Re: Issue with Bug#112121: procmail-lib: Recipes belong in /usr/share, not /usr/lib

2001-09-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:51:04PM -0400, Elie Rosenblum wrote: > Question regarding this new bug on procmail-lib that I adopted recently: > > [snip copy of my bug report] > > I would happily move it to /usr/share, however I am worried about users > who are already using the current version. Use

Re: ddts: notification about pt_BR-translation of the hello-debhelper description

2001-09-12 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Steven Hanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > Just because it seems at the moment that too many translation notifications > are being generated for them to be placed into the bts I wonder if it is > overkill/added complexity to try to use something else, as I would assume the > number of t

Re: ddts: notification about pt_BR-translation of the hello-debhelper description

2001-09-12 Thread Steven Hanley
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 02:44:01PM +0200, Michael Bramer wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:49:09PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 12:11:56PM +0100, Nick Phillips wrote: > > > I'd have thought that the current situation re. maintainers putting > > > translations into .deb

Re: Bug#112020: ITP: keychain -- An OpenSSH key manager

2001-09-12 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 07:08:32PM -0500, Cesar Mendoza wrote: > I find the package useful and I'm also aware of the shortcomings of > ssh-agent, but was your solution to cron job's that do rsync over ssh? > and I don't think that pass phrase less keys is an option. What you are > doing is building

Issue with Bug#112121: procmail-lib: Recipes belong in /usr/share, not /usr/lib

2001-09-12 Thread Elie Rosenblum
Question regarding this new bug on procmail-lib that I adopted recently: - Forwarded message from Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Subject: Bug#112121: procmail-lib: Recipes belong in /usr/share, not /usr/lib Reply-To: Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 1

Re: System spec.'s

2001-09-12 Thread Corrin Lakeland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I just thought I should reply and apologise for the other replies you seem to be getting. Debian is quite proud of running on practically all hardware in existence, and I suppose you've effectively got told that in reverse. To answer your ques

Re: need help in resolving the Apache-Expat-XML::Parser conflict

2001-09-12 Thread Ardo van Rangelrooij
Bart Schuller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I've no problem NMU'ing apache, but that might break other packages > > (which?). > > There are two ways to NMU: > > > > 1. leave out expat: this is the simplest way since it only requires a small > >change in the debian/rules file > > > > 2. buil

Re: need help in resolving the Apache-Expat-XML::Parser conflict

2001-09-12 Thread Ardo van Rangelrooij
Jonathan McDowell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 03:51:05PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > > [AxKit not working due to Apache expat linkage] > > > I've no problem NMU'ing apache, but that might break other packages > > (which?). There are two ways to NMU: > > > > 1.

Re: Bug#111969: ITP: xrmap -- global vector map rendering tool for X

2001-09-12 Thread Joey Hess
Branden Robinson wrote: > Yes, I am planning on packaging CIA_map.rez.gz as well. Admit it -- you just want to maintain a package with "CIA" in its name, right? -- see shy jo

Bug#112118: ITP: python-visual -- A Python library for 3d visualization

2001-09-12 Thread mdanish
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Visual is a library for 3D scientific visualization. It allows rapid development of programs in Python, but is itself written in C++ for speed. It currently supports various colored geometrical primitives (texture support is being added). It was developed for use

Re: System spec.'s

2001-09-12 Thread Ben Pfaff
Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PC hardware won't even POST without a videocard! It depends on the PC hardware in question. Some will, some won't.

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Re: System spec.'s

2001-09-12 Thread Jason Thomas
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:30:40PM -0700, Ralph Jennings wrote: > A video card makes things easier, though you could also do it over a serial > dumb terminal (but you do need *something* to enable interaction with the > install scripts). Your ATI card, and normal AT or PS/2 keyboard will most > l

Re: Bug#112020: ITP: keychain -- An OpenSSH key manager

2001-09-12 Thread Jacob Kuntz
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 07:08:32PM -0500, Cesar Mendoza wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 01:05:12PM +0200, Richard Atterer wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:00:44PM -0500, Cesar Mendoza wrote: > > What's really needed is a little work on ssh-agent so that > > - when ssh asks for a DSA passphras

Re: Bug#112020: ITP: keychain -- An OpenSSH key manager

2001-09-12 Thread Cesar Mendoza
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 01:05:12PM +0200, Richard Atterer wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:00:44PM -0500, Cesar Mendoza wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: whishlist > ^ typo I know and the ITP was reassigned to wishlist. > > From the keychain help: > > > > Keychain is an Open

