I don't even know what this tool is used for that was so long ago. Literally years. No user should be expected to 1). Guess correctly where the default config is & 2). No one should be expected to copy it in the first place. Rule of Least surprise: if it can be automated, automate it. In this case, the cp line should both be 1). In the post-install script in the package file 2 2). In the 'make install' script. Anything short of this is simply considered sub-par Unix development UNLESS it generates the config (or asks user to sudo for it) when it can't find the file. On Sep 22, 2014 9:41 PM, "williamts99" <661...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> Paul Sladen almost had it! > > If you don't have osspd installed, go ahead and install it. > sudo apt-get install osspd > > If you don't yet have the .xdemorserc file, go ahead and copy it from > /usr/share/doc/xdemorse/ to your users home directory. > cp -a /usr/share/doc/xdemorse/xdemorserc ~/.xdemorserc > > If you aren't controlling a FT847 OR FT857 transceiver than change that > option to NONE in ~/.xdemorserc > sed -i -e 's/^FT847$/NONE/' ~/.xdemorserc > > Then you can run xdemorse and it should run fine, at least it is for me > in 14.04 > > Best Regards > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661963 > > Title: > xdemorse is useless out of the box > > Status in “xdemorse” package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: xdemorse > > No man entry, no HTML or txt docs anywhere, no license, & the worst > offender, no default .xdemorserc file, rendering the program > inoperable. Either fix the package or remove it from the repository. > > Ubuntu 10.10 > xdemorse 1.3-5 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdemorse/+bug/661963/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661963 Title: xdemorse is useless out of the box To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdemorse/+bug/661963/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs