Bug#282068: ltrace doesn't work with pthread programs

2012-10-29 Thread Jason A. Spiro
/wiki/Ltrace#See_also ^ [7]. http://packages.debian.org/latrace ^ [8]. http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=stracesearchon=namesexact=1 -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer/packager/trainer. Cellphone/IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows, and more. Contact me to discuss your

Bug#635857: tinyproxy: fails to start. tinyproxy: Could not open file /var/log/tinyproxy.log: Permission denied.

2011-07-29 Thread Jason A. Spiro
/var/log/tinyproxy.log: Permission denied tinyproxy: Could not create file /var/run/tinyproxy.pid: Permission denied /usr/sbin/tinyproxy: Could not create PID file. [1] + exit 71sudo /usr/sbin/tinyproxy -d -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support

Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use -v for negation; it's dangerous some think -v means verbose

2010-02-04 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Hi Andrew, Thanks for writing NetBSD pgrep/pkill. When you have some spare time to carefully read ten messages and think, you please read through http://bugs.debian.org/558044 and suggest what you think would be a good algorithm for making -v safer? Thanks in advance, -Jason -- To

Bug#562111:

2010-02-04 Thread Jason A. Spiro
X-Debbugs-CC: procps-feedb...@lists.sf.net A few days ago http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers/38636/focus=38645 , jhell jh...@dataix.net wrote that -l (dash-ell) would be the ideal choice for the name for this option, because pgrep uses -l for something similar. I think that

Bug#562111:

2010-02-04 Thread Jason A. Spiro
X-Debbugs-CC: procps-feedb...@lists.sf.net Let's wait and see what option letter FreeBSD ends up choosing, and let's use the same letter for pkill on Linux. This will keep things consistent between OSes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Bug#413940: Here is new suggested text for the strcpy manpage

2010-02-04 Thread Jason A. Spiro
FYI, I have now filed a kernel Bugzilla bug report[1] about the other most important manpages which should mention security but don't. ^ [1]. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15223 -- Mention security in the manpages for strcat, scanf, and getopt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#562111: pkill: Add a verbose-output option

2009-12-22 Thread Jason A. Spiro
nc(1327) with signal 15\nKilled nc(1335) with signal 15. If you make such an option, please don't call it -V: that would encourage people to accidentally use -v when they didn't want to. AzaToth suggests that the letter -D (for Debug) would work well. Cheers, -Jason -- Jason Spiro: software/web

Bug#388065: Reopening bug closed due to spam

2009-12-22 Thread Jason A. Spiro
unarchive 388065 thanks A spambot, which used the sender name Shellgren Hasty mofe...@qmotion.nl, sent a spam to 388065-d...@bugs.debian.org with an attached image advertising an online pharmacy. So I am reopening the bug. 2009/12/5 Debian Bug Tracking System ow...@bugs.debian.org wrote:

Bug#388065: Processed (with 1 errors): Reopening bug closed due to spam

2009-12-22 Thread Jason A. Spiro
reopen 388065 thanks On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Debian Bug Tracking System ow...@bugs.debian.org wrote: Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: unarchive 388065 thanks Stopping processing here. [snip] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#558044:

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Craig Small csm...@debian.org wrote: I disagree. pgrep/pkill (they're the same binary) are like grep and use the same flags. I think that is important. I think it is more important to protect users. But you are the maintainer and so the decision is up to you.

