whole string is capitalized. Title case requires the first character of every word in the string to be

[Bug 1935724] Re: adding a "like" clause breaks "collate nocase"

2021-07-09 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: /* This shows 1800+ records. Note that foo_tbl values are all title case (except one record), while all values in bar_tbl are all uppercase. This is why "collate nocase" is important */ select foo_tbl.name,trim(bar_tbl.name),foo_tbl.host,bar_tbl.host from

[Bug 1935724] [NEW] adding a "like" clause breaks "collate nocase"

2021-07-09 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: /* This shows 1800+ records. Note that foo_tbl values are all title case (except one record), while all values in bar_tbl are all uppercase. This is why "collate nocase" is important */ select foo_tbl.name,trim(bar_tbl.name),foo_tbl.host,bar_tbl.host from foo_tbl join

[Bug 1935689] [NEW] djvm loses bookmarks on merges with -create

2021-07-09 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Merging multiple djvu files should not be a lossy operation, apart from metadata that only has 1 slot (e.g. author, title, etc). The bookmarks (aka outline) is lost, not merged: $ djvused -e 'print-outline' file-a.djvu (bookmarks ("foo" "#1" ) ) $ djvused -e

[Bug 1935600] [NEW] Does not show bookmarks for DjVu files

2021-07-08 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: qpdfview version 0.4.18 just shows a blank pane for bookmarks. I originally thought the bug was in djvused, but after more testing I've confirmed that djvused is correctly producing the bookmarks. All the details about the problem are here:

[Bug 1935601] [NEW] Does not show bookmarks for DjVu files

2021-07-08 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Okular version 20.12.3 just shows a blank pane for bookmarks. I originally thought the bug was in djvused, but after more testing I've confirmed that djvused is correctly producing the bookmarks. All the details about the problem are here:

[Bug 1935580] Re: djvused lost the ability to add bookmarks

2021-07-08 Thread Bill Yikes
I just ran another test: I used the old evince (3.22.1) to open the djvu file produced by the new djvused command. The bookmarks appeared properly. This suggests that all three viewers are broken in the same way. Perhaps they all rely on a library that broke. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1935580] Re: djvused lost the ability to add bookmarks

2021-07-08 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Following these steps to add bookmarks using the set-outline instruction: https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/7866/how-insert-the-outline- the-bookmarks-into-djvu there is no error. And if I follow that with: $ djvused foo.djvu -e

[Bug 1935580] Re: djvused lost the ability to add bookmarks

2021-07-08 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Following these steps to add bookmarks using the set-outline instruction: https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/7866/how-insert-the-outline- the-bookmarks-into-djvu there is no error. And if I follow that with: $ djvused foo.djvu -e

[Bug 1935581] [NEW] evince no longer shows bookmarks for DjVu files

2021-07-08 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Evince used to have no problem showing bookmarks when viewing a djvu file. Version 3.22.1 was fine. Now evince version 3.38.2 just shows a blank pane for bookmarks. I'm not sure if the bug is in evince or in djvused, so the bug report is mirrored for each package. The

[Bug 1935580] [NEW] djvused lost the ability to add bookmarks

2021-07-08 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Following these steps to add bookmarks using the set-outline instruction: https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/7866/how-insert-the-outline- the-bookmarks-into-djvu there is no error. And if I follow that with: $ djvused foo.djvu -e 'print-outline' it faithfully

[Bug 1934699] [NEW] Error messages indisinguishable from app or firejail

2021-07-05 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: It's really annoying that firejail simply tags error msgs with "Error:", and not "Firejail error:". How are users supposed to know if the error is reported by Firejail, or the app that firejail is running? This code is littered with anonymous error messages that makes

[Bug 1934698] [NEW] "too short arguments" error

2021-07-05 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: This command results in "Error: too short arguments": $ firejail pastebinit -a '' -b paste.debian.net -i - <<< "hello world" Even if a "--" parameter terminator is used to prevent firejail from treating a non-firejail argument as a firejail argument like this: $ firejail

[Bug 1934570] [NEW] emacs ediff mode treated badly

2021-07-03 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Ratpoison is probably working as designed here, but the design should probably change. When running ediff-buffers in emacs, a tiny control window is spawn. This control window needs focus to accept commands while the two buffers under comparison each get half of a split

[Bug 1934155] Re: fetchmail can no longer connect to underwood & gives false error msg (TLS issues)

2021-07-02 Thread Bill Yikes
I see that I overlooked the NEWS file. That's more detailed than I'm used to seeing. As I was just now skimming through it, it was clear that moves made to protect users from weak algorithms assumed they're on an untunneled connection, which is not always the case. Sometimes the SSL is just

[Bug 1934526] [NEW] Unable to bind hide_window key, another instance/window has it.