Re: System spec.'s

2001-09-12 Thread Jacob Kuntz
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:30:40PM -0700, Ralph Jennings wrote: > likely work (unless they're broken). > Ha. -- Jacob Kuntz http://www.lucidpark.net/

Re: call for lintian patches

2001-09-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-Sep-2001 Edward Betts wrote: > Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The lintian maintainer is back! I am slowly reading up on the new policy >> and >> my bug list. So, if you have any beefs or patches please read the BTS and >> submit accordingly. > > I presume you are lookin

Re: root rm: Permission denied (Was: unable to stat `./usr/share/ man/man3/qcanvas.3qt.gz')

2001-09-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Josh McKinney wrote: > It may very well be that your reiserfs is corrupted. I had the same > sort of errors happen to me. Maybe check your syslogs and see if > there is any strange errors from reiserfs. Or do an fsck. Yes, even with jornalling filesystems, that may be nec

Re: System spec.'s

2001-09-12 Thread Ralph Jennings
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:01:45PM -0500, Sarah Nilles wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I have a customer that is already using the Debian-Linux. They want to > replace their server and that where I come in. Are there any special > needs for your software? We are looking at the AMD Thunderbird > pr

Re: System spec.'s

2001-09-12 Thread secher
what, exactly are you looking for? Peace, Secher On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:01:45PM -0500, Sarah Nilles wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I have a customer that is already using the Debian-Linux. They want to > replace their server and that where I come in. Are there any special > needs for your so

Re: Bug#112020: ITP: keychain -- An OpenSSH key manager

2001-09-12 Thread Richard Atterer
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:00:44PM -0500, Cesar Mendoza wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: whishlist ^ typo > From the keychain help: > > Keychain is an OpenSSH key manager, typically run from > ~/.bash_profile. When run, it will make sure ssh-agent is running; > if not, it will s

System spec.'s

2001-09-12 Thread Sarah Nilles
Good afternoon, I have a customer that is already using the Debian-Linux. They want to replace their server and that where I come in. Are there any special needs for your software? We are looking at the AMD Thunderbird processors - ATI video and standard equipment. Could you please get back in

Re: call for lintian patches

2001-09-12 Thread Edward Betts
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The lintian maintainer is back! I am slowly reading up on the new policy and > my bug list. So, if you have any beefs or patches please read the BTS and > submit accordingly. I presume you are looking for patches for lintian 1.x rather than lintia

Resolved [was: spammer attached to debian-bugs-dist?]

2001-09-12 Thread Martin Schulze
That fanmail account was subscribed to 99 lists and got nuked now. Regards, Joey -- It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry. Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.

Re: isdnutils getting into testing is a problem...

2001-09-12 Thread Martin Schulze
Paul Slootman wrote: > There's a little problem with getting isdnutils into testing... > Finally, after more than a year after isdnutils was split up into more > logical parts, it's a valid candidate for installation, without anyone > filing an RC bug at the last moment. Now I'm wondering why it's

Re: root rm: Permission denied (Was: unable to stat `./usr/share/ man/man3/qcanvas.3qt.gz')

2001-09-12 Thread Josh McKinney
On approximately Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 11:29:09AM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:52:45PM +1000, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > > > > You notice this on ext2 when an inode has been corrupted. There's a 50% > > chance the immutable bit may have been set, leading peo

Re: isdnutils getting into testing is a problem...

2001-09-12 Thread Paul Slootman
On Wed 12 Sep 2001, Philip Blundell wrote: > >Anyway: The problem is that a couple of the packages generated from > >isdnutils source are applicable for all architectures, and most are only > >usable where certain (ISDN) hardware is supported by the linux kernel. > >isdnlog-data falls under the se

Re: isdnutils getting into testing is a problem...

2001-09-12 Thread Philip Blundell
>Anyway: The problem is that a couple of the packages generated from >isdnutils source are applicable for all architectures, and most are only >usable where certain (ISDN) hardware is supported by the linux kernel. >isdnlog-data falls under the second category, BUT it's data that's >architecture-in

Re: root rm: Permission denied (Was: unable to stat `./usr/share/ man/man3/qcanvas.3qt.gz')

2001-09-12 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:52:45PM +1000, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > > You notice this on ext2 when an inode has been corrupted. There's a 50% > chance the immutable bit may have been set, leading people to wonder why > they can't delete the file even as root. > > I don't know whether reiser

Re: spammer attached to debian-bugs-dist?

2001-09-12 Thread paul cannon
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 07:15:51PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > Nikki Webster is the young girl who sang at the Sydney olympics' opening > > ceremony. Looks like some twit's subscribed the fanmail address (and its > > autoresponder) to debian-bugs-dist or debian-bugs-closed. > > Well, wel

isdnutils getting into testing is a problem...