Bug#558044: Fwd: Re: Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use -v for negation; it's dangerous some think -v means verbose

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
-- Forwarded message -- From: Craig Small csm...@enc.com.au Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:06 AM Subject: Re: Bug#558044: To: Jason A. Spiro jasonspi...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 02:59:38AM -0500, Jason A. Spiro wrote: Maybe you could gradually transition it in, by making

Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use -v for negation; it's dangerous some think -v means verbose

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Craig Small csm...@enc.com.au wrote: That's been done before, there were lots of complaints. When? What were the complaints? :) They copied the FAQ from upstream, I saw nothing about it being a Debian specific patched version. But Craig, aren't you the

Bug#558044: Fwd: Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use -v for negation; it's dangerous some think -v means verbose

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
-- Forwarded message -- From: Craig Small csm...@enc.com.au Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:14 AM Subject: Re: Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use -v for negation; it's dangerous some think -v means verbose To: Jason A. Spiro jasonspi...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 04:09:30AM

Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use -v for negation; it's dangerous some think -v means verbose

2009-12-02 Thread Jason A. Spiro
cc added: Albert Cahalan acahalan %at% gmail.com. Albert, welcome to the thread, and thanks for maintaining procps. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Craig Small csm...@enc.com.au wrote: On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 04:09:30AM -0500, Jason A. Spiro wrote: When?  What were the complaints

Bug#558044:

2009-11-26 Thread Jason A. Spiro
I see from http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/my-10-unix-command-line-mistakes.html#comment-150923 that pkill's options are derived from pgrep's which are derived from grep's. But still, the benefits of preserving grep-like -v behavior don't outweigh the costs. The benefits of preserving Solaris

Bug#558044: pkill, pgrep: don't use -v for negation; it's dangerous some think -v means verbose

2009-11-25 Thread Jason A. Spiro
://twitter.com/kellyterryjones/status/4112024256 ^ [6]. `pkill -v rsync` does NOT mean 'kill all rsync processes and be verbose about it.' shamehangs head/shame --http://twitter.com/mozai/status/5240550425 ^ [7]. Many more examples are available if you do a Google search for [ pkill -v ]. -- Jason Spiro

Bug#557061: Please update the mkfs.vfat runtime output and manpage to talk more about bootability

2009-11-19 Thread Jason A. Spiro
run mkfs.vfat, could you please display a short message on the screen telling users that the partitions mkfs.vfat creates are not bootable, even when you later install Microsoft boot sectors, and telling users to see the manpage for details? Kind regards, -Jason -- Jason Spiro: software/web

Bug#534348: Choose the right module for running kernel when pulling in -modules virtual packages

2009-07-01 Thread Jason A. Spiro
tags 534348 -moreinfo thanks Thanks for your reply. I have attached a typescript with the info you requested. If you need any further information, don't hesitate to ask. By the way, note that the exact same problem happens in aptitude; aptitude installs Recommends by default. Cheers, -Jason

Bug#526402:

2009-06-29 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Until this is fixed, try the fish shell. It has syntax highlighting[1] as you desire. Unfortunately, its scripting syntax is different than bash's. I wish it used bash scripting syntax. Regards, -Jason ^ [1]. http://fishshell.org/screenshots.html -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer

Bug#534348: Choose the right module for running kernel when pulling in -modules virtual packages

2009-06-23 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: apt Version: 0.7.21 Severity: wishlist Thanks for all your work on APT. Here's a bug: Current behavior: I have automatic installation of recommends enabled. When I install a package, like virtualbox or hdapsd, that recommends a '-modules' virtual package with multiple possibilities

Bug#520716: virtualbox-ose: Installation requires -486-Kernel

2009-06-23 Thread Jason A. Spiro
reported it as a new bug against apt at http://bugs.debian.org/534348 since the problem affects me too. -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows, and more. Contact me to discuss your needs. +1 (416) 992-3445 / www.jspiro.com

Bug#533866: my /var/run/screen is owned by a different group than utmp, so I get Directory '/var/run/screen' must have mode 777 at startup

2009-06-20 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: screen Version: 4.0.3-13 Severity: minor Tags: patch Thanks for maintaining screen. == My problem == Whenever I try to start screen, I get the error message Directory '/var/run/screen' must have mode 777. /usr/bin/screen is owned by 0(root):43(utmp). But /var/run/screen is owned by