2021-07-02 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Opening a second terminal window is blocked. To reproduce from the Ratpoison window manager, type "c-t !" to run a script that contains: $ terminator $geometry --command="screen -S full -c $configfile" That launches fine, but within that screen session run "sudo -iu root"

[Bug 1934155] Re: fetchmail can no longer connect to underwood & gives false error msg (TLS issues)

2021-07-02 Thread Bill Yikes
** Changed in: fetchmail (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1934155 Title: fetchmail can no longer connect to underwood & gives false error msg

[Bug 1934155] Re: fetchmail can no longer connect to underwood & gives false error msg (TLS issues)

2021-07-02 Thread Bill Yikes
I've also noticed that "auto" and "TLS1+" have the same meaning when passed to --SSLPROTO. That's part of the problem. So now there is duplication, and no way to get opportunistic crypto. If auto was previously opportunistic, then the change to remove it should be rolled back. -- You received

[Bug 1934155] Re: fetchmail can no longer connect to underwood & gives false error msg (TLS issues)

2021-07-01 Thread Bill Yikes
I appreciate the quick response, but I have to say both of you overlooked some of the data I presented, so I will elaborate. I was able to workaround the bug, but there are still bugs here. Having read the man page more times, I continue to find more anomalies than answers, which I will

[Bug 1934214] [NEW] dual screens are overlapping upon resolution change

2021-06-30 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: There is a laptop with an LVDS-1 and a VGA-1 (for the external display). The first problem is that the native resolution of the external LCD (VGA-1) is 1680x1050, but that's not the default. The default resolution is much lower than 1680x1050. I'm not sure if that's a xorg

[Bug 1934155] Re: fetchmail can no longer connect to underwood & gives false error msg (TLS issues)

2021-06-30 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Version 6.4.16 is unable to fetch mail from the underwood onion site. This is the output when trying to connect: fetchmail: normal termination, status 2 fetchmail: 6.4.16 querying underwood-onion (protocol IMAP) at Wed 30 Jun 2021 02:10:52 PM UTC: poll started

[Bug 1934040] Re: openssl s_client's '-ssl2' & '-ssl3' options gone, prematurely!

2021-06-30 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: SSL2 and SSL3 have been hastily removed, apparently by developers who are unaware that these protocols serve purposes other than encryption. SSL2/3 is *still used* on onion sites. Why? For verification. An onion site has inherent encryption, so it matters not

[Bug 1934155] Re: fetchmail can no longer connect to underwood & gives false error msg (TLS issues)

2021-06-30 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Version 6.4.16 is unable to fetch mail from the underwood onion site. This is the output when trying to connect: fetchmail: normal termination, status 2 fetchmail: 6.4.16 querying underwood-onion (protocol IMAP) at Wed 30 Jun 2021 02:10:52 PM UTC: poll started

[Bug 1934155] [NEW] fetchmail can no longer connect to underwood & gives false error msg (TLS issues)

2021-06-30 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Version 6.4.16 is unable to fetch mail from the underwood onion site. This is the output when trying to connect: fetchmail: normal termination, status 2 fetchmail: 6.4.16 querying underwood-onion (protocol IMAP) at Wed 30 Jun 2021 02:10:52 PM UTC: poll started fetchmail:

[Bug 1934044] [NEW] openssl removed ssl2/3 and broke cURL because curl uses openssl instead of libssl

2021-06-29 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: cURL supports a -ssl3 option (and rightly so), but openssl removed it prematurely (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/+bug/1934040). The fallout: torsocks curl --insecure --ssl-allow-beast -ssl3 -vvI https://xhfheq5i37waj6qb.onion:110 2>&1 * Trying

[Bug 1934040] [NEW] openssl s_client's '-ssl2' & '-ssl3' options gone, prematurely!

2021-06-29 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: SSL2 and SSL3 have been hastily removed, apparently by developers who are unaware that these protocols serve purposes other than encryption. SSL2/3 is *still used* on onion sites. Why? For verification. An onion site has inherent encryption, so it matters not how weak the

[Bug 1933913] Re: "Xorg -configure" results in "modprobe: FATAL: Module fbcon not found in directory /lib/modules/5.10.0-7-amd64"

2021-06-29 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: With x11 not running, this was executed: "Xorg -configure". It should simply build a configuration file. The output below appears in the terminal with an error. It manages to create a config file anyway, but what it creates causes "startx" to fall over. So I am