2001-09-12 Thread Paul Slootman
There's a little problem with getting isdnutils into testing... Finally, after more than a year after isdnutils was split up into more logical parts, it's a valid candidate for installation, without anyone filing an RC bug at the last moment. Now I'm wondering why it's not going in anyway, and I di

Re: spammer attached to debian-bugs-dist?

2001-09-12 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 06:20:31PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:07:15AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:41:59PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I received this autoresponse to two different messages I sent to the BTS > >

Re: how to install KDE or Gnome on Sid

2001-09-12 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 01:27:43PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:06:13AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > What is the recommended way to install Gnome or KDE? The task-XXX > > packages are gone for some time now, without appropriate replacement, > > as i

Re: 'getenv' C function

2001-09-12 Thread Ben Pfaff
Pedro Zorzenon Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The upstream author uses this software for some Unix and also for DOS. > The author intends to incorporate my patch in the upstream, I'd like to > know if "getenv" will work in DOS. It's a standard ANSI C function as defined in ISO 9899-1999:

Re: spammer attached to debian-bugs-dist?

2001-09-12 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 06:20:31PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > I received this autoresponse to two different messages I sent to the BTS > > > this > > > evening. Anyone have any insights into this particular bit of nonsense? > > Received this too when I submitted a bug yesterday. > > But ap

Re: spammer attached to debian-bugs-dist?

2001-09-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:41:59PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I received this autoresponse to two different messages I sent to the BTS > > this > > evening. Anyone have any insights into this particular bit of nonsense? > Received this to

Re: Request for testers for new gphoto package

2001-09-12 Thread Robert van der Meulen
Hi, Quoting Paul Slootman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > There's some problem there... Apparently libusb1 was removed a couple of > weeks ago. > > PS: Please send copies to me and not to the list, in order to not clobber > > it (I'm not subscribed so keep that in mind) > To the list anyway to prevent ot

Re: 'getenv' C function

2001-09-12 Thread Alan Shutko
Pedro Zorzenon Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The author intends to incorporate my patch in the upstream, I'd like to > know if "getenv" will work in DOS. It's ANSI C. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Get forgiveness now -- tomorrow you may no longer feel guil

'getenv' C function

2001-09-12 Thread Pedro Zorzenon Neto
Hi friends, I'm fixing a "wishlist" bug in package jgraph and I'm using "getenv" C function to get a user option (user can choose postscript encoding). The upstream author uses this software for some Unix and also for DOS. The author intends to incorporate my patch in the upstream, I'd like

Re: HW Probe

2001-09-12 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Joop Stakenborg wrote: > Sure, cat /proc/pci ... Obsolete interface, use lspci. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.

Re: ddts: notification about pt_BR-translation of the hello-debhelper description

2001-09-12 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Martin Quinson wrote: > 1) Do the translation Right. > 2) Put the translation in the Debian archive Wrong. `Make the translation available' would be better. Not all packages are in the Debian archive, and they have to be just as useful without being forced to be in there. > 3) Publis

Re: build dependency alternatives sequencing

2001-09-12 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 09:07:20PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Filip Van Raemdonck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > > > > There are a couple of other oddball cases, like > > > > > > svgalibg1-dev | svgalib-dummyg1 > > > > > > where svgalib isn't relevant for all architecture

Re: A script to see how much a package is depended upon.

2001-09-12 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > scp auric.debian.org:~tausq/bdepvis ./ > > However, perhaps tausq should put this file in his public_html... not? Heh, maybe, maybe not. There could be an assortment of build-related tools package. This is what I'm aiming at creating at s

Re: A script to see how much a package is depended upon.

2001-09-12 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:24:54 +0900, > Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also, please change the name of your package, because it is confusing, > Rename to what? "count-depends-field"? Any suggestion? That sounds more decent. >

Re: A script to see how much a package is depended upon.

2001-09-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 15:13:50 -0700, > Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > auric:~tausq/bdepvis if anyone is interested. > I can't find it. http://auric.debian.org/~tausq/ shows no > file named "bdepvis". That's not what's meant. it's written

Re: A script to see how much a package is depended upon.

2001-09-12 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:24:54 +0900, Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, please change the name of your package, because it is confusing, Rename to what? "count-depends-field"? Any suggestion? > and does something different. Something like this? # package tkdvi # * level 0 # ** sear

Re: A script to see how much a package is depended upon.

