Bug#1011922: bugs.astron.com not very usable

2022-05-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: file https://bugs.astron.com/ 1. Says 'Warning: "admin" directory should be removed, or access to it restricted.' 2. Says my password is wrong. 3. Has no way to retrieve a lost/forgotten password. Hence I will report bugs to Debian.

Bug#1011921: big5

2022-05-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: file Version: 1:5.41-4 $ file 111D2012841-01.txt 111D2012841-01.txt: ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators Test further. It is big5! 交通部公路總局第二區養護工程處人民陳情案件處理情形調查表 親愛的民眾您好: 這是一項我們對人民陳情案件處理情形滿意度調查,主要目 的在瞭解您對我們處理情形的寶貴意見,以作為改進參考依據, 謝謝您的協助,並祝行車平安。(請寄回thb...@thb.gov.tw 信箱)

Bug#1010680: dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-open-sans, directory '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/open-sans' not empty so not removed

2022-05-06 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: fonts-open-sans Version: 1.11-2 dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-open-sans, directory '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/open-sans' not empty so not removed due to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/open-sans/.uuid

Bug#1009989: Can't convert from HTML

2022-04-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: gnumeric Version: 1.12.51-1 File: /usr/bin/ssconvert $ ssconvert --list-importers 2>&1 |grep -i htm Gnumeric_html:html | HTML (*.html, *.htm) $ txt2html /etc/motd > g.html $ ssconvert g.html /tmp/m.pdf Loading file:///tmp/g.html failed

Bug#1009920: Internal error: Could not resolve keysym XF86EmojiPicker

2022-04-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: x11-xkb-utils Version: 7.7+5 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/issues/156#note_1347383 says Internal error: Could not resolve keysym XF86EmojiPicker might be a Debian bug.

Bug#972678: initramfs-tools: bad error message when zstd requested but not installed

2022-04-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.16.0-6-amd64 W: No zstd in /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin, using gzip Shouldn't it just not remind the user?

Bug#1007263: Document upgrading dash will change the /bin/sh no matter what

2022-03-14 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dash Version: 0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-8 /usr/share/doc/dash/ says dash (0.5.5.1-2.1) unstable; urgency=low * The default system shell (/bin/sh) has been changed to dash for new installations. When upgrading existing installations, the system shell

Bug#1007093: dpkg-reconfigure system shell question

2022-03-10 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dash If we say no to the system shell question on dpkg-reconfigure dash well, there are some cases it still will be used... E.g., if bash no longer ships with a system shell... So the wording should be different.

Bug#1007021: Missing dependency

2022-03-10 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: webcamoid Version: 9.0.0-2 See https://github.com/webcamoid/webcamoid/issues/502 . You must install qml-module-qt-labs-platform package.

Bug#1007008: qvidcap

2022-03-10 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: v4l-utils Version: 1.22.1-2 v4l-utils is missing qvidcap.

Bug#1006567: ifname is out of alphabetical order on the man page

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: ppp Version: 2.4.9-1+1 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man8/pppd.8.gz ifname is out of alphabetical order: unit num Sets the ppp unit number (for a ppp0 or ppp1 etc interface name) for outbound connections. If the unit is already in use a dy‐

Bug#1006565: document adb ls

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: adb Version: 1:29.0.6-6 $ man adb $ adb help both don't mention $ adb ls So how did I find it? $ adb

Bug#1006566: man should mention adb backup is deprecated and may be removed

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: adb Version: 1:29.0.6-6 File: /usr/share/man/man1/adb.1.gz Running adb backup says: WARNING: adb backup is deprecated and may be removed in a future release Therefore the adb backup section on the man page should mention this fact also.

Bug#1006564: adb shell cmd settings help says Invalid command

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: adb Version: 1:29.0.6-6 I'm not sure where to send this bug. $ adb shell cmd settings Settings provider (settings) commands: help Print this help text. get [--user | current] NAMESPACE KEY Retrieve the current value of KEY. ... $ adb shell cmd settings help Invalid

Bug#1006563: man page subitems need indenting

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: adb Version: 1:29.0.6-6 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man1/adb.1.gz -apk etc. need to be indented. adb backup [-f file] [-apk|-noapk] [-obb|-noobb] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|-nosystem] [packages...] Write an archive of the device's data to

Bug#1004202: Don't leave empty files on disk if extraction fails

2022-01-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: unar Version: 1.10.1-2+b7 Severity: minor Don't leave empty files on disk if extraction fails. $ unar -p 0403 Certificate.zip Certificate.zip: Zip Certificate.pdf (254004 B)... Failed! (Missing or wrong password) Extraction to current directory failed! (1 file failed.) $ ls -l

Bug#1004159: Add a qpdf-doc package

2022-01-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
Anyway, the idea is now we are on a camping trip, and don't want to need to go back to town to run a second command to get the docs, because even though we installed all the qpdf-* packages we could before we left, we didn't read their instructions.

Bug#1004159: Add a qpdf-doc package

2022-01-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "JB" == Jay Berkenbilt writes: JB> /usr/share/doc/qpdf/README-doc.txt which includes instructions on how Maybe just copy the three files it mentions, and make them into a qpdf-doc package.

Bug#1004159: Add a qpdf-doc package

2022-01-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: qpdf Version: 10.5.0-1 Severity: wishlist Add a qpdf-doc package, so the documentation can be viewed offline, without needing to obtain an Internet connection, once one realizes the full documentation is missing.

Bug#375275: #375275: getty: cursor state not reset

2022-01-18 Thread Dan Jacobson
reopen 375275 thanks Easily reproducible currently using the steps in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375275#10

Bug#1003783: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2022-01-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: libxml-libxml-perl Version: 2.0207+dfsg-2 Preparing to unpack .../8-libxml-libxml-perl_2.0207+dfsg-2_amd64.deb ... update-perl-sax-parsers: Unregistering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser with priority 50... update-perl-sax-parsers: Unregistering Perl SAX parser XML::LibXML::SAX

Bug#1003577: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2022-01-11 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: texinfo Version: 6.8-4 Setting up texinfo (6.8-4) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead. /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

Bug#1002478: Say "(virtual package)" in search results

2021-12-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 Severity: wishlist Instead of # aptitude search xmonad p libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev- Extensions to xmonad v libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev-0.16-c9735 - p libghc-xmonad-contrib-doc- Extensions to xmonad;

Bug#1001693: userguide.html missing background

2021-12-14 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: i3-wm Version: 4.20.1-1 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/doc/i3-wm/userguide.html Browsing https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html /usr/share/doc/i3-wm/userguide.html The former has a black background, missing in the latter.

Bug#1001011: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-12-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: ucf Version: 3.0043 # env UCF_FORCE_CONFFOLD=1 ucf --three-way --debconf-ok --sum-file=/usr/share/grub/default/grub.md5sum /tmp/grub.ytSP5JjQ2w /etc/default/grub /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead. See #1000830 .

Bug#1001010: man dpkg should also mention --unpack processes triggers

2021-12-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dpkg Version: 1.20.9 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man1/dpkg.1.gz Man page says --unpack package-file... Unpack the package, but don't configure it. If --recursive or -R option is specified, package-file must refer to a directory instead.

Bug#1000968: closed by Colin Watson (Re: Bug#1000968: Mention the only way to abort dpkg-reconfigure)

2021-12-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
>> Else there is no way to quit. ^C, ^Z don't work. B> This is too situational for there to be a reasonable way to advise on it B> in the man page - it'll depend very much on the debconf frontend in use, Fine. Then the very clear solution is on every page, automatically add an 'abort' choice.

Bug#1000968: Mention the only way to abort dpkg-reconfigure

2021-12-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: debconf Version: 1.5.79 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man8/dpkg-reconfigure.8.gz On this man page please mention how to quit halfway. E.g., "Open another window and do killall dpkg-reconfigure" (And mention the possible consequences.) Else there is no way to quit. ^C, ^Z

Bug#1000830: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-12-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
# ed /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst # dpkg --configure grub-pc dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure): package grub-pc is already installed and configured Errors were encountered while processing: grub-pc # dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc # # xterm # killall dpkg-reconfigure

Bug#1000830: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-12-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
# strace --output=/tmp/xx -ff dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_2.06-2_amd64.deb shows plenty of which's still left, as you said. But apparently one is still not going to /dev/null for me. Maybe you can send me a .deb with an set -x in /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst so I don't have

Bug#1000964: add way to run installation scripts with sh -x

2021-12-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: dpkg Version: 1.20.9 Severity: wishlist Add a way to run /var/lib/dpkg/info/* scripts with sh -x instead of sh, without needing to repackage a package just to put an set -x at the top of a file.

Bug#1000834: Support U+031A COMBINING LEFT ANGLE ABOVE

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: fonts-liberation Version: 1:1.07.4-11 Maybe https://crbug.com/1274125 is a fonts-liberation bug. As that is what Developer Tools shows is being used here.