[Bug 1933913] [NEW] "Xorg -configure" results in "modprobe: FATAL: Module fbcon not found in directory /lib/modules/5.10.0-7-amd64"

2021-06-28 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: With x11 not running, this was executed: "Xorg -configure". It should simply build a configuration file. The output below appears in the terminal with an error. It manages to create a config file anyway, but what it creates causes "startx" to fall over. So I am forced to

[Bug 1933037] Re: (bad docs) man page is inconsistent with wiki, & also inconsistent with system defaults

2021-06-20 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Linux systems are typically configured with either a "wheel" group or a "sudo" group to specify users that get sudo privs. In the case of Debian's default config, a "sudo" group exists in /etc/group and also the /etc/sudoers file assumes a "sudo" group. Yet the

[Bug 1933037] Re: (bad docs) man page is inconsistent with wiki, & also inconsistent with system defaults

2021-06-20 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Linux systems are typically configured with either a "wheel" group or a "sudo" group to specify users that get sudo privs. In the case of Debian's default config, a "sudo" group exists in /etc/group and also the /etc/sudoers file assumes a "sudo" group. Yet the

[Bug 1933037] Re: (bad docs) man page is inconsistent with wiki, & also inconsistent with system defaults

2021-06-20 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Linux systems are typically configured with either a "wheel" group or a "sudo" group to specify users that get sudo privs. In the case of Debian's default config, a "sudo" group exists in /etc/group and also the /etc/sudoers file assumes a "sudo" group. Yet the

[Bug 1933037] Re: (bad docs) man page is inconsistent with wiki, & also inconsistent with system defaults

2021-06-20 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Linux systems are typically configured with either a "wheel" group or a "sudo" group to specify users that get sudo privs. In the case of Debian's default config, a "sudo" group exists in /etc/group and also the /etc/sudoers file assumes a "sudo" group. Yet the

[Bug 1933037] Re: (bad docs) man page is inconsistent with wiki, & also inconsistent with system defaults

2021-06-20 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Linux systems are typically configured with either a "wheel" group or a "sudo" group to specify users that get sudo privs. In the case of Debian's default config, a "sudo" group exists in /etc/group and also the /etc/sudoers file assumes a "sudo" group. Yet the

[Bug 1933037] [NEW] (bad docs) man page is inconsistent with wiki, & also inconsistent with system defaults

2021-06-20 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Linux systems are typically configured with either a "wheel" group or a "sudo" group to specify users that get sudo privs. In the case of Debian's default config, a "sudo" group exists in /etc/group and also the /etc/sudoers file assumes a "sudo" group. Yet the latest

[Bug 1931815] Re: the %{remote_ip} output format is broken on proxied connections

2021-06-17 Thread Bill Yikes
The socks.c code shows that cURL does not even attempt DNS resolution on SOCKS4a. Strictly speaking, the SOCKS4a spec expects apps to /attempt/ DNS resolution before contacting the socks server. I won't complain on this point though because the status quo is favorable to Tor users (as it

[Bug 1931815] Re: the %{remote_ip} output format is broken on proxied connections

2021-06-17 Thread Bill Yikes
According to the SOCKS4a spec: https://www.openssh.com/txt/socks4.protocol https://www.openssh.com/txt/socks4a.protocol With SOCKS4 cURL *must* do DNS resolution and pass the selected IP to the SOCKS server. OTOH, SOCKS4a gives cURL the option to resolve. If cURL fails at DNS resolution,

[Bug 1931815] [NEW] the %{remote_ip} output format is broken on proxied connections

2021-06-13 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: This is how a Tor user would use cURL to grab a header, and also expect to be told which IP address was contacted: curl --ssl --socks4a 127.0.0.1:9050 -L --head -w '(effective URL => "%{url_effective} @ %{remote_ip}")' "$target_url" It's broken because the "remote_ip" is

[Bug 1930437] Re: urlscan does not work on HTML fragments

2021-06-01 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: This yields no output: curl -s 'https://www.veridiancu.org' | sed -ne '/https://www.veridiancu.org' | python -c 'from bs4 import + BeautifulSoup; import sys; print(BeautifulSoup(sys.stdin.read()).form)' + | urlscan -n + + which might give a clue about what the

[Bug 1930437] [NEW] urlscan does not work on HTML fragments

2021-06-01 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: This yields no output: curl -s 'https://www.veridiancu.org' | sed -ne '/https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1930437 Title: urlscan does not work on HTML fragments To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1332344] Re: Urlscan has no Debian maintainer. I have a maintained fork.