2001-09-12 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 15:13:50 -0700, Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > auric:~tausq/bdepvis if anyone is interested. I can't find it. http://auric.debian.org/~tausq/ shows no file named "bdepvis". -- Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Graduate-school of Science, Kyoto University PGP Key h

Re: Bug#111969: ITP: xrmap -- global vector map rendering tool for X

2001-09-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 08:53:44AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Branden Robinson > > | Upstream Author : Jean-Pierre Demailly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | * URL : http://frmas.free.fr/li_1.htm > | * License : GPL > > Hmm, I cannot find any license for the package, am I not

Re: Bug#111969: ITP: xrmap -- global vector map rendering tool for X

2001-09-12 Thread Christian Marillat
"TFH" == Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Branden Robinson > | Upstream Author : Jean-Pierre Demailly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | * URL : http://frmas.free.fr/li_1.htm > | * License : GPL > Hmm, I cannot find any license for the package, am I not looking at

Re: spammer attached to debian-bugs-dist?

2001-09-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:07:15AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:41:59PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Hello, > > I received this autoresponse to two different messages I sent to the BTS > > this > > evening. Anyone have any insights into this particular bit of

Re: spammer attached to debian-bugs-dist?

2001-09-12 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:41:59PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Hello, > > I received this autoresponse to two different messages I sent to the BTS this > evening. Anyone have any insights into this particular bit of nonsense? Received this too when I submitted a bug yesterday. But apparen

Re: ddts: notification about pt_BR-translation of the hello-debhelper description

2001-09-12 Thread Martin Quinson
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:47:36PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Martin Quinson wrote: > > Could you please explain what you're thinking about ? I am interessed in > > allowing end user having translation. I don't really care about the way it > > is done[*]. But with such a cryptic ma

Re: Bug#111969: ITP: xrmap -- global vector map rendering tool for X

2001-09-12 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Branden Robinson | Upstream Author : Jean-Pierre Demailly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | * URL : http://frmas.free.fr/li_1.htm | * License : GPL Hmm, I cannot find any license for the package, am I not looking at the right place? And, are you planning to package the data files as

call for lintian patches

2001-09-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
The lintian maintainer is back! I am slowly reading up on the new policy and my bug list. So, if you have any beefs or patches please read the BTS and submit accordingly.

Re: root rm: Permission denied (Was: unable to stat `./usr/share/ man/man3/qcanvas.3qt.gz')

2001-09-12 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 08:41:23AM +0200, Tille, Andreas wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > i would suggest the immutable flag, but AFAIK reiserfs has no such > > thing. > Even if it would have - I do not use such nifty things on a testing box ... The point is that if there i

Re: xplanet can use ssystem image file!

2001-09-12 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Marcus Brinkmann | On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 09:25:02PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: | > (no there aren't any Debian developpers on Mars (yet ?).) | | One problem is that the maximum retransmission timeout in TCP isn't large | enough for a packet to the Mars... IP over avian carrier. Or space c

Re: how to install KDE or Gnome on Sid

2001-09-12 Thread Harald Dunkel
"Francesco P. Lovergine" wrote: > > Did you try > > apt-get install gdm ? > gdm is just the display manager. It's not the head of a task as kde is. > It install all libraries and binaries. Moreover, it not so clear what > a GNOME wm should be... Ximinian? Gnome 1.4BETA? > What's the current st

Re: root rm: Permission denied (Was: unable to stat `./usr/share/ man/man3/qcanvas.3qt.gz')

2001-09-12 Thread Tille, Andreas
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > i would suggest the immutable flag, but AFAIK reiserfs has no such > thing. Even if it would have - I do not use such nifty things on a testing box ... > sure someone isn't playing a joke on you and replaced /bin/su with > fakeroot ;-) :) But I can rm an

Re: how to install KDE or Gnome on Sid

2001-09-12 Thread Harald Dunkel
Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:06:13AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > What is the recommended way to install Gnome or KDE? The task-XXX > > packages are gone for some time now, without appropriate replacement, > > as it seems. > > tasksel may help you > T

Re: A script to see how much a package is depended upon.

2001-09-12 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > Depends list > http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/analyse-packages/result-packages.txt.bz2 And this is the same kind of thing as http://auric.debian.org/~tausq/buildd/ia64-latest.html > Build-Depends list > http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oo

Re: spammer attached to debian-bugs-dist?

2001-09-12 Thread Yotam Rubin
Yes, after submitting a bug against krolden, I immediately received this automatic reply. Pretty damn annoying. Regards, Yotam Rubin On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:41:59PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Hello, > > I received this autoresponse to two different messages I sent to the BTS t