Bug#1020290: init-system-helpers depends on usrmerge | usr-is-merged

2022-09-21 Thread Craig Sanders
reopen 1020290 severity 1020290 critical stop There's no need to repeat (again!) what i've already said. fix the bug before closing this report.

Bug#1020290: closed by Ansgar (Re: Bug#1020290: init-system-helpers depends on usrmerge | usr-is-merged)

2022-09-21 Thread Craig Sanders
t my responsibility to figure out what broken interactions your broken package has with usrmerge, usr-is-merged, and apt itself. IT'S YOUR PACKAGE, YOUR RESPONSIBILTY. craig -- craig sanders

Bug#1020290: init-system-helpers depends on usrmerge | usr-is-merged

2022-09-21 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 08:32:53AM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 10:41:18AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > > Stop closing this bug without fixing it. > > The change you are objecting to was planned and presented to various > teams in Debian including the t

Bug#1020290: init-system-helpers depends on usrmerge | usr-is-merged

2022-09-20 Thread Craig Sanders
reopen 1020290 severity 1020290 critical stop > Given you have made usrmerge uninstallable in your system as you > admitted (probably running one of dpkg's unsupported scripts that > installs a local blocking package, I'd imagine) then it is entirely on > you to fix that, it cannot be done

Bug#1011146: (fwd) dlocate is marked for autoremoval from testing

2022-05-26 Thread Craig Sanders
or anything similar, or to anything even related to nvidia. Here's it's debian/control file: $ cat debian/control Source: dlocate Section: utils Priority: optional Maintainer: Craig Sanders Standards-Version: 3.7.2.1 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 13) Package: dlocate Architecture: all Depends: dctrl-to

Bug#880902: [Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#880902: RC bug on zfs-linux that has to be fixed

2017-11-16 Thread Craig Sanders
example of why testing is actually worse than sid for real-world (non-testing) usage. This bug report, while necessary, actually delayed the migration of the updated zfs packages that would have resolved it. That's an unavoidable side-effect of bug reports against packages in sid. IIRC, packages only

Bug#813339: breaking an essential service is bad enough, failure to document just compounds the error.

2016-02-08 Thread Craig Sanders
to document the changes. thanks, craig -- craig sanders <c...@taz.net.au>

Bug#807015: xinit: startx freezes, mouse and keyboard don't work

2015-12-04 Thread Craig Sanders
Package: xinit Version: 1.3.4-3 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable sometime in the last ~70 days (since I last started X or rebooted), something has changed in X that prevents startx from working as an ordinary user. startx *was* working perfectly. Now when I run startx, I

Bug#807015: xinit: startx freezes, mouse and keyboard don't work

2015-12-04 Thread Craig Sanders
arly defined reason for it. craig -- craig sanders <c...@taz.net.au>

Bug#807015: xinit: startx freezes, mouse and keyboard don't work

2015-12-04 Thread Craig Sanders
t IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)" error message in startx.log - and so far google has been absolutely useless in revealing what that's about...several people have complained about it but no-one has come up with a definitive reason for it. craig -- craig sanders <c...@taz.net.au>

Bug#657560: #657560: apt: ...i18n_Translation-en Encountered a section with no Package: header

2012-03-31 Thread Craig Sanders
/IfModule craig -- craig sanders c...@taz.net.au BOFH excuse #242: Software uses US measurements, but the OS is in metric... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#612956: nvidia-glx requires xorg-video-abi-8.0 but new xserver-xorg-core provides xorg-video-abi-8

2011-02-18 Thread Craig Sanders
problems, but it seems an odd conflict to have. 'aptitude why-not nvidia-glx' says that that is the problem (it's wrong, the problem is the missing dependancy xorg-video-abi-8.0). # aptitude why-not nvidia-glx ih nvidia-glx Conflicts nvidia-glx -- craig sanders c...@taz.net.au

Bug#568689: pysol was discontinued in 2004, pysolfc replaces it

2010-03-13 Thread Craig Sanders
pysol). or both...there's probably no reason why pysol and pysolfc can't co-exist if them gameplay differs substantially. BTW, there are also updated card sets in PySolFC-Cardsets v.2.0. craig -- craig sanders c...@taz.net.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ

Bug#550233: arpwatch 2.1a15 NMU

2009-11-11 Thread Craig Sanders
. (As an aside: NMUs that are new upstream versions should be versioned like 2.15a-0.1 to indicate that they're NMUs.) and i'll change the version number to 2.15a-0.2 craig -- craig sanders c...@taz.net.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Bug#546401: sysvinit/sysv-rc drops support for /etc/rc.boot

2009-09-12 Thread Craig Sanders
alternative. you can't just take away useful - even vital - functionality like this without warning. flagged as critical because of the security problems this causes. craig -- craig sanders c...@taz.net.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Bug#542888: bind9 stops during upgrade. again.

