Security implication of using force-reload instead of restart ?

2011-01-08 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
Hi I've just noticed that on libapache2-mod-php5 package upgrade, apache server was not restartted (but only HUPed because of force-reload called from libapache2-mod-php5 postinst) Doesn't this mean that running apache has still old version of php module loaded, so it still is vulnerable to is

Re: runit package changes /etc/inittab ?

2011-01-08 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Nikita V. Youshchenko] > Is modifying /etc/inittab from postinst ok for random debian package > these days? It is unlikely to cause upgrade problems, at least. :) The file is copied in place by the sysvinit postinst only if it is missing. Vennlig hilsen, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSC

runit package changes /etc/inittab ?

2011-01-08 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
While we are on topic. Maintainer scripts of runit package modify /etc/inittab Although looks like /etc/inittab is not owned by any package, so policy is not violated, this IMO still looks strange in debian context. Is modifying /etc/inittab from postinst ok for random debian package these day

Re: Bug#605912: runit: Upgrade failure lenny -> squeeze

2011-01-08 Thread Adam D. Barratt
# CC to debian-devel for squeeze blocker user release.debian@packages.debian.org usertag 605912 + squeeze-is-blocker thanks Hi, Thanks for looking at this bug. I think the patch you've suggested is the wrong solution, however. On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 01:14 +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > I gue

Re: Benötige eine USB Start-Disk(3,5´´F loppy) zum Start für USB-Stick

2011-01-08 Thread Kai Wasserbäch
For the record: I answered Matthias in a private e-mail, just forgot to CC -devel, don't know why I didn't use the "answer list" function. Kind regards, Kai Wasserbäch -- Kai Wasserbäch (Kai Wasserbaech) E-Mail: deb...@carbon-project.org Jabber (debianforum.de): Drizzt URL: http://wiki.debia

Re: how to identify firmware packages

2011-01-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 11:52 +0100, Serafeim Zanikolas wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 10:04:33PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote [edited]: > > We should find a better way to identify firmware packages, allowing > > hw-detect to find the correct ones without unpacking. > > Some options: an option

Benötige eine USB Start-Disk(3,5´´Floppy) zum Start für USB-Stick

2011-01-08 Thread master portal
hallo. ich habe mir einen bootfähigen USB-Stick "gebastelt" mit debian Lenny (5.0.7Live). ich habe ihn bei meinem freund ausprobiert und er funzt. "Toll" leider habe ich das problem das mein PC Compaq keinen Boot von USB unterstützt. Bei Damn Small Linux habe ich festgestellt das man a von 3

Re: squeeze will not have googleearth-package

2011-01-08 Thread Serafeim Zanikolas
On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 02:30:36PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote [edited]: > so googleearth-package was removed from squeeze, because of a RC bug, which > was fixed on mentors.d.n for 4 days already when it was removed. The sponsorship request should have been CC'ed to the RC bug report. -S -- To

how to identify firmware packages

2011-01-08 Thread Serafeim Zanikolas
On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 10:04:33PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote [edited]: > We should find a better way to identify firmware packages, allowing > hw-detect to find the correct ones without unpacking. Some options: an optional control field in binary packages or, perhaps better, a debtags facet

Bug#609295: ITP: naev -- 2D space trading combat game

2011-01-08 Thread Vincent Cheng
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Vincent Cheng * Package name: naev Version : 0.4.2 Upstream Author : Edgar Simo "bobbens" Nikola Whallon <6.satur...@gmail.com> Josiah Schwartfeger