Bug#1000832: apt-listchanges: news for jidanni5

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
OK, maybe next release, the maintainer will remove the run-time warning, as we also see there is already a NEWS item. > "r" == root writes: r> --- News for grub2 (grub2-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub-common) --- r> grub2 (2.06-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium r> * Boot menu entries for

Bug#1000000: million bugs

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
People always told me Debian has a million bugs.

Bug#1000832: Mention how to turn off GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER warnings

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: grub-pc Version: 2.06-2 We see two warnings: Setting up linux-image-5.15.0-2-amd64 (5.15.5-1) ... ... Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions. Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration. Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation

Bug#1000830: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-11-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: grub-pc Version: 2.06-2 Setting up grub-pc (2.06-2) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

Bug#962216: Github link

2021-11-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
See also https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/21491 .

Bug#1000464: journalctl --fac #just beeps

2021-11-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: systemd Version: 249.7-1 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/journalctl # journalctl --help|grep fac --facility=FACILITY... Show entries with the specified facilities # journalctl --fac #just beeps $ grep -c fac

Bug#999733: -fillscreen vs. < and > and 100% zoom

2021-11-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: xli Version: 1.17.0+20061110-6 (Not sure where to report this.) If one uses $ xli -forall -fillscreen *.jpg then the < and > keys will never take one to 100%. They skip over it!

Bug#998908: Two identical messages about paniclog

2021-11-09 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: exim4-base Version: 4.95-2 Severity: minor If there was a paniclog entry, then even if the problem is already fixed, root will get *two identical* messages the next boot. One is enough. (Never mind the actual entry (failed to expand...) I already fixed that. That is not my point.) $

Bug#998806: deprecated which

2021-11-07 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: apt-listchanges Version: 3.24 Setting up apt-listchanges (3.24) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

Bug#998805: empty /etc/polkit-1/rules.d remains after purge

2021-11-07 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: policykit-1 Version: 0.105-31 Purging configuration files for policykit-1 (0.105-31) ... dpkg: warning: while removing policykit-1, directory '/etc/polkit-1' not empty so not removed

Bug#998802: which deprecated

2021-11-07 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: libdebuginfod-common Version: 0.185-2 Purging configuration files for libdebuginfod-common (0.185-2) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

Bug#998694: Don't timeout if you haven't asked for password yet

2021-11-06 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: login Version: 1:4.8.1-1.1 (/usr/share/doc/login/copyright says This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of the shadow utilities. It was downloaded from: . As of May 2007, this site is no longer available.) OK, I'll report the bug here:

Bug#998665: The SYNOPSIS only randomly mentions one of the programs

2021-11-05 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: imagemagick-6.q16 Version: 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man1/ImageMagick-im6.q16.1.gz The SYNOPSIS only randomly mentions one of the programs.

Bug#997072: "Need to get ... MB of archives" didn't check the partial directory!

2021-10-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 Severity: minor # aptitude full-upgrade Let it download a bit, then hit ^C. OK do it again: # aptitude full-upgrade The following packages will be upgraded: libdatetime-timezone-perl libllvm12 2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not

Bug#996730: Certain menus don't work right when chrome is in the Normal Layer

2021-10-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "EB" == Eduard Bloch writes: EB> I have no idea what you mean and this is definitively not "grave". Tried I was thinking because it caused other packages to not work properly... EB> to reproduce with different settings and chromium 93.0.4577.82-1 and it EB> just works. EB> Maybe some

Bug#996873: Add link to emails: "this reply contains spam"

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: bugs.debian.org Got a mail (I chopped it): From: "Elizab Subject: Bug# To: "476519-s Date: Wed, 20 Reply-To: "el Resent-From: Attachment: [ 1. ( ) text/ Hallo, ich bi USD anbieten. Elizabeth Liu Wouldn't it be great if at the bottom there was a link "Report ... spam".

Bug#996854: Mention that "install" indeed does accept filenames after all

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: apt Version: 2.3.10 File: /usr/share/man/man8/apt-get.8.gz man apt-get says: install install is followed by one or more packages desired for installation or upgrading. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified filename All I know is

Bug#996730: Certain menus don't work right when chrome is in the Normal Layer

2021-10-17 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: icewm Version: 2.8.0-1 Severity: grave Are there any other users who can confirm https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm/issues/62 ?

