Bug#4191: Latex_2e-7 has redundant files

1996-08-20 Thread Richard Kaszeta
Latex_2e-7 keeps a set of preload files in both /etc and /usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/config, both identical filesets. One of these should be eliminated. -- Richard W Kaszeta Graduate Student/Sysadmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of MN, ME Dept

Bug#4192: input in flex scanner failed

1996-08-20 Thread Joey Hess
Package: man Version: 2.3.10-13 I get this error when mandb is trying to process the xjewel.1x manpage: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~logman xjewel Reformatting xjewel(1), please wait... input in flex scanner failed [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~logmandb -d ... ult_src: File /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xjewel.1x input in

Bug#4190: moderate security hole in telnetd

1996-08-20 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
You (Bernd Eckenfels) wrote: A quick workaround is to change envarok() in telnetd/state.c as appended. My guess is that only telnetd needs to be changed for now, as neither rlogin nor rsh (if I remember correctly) allow the client to pass in environment variables. Is this environment

Bug#4193: German Manpages

1996-08-20 Thread Christoph Lameter
Package: manpages-de Version: 0.1-1 I installed the German manpages. But what do I do to use them? I tried export LANG=de but that did not change anything. Please provide documentation somewhere about how to use the manpages. Also on the mentioned website there is also NO INFORMATION about how

Bug#4194: tar ajusts uid/mtime of symlink destination

1996-08-20 Thread Brian C. White
Package: tar Version: 1.11.11-1 It seems the newest version of 'tar' sets (during extract) the uid/gid and the mtime of the file a symlink points to instead of the symlink itself. Here is a source directory: -rw-r--r-- 1 bcwhite verisim 5731 Jul 21 16:02 database-gdbm.cc -rw-r--r-- 1

What parts of TeX are architecture independent?

1996-08-20 Thread llucius
I finally bit the bullet and started work on the TeX packages to make them build on multiple architectures. Well, since I don't much at all about TeX, I'm not sure what's platform specific. I'm especially concerned about endianness. As far as I can gather, the only files that aren't

Bug#4198: tar doesn't understand -- flag

1996-08-20 Thread Bruce Perens
Package: tar Version: 1.11.11-1 Tar doesn't understand the -- flag, which a past version handled. I think it's meant to have the standard GNU usage of not interpreting any arguments past the -- as flags.

Bug#4199: tar makes spurious complaints

1996-08-20 Thread Bruce Perens
Package: tar Version: 1.11.11-1 Tar complains a lot in the form directory-name: Can't create directory: Directory not empty This is spurious

Bug#4197: tar doesn't understand -- flag

1996-08-20 Thread Bruce Perens
Tar doesn't understand the -- flag, which a past version handled. I think it's meant to have the standard GNU usage of not interpreting any arguments past the -- as flags.

Bug#4196: tar doesn't understand -- flag.

1996-08-20 Thread Bruce Perens
Package: tar Version: 1.11.11-1 Tar complains a lot in the form directory-name: Could not create directory: Directory not empty As far as I can tell, this is spurious.

Bug#4195: dpkg-source and new tar package don't mix

1996-08-20 Thread Bruce Perens
Package: dpkg Version: 1.3.5 The latest iteration of the tar package unfortunately is not able to understand the -- flag. I suggest you not use that flag in dpkg-source for now. Thanks Bruce

Bug#4200: dpkg-deb -f asks bizarre questions

1996-08-20 Thread Guy Maor
Package: dpkg Version: 1.3.5 It's pretty obvious what's happening: primer[~/incoming]$ dpkg-deb -f netstd_2.06-1_m68k.deb PACKAGE: netstd VERSION: 2.06-1 ARCHITECTURE: m68k SECTION: net PRIORITY: standard MAINTAINER: Peter Tobias [EMAIL PROTECTED] DEPENDS: netbase (=2.00), libc5 (=5.2.18-6),

Updated Virtual Package Name List

1996-08-20 Thread Warwick HARVEY
Changes this time: - Added sgmls - Removed metafont, dvilj, dvips AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently in-use or proposed and not objected to. Please check the list below for things relevant to your packages.

Re: Question about latex package

1996-08-20 Thread Erick Branderhorst
Many of the latex package's files contain these lines (these particular copied from preload.dc in latex_2e-7.deb): %% IMPORTANT NOTICE: %% You are not allowed to distribute this file. %% For distribution of the original source see %% the copyright notice in the file preload.dtx . I see

Bug#4193: German Manpages

1996-08-20 Thread J.H.M.Dassen
Package: manpages-de Version: 0.1-1 I installed the German manpages. Yes, but 0.1-1 installs the manpages in a wrong directory. But what do I do to use them? Install the newest version (0.1-5; available from ftp.infodrom.north.de:/pub/people/joey/debian). I tried export LANG=de but