Bug#4565: shar -a, --net-headers does not give correct email

Package: sharutils Version: 4.2.1-1 When shar is given the message option, it will write Submitted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of Submitted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I understand the use of /etc/mailname right, it should even use it for the @hostname.domain.name part? Yves.

Bug#4561: dpkg-genchanges puts bad Maintainer: in changes file

I think the solution is in dpkg-genchanges(1): -Dfield=value Override or add an output control file field. This option is understood by dpkg-source, dpkg- gencontrol and dpkg-genchanges. Or -mMy Name [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Yes.

where are guidelines?

I believe in the good old days, the guidelines were in dpgk. But I just installed dpkg-1.3-?, and they have gone. (So, I installed as many related packages as I could find from a search in the Packages file, but to no avail) $ find /usr -name *guideli* find: ./doc/examples/modules/GOODIES:

Re: manpages depends on man?

David Frey wrote: And also, the /var/catman hierarchy cannot be purged although it is used only by man, because of the indexes and the subdirectories that are built in it after the installation. How can I tell to the man package that these are safe to be removed? Each package should

Re: ae as default editor?

On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, James A. Robinson wrote: Well, I imagine if one takes that idea further, one would say that ae is the editor on the base disk because it is easier to use. Plus it's very small. I think the real reason goes back to the fact that experienced users can set their EDITOR

Re: ldso breaks a.out?

Mark Eichin writes: As I sent to Dale Scheetz earlier, execve(/d1/eichin/bin/pgp.aout, [/usr/bin/uustat], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 uselib(/lib/ld.so)= -1 ENOEXEC (Exec format error) (followed by the write() of the message...) We concluded that it was simply time to

Bug#4551: xautolock and xtrlock conflict on screensaver

DH == Dave Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DH xautolock should check to see if the display is already locked DH before attempting to run the locker program. No, this is what xlock should do. xautolock, despite of its name, does not know it will run a lock program. xautolock is a generic

Re: proposal: pseudo source packages

David Frey wrote: : : [about xforms_0.81...] : xforms_0.81.tar.gz : xforms_0.81.dsc : : For the first 4 files it's ok. But the latter? Would somebody mind, : if I'd remove the debian/ from xforms_0.81.tar.gz and create a : xforms_0.81.orig.tar.gz and then the diffs for the debian

Re: dpkg changes and queries - the answers to your questions

Ian Jackson wrote: : : 1. Yes, dpkg-source doesn't work with hardlinks. I think that : hardlinks in source packages are evil. Perhaps they can be made to : work - Heiko's patch seems reasonable (until someone wants a filename : containing the string ` link to '). However, I'd recommend just

Re: where are guidelines?

On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, joost witteveen wrote: I believe in the good old days, the guidelines were in dpgk. But I just installed dpkg-1.3-?, and they have gone. There is now a dpkg-dev package with the stuff needed for developers. policy and programmer manuals are available. Syrus.

Re: where are guidelines?

On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, joost witteveen wrote: I believe in the good old days, the guidelines were in dpgk. But I just installed dpkg-1.3-?, and they have gone. (So, I installed as many related packages as I could find from a search in the Packages file, but to no avail) $ find /usr -name

Bug#4434: lynx 2.6

Thanks for making your version of lynx-2.6 available it certainly has some nice features. I saw in the last FAQ that the current lynx maintainer is looking for a person to take over maintenance of the package. Are you interested? If not could I ask that you submit your update to /Incoming as an

Bug#4434: lynx 2.6

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks for making your version of lynx-2.6 available it certainly has some nice features. I saw in the last FAQ that the current lynx maintainer is looking for a person to take over maintenance of the package. Are you interested? If not could I ask that

Bug#4434: lynx 2.6

On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Andrew Howell wrote: U slightly confused now :) Why did you report this as a bug? Also this got mailed to me, and I'm the old maintainer. I was following up to Bug#4434, where Marek Michalkiewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] reported that he had packaged up lynx-2.6 and made it

Re: where are guidelines?

Hi Joost -- I think there may be 2 reasons why you can't find the package containing the guidelines: 1. Guidelines doesn't exist any more. It has evolved into the policy manual and the programmer manual, and 2. The PP manuals aren't in a package (that I could find). They are uploaded

Re: dpkg changes and queries - the answers to your questions

On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: : 3. Do NOT use Michael Meskes's patch to quote the argument to : $rootcommand in dpkg-buildpackage. Instead, RTFM. Please DO NOT : release a dpkg with Michael Meskes's patch. Thank you. Hmm, I've changed it. The default root command is

Bug#4566: Babel does not configure

Package: babel Version: 3.6-4 Installation result of babel: waterf:/home/clameter# dpkg --configure --pending Setting up babel (3.6-4) ... Building new format(s) with babel support using install-fmt-base(8) Rebuilding `latex' format ... done Rebuilding `tex' format ... kpathsea: Running

Bug#4567: gpm upgrade from 1.06-3 to 1.10-1 is not smooth

Package: gpm Version: 1.10-1 I tried installing libgpm1_1.10-1.deb and gpm_1.10-1.deb in that order. The library installed just perfectly, but when gpm's prerm tried to /etc/init.d/gpm stop ... it hung. The init.d script calls gpm -k which may have gotten confused by the new library?? I was able

Bug#4568: a2ps binary still a.out

Package: a2ps Version: 4.3-1 The binary is still a.out. No source available. Volker Ossenkopf, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Astrophysikalisches Institut und\\/// Universitaets-Sternwarte Jena ( . . )

Re: dpkg changes and queries - the answers to your questions

Dale Scheetz wrote: : : On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: : : withecho $rootcommand debian/rules clean : If I did no mistakes it worked for me. : : When I installed Michael's quote patch the next time I tried to run : dpkg-buildpackage I got was informed that

Bug#4569: a2gs binary still a.out

Package: a2gs Version: 1.0-4 The binary is still a.out. Volker Ossenkopf, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Astrophysikalisches Institut und\\/// Universitaets-Sternwarte Jena ( . . ) Tel.: 03641/630324

Bug#4570: xview-clients without owplaces

Package: xview-clients Version: 3.2p1.2-1 The Save workspace internal command of olwm requires olwplaces (which often uses xtoolwait). olwplaces and xtoolwait are not available in the package. The installation script does not add olwm to /etc/X11/window-managers.

Bug#4561: dpkg-genchanges puts bad Maintainer: in changes file

Yves Arrouye wrote: : :I think the solution is in dpkg-genchanges(1): : -Dfield=value :Override or add an output control file field. This :option is understood by dpkg-source, dpkg- :gencontrol and dpkg-genchanges. : : Or -mMy

Bug#4573: mc xterm problems

Package: mc Version: 3.2.1-1 Since the mouse support in mc does not work with the terminfos for xterm and xterm-color from the Debian distribution nor with those for ansi_xterm, the installation script should immediately install the xterm.ti which is included. The xterm.ti does not give the

Section: and Priority: in shared libs: Questions and PROPOSAL

Greetings, I've prepared two binary packages from one Source: slang package: slang0.99.34 - A C programming library for user interfaces - shared library slang0.99.34-dev - A C programming library for user interfaces - development kit I wanted to set the following Section and Priority: