debiandoc-sgml: SGML-based formatting for Debian/dpkg manuals
(NB: This message is crossposted. Mind your followups.) I felt like linuxdoc-sgml was unsuitable for me because: * It has serious problems with metacharacter handling/escaping. * The DTD doesn't express what was supported by the backends, and is generally full of leftover gunk. * The formatting of certain constructs - especially cross-references and examples - by several of the backends is poor. * It doesn't have all the features I wanted. * It has features I don't want and don't want to bother maintaining. * Its backends generate their output through too many or IMO the wrong intermediate stages (eg, plain text via groff or PostScript via LaTeX). So I wrote this. It's small but it does what it claims to do - translate documents in its DTD into HTML, plain text (overstruck or not) and PostScript (via Lout). Info is not supported at the moment. I've marked it for placement in project/experimental on the Debian archive because it's in the new Debian source package format which hasn't been agreed on yet, not because it's particularly unstable. (Non-Debian users can just untar and build it.) You need `sp' (aka nsgmls) as that's the SGML parser it expects, and SGMLsp (the Perl modules for SGML backends) and Perl5 of course. It has one dependency on linuxdoc-sgml, due to the file /usr/lib/linuxdoc-sgml/rep/latin1/general (which is a list of character entities). There is no documentation for the formatter itself yet, but the DTD contains only things that are supported by the backends and should be fairly clear. I'll write a manual for it when I have a free hour or two. The Debian change information for the package is below. It should appear in project/experimental on the Debian sites shortly. I'm unlikely to be able to help with requests to add features to it, because I'm very busy. However, if you do something sensible to the DTD _and_ support it in _all_ the backends I might look favourably on a patch. Discussing it somewhere if you plan to do this would probably be a good idea. On the linuxdoc-sgml list, perhaps, unless people will mind ? Because the DTD is so small - 87 lines - I've included that too. Ian. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 22:01:38 +0100 Source: debiandoc-sgml Binary: debiandoc-sgml Architecture: source all Version: 1.0 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: debiandoc-sgml - Documentation formatting for Debian manuals Changes: debiandoc-sgml (1.0) experimental; urgency=LOW . * Initial release. Files: 734bc16c3554423a36972a2a3f2b5413 551 text optional debiandoc-sgml_1.0.dsc 150663201886f8433e59f7edd537e44c 23090 text optional debiandoc-sgml_1.0.tar.gz 19e72e5820a609a20499895b1f7943c5 12830 text optional debiandoc-sgml_1.0_all.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMgz+TcMWjroj9a3bAQHk6wQAwySiTOJPoBCgRBha9Hwr2yeIJORIKRBJ 8BhjlZ7DaJdOL9qtZHC+36p/wfzkYb+Me+O5ra6eRXtrQBEm7NXwDrVDqZ+Eqx47 uUsnt4CjhVHNLZBJwAKS4PvoDaY4wxLBmfFq22d6hrfcxSBHyxHNG0K0CcHjDFbr bKTubyoYyE8= =lIe3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- !-- debiandoc.dtd Copyright 1996 Ian Jackson This is free software. You may distribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence, version 2 or at your option any later version. This DTD was inspired by linuxdoc.dtd which was based on QWERTZ. Contributors to linuxdoc.dtd include Matt Welsh, Greg Hankins, Eric Raymond, Marc Baudoin, Tristan Debeaupuis and Tom Gordon. -- !element book - - (titlepag, toc?, chapt+) !element debiandoc o o (book) !entity % emph em|var|prgn|tt|qref !entity % xref ref|manref|email|ftpsite|ftppath !entity % list list|enumlist|taglist !entity % inline (#pcdata|%emph|%xref|footnote)+ !entity % inpara ((%inline)|(%list)|example)+ !entity % paras (p+) !entity % sect heading,(%paras)? !element titlepag o o (title,author+,version?,abstract?,copyright?) !element title - o (%inline) !element author - o (name,email) !element name o o (%inline) -(email) !element email o o (#pcdata) !element version - o (#pcdata|date)+ !element date - o empty !element abstract - o (%inpara) !element copyright - o (copyrightsummary,p*) !element copyrightsummary o o (%inpara) !element toc - o empty !attlist toc detail (chapt|sect|sect1|sect2) sect !element heading o o (%inline) -(%xref) !element chapt - o ((%sect),sect*) !element sect - o ((%sect),sect1*) !element sect1 - o ((%sect),sect2*) !element sect2 - o ((%sect),sect3*) !element sect3 - o ((%sect),sect4*) !element sect4 - o (%sect) !attlist chapt id cdata #implied !attlist sect id cdata #implied !attlist sect1 id cdata #implied !attlist sect2 id cdata #implied !attlist sect3 id cdata #implied !attlist sect4 id cdata #implied !element footnote - - (%paras) !element p o o (%inpara) !element em - - (%inline) -- emphasis -- !element var - - (%inline)-- metasyntactic variable or text -- !element prgn - - (%inline) -- (short) name of
dpkg 1.3.3: manuals included, source packaging improvements
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 23:05:41 +0100 Source: dpkg Binary: dpkg Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.3.3 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: dpkg - Package maintenance system for Debian Linux Changes: dpkg (1.3.3) experimental; urgency=low . * Programmers' policy manuals in source tree; HTML in /usr/doc/dpkg. * Old guidelines.info and text files in /usr/doc/dpkg removed. . * dpkg-source sets permissions on extracted debianised source tree and does not copy ownerships out of archive even if running as root. . * Emacs mode `dpkg changelog' renamed to `Debian changelog'. * Default changelog format renamed from `dpkg' to `debian'. . * debian-changelog-mode sets fill-prefix correctly. * debian-changelog-mode urgencies except HIGH lowercase by default. * debian-changelog-mode displays keymap in doc string and so mode help. . * More maintainers' PGP keys. . * Remove built changelog parsers with `clean' target in source. Files: 739da72ea6c9199f705e38681c2a8d2e 526 base required dpkg_1.3.3.dsc d77c56df3b1a78d95b95034eda16ba19 441282 base required dpkg_1.3.3.tar.gz 12f7053498af791ec8aaa38dfbab698d 295492 base required dpkg_1.3.3_i386.deb e299f322b5565888f3292e762c67c896 290212 byhand - dpkg_1.3.3_i386.nondebbin.tar.gz -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMg0JKsMWjroj9a3bAQGFkQP9ErA0HYqClGHX+Bk2MF+XX8FhTwh3c9uV 06LQbKtk7fOwR8oqhnOZm52gAEJucxWvX/n1bXyok27ClZCl4XkICHD8NXm9ePJG NIAeRogzOPBjfrBq0jIeGLxWOnxRzfrlmSG5dg5x3qNkfXOJCY7DAV26G0S7xkHM s2+FK+UWaug= =8Ezh -END PGP SIGNATURE-
dpkg 1.3.3: manuals included, source pkg improvements - really
Oops, the first time I forgot to remove the call to install-info for the guidelines from the postinst. This would be the one time I forget to do a test-install ... I've released a new 1.3.3 and replaced the old one in the upload queue. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 23:35:51 +0100 Source: dpkg Binary: dpkg Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.3.3 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: dpkg - Package maintenance system for Debian Linux Changes: dpkg (1.3.3) experimental; urgency=low . * Programmers' policy manuals in source tree; HTML in /usr/doc/dpkg. * Old guidelines.info and text files in /usr/doc/dpkg removed. . * dpkg-source sets permissions on extracted debianised source tree and does not copy ownerships out of archive even if running as root. . * Emacs mode `dpkg changelog' renamed to `Debian changelog'. * Default changelog format renamed from `dpkg' to `debian'. . * debian-changelog-mode sets fill-prefix correctly. * debian-changelog-mode urgencies except HIGH lowercase by default. * debian-changelog-mode displays keymap in doc string and so mode help. . * More maintainers' PGP keys. . * Remove built changelog parsers with `clean' target in source. Files: a1322f6f9ed71221d5d9b029c0dfc6c4 526 base required dpkg_1.3.3.dsc 8c9b7c5e303eb7727034fac1f4547548 441045 base required dpkg_1.3.3.tar.gz d665903e45206c15f441a230a77b68ba 295462 base required dpkg_1.3.3_i386.deb 7677dacd8e69bde33b9ed85184670f49 290208 byhand - dpkg_1.3.3_i386.nondebbin.tar.gz -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMg0QUcMWjroj9a3bAQFbEAP/YjjRR2vRhhTaRHk1sYLzFYnebkPjaYLq BktcBx1rzeegJY5eQ7iZDRhkLR31NsRGpTXB7fZVAHtdaZaqvum2oLu0x+P/c+HZ QguVGee+F8vtw9o11MFLh8Biw5ZXlq3yxh3lJFBy5wg+nWbwBvdthe0e1+2c+Rry JOQEsR3jGhY= =HML1 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
hello 1.3-9: extra comment in debian/rules
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 22:23:39 +0100 Source: hello Binary: hello Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.3-9 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: hello - The classic greeting, and a good example Changes: hello (1.3-9) experimental; urgency=LOW . * changelog specifies `debian-changelog-mode', not `dpkg-...'. * Comment in debian/rules re missing (obsolete) `source', `diff' c. Files: 0d01a3c12d6e109ed075416fba55ef63 585 devel optional hello_1.3-9.dsc 032210c7db1f7aac12b337cdc3b0b37f 87701 devel optional hello_1.3.orig.tar.gz 425860fd00676ac1cc220af67a918d22 2939 devel optional hello_1.3-9.diff.gz 42d43f5b9143d7e16919872d50a3ba98 13718 devel optional hello_1.3-9_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMg0GMcMWjroj9a3bAQG2CwQAwnpBIT5fjLjfpgje8pgAr+PZmd6b0azJ 2L1KALbcVmFLzMLc0XeU3omgygUTzZb1L73/nQbWNsMH0/0RSqVeyiel6OBCjbJb PBRD2MicDAZ4sjGaiZWHdENcl+sMDPEpkXt7e1HCHdM3ES9J5zZwAIxessE390VH 87Y12NkJdbo= =aion -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Bug#4098: problems with talk
Package: netstd I originally posted this as a question to debian-users, but did no receive any responses. My apologies if this problem is a result my own ignorance -- if so, it should be documented in talk.1. 1. Both ytalk and talk work talking on the same machine. 2. Neither ytalk nor talk will talk to other machines. 3. talk just sits (no talk request is transmitted), ytalk prints an find_daemon: recv() failed Connection refused sendit: recv() failed Connection refused sendit: recv() failed Connection refused What a helpful error message. 4. mesg has been set to `y', so that's not it. 5. I can receive talk requests from other machines, but cannot accept them. 6. The machines I am trying to talk to are an OSF/1 2.1 machine, a Solaris 2.4 machine, and a Linux box running RedHat 3.0. The RedHat box also has the same problem. I'm aware of the various flavors of talk, but ytalk should be able to talk to most of them. Actually, Linux `talk' should be able to talk to all common flavors of talk. I'm connected to the internet via PPP with dynamic addressing, and I am using IP forwarding and masquerading (so there is also a local ethernet). Kernel version 2.0.10.
Bug#3532: Fixed in release -15
indent-1.9.1-15 fixes this bug. -- The Mole - I think, therefore I scream Harrisberger's Fourth Law of the Lab: Experience is directly proportional to the amount of equipment ruined.
Re: Bug#3532: Fixed in release -15
Steve Greenland wrote: indent-1.9.1-15 fixes this bug. Repeat after me: 3532-*done* 3532-*done* 3532-*done* Sorry about that Steve Greenland -- The Mole - I think, therefore I scream I get all these stories mixed up, the headlines come so fast... the money, the money that the Rev. Jim Bakker allegedly gave to that church secretary: I want to know how much of that money went to the Contras in Nicuraugua and I want to know NOW! [Mark Russell]
Bug#3973: Home/End keys don't work right in nvi
Marek Michalkiewicz wrote: Package: nvi Version: 1.34-13 Linux console: [End key doesn't work, Home works fine] xterm: [Neither works] It could be a terminfo problem as well, I don't know. I think it's terminfo. Nvi is looking at the terminfo capabilities khome and kll for Home and End, respectively, which are then mapped into '^' and '$'. For TERM=linux, khome is correct and kll isn't defined. For TERM=xterm, the khome in terminfo is not the same as the keystroke generated in the xterm: I don't know which is correct. Again, kll isn't defined. I'm reassigning this to ncurses-bin. Steve Greenland -- The Mole - I think, therefore I scream President Reagan has advised the youth of America that it is a good idea to practice total abstinence from sex. And that is a good suggestion, Mr. President... now tell it to the Marines. [Mark Russell]
Re: search engines
Brian C. White: [ I sent this to Lars, but then thought perhaps the whole list might be interested. Sorry for the duplicate mail, Lars! ] In the same vein, I append my response. What do you think of this idea? Thanks for the offer, but alas, it's not workable -- the index needs to be rebuilt for each system separately, since the set of documents is different on each system, and Debiandoc is supposed to support locally installed documentation as well. I will, however, make debiandoc and ferret work together, if it isn't too much work. From my experiments with glimpse a long time ago, it can index arbitrary directories or files, and outputs a list of filenames as the result of the search. If ferret can do that, then I'll add support for it in debiandoc. -- Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iki.fi/liw/ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. pgpv9sd6npVQP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#4099: typo in fvwm2 man page
Package: fvwm2
Version: 2.0.42-BETA-0
Here's a patch:
--- fvwm2.1x.orig Sun Apr 21 08:25:04 1996
+++ fvwm2.1xSun Aug 11 17:48:42 1996
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@
.IP WindowsDesk \fInew_desk\fP
-Moves the selected window the the desktop specified as \fInew_desk\fP.
+Moves the selected window to the desktop specified as \fInew_desk\fP.
.IP XORvalue \fInumber\fP
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A. B = True B. A = False
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About /opt/bin
Could it be put in paths.h as soon as possible now that it appears we'll use it? Yves.
Re: des encryption..
Ian Jackson writes:
Also I propose to mandate in the policy manual that packages which use
/opt should provide appropriate links or files in
/opt/{bin,lib,man,include,info,doc} and that packages which search
paths must look in /opt too. Comments ? (And see the recent
FSSTND/FHS work on /opt - it's deliberately very vague.)
Should we put /opt/bin before or after /usr/bin by default? (I'd suggest
before).
Yves.
Bug#4101: xpostitplus loses previous postit notes
Package: xpostitplus Version: 2.2-1 When the new xpostitplus starts, none of the previous notes appear. What's bad is that if one creates a new note and saves it, it silently replaces a previous note :-( It would be nice if the postint finded all existing .postitnotes directories and updated their contents so that they are recognized by the new xpostitplus (it's apparently just the ident line that must be changed), or rename these directories to .postitnotes-old and tell that new notes should be made by copying the contents of these ones. (The first solution would really be nice...) Yves. --
Bug#4100: pixmap dumps core (bad depth?)
Package: pixmap
Version: 2.6pl1-2
To reproduce:
1. Start pixmap from xterm.
2. From the File menu, choose Load.
3. Type /usr/include/X11/pixmaps/3dpaint.xpm.
4. Click Okay.
5. Core dumped :(
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Re: CC's on this mailing list
Ian Jackson writes: Miquel van Smoorenburg writes (Re: CC's on this mailing list): ... I've noticed on some other lists that everything that is posted on the list has From: set to the original sender, Reply-To: to the list address and Cc: deleted. This is actually very nice. Would it be hard (or just a bad idea) to put this in the debian list server? This makes it hard in some mailers to reply to just the poster. Then actually it makes it hard in these mailes to reply to just the list. Since the bulk of the list is made of public discussions done by replying to it, this may be a good reason to have it be the default. After all, if you want to just reply to the author, you have to do something more complicated once, and after that you reply to him normally during the private discussion. With the actual scheme, the complicated thing must be done each time you want to make a public answer. Yves.
debiandoc-sgml 1.0.1: bugfix
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 13:26:27 +0100 Source: debiandoc-sgml Binary: debiandoc-sgml Architecture: source all Version: 1.0.1 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: debiandoc-sgml - Documentation formatting for Debian manuals Changes: debiandoc-sgml (1.0.1) experimental; urgency=low . * Fixed misplaced bracket in Lout formatter. Files: 1192918b3363418ff3646102c110a9a3 555 text optional debiandoc-sgml_1.0.1.dsc 184eb717e77bab0659ea81973b214e66 23878 text optional debiandoc-sgml_1.0.1.tar.gz 77ab6859e94749f39e2cdb39b0a829c4 12834 text optional debiandoc-sgml_1.0.1_all.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMg3S+cMWjroj9a3bAQFEdQP6A31CIC6DOM0mg3wc17cdwEfCOOQv7WFX bFRKeyAfzdYDKoCsZxZr6A3Q/aYzy/vokIbhj+pV/gZbgum+3x8q8TCvI9TPYxeB z3uJBXFyxlZrgUuYR0D3wvtrVSUTBzrVq3G63NqMCt43fbemPKU8Q0eB/URo/MKn epE6QUlC8Pg= =dcrp -END PGP SIGNATURE-
dpkg 1.3.4: cosmetic bugfix and manual update
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 13:25:44 +0100 Source: dpkg Binary: dpkg Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.3.4 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: dpkg - Package maintenance system for Debian Linux Changes: dpkg (1.3.4) experimental; urgency=low . * Removed debugging output from dpkg-source -x. Oops. * Removed section on source package permissions from policy manual - dpkg-source now sorts these out. Files: afe8d675892c18d203a27a8bc864d9bf 526 base required dpkg_1.3.4.dsc 5202cb7f1013fea980c52aac23915fe4 457383 base required dpkg_1.3.4.tar.gz 745d1b46cc96f9c429f2d89784d8767c 295270 base required dpkg_1.3.4_i386.deb 1621703f3fd1fe1e76eb67af1a8bccf7 289934 byhand - dpkg_1.3.4_i386.nondebbin.tar.gz -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMg3S18MWjroj9a3bAQE1FQP+Ja3rnBWkEFvD+qEoa7N6j70aFUSaRs/g ZTNjkbq1P8g5RRoC41DtU47DrBzGw7SyVq/EUZ/8plIIpyyz167l1So8WdlvL8dc l6nD5+gAUNlV8BuTm7/lHhDycxPQzCAw0Io59zRpbCxL6USV0SQE5LdMyWFLkflk lKbsSLvvmeI= =cGcj -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: CC's on this mailing list
Yves Arrouye: Then actually it makes it hard in these mailes to reply to just the list. It's easy to delete addresses, difficult to copy them. Whether public or private replies are more common depends on the writer, not the list. I make a fair number of private answers. Checking your To and Cc is just the same as checking your Newsgroups line. You _must_ do it, whether there is a Reply-to or not. Basic courtesy and self-preservation. I fear there is no objectively best answer for this problem. Perhaps mail needs a Followup-to header. I've been on lists that have a Reply-to to the list. It's horrible enough that it actually deters me from replying at all. -- Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iki.fi/liw/ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. pgp7LygBWQ3fF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#4101: xpostitplus loses previous postit notes
Yves Arrouye: It would be nice if the postint finded all existing .postitnotes directories and updated their contents so that they are recognized by the new xpostitplus This is dangerous. There might be uses that use the old version still, possibly one installed outside dpkg's domain. Only under _very_ extreme circumstances should users' files be touched like this. It always causes trouble. A better solution would be to have the new program convert the notes the first time it is run. The best solution would be to change the program to use a different directory name (.postitplusnotes, perhaps), and have a separate conversion program to be run manually by the user. This way, the user can go back to using the old version without having to lose his data. -- Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iki.fi/liw/ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. pgpIVPTHytTEn.pgp Description: PGP signature