2009-08-23 Thread Craig Sanders
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Bug#542888: bind9 stops during upgrade. again.

2009-08-23 Thread Craig Sanders
(and experienced) when the name-server is killed early and started later. a real-world, factual problem that actually happens beats a hypothetical, never-yet-been-demonstrated problem every time. craig -- craig sanders c...@taz.net.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ

Bug#542888: bind9 stops during upgrade. again.

2009-08-23 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 06:00:11PM -0600, LaMont Jones wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 07:47:59AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: i'm talking about a network being disrupted, not a single host. the hosts DON'T have 127.0.0.1 in resolv.conf, they have the namesever. I've gone back as far as 9.2.4

Bug#542888: bind9 stops during upgrade. again.

2009-08-22 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:35:13PM -0600, LaMont Jones wrote: On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:47:16AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: when upgrading bind9, named is stopped until the upgrade is completed. And there is no real way to make sure it stays working while the libraries

Bug#542888: bind9 stops during upgrade. again.

2009-08-21 Thread Craig Sanders
Package: bind9 Version: 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software when upgrading bind9, named is stopped until the upgrade is completed. this could be a LONG time during an apt-get {dist-,dselect-,}upgrade, especially if there are many packaged being

Bug#501755: oocalc/writer/etc won't start. unexpected token `fi' on line 367 of soffice

2008-10-10 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 08:23:26AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Already reported a few times and pending. What if you would look in the BTS first before filing the fifth instance of this? i did look. didn't see anything resembling it, so submitted a bug report. craig -- craig sanders

Bug#471060: Processed: 'dh_installinit -n' does not fix the problem.

2008-04-25 Thread Craig Sanders
/workarounds for special cases. instead, it currently does the wrong thing for the general case, handles the exception as if it is the rule, and requires manual overrides/workarounds to properly handle the general case. i.e. the reverse of what it should do. craig -- craig sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#471051: rsyslog shuts down too early during upgrade

2008-03-18 Thread Craig Sanders
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Bug#471060: debhelper: dh_installinit's default behaviour is broken

2008-03-18 Thread Craig Sanders
. otherwise, just restart in the postinst. in any case, it's only necessary for those daemon packages where there IS such a problem or risk - it's not at all necessary for most daemon packages. a simple restart in the postinst will suffuce. craig -- craig sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#471051: rsyslog shuts down too early during upgrade

2008-03-18 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 04:01:05AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: Craig Sanders wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 03:14:58AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: Second, if you replace files while the daemon is still running, this can lead to all sorts of subtle failures, e.g. daemons

Bug#471051: rsyslog shuts down too early during upgrade

2008-03-15 Thread Craig Sanders
Package: rsyslog Version: 2.0.3-1 Severity: critical Justification: causes serious data loss rsyslog shuts down at the start of the upgrade and only gets restarted when the package is configured. this is broken. instead of stopping rsyslog in the prerm and starting it in the postinst, just

Bug#471060: debhelper: dh_installinit's default behaviour is broken

2008-03-15 Thread Craig Sanders
Package: debhelper Version: 6.0.8 Severity: critical Justification: causes serious data loss dh_installinit adds code to a package's .prerm script to stop the daemon at the beginning of the upgrade, and then adds code to restart it in the .postinst script. this results in important system

Bug#471051: rsyslog shuts down too early during upgrade

2008-03-15 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 01:16:22AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: Craig Sanders wrote: severity 471051 critical thanks this bug can not be downgraded to normal because it is a bug that results in a loss of important and irreplacable data. that is one of the defining characteristics

Bug#471051: rsyslog shuts down too early during upgrade

2008-03-15 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 03:00:49AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: Craig Sanders wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 01:16:22AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: grep invoke-rc.d .* stop *.prerm 1. the fact that some other packages have the same or similar broken behaviour as yours does

Bug#471051: rsyslog shuts down too early during upgrade

2008-03-15 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 03:14:58AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: Craig Sanders wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 01:16:22AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: One of the reasons, why it is done this way, ist that you can't guarantee a clean shutdown of the daemon, when you have replaced it's

Bug#468482: dlocate uninstallable in unstable

2008-02-29 Thread Craig Sanders
adopted all the NMU changes, so i'll just close all the Fixed bugs next time i upload an update. craig -- craig sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#443674: two more data points

2007-10-03 Thread Craig Sanders
at all (just over 9 hours). so far, the common factor in crashing machines seems to be the nvidia 7300 GS chipset combined with nvidia drivers 100.14.11 or 100.14.19. craig -- craig sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] The fundamentalists deny that evolution has taken place; they deny that the earth

Bug#443674: same problem here

2007-10-03 Thread Craig Sanders
Budgeting # uname -a Linux ganesh.taz.net.au 2.6.20.14 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 1 10:09:39 EST 2007 i686 GNU/Linux # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.20.14 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070601 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-12)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 1 10:09:39 EST 2007 -- craig sanders