Bug#995034: Only single dash completions shown

2021-10-11 Thread Dan Jacobson
Actually I just take a random guess each time of where to report to. Also often I am offline, so queuing a mail to bugs.debian.org is quite attractive.

Bug#995715: Problem seen only when package is in trouble

2021-10-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Problem only seen when package is in $ aptitude search ~i C a dictionaries-common state. I.e., during #995685 .

Bug#995715: Internal Error, No file name for dictionaries-common:amd64

2021-10-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 # aptitude reinstall dictionaries-common The following packages will be REINSTALLED: dictionaries-common 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Do

Bug#995034: Only single dash completions shown

2021-10-03 Thread Dan Jacobson
Well OK. But e.g., if a user e.g., reports to all perltidy debian perltidy upstream bash-completion debian bash-completion upstream then that would require a total of 4 x 4 = 16 cross references, (as users have no hint of where to report.)

Bug#995497: dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-noto-cjk, directory '/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto' not empty so not removed

2021-10-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: fonts-noto-cjk Purging configuration files for fonts-noto-cjk (1:20201206-cjk+repack1-1) ... dpkg: warning: while removing fonts-noto-cjk, directory '/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto' not empty so not removed /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/.uuid

Bug#995214: Wide apostrophe ending up on single width pages

2021-10-01 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "YW(" == Yao Wei (魏銘廷) writes: YW(> You can try preferring Latin fonts to CJK fonts. How? 怎麼設定?

Bug#995214: Wide apostrophe ending up on single width pages

2021-09-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: fonts-noto-cjk-extra Version: 1:20201206-cjk+repack1-1 File: /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto/NotoSansCJK-Medium.ttc Why is this happening in Firefox and Chrome? $ LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8 $BROWSER http://ud.taichung.gov.tw/

Bug#994179: Upstream mess

2021-09-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
OK I meant serious: "makes the package unsuitable for release." Because it is now spitting out error messages on every use.

Bug#995100: Missing MIME charset for Debian Bug Help

2021-09-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: bugs.debian.org Here we observe missing MIME charset for 'Debian Bug help: instructions for cont...@bugs.debian.org'

Bug#994179: Upstream mess

2021-09-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
several 994179 critical thanks # alsactl restore alsa-lib parser.c:2372:(load_toplevel_config) Unable to find the top-level configuration file '/usr/share/alsa/ucm2/ucm.conf'. alsa-lib main.c:1405:(snd_use_case_mgr_open) error: failed to import hw:0 use case configuration -2 alsa-lib

Bug#995034: Only single dash completions shown

2021-09-24 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: bash-completion Version: 1:2.11-3 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/perltidy Only $ perltidy - works, $ perltidy -- doesn't! One needs to check the man page to see what the former mean.

Bug#995033: Files should mention where to report bugs to

2021-09-24 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: bash-completion Version: 1:2.11-3 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/perltidy Such files should mention where to report bugs to.

Bug#994718: checkbashisms: notice for loops before saying to use $((

2021-09-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: devscripts Version: 2.21.4 File: /usr/bin/checkbashisms Regarding possible bashism in (stdin) line 1 ('((' should be '$(('): for (( k=1 ; k<8 ; k++ )) ; do echo $k ; done OK, but $ for (( k=1 ; k<8 ; k++ )) ; do echo $k ; done 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 $ for $(( k=1 ; k<8 ; k++ )) ; do echo $k ;

Bug#994717: mention return codes on man pages

2021-09-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.2.5.1-1 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man1/alsactl.1.gz Mention something like An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value indicates failure. Else one cannot tell if e.g., # alsactl --debug restore; echo $? alsa-lib

Bug#994412: OK I removed both, then reinstalled one

2021-09-18 Thread Dan Jacobson
Well on a vanilla system I still get: # aptitude -s purge debian-el The following packages will be REMOVED: debian-el{p} elpa-debian-el{u} aptitude show says: Package: elpa-debian-el Version: 37.10 State: installed Automatically installed: yes Package: debian-el Version: 37.10 State:

Bug#994504: Don't just say "not a real package"

2021-09-17 Thread Dan Jacobson
Also some of them will show up as v ... in aptitude search But some won't show up at all. Confusing.

Bug#994504: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#994504: Bug#994504: Don't just say "not a real package"

2021-09-17 Thread Dan Jacobson
Also the user is curious where these determinations are drawn from. It would be nice if aptitude said "Based on /var/lib/dpkg/status, this package is a ephemeral / virtual / refereed etc. package."

