Bug#3304: [rman] Off-by-one in generated HTML

Package: rman Version: 2.5a4-2 rman generates HTML in which the internal references in the table of contents are off by one: [example: annotated man spell | rman -fHTML output] -- start -- !-- manual page source format generated by RosettaMan v2.5a4, -- !-- available via anonymous ftp from

Bug#2975: [base] missing /dev/entries

Here's a patch (relative to base-1.1.0-12) that extends MAKEDEV. Note that the new entries that we want in base need to be uncommented in debian.rules. This patch also provides /dev/random and /dev/urandom (fixes Bug 3039). Note that this patch does not provide non-i386 devices (some are

uploading bibindex_2.6-0

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Date: 16 Jun 96 14:32 UT Format: 1.6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: New Maintainer: Christian Linhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source: bibindex Version: 2.6-0 Binary: bibindex Architecture: i386 source Description: bibindex: fast lookup in BibTeX bibliography data

Bug#3305: dchanges: urg= override is ignored

Package: dchanges Version: 3.4 The urg= override is ignored. Below I've included a simple patch which fixes the problem. BTW, which values are valid for the Urgency-field ? -Chris --- dchanges.orig Sun Jun 16 16:12:27 1996 +++ dchangesSun Jun 16 16:12:45 1996 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@

Re: dialog-0.9a-4.changes INSTALLED

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Parsing dialog-0.9a-4.changes: Installed dialog-0.9a-4.tar.gz into unstable/source/misc/dialog_0.9a-4.tar.gz (replacing dialog-0.9a-2.tar.gz) Installed dialog-0.9a-4.diff.gz into unstable/source/misc/dialog_0.9a-4.diff.gz (replacing dialog-0.9a-2.diff.gz)

Re: 1.2 source archive and packaging issues

The only disadvantage is that for a couple of weeks, the unstable directory will not be the real unstable directory. The real one will be rex, also reachable through an slink development. As unstable gets unpopulated of real files, it should be repopulated with symlinks to rex. So if people

Re: 1.2 modem devices

On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Peter Tobias wrote: IMHO we should change our comm packages for Debian 1.2 to use /dev/ttyS* instead of /dev/cua*: I'm hardly expert in standard practices in this area, but I'm under the impression that the cua* devices are for dial-out. This may not be definitive, but I

Re: Organizing non-free

'Brian C. White wrote:' Sorry to bother you again, but I thought non-free was precisely for packages which may not be sold on CDs. Now I am confused. You're not the only one. For example, shareware programs can be sold on CD but require payment for use. I'd be more specific, but I can't

Re: Organizing non-free

Umm, non-free to distribute shouldn't be on /any/ ftp site, right? No, there are too many shades of this. Ask Dale about the new Pine/Pico license. Bruce

Bug#3299: guidelines.texi refers to Debian GNU/Linux.

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Emilio Lopes) writes: Package: doc-debian Version: 1.0-2 Hi, guidelines.texi.gz (from version 1.0-2 of the doc-debian package) refers to Debian GNU/Linux in the title. Maybe. 1.0-2 was quite old. Version 1.0-3 has corrected this, but it's

If no section/priority in control file, then where?

OK, last Thursday I was told that use of section and priority in the control files of packages was deprecated by those whose opinions would seem to matter most---Ian Jackson, dpkg maintainer, and Guy Maor, archive maintainer. This is fine with me---one less detail to track for each package. What

Re: _ in source archive names?

From: Michael Alan Dorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it intended that developers use the _ to separate package name and version information in the names of .tar.gz and .diff.gz files? Yes. The source file name should be consistent with the binary one. This is espeically important when we do batch

Bug#3307: ddd-smotif does not replace ddd

Package: ddd-smotif Version: 1.4d-2 I had ddd installed, and a simple dpkg -i ddd-smotif-1.4d-2.deb failed with the Conflicts: ddd + Provides: ddd. I think that adding a Replaces: ddd would do the job. -- Dirk Eddelbuttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd

Re: new syslogd

Dale Scheetz writes (Re: new syslogd): ... Well, sysklogd conflicts with syslogd. I assume this means that it conflicts with it's conffiles too? No. The thought was that this could be why dselect has problems with syslogd and sysklogd. Could you please elaborate on these problems ? Ian.

Re: Entry for the Distribution-HOWTO

Hi, different sources and systems. Non-free packages and optional support for shadow passwords are also available, making Debian a It might be a good idea to call the support for shadow passwords experimental or beta just to be safe (not all packages support them yet). I'll

Public archive of ftp and debian-bugs...

I just wanted to let everyone know that debian.med.miami.edu is now up and running. Our mirror of the complete distribution can be found at: ftp://debian.med.miami.edu/debian In addition, we have a complete copy of the debian-bugs database available at: http://debian.med.miami.edu/ Rather

Re: Organizing non-free

On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Chris Fearnley wrote: Umm, non-free to distribute shouldn't be on /any/ ftp site, right? I believe 'non-free to distribute' means, you can't sell it for money (many people do this - they give the program away, but you can't sell a CD with that program on it). In other

Bug#3308: X(1) manpage in wrong place?

Package: xmanpages Version: 3.1.2-5 The manpage for X(1) appears to be installed as a manpage in section 3 (library calls): tacitus:~$ man X Reformatting X(3x), please wait... X(1) X(1) NAME X - a portable, network-transparent

Re: The PCMCIA and kernel packages

Okay. I have created a new version of the pcmcia-cs package and am currently uploading it. Here is a list of the files it creates: pcmcia-cs-1.3.100_2.8.16-1_i386.deb The binary version of the package. It includes the modules compiled for kernel version 1.3.100 and all of the