Bug#388175: New version available

2009-04-26 Thread Jason A. Spiro
though I have a good Firefox form helper extension installed (Lazarus): it is still a long slow process to forward one bug. You don't have to forward the bugs either. If https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62765 is ever finally fixed, maybe I will forward them myself. :) -- Jason Spiro: software

Bug#515056: Please make Maryo's arms swing while he walks

2009-02-12 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Package: smc Version: 1.7-1 Severity: wishlist Hi, Thanks for writing Secret Maryo Chronicles. It's fun. Please make Maryo's arms swing while he walks. That would make him look more realistic, and would make the game seen more professional. -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager

Bug#515055: Please a) make information bricks obvious and b) gray them out when seen.

2009-02-12 Thread Jason A. Spiro
an info brick, please change the standard orangeish color of the brick to grayscale. This will make it obvious to me that I have seen the text inside the brick already. Thanks in advance, -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows, and more

Bug#509206: You should ship more files in /usr/share/doc/crawl such as aptitudes.txt

2008-12-26 Thread Jason A. Spiro
If you can find them, please also ship the following files that the crawlrc file in /usr/share/doc/crawl/examples tries to include but fails to find: autopickup_exceptions.txt travel_stoppers.txt standard_colours.txt food_colouring.txt menu_colours.txt messages.txt tiles_options.txt -- To

Bug#509206: You should ship more files in /usr/share/doc/crawl such as aptitudes.txt

2008-12-19 Thread Jason A. Spiro
of Crawl. There are other text files missing too. It would be great if you could please ship them. Regards, -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows, and more. Contact me to discuss your needs. +1 (416) 992-3445 / www.jspiro.com

Bug#509209: Please package the newest Crawl

2008-12-19 Thread Jason A. Spiro
the game way too easy. It also will fix various upstream bugs. Also, at this writing, Debian is frozen. So you would have to package the newest Crawl in experimental. Are you ok with doing that? -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows

Bug#419653: wish: matchit plugin should jump to matching quotation mark when I press %

2008-12-17 Thread Jason A. Spiro
2008/11/2 James Vega james...@debian.org wrote: tag 419653 wontfix thanks This isn't really a feasible option as matchit would have no way to know whether you're on the starting or closing quote. For similar reasons, this is why Vim's a, a', i, i' text objects only work on the current line

Bug#505647: Followup: The P and W keys should both don anything; the T and R keys should both doff anything

2008-11-13 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Del Benjamin [EMAIL PROTECTED] suggests further that if you do P it should list amulets and rings and such first; if you hit W it should list armor first. That way it's minimally intrusive to people that choose to ignore the change. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#383316: Could you please forward this proposed license to Teosto? (was: Re: Choosing a license for Frets on Fire songs)

2007-05-16 Thread Jason A. Spiro
? (Feel free to reply to me privately. If anyone does so, I will summarize the results and send them out to everyone involved with FoF packaging issues.) -- Jason Spiro: Linux consultant, web developer, Windows corporate trainer. No job too big or too small, whether 2 hours or 2 months. Contact me

Bug#383316: Could you please forward this proposed license to Teosto? (was: Re: Choosing a license for Frets on Fire songs)

2007-05-15 Thread Jason A. Spiro
2007/4/27, Jason Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/4/27, Matthew Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] How about using: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/legalcode with 4. d. added saying: You may not distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly

Bug#413970:

2007-04-08 Thread Jason A. Spiro
OK, I realize my previous description sounded like an infomercial. This new one is more down-to-earth. Could you please use it as the new emacs-snapshot-gtk package description? Description: Integrated development environment full of features . Emacs is an integrated development environment and

Bug#374808: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2007-03-31 Thread Jason A. Spiro
Dear maintainer and reporter, Based on my experimentation (though I use Ubuntu Linux, mixed releases 6.06/6.10) I suspect the segfault in recent versions of etags happens whenever one uses the -R (--no-regex) option of etags. The option is used together with the -r (--regex) option to control