Bug#994503: cannot make such installations stick

2021-09-17 Thread Dan Jacobson
So one needs to unmarkauto each of the recommends packages.

Bug#994503: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#994503: Must Depend, not just Recommend

2021-09-17 Thread Dan Jacobson
Description: metapackage to pull in all Noto fonts ^^^ Use this package if you want all Noto fonts. ^^^ ^^^ # apt install fonts-noto fonts-noto is already the newest version (20201225-1). The following packages were

Bug#994503: cannot make such installations stick

2021-09-17 Thread Dan Jacobson
And in #994509 you can see that one cannot make such installations stick.

Bug#994504: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#994504: Don't just say "not a real package"

2021-09-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
In this particular case, all I found was this package was mentioned in other installed packages' headers. I don't know if that makes it a virtual package or not.

Bug#994509: --with-recommends: mention what to do if package is already installed

2021-09-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 Severity: wishlist Manpage mentions: -r, --with-recommends Treat recommendations as dependencies when installing new packages (this overrides settings in /etc/apt/apt.conf and ~/.aptitude/config). This

Bug#994506: Don't hide real packages among the D: stuff!

2021-09-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 It's just crazy to jumble these like this: The following packages will be REMOVED: bubblewrap{pu} (D: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37) gstreamer1.0-plugins-base{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-good, D: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37) gstreamer1.0-plugins-good{pu} (D:

Bug#994504: Don't just say "not a real package"

2021-09-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Version: 0.8.13-3 Severity: wishlist $ aptitude show ttf-unifont Package: ttf-unifont State: not a real package $ apt show ttf-unifont Package: ttf-unifont State: not a real package (virtual) That's a little better.

Bug#994505: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-09-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: gconf2-common Version: 3.2.6-7 Seen on purge: The following packages will be REMOVED: gconf2-common{p} Removing gconf2-common (3.2.6-7) ... Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.30) ... Purging configuration files for gconf2-common (3.2.6-7) ... /usr/bin/which: this version of `which'

Bug#994503: Must Depend, not just Recommend

2021-09-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: fonts-noto Version: 20201225-1 For this package to work as intended, you need to make Depends: fonts-noto-core Recommends: fonts-noto-cjk, fonts-noto-cjk-extra, fonts-noto-color-emoji, fonts-noto-extra, fonts-noto-mono, fonts-noto-ui-core, fonts-noto-ui-extra, fonts-noto-unhinted all

Bug#994412: Not easy to remove dummy package cleanly

2021-09-15 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: debian-el Version: 37.10 When I try to remove this dummy package, aptitude says The following packages will be REMOVED: debian-el{p} elpa-debian-el{pu} (D: debian-el) But other dummy packages don't trigger this in aptitude.

Bug#953032: Please import fix

2021-09-14 Thread Dan Jacobson
Can you please update so we can see if https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/issues/137 really fixes the problem? My disks are reaching the breaking point.

Bug#994188: Comments within textareas are not comments

2021-09-13 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: lynx Version: 2.9.0dev.9-2 File: /usr/bin/lynx I tried to make sense to them in https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=50539 I tested all the browsers at hand. Lynx failed the test. Lynx treats comments within textareas as comments and not text. That's wrong. Probably

Bug#994179: Unable to find the top-level configuration file '/usr/share/alsa/ucm2/ucm.conf'.

2021-09-13 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.2.5.1-1 File: /usr/sbin/alsactl # alsactl restore alsa-lib parser.c:2372:(load_toplevel_config) Unable to find the top-level configuration file '/usr/share/alsa/ucm2/ucm.conf'. alsa-lib main.c:1405:(snd_use_case_mgr_open) error: failed to import hw:0 use case

Bug#993654: nobody can reply to "gregor herrmann "

2021-09-06 Thread Dan Jacobson
gh> This "From" is indeed a bit unfortunate but there's nothing gh> indiviudal salsa users can do about it … OK, filed https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=993654#30 .

Bug#993654: nobody can reply to "gregor herrmann "

2021-09-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
gregor herrmann: nobody can reply to "gregor herrmann "

Bug#993686: Replace deprecated 'which' with 'command -v'

2021-09-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: ucf Version: 3.0043 > "gh" == gregor herrmann writes: gh> Control: tag -1 pending gh> Hello, gh> Bug #993654 in libxml-sax-perl reported by you has been fixed in the gh> Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit gh> message below and you can check the diff

Bug#993654: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-09-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: libxml-sax-perl Version: 1.02+dfsg-2 Setting up libxml-sax-perl (1.02+dfsg-2) ... update-perl-sax-parsers: Registering Perl SAX parser XML::SAX::PurePerl with priority 10... update-perl-sax-parsers: Updating overall Perl SAX parser modules info file... /usr/bin/which: this version of

Bug#993653: /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.

