change to dls in fstools

2006-10-01 Thread Stephen Samuel
This change to dls allows the option '-n' which numbers blocks as they come out. It allows utilities that filter the blocks to spit out block numbers without having to run dcalc on (sometimes) thousands of block numbers. I'm also including the perl script bgrep3 which uses the output of the -n o

change to dls in fstools

2006-10-01 Thread Stephen Samuel
e output of the -n option to find blocks that are probable candidates for indirect inodes -- It only works for partitions < 64GB, but is easily modifiable for larger partitions (to a point). and the script idtest which tries to sort out double and triple indirect inodes. -- Stephen Samu

Re: A clean way to introduce delay between scripts in /etc/init.d?

2006-06-12 Thread Stephen Samuel
. I could force a delay between the two scripts by introducing another script (run at S26) that does nothing but sleep for a fixed time (30 seconds). That seemed to work around the problem. But I wonder if there is a cleaner solution. Ideally, the delay should not be fixed but dynami

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-04 Thread Stephen Samuel
le) default branch, they would have done so, since that would help java's market penetration. If they say that it belongs in non-free (and nobody manages to credibly debunk that position ) then I would be inclined to believe that it shouldn't be rated any better than whatthey specified.

Re: Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-04-10 Thread Stephen Samuel
h the terminology in the Linux kernel's config. -- Stephen Samuel +1(778)861-7641 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bcgreen.com/ Powerful committed communication. Transformation touching the jewel within each person and bringing it to light. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: System users that receive mail in /var/mail/systemuser?

2006-04-10 Thread Stephen Samuel
ebian system-user id range? * Some other distributions (I believe RedHat is one of them, but am not sure) have their user UID range start at 500 rather than 1000. If someone is using Debian in a hybrid environment where the usernames are centralized on the network (using NIS or LDAP, or

Re: Proper way of closing *old* bugs

2006-04-08 Thread Stephen Samuel
I can't think of *any* discussion which has ended with people claiming that closing random bugs is OK in an upload. How would you even describe it in the changelog? * The bug has magically disappeared. (Closes: #NNN) Uhhh... I doubt it. - Matt -- Stephen Samuel +1(778