2021-06-01 Thread Bill Yikes
I don't have Github access and in fact try to avoid Microsoft services as much as possible. I suggest moving off github for these reasons: https://git.sdf.org/humanacollaborator/humanacollabora/src/branch/master/github.md There are some decent alternatives here:

[Bug 978587] Re: apt should ensure .deb are not corrupted before handing them to dpkg

2021-05-29 Thread Bill Yikes
This is actually a security issue and it's surprising it's gone unfixed for 9 years. It's inconsistent for apt to check the hash on deb files that it downloads, but then neglect to do so on user-supplied deb files. The status quo is a recipe for disaster. To exacerbate the problem, the man page

[Bug 1930139] [NEW] the --no-directories option incorrectly documented in the man page

2021-05-29 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: man page shows: -nd --no-directories Do not create a hierarchy of directories when retrieving recursively. With this option turned on, all files will get saved to the current directory, without clobbering (if a name shows up more than

[Bug 1929239] Re: debootstrap documentation bug

2021-05-21 Thread Bill Yikes
There is also a problem with the man page, which says: --second-stage Complete the bootstrapping process. Other arguments are generally not needed. To "complete the bootstrapping process" is vague. Naturally everyone wants to complete the bootstrapping process. But

[Bug 1929241] [NEW] [feature request] add a proxy CLI option to debootstrap

2021-05-21 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: debootstrap connects to the Internet but provides no proxy option, and the man page makes no mention of whether the http_proxy environment variable is honored. Ideally, Tor users would benefit most from SOCKS4a support. I suggest modeling after cURL ("--socks4a

[Bug 1929239] [NEW] debootstrap documentation bug

2021-05-21 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: The documentation for debootstrap is broken and also needs reorganization. It lives here: https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/arm64/apds03.en.html To put this in "Appendix D: Random Bits" is a bit unsettling. It should have a chapter of its own sitting in parallel to

[Bug 1929087] Re: sfdisk refuses to write GPT table between sector 34 and 2047

2021-05-20 Thread Bill Yikes
A secondary bug manifests from this, whereby sfdisk chokes on its own output and therefore cannot restore its own backup. E.g. suppose another tool is used to put a BIOS boot partition from sector 34 to 2047, as follows: $ sgdisk --clear -a 1 --new=1:34:2047 -c 1:"BIOS boot"

[Bug 1929087] [NEW] sfdisk refuses to write GPT table between sector 34 and 2047

2021-05-20 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: According to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#BIOS_systems, it's both legal and interesting to place the BIOS BOOT partition from sector 34 to sector 2047, as follows: $ sudo sfdisk --no-act -f --label gpt /dev/sdb << EOF start= 34, size=2013,

[Bug 1925381] Re: rsync conceals file deletions from reporting when --dry-run --remove-source-files are used together

2021-04-22 Thread Bill Yikes
For me the fact that the upstream repo moved from bugzilla.samba.org to github.com is sufficient to diverge from upstream. But to each his own. My contempt for github is in fact why I reported the bug downstream. I will not use github but I still intended to make a public record of the bug, hence

[Bug 1925381] Re: rsync conceals file deletions from reporting when --dry-run --remove-source-files are used together

2021-04-21 Thread Bill Yikes
** Description changed: Rsync has an astonishing and dangerous bug: The dry run feature (-n / --dry-run) fails to report file deletions when --remove-source-files is used. This is quite serious. People use --dry- run to see if an outcome will work as expected before a live run. When

[Bug 1925381] [NEW] rsync conceals file deletions from reporting when --dry-run --remove-source-files are used together

2021-04-21 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Rsync has an astonishing and dangerous bug: The dry run feature (-n / --dry-run) fails to report file deletions when --remove-source-files is used. This is quite serious. People use --dry- run to see if an outcome will work as expected before a live run. When the simulated

[Bug 1924609] Re: onion sites inaccessible due to internal DNS lookup

2021-04-20 Thread Bill Yikes
"Wontfix" is probably the most fitting status of the possibilities that are given. I would have reported upstream if it didn't require using gitlab.com (which pushes CAPTCHAs). Upstream forges often appear in unusable or controversial places like github or gitlab.com, which actually discourages

[Bug 1924618] Re: add a "delete after" option

2021-04-16 Thread Bill Yikes
For the record, I should mention that I just noticed this is covered in the FaQ: https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G5 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1924618 Title: add a

[Bug 1924609] Re: onion sites inaccessible due to internal DNS lookup

2021-04-16 Thread Bill Yikes
///scenario 3: using mapaddress (requires root or tor controller access)/// With this configuration: ``` poll uw via 10.40.40.46 protocol imap port 993 username "billyikes" fetchall ``` /etc/tor/torrc: ``` mapaddress 10.40.40.46 underwood2hj3pwd.onion ``` the

[Bug 1924609] Re: onion sites inaccessible due to internal DNS lookup

2021-04-16 Thread Bill Yikes
///scenario 1: using torsocks/// With this configuration: ``` poll uw via underwood2hj3pwd.onion protocol imap port 993 username "billyikes" fetchall ``` the terminal output is: ``` $ torsocks fetchmail uw 1618601733 ERROR torsocks[16571]: Unable to resolve.