debiandoc-sgml 1.0.2: bugfixes, manuals
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 17:42:46 +0100 Source: debiandoc-sgml Binary: debiandoc-sgml Architecture: source all Version: 1.0.2 Distribution: experimental Urgency: medium Maintainer: Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: debiandoc-sgml - Documentation formatting for Debian manuals Changes: debiandoc-sgml (1.0.2) experimental; urgency=medium . * PostScript converter really works now, honest. * Markup authors' manual provided (in /usr/doc, HTML format). * Manpages for converters included. . * Source package archival corrected. * PostScript converter displays error messages from Lout. * saspconvert prints correct name in error messages. Files: 1f17fe6f83e633323e8eaae2d9b1c4c4 555 text optional debiandoc-sgml_1.0.2.dsc 334e98fef4916316a41cb63dc6ef6a77 30749 text optional debiandoc-sgml_1.0.2.tar.gz d184988042e7c77f63520e59c036af27 22120 text optional debiandoc-sgml_1.0.2_all.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMg4NqMMWjroj9a3bAQEmLwP/Z6yHJfbtV6lb0R4Sp15LNM0rAZIxXDb2 AsrtViwp6jpJ8ors/Di9GpDjgPLqRfe773+ouZemg4HwclfCwHbaJ6a2toWeTAne Pk4xFFkRleN7gPq0bXzCg41DbiFtRXKxuH7GjbTv0wkY+jFT2zysom2daXfuD/Sx wxeW1yHCznc= =KD9h -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Bug#4103: slrn epends on unavailable slang-lib09931
Package: slrn
Version: 0.8.8.4-1
This version of slrn appears to depend on a version of slang-lib that's
not been packaged yet. slang-lib_0.99.23-1 is the newest version of slang
I can find as a .deb on ftp.debian.org.
Am I missing something?
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How appropriate, you fight like a cow. - - Guybrush Threepwood
New Tcl/Tk Packages
Date: 09 Aug 96 23:03 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source: tcl75 Version: 7.5p1-1 Binary: tcl75 tcl75-dev Architecture: i386 source Description: tcl75: The Tool Command Language (TCL) v7.5 - Run-Time Package. - TCL is a powerful, easy to use, interpreted scripting language. tcl75-dev: The Tool Command Language (TCL) v7.5 - Development Package. - TCL is a powerful, easy to use, interpreted scripting language. Changes: Updated to new upstream version. . Added support for multiple architectures and new packaging standards (Bug#3884). Files: 429d85c682b3656d4c610e1e516752ad 850312 devel - tcl75_7.5p1-1.tar.gz a71fe1e419d96f0d96313b8b29371e2f 3094 devel - tcl75_7.5p1-1.diff.gz 46ad205b9c6d26cd9ea1408ba1c10707 182660 devel optional tcl75_7.5p1-1_i386.deb eea506b2ee9505c32d2bd55771444e16 311872 devel optional tcl75-dev_7.5p1-1_i386.deb Date: 10 Aug 96 03:17 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source: tk41 Version: 4.1p1-1 Binary: tk41 tk41-dev Architecture: i386 source Description: tk41: The Tk toolkit for TCL and X11 v4.1 - Run-Time Package. - Tk is an X11 toolkit that provides the Motif look and feel and is - implemented using the Tcl scripting language. tk41-dev: The Tk toolkit for TCL and X11 v4.1 - Development Package. - Tk is an X11 toolkit that provides the Motif look and feel and is - implemented using the Tcl scripting language. Changes: Updated to new upstream version. . Added support for multiple architectures and new packaging standards. Files: 7e793896277919b815cd24b04f3d7a61 1613496 devel - tk41_4.1p1-1.tar.gz 98a37807b4f2d1d21996d68322fb7834 3334 devel - tk41_4.1p1-1.diff.gz 679335e6ff46d13c09f61784048d00cd 522546 devel optional tk41_4.1p1-1_i386.deb 6dd2844daed51ce9e66822ee9173fa03 509270 devel optional tk41-dev_4.1p1-1_i386.deb -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
New SNMP Package
