Re: `cgiwrap` packaged

1997-06-07 Thread jwalther
Yes yes yes *Please* include this in the main distribution!!! On Sat, 7 Jun 1997, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: I've packaged `cgiwrap`, which makes it so ordinary users can safely run CGI scripts. The scripts run SUID/SGID the user who owns the -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST:

Re: Infocom Games (Was: long list of give away or orphaned packages)

1997-06-01 Thread jwalther
On Sat, 31 May 1997, Brian White wrote: None of the Infocom games can be distributed, however. You have to buy them. Heh. I guess that means we cant package up any of these then ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive SirDibos www.linuxos.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

Re: cvs-buildpackage: CVS trees and automated builds

1997-05-29 Thread jwalther
Does this mean that debian is finally going to have a make world, and also a CVS scheme just like the bsd's? Finally! Woohoo!!! Heres to Debian, the finest Linux distribution : Now, if only we could configure the kernel at boot time like in bsd Heck, with the .deb format, this is gonna

Re: long list of give away or orphaned packages

1997-05-28 Thread jwalther
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Brian White wrote: Perhaps we could integrate this with the new developer screening. To become a new developer, you must take over one of the orphaned packages. This idea was raised before. *please*. Do not do this. If you have some enthusiastic developer come along

Re: Where is the mysql package?

1997-05-27 Thread jwalther
Well, the upshot of it is, the mysql package is *not* appearing in the packages file, and hasnt for a long time now. I am grateful that someone told me the exact url where to find it, but god, lots of people must just assume we dont have it. Thanks again. On 27 May 1997, Kai Henningsen wrote:

Re: Where is the mysql package?

1997-05-26 Thread jwalther
On Sun, 25 May 1997, Christian Schwarz wrote: The package is in hamm/non-free/binary-i386/devel . I don't know why Guy put it into devel. hmmm. is that the libs that are in devel? I must have been thinking more along the lines of a front end... and xmysql depends on xlib6 or something like

Re: Where is the mysql package?

1997-05-26 Thread jwalther
But I always use dselect, and mysql package just doesnt show up no way no how in the Packages file =( And I do have it using hamm/ etc. Nothing but the most current. Could this be another case of the Packages being out of sync with the actual files? If so, its a sync problem thats lasted quite

Re: runlevels [was Re: Upcoming Debian Releases]

1997-05-26 Thread jwalther
On Mon, 26 May 1997, Tom Lees wrote: I'd like something similar to: 1: single user 2: multiuser with minimal networking, probably without offering services 3: full networking (NFS, xfs, anonymous ftp, ...) 4: xdm? (yes, it is common on Slackware and RedHat to start xdm according to

Re: RFC: Kernel-package: Please add the '.config' file in the binary package

1997-05-21 Thread jwalther
On Tue, 20 May 1997, Mike Orr wrote: It should be copied, and not symlinked. /boot must not have any symlinks into /usr, in case /usr is trashed and you're trying to recover. If the symlink went the other way, from /usr/src/linux/.config into /boot/.config, then make config would be

Re: RFC: Kernel-package: Please add the '.config' file in the binary package

1997-05-20 Thread jwalther
On 19 May 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Less blather this time. Yes, ther reason is that /boot contains other useful information about the kernels ensconced there, (like System.map, and psdatabase) but is missing one piece: exactly what is configured into the kernel (which can be

smail bug? FQND not in proper format

1997-05-20 Thread jwalther
Basically, mailx conflicts with smail. dpkg: error processing xmysql (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up smail (3.2-3) ... Error: system's FQDN hostname (citytel_prct40.citytel.net) doesn't match RFC1035 syntax; cannot configure the mail system. dpkg: error

Where is the mysql package?

1997-05-20 Thread jwalther
Im sure there used to be a mysql package. the mysql db libs are in, and xmysql front end is in the distro where the fundamental package? is it being worked on? Im positive I installed it ages ago... foolish me for uninstalling it, now its not there anymore. Is there any reason that snarf