[Bug 1267360] Re: Can not be installed because of unresolved dependencies

2015-03-12 Thread BobD
This bug is still not fixed? I am running Ubuntu 14.04.2 Desktop. I installed the desktop fresh, did an apt-get dist-upgrade, and then attempted to install this package, and failed. What is the point of continuing to deliver this package, when we know it cannot be installed? Without this package

[Bug 1371710] Re: autologin should support PAM_USER

2014-11-25 Thread BobD
By the way, this doesn't appear to be documented. IMO the existence of the pam-autologin service vs the pam-greeter service ought to be documented, as well as this behavior of setting PAM_USER in the pam- autologin service. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1371710] Re: autologin should support PAM_USER

2014-11-25 Thread BobD
After studying the code and exploring a bit with gdb and a test PAM module I wrote that simply sets pam_user, I've determined that in fact lightDM *already* works just fine with a PAM module on the auth stack of the lightdm-autologin PAM service which sets PAM_USER. I simply hadn't realized that au

[Bug 1068117] Re: Thunderbird 16.0.1 freezes with Provider for Google Calendar 0.18pre

2014-11-18 Thread BobD
Me, too. Thunderbird 31.2.0, Lightning 3.3.1, Provider for Google Calendar 1.0.2. Unless I disable Provider for Google Calender, Thunderbird hangs on start-up and seems to never recover. I use a fair number of google calendars - around 6 or so, and have quite a bit of history in them. I don't know

[Bug 1371695] Re: .deb packages do not support capabilties(7)

2014-09-19 Thread BobD
** Description changed: There are strong reasons to not run processes with full root privileges, and much work has been done to eliminate setuid executables from the distros. One tool in the toolbox for more secure processes is capabilities(7), - which was defined in the (now withdrawn)

[Bug 1371695] Re: .deb packages do not support capabilties(7)

2014-09-19 Thread BobD
** Project changed: dh-make => dh-make (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371695 Title: .deb packages do not support capabilties(7) To manage notifications about this bug go to

[Bug 1371695] [NEW] .deb packages do not support capabilties(7)

2014-09-19 Thread BobD
Public bug reported: There are strong reasons to not run processes with full root privileges, and much work has been done to eliminate setuid executables from the distros. One tool in the toolbox for more secure processes is capabilities(7), which was defined in the (now withdrawn) POSIX 1e draft