[Bug 1924622] Re: add a security feature to randomize the fetch schedule

2021-04-16 Thread Bill Yikes
Matthias, I appreciate the tip about FETCHMAILHOME, which seems to imply that multiple instances can run potentially at the same time. I will explore your suggested workaround. Since I access onion servers, I have a lot of wiring outside of fetchmail anyway. Note that I don't personally have a

[Bug 1924618] Re: add a "delete after" option

2021-04-16 Thread Bill Yikes
I appreciate everyone's quick response. First I will address the privacy matter. In the infosec discipline, we have the "principle of least priviledge", which essentially means it's a bad idea to grant more access than what's needed for the task. If someone only needs 90 days of server storage

[Bug 1924622] [NEW] add a security feature to randomize the fetch schedule

2021-04-15 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Suppose you have ~6-12 accounts all fetched over Tor. If they all fetch at the same time, the accounts could easily be correlated together -- which is particularly problematic if you hold multiple accounts at the same provider. And even if you only have one account, having

[Bug 1924618] [NEW] add a "delete after" option

2021-04-15 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Getmail has a "delete_after" option, as does MUAs like Claws Mail. Why not fetchmail? It would be a useful feature to have. Perhaps the most common use case is this: someone has both a desktop and mobile phone MUA, which confines them to IMAP if they don't want the

[Bug 1924609] [NEW] onion sites inaccessible due to internal DNS lookup

2021-04-15 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: Fetchmail works over Tor but only if the server is a clearnet host. So for example a Yahoo config might look like this: ``` poll imap.mail.yahoo.com plugin "socat STDIO SOCKS4A:127.0.0.1:%h:%p,socksport=9050" protocol imap port

[Bug 1921628] Re: unpaper: error: no input or output files given.

2021-03-28 Thread Bill Yikes
yikes, a destructive manifestation of the same bug: If a list of files is given with the --overwrite option, it actually clobbers one file with the output of the other. hmm.. actually I've misunderstood the man page: --overwrite Allow overwriting existing files. Otherwise the program

[Bug 1921628] Re: unpaper: error: no input or output files given.

2021-03-28 Thread Bill Yikes
The workaround is to give up the --overwrite option, create a temp file, and copy it back over the source: $ unpaper -t pbm raw_pg-000_im_th35.pbm raw_pg-000_unpapered.pbm && mv -v raw_pg-000_unpapered.pbm raw_pg-000_im_th35.pbm Processing sheet #1: raw_pg-000_im_th35.pbm ->

[Bug 1921628] [NEW] unpaper: error: no input or output files given.

2021-03-28 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: $ unpaper -t pbm --overwrite raw_pg-000_im_th35.pbm unpaper: error: no input or output files given. Try 'man unpaper' for more information. $ ls -l raw_pg-000_im_th35.pbm -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 1052713 Mar 28 09:45 raw_pg-000_im_th35.pbm So the file exists, but unpaper

[Bug 1916937] Re: unpaper truncates some images

2021-02-25 Thread Bill Yikes
Here's another sample input (attached) which shows the problem more clearly. Most right sidebar is lost. ** Attachment added: "grayscale input that unpaper botches" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unpaper/+bug/1916937/+attachment/5467253/+files/tiaa-004.pgm -- You received this

[Bug 1916937] Re: unpaper truncates some images

2021-02-25 Thread Bill Yikes
This comment attaches the output file showing the missing postmark date. ** Attachment added: "output file" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unpaper/+bug/1916937/+attachment/5467123/+files/sample_b20.pbm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1916937] Re: unpaper truncates some images

2021-02-25 Thread Bill Yikes
I should also mention the workaround that works, which is to use ImageMagick instead of unpaper, as follows: $ convert sample.pgm -rotate 90 -threshold 80% -type bilevel sample_th80.pbm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1916937] [NEW] unpaper truncates some images

2021-02-25 Thread Bill Yikes
Public bug reported: An envelope was scanned sideways to a PNG file, in grayscale. Imagemagick "convert" was used to produce a PGM file. Then unpaper was used to rotate it and bilevel it. This often works fine with no issues, but exceptionally for one image in particular, unpaper cuts a box out

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