Date: 11 Aug 96 04:58 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source: snmp Version: 3.1-1 Binary: snmp Architecture: i386 source Description: snmp: CMU SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Agent and Apps. - The CMU SNMP agent allows remote monitoring of various network and - system information. The CMU SNMP applications allow querying the CMU - and other SNMP agents. Changes: Updated to new upstream version (Bug#4070). . Added support for multiple architectures and new packaging standards (Bug#3882). . Use a slightly more restricted MIB view by default (Bug#3108). . Install parse.h and snmp_client.h. Files: 691448f0b9f9320e742f8c660f322412 192881 net - snmp_3.1-1.tar.gz 0e20360217118863573295a5f22b8b17 4908 net - snmp_3.1-1.diff.gz a689ab7a62c9f0de3434a121be4c15ad 114282 net extra snmp_3.1-1_i386.deb -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
Bug#3731: snmpd: patch for hrProcessorLoad MIB variable
Patrick Weemeeuw writes: Package: snmp Version: 2.1.2l4-1 The hrProcessorLoad MIB variable is not computed correctly in snmp 2.1.2l4: the value returned is max(loadavg*100, 100). Under linux, we can compute the correct value by regurarly polling the idle jiffies counter available in /proc/stat. The patch below adds a signal handler to correctly keep track of the cpu load over the last minute. I've forwarded your report on to the upstream maintainers to get their opinion. David -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
Features of the bug tracking system
Could it be possible to ask for bug reports by email by number or package name? This would be nice and serve two purposes: - when someone says it's related to bug #xxx, look for that bug; - when taking over a package, getting a list of the bugs reported for that package. In both cases, it would be nice to be able to filter closed and open bug reports. Yves.
Re: CC's on this mailing list
Brian C. White writes: I'm considering adding a paragraph to the policy manual telling people not to CC each other when replying to messages on debian-devel. Is it the consensus of the list that this would be a good idea ? If it is relavent to me specifically (eg. relates to one of my packages), then I like being copied because it means I won't miss it in the volume of the list. Is it because you filter to mail folders depending on the To: field (the only reason I see that would make the messages appear differently)? In this case, can't you just use your package names as a selection criterion for which messages are more important for you? Yves.
Please ignore my stupid q about bug reports by email
Thanks. YA.
Bug#4104: ghostview does not obey %%BoundingBox: and other DSC comments properly
Package: ghostview Version: 1.5-6 Ghostview should read the bounding box of a document in any case, regardless of wether it is an EPSF file or not. If no such box is provided, then it can default to a given media. It should also temporarily change the media when the bounding box of a page is not the same as the default bounding box. In addition, ghostview should look at the %%DocumentMedia comment to get the page size. It should certainly, for the user's pleasure, parse %%BeginPaperSize comments that are used sometimes, but also recognize %%BeginFeature: *PageSize SomePageSize and %%IncludeFeature: *PageSize SomePageSize which ask for a given page size. I think it would be nice too to have a 'Actual' media in the list that is bound to the bbox of the document currently viewed, so that: - if I preview a document with a specific bbox, I don't think it is letter as indicated by the Media menu; - if I force A4 to see how it would look, I can go back to the normal size without having to reread the document. Yves.
