Bug#988384: this bug should be folded into a previous one

2021-05-12 Thread John Denker
This is a near-duplicate of bug 661485. I have already submitted it as a reply there. Assuming that is OK with everybody, this incarnation (bug 988384) can be closed.

Bug#661485: smartmontools: smartd-runner fails to send email to more than one recipient

2021-05-12 Thread John Denker
Here is a replacement for bug 988384. This is a better place for it. *** Expected, documented, and desired behavior: In /etc/smartd.conf it is permitted to specify multiple email recipients. Here is the relevant snippet: #

Bug#988384: smartd-runner bug causes loss of email recipients

2021-05-11 Thread John Denker
Package: smartmontools Version: 7.1-1build1 *** Origin and context: I'm using an ubuntu package. The ubuntu guys asked me to push this report upstream, so here it is. A patch is included. *** Expected, documented, and desired behavior: In /etc/smartd.conf it is permitted to specify multiple ema

Bug#596482: refinement : cope with kFreeBSD

2010-09-16 Thread John Denker
The following patch replaces the previous patch. Works the same for Linux, works slightly better for kFreeBSD. >From cbd6063ff8f0df65bae3d1dac47fd6830268f864 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Denker Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:04:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Include date and time when seeding

Bug#596483: rebase the patch

2010-09-16 Thread John Denker
This replaces the previous patch. No change in meaning, just rebase the patch in light of changes to prior patches. >From 4f8cc6788f804fcd1b99dbda22aadafdc497b43e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:49:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Do not rm -f $SAVEDFILE because that is a

Bug#596483: cleaner patchh

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
The attached patch should apply cleanly to the Debian urandom. My apologies for attaching the wrong patch previously. I picked up the Ubuntu patch instead of the Debian patch. >From 8d1f17feef351aa397d17bd4515f2d304be73393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Denker Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11

Bug#596482: cleaner patch

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
The attached patch should apply cleanly to the Debian urandom. My apologies for attaching the wrong patch previously. I picked up the Ubuntu patch instead of the Debian patch. >From c45b19d323d5e30473d254f1d0f87f33cb86ca3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Denker Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10

Bug#596481: cleaner patch

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
The attached patch should apply cleanly to the Debian urandom. My apologies for attaching the wrong patch previously. I picked up the Ubuntu patch instead of the Debian patch. >From ef7dda4ef592758a845ad28d0795743ac9677371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:27:05 -070

Bug#596480: cleaner patch

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
The attached patch should apply cleanly to the Debian urandom. My apologies for attaching the wrong patch previously. I picked up the Ubuntu patch instead of the Debian patch. >From 7cafdbe365e0ce93014fd88c0f465777d4610a2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:23:20 -070

Bug#596479: cleaner patch

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
The attached patch should apply cleanly to the Debian urandom. My apologies for attaching the wrong patch previously. I picked up the Ubuntu patch instead of the Debian patch. >From 65227bb7a4a335f7ef1332b2b19aada059502238 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Denker Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010

Bug#596483: init.d/urandom : Do not "rm -f $SAVEDFILE"

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
on: Debian Release: 5.0.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26.5 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash >From 9f7283cb1bfc4747dc53984fc97cd2838146c194 Mon Sep 17 0

Bug#596482: initscripts: init.d/urandom : Include date and time when seeding the RNG.

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26.5 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash >From fb548b0a752ce676d193c71ceff1321b1d894def Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Denker Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:04:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Include date

Bug#596481: init.d/urandom : provide answer to question in the code

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Denker Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:56:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Explain why we /write/ the seed at boot time. Upgrade comments by removing question and inserting answer. Also document assumptions about persistence of $SAVEDFILE --- urandom | 21 +++

Bug#596480: init.d/urandom : should calculate POOLBYTES correctly

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
bash >From 45e354973831aa3e50d230f98b25853660a42f39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Denker Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:22:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Calculate POOLBYTES correctly. Note that /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize reports the number of bits, not bytes, so a conversion factor is needed. --- urandom | 13 +++

Bug#596479: init.d/urandom : shouldn't write to read-only file /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize

2010-09-11 Thread John Denker
le: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash >From dd1a2a7c4fbe58f60b46e739d5a7c78fc2dde03d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Denker Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:17:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Remove code that tried to write to the read-only file /proc/sys/

Bug#300119: libc6: LD_DEBUG=versions can lead to segmentation fault

2005-03-21 Thread John Denker
On 03/21/05 02:06, GOTO Masanori wrote: In this bug report, we don't know which vi is used. Your vi links a lot of libraries. I don't know what the problem is, but I guess (1) you use non-debian vi which is not linked correctly (2) you use invalid dynamic linker setting: for example, LD_PRELOAD o

Bug#300119: libc6: LD_DEBUG=versions can lead to segmentation fault

2005-03-20 Thread John Denker
On 03/20/05 02:18, GOTO Masanori wrote: 2) As a tangential issue: Many programs (even ones like "vi", for which it doesn't make much sense) now issue the warning /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by ...) which is pretty weird; why does "vi" depend on libpng anyw

Bug#300119: libc6: LD_DEBUG=versions can lead to segmentation fault

2005-03-17 Thread John Denker
Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.2.ds1-20 Severity: normal 1) I compiled /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 aka libpng12.so.0.1.2.8 from sources and installed it. Symptoms are the same using the Debian source package or the tarball from libpng.org. 2) As a tangential issue: Many programs (even ones like "vi",