2021-09-04 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: exim4-config Version: 4.95~RC2-1 Setting up exim4-config (4.95~RC2-1) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/acl/30_exim4-config_check_rcpt ... Installing new version of config file /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp ... Installing new version

Bug#992867: root cause found

2021-08-30 Thread Dan Jacobson
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/xorgproto/-/issues/35#note_1045802

Bug#993253: man page gone

2021-08-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: binutils-common Version: 2.37-4 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man1/strings.1.gz $ zcat /usr/share/man/man1/strings.1.gz | wc 0 0 0 $ dlocate -L binutils-common Package binutils-common is not installed or /var/lib/dpkg/info/binutils-common.list is empty.

Bug#992867: Stop flooding syslog! You will fill up the disk.

2021-08-24 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: x11-xkb-utils Version: 7.7+5 Severity: grave Did anybody take a look at syslog recently? It is flooded with Internal error: Could not resolve keysym ... So much so that the disk will fill up.

Bug#992411: Just use clearer message

2021-08-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
OK, instead of saying /usr/bin/which: this version of 'which' is deprecated and should not be used.* please say /usr/bin/which: The 'which' utility will be removed in the future. Please use 'command -v' instead. For more info, see ... *Else you mean "tell the maintainer he

Bug#953032: Bug is back, filling up disks like crazy

2021-08-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
# ls -l /var/log/syslog* -rw-r- 1 root adm 23119076 08-21 03:15 /var/log/syslog -rw-r- 1 root adm 542530 08-16 01:01 /var/log/syslog.1 -rw-r- 1 root adm 136476 08-08 19:03 /var/log/syslog.2.gz -rw-r- 1 root adm 309712 08-01 11:46 /var/log/syslog.3.gz -rw-r- 1 root adm

Bug#992411: not fixed

2021-08-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
reopen 992411 found 992411 5.3-1 thanks All I know is the bug was to make /usr/bin/which keep working. All I see that was 'fixed' was making a news item. There are hundreds of cgi etc. scripts that are now emitting errors.

Bug#992598: Download while installing

2021-08-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: aptitude Severity: wishlist Version: 0.8.13-3 Let's say there is to be done: 54 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded etc. Idea: well in fact, these can be smartly grouped: First split the list into groups of packages that don't depend on each other.

Bug#992411: Warnings coming out of everywhere

2021-08-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Which_(command) Please make sure /usr/bin/* stuff keeps working.

Bug#992411: You don't know how many scripts you are breaking

2021-08-19 Thread Dan Jacobson
severity 992411 grave thanks You don't know how many scripts you are breaking. Error messages coming out of everywhere. Major embarrassment.

Bug#992303: speaker-test --verbose: to tell which device it is actually using

2021-08-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.2.4-1 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/speaker-test $ speaker-test speaker-test 1.2.4 Playback device is default ... OK that's great, but a --verbose option could mention which device it is actually using.

Bug#992295: Add an option to test all the speakers on the system

2021-08-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.2.4-1 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/speaker-test Add an option or mention how to test all the speakers on the system. Currently, working back from what the man page says, one needs for i in $(aplay -L|perl -nwle '/(.*):CARD=([^,]+)/ && print "$1:$2";'|sort -u)

Bug#992294: speaker-test: document default amount of loops

2021-08-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.2.4-1 Severity: minor File: /usr/share/man/man1/speaker-test.1.gz -l | --nloops COUNT Specifies the number of loops. Zero means to run infinitely. When -s option below with a valid channel is given, speaker-test

Bug#992289: modules listed twice

2021-08-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.2.4-1 Severity: minor File: /usr/sbin/alsa-info Modules listed twice: !!Loaded ALSA modules !!--- snd_hda_intel snd_hda_intel

Bug#991929: Man page doesn't mention many options

2021-08-05 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: sqlformat Version: 0.4.1-1 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man1/sqlformat.1.gz -h reveals many more options not mentioned on man page.

Bug#991669: Add usage examples

2021-07-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: libsqlite3-mod-csvtable Version: 0.9998-2 Severity: wishlist Add usage examples, so we know how to use this package. And mention if this package has anything to do with /usr/share/doc/sqlite3/cli.html#csv or /usr/share/doc/sqlite3/csv.html .

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