On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 12:10:09 -0400 Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> > You can see from Gene's error messages that it's currently trying to > > run "/usr/bin/tar" -- and that is what you would expect on a > > usrmerged system. So he just needs to grant that permission (i.e. > > with a amgtar:gnutar_path=/usr/bin/tar > > line.) > > And that apparently fixes it for amcheck. We'll see what happens > tonight. Sounds good. After my experiments yesterday I saw no complaints this morning and everything looked fine. > Okay, but please explain this "usrmerged" B.S. to this old fart. I'm > lost at the first corner as to both what it is, and the justification > for doing whatever it is that they've done. I don't understand it either, but then again all I know is what Nathan pointed out in the release notes: https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#merged-usr This change shouldn't impact normal users that only run packages provided by Debian, ... Yeah, right! Maybe I'm not a "normal user". Whatever that is. > On other question, why can I not "reply to list". Its a pita to have > to copy/paste the list address into the blank To: line. Try "Reply all"? That's what I do. -- "When we talk of civilization, we are too apt to limit the meaning of the word to its mere embellishments, such as arts and sciences; but the true distinction between it and barbarism is, that the one presents a state of society under the protection of just and well-administered law, and the other is left to the chance government of brute force." - The Rev. James White, Eighteen Christian Centuries, 1889 Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB https://charlescurley.com