Uploading compress-package 1.3
I hope this will be a correct package now, and that I won't have any change to do to it (well, there's always that bug...). Seriously, I tested it with compress sources from three different packages without problems. Yves. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 11 Aug 96 20:13 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: Low Maintainer: Yves Arrouye [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source: compress-package Version: 1.3-1 Binary: compress-package Architecture: all source Description: compress-package: fileset to build Debian compress packages Changes: * The package is now in the contrib section. (Fixes bug #4079.) * make-cpkg now supports the specification of the makefile to use and of the build, install and clean targets in the local Makefile. * Completed documentation for make-cpkg, including a section describing the targets. * Remove any gzip or gunzip command eventually installed by the package (just in case...) * Generate a base package xxx without any of the historic commands provided by gzip, and eventually generate a xxx-historic package with these commands. (Fixes bug #4057.) * If the base package xxx does provide more than the compress command, generate a replacement package xxx-basic with only the compress command. * Check if a compress command has been installed before building the package. * Packages containing a compress command are in section non-free, historic packages go in contrib. * Edit the compress.1 manual page to warn that only compress actually acts as documented, when necessary. * If the package name would have been 'compress', change it to 'bsd-compress' so that an eventual 'bsd-compress-historic' would depend on 'bsd-compress' and not on the virtual compress package. Files: 4fba7522fd29ef6004b0d8bf21a202f7 13756 contrib - compress-package_1.3-1.tar.gz 561c5b77f451346bf436fb6727a0e9f6 13576 contrib extra compress-package_1.3-1_all.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMg4/FAjpU7xgQoo9AQH/TgQAmhysD7sm25jOnlB96oyhr4t4zm2/Tcb+ 6l2PKnE0ocIqA+wJvJ5ViuNWi+6vUjYtTRga3GtJNqD8OjGo4G5al+gkdK6gxRqZ Aom7K85vtDK8TCpIMhXmqt2dpvYH9OSMHiPqxk/4aM6q0wgbI9eP3GqyKWVtQHqD x03S7k5eHoc= =zaYR -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Bug#4101: xpostitplus loses previous postit notes
Please add me as a supporter of Lar's suggestion for xpostitplus (make the xpostit program intelligent enough to read its old format...). Then we can assume that if I started the better version I don't want to read notes using the older one. Yves.
Bug#4103: slrn epends on unavailable slang-lib09931
On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Joey Hess wrote: Package: slrn Version: 0.8.8.4-1 This version of slrn appears to depend on a version of slang-lib that's not been packaged yet. slang-lib_0.99.23-1 is the newest version of slang I can find as a .deb on ftp.debian.org. Am I missing something? Yeah, just like a lot of ppl, we're missing slang-lib0931.deb. It was there when I built slrn, I think I got it from Incoming on master. However, it seems like it never made it into unstable or whatever. I have slrn-0.8.8.4 running at my system very smoothly, and am very happy with it (though I did discover one very minor bug :). However, I don't have the deb-file of slan-lib0931 anymore. I think slrn-0.8.8.4 depends on a version of libslang greater then 0.99.23, but am not sure. Maybe I should try to repackage with it and see if it works. Maarten ___ | Maarten Boekhold, Faculty of Electrical Engineering TU Delft, NL | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ---
Bug#4105: making slrn work in a color xterm
Package: xterm-color
Version: 3.1.2-4
Debian's slrn package comes with a debian.README that says:
If you want to run slrn in an xterm, slrn may say that your display
isn't powerfull enough. This is not true, it just dosn't know how
to handle xterm. You may set the TERMCAP variable with this command:
(this is also true for a color-xterm, but rxvt works OK)
export TERMCAP='vs|xterm|xterm-24|xterms|vs100|xterm terminal emulator (X
Window System):\
[rest of termcap entry snipped]
What I've found is that an easier solution is just to unset the TERMCAP
variable entirely, and then slrn runs with no problems. It looks like the
$TERMCAP in an xterm gets set to co#80:li#25:, and S-lang based programs
interprate this as a very dumb terminal.
Suggested fix: around line 3714 of main.c, xterm-color sets the TERMCAP
variable if USE_SYSV_ENVVARS is defined. I suggest you undefine
USE_SYSV_ENVVARS.
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How appropriate, you fight like a cow. - - Guybrush Threepwood
Bug#4106: mime-support doc files are installed into /usr/doc
Package: mime-support Version: 2.0-1 mime-rfc-1542.txt.gz and mime-install.HOWTO.gz are installed into /usr/doc, rather than into /usr/doc/mime-support. Susan Kleinmann
