A Frequently Reported Bug: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry = 4' failed. in dpkg

1999-08-16 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
. In the second case, the package which depends on the virtual package should list real packages as alternatives to the virtual package so that the loop no longer includes the virtual package. Thanks. -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia

Re: New User having Problems with dselect

1999-08-13 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
to be related to the bash/readline problem that breaks any slink-potato upgrade at this point. I suggest you wait until it is fixed. -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% ... memory leaks are quite acceptable in many applications ... (Bjarne Stroustrup

Re: Programming question: sizeof struct?

1999-07-10 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Sat, Jul 10, 1999 at 11:26:19PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Or even 8, since an int is 32 bits. int can be anything from 16 bits up. In fact, I believe we have architectures where int is 64 bits. Do *not* depend on the size of int! -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http

Re: Programming question: sizeof struct?

1999-07-09 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
between text and num to align num. I want it to stop! You want your C compiler to compile something other than C. In C, the only guarantee you get is that the struct elements are stored in order (IIRC). -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia

Re: finding a package name given a filename

1998-12-09 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
/gc_source/. I'll produce a .deb in the near future. In the meantime, use the source. Antti-Juhani -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% About to generate a new signature, please wait...

Re: finding a package name given a filename

1998-12-09 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 09:53:50PM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: I'll produce a .deb in the near future. In the meantime, use the source. The .deb is now available at ftp://ftp.jyu.fi/pub/linux/local-DEBs/. The directory structure is an imitation of the main archive; you'll find

Re: finding a package name given a filename

1998-12-08 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
status application to be fully processed). Is anyone interested enough to make an upload worthwhile at this point? Antti-Juhani -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% About to generate a new signature, please wait...

Re: procmail ........ (again)

1998-11-23 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
and wildcards after it just make it useless. So, use: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian-english :0: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian-spanish Antti-Juhani -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% NOTE: I am migrating to a new setup. There may still be problems

Re: Default MTA

1998-11-22 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 03:56:20PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: The best argument I have seen for removing smail as the default Debian MTA There's no need to advocate the issue any longer. Smail is now optional and exim is important, ie the default. Antti-Juhani -- %%% Antti-Juhani

Re: Default MTA

1998-11-22 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
, at least on one secondary mirror i checked (ftp.funet.fi). Antti-Juhani -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% NOTE: I am migrating to a new setup. There may still be problems with my mail/news headers, so *please* trust the above addresses more than

Re: procmail....................

1998-11-21 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
process, so it will process the messages automatically, but in order to tell you how it is done, I must know a bit of your setup. As I asked above: which MTA are you using? Antti-Juhani -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% NOTE: I am migrating

Re: procmail....................

1998-11-21 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
is far superior to mindless matching of any character: the macro will match only whole addresses; partial matches are not allowed by ^TO. Antti-Juhani -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% NOTE: I am migrating to a new setup. There may still

Installing a modem connection (was:Re: Unidentified subject!)

1998-11-21 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
several things. Have you used the net over modem with some other operating system (like Windows)? How did you do that? If not, can you please tell us what instructions your Internet Service Provider has given you? Antti-Juhani -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http

Re: A new Debian user's initial questions

1998-11-15 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
). Antti-Juhani [1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: dselect (or apt) wish list

1998-11-10 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: newbie diff question

1998-11-09 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
, refer to `man patch'. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: How can I create my own CD's?

1998-11-06 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 10:32:31AM -0800, Ty Mixon wrote: how I can make my own CD-ROM set of the current Debian Distribution Grab the official images and use them. A list of mirrors carrying the images is at http://cdimage.debian.org/ . Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7

Re: dpkg/apt-get madness

1998-11-04 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
the package is in very bad inconsistent state, dpkg can no longer assume anything about which files it can remove and which it cannot. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend

Re: XWindows

1998-11-04 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
, x11. I think you'll find it there. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: Debian Questions

1998-10-29 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
but it works. Another solution would be to build a .deb on your own; when you're building a local .deb, you don't have to follow the Debian Policy so the packaging becomes quite easy¹ :-) Antti-Juhani ¹ But don't publish such a .deb :-) -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Debian Questions

1998-10-29 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
belong. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: conflicts in Debian Distributions

1998-10-28 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
-base you have selected and which versions you have installed? How were you trying to install the new ones, with dselect or by hand, or with apt? Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend

Re: Debian Questions

1998-10-28 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 03:30:28PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: because it needs an MTA and doesn't know about qmail. Use the qmail-src package available at a mirror of the non-free section near you. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http

Re: conflicts in Debian Distributions

1998-10-26 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
to my point and b) it's not my decision, I'm not the sysadmin here. -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: Off Topic: Picture of GNU and Linux at netgod.net

1998-10-26 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
, GNU is an acronym for 'GNU's Not Unix'. Next time, do not blind-carbon-copy the list. It breaks my reply-to-list system. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend

Re: adding .tmf files to tex

1998-10-26 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: Gcc Binaries for Intel P2 333 running Debian Linux

1998-10-25 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
egcs. Antti-Juhani wondering why some people don't honour my reply-to's -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: dselect Woes

1998-10-25 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
in a machine. Examples include Smail and Sendmail: they'd be at each others' throat if they were simultaneously present in a machine - both trying to do one's job, but in the processing trashing the other's. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi

Re: dselect won't config emacs 20.3

1998-10-23 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
(in slink) or deinstall tm. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: Gcc Binaries for Intel P2 333 running Debian Linux

1998-10-23 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
understand the problem right? If not, please describe the problem in detail, so we (the debian-user list) may be able to help you better. Any resources on net ? http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages comes first to mind. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Hamm Dselect

1998-10-23 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
in the -devel list about creating such a method for Debian 2.1 as even the main distribution of the current unstable (slink) won't fit on one CD. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend

Re: We have tmview for dvi, is there a svga postscript viewer?

1998-10-23 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
Anyway, the question was, whether there is a non-X postscript viewer. It is my understanding that ghostscript can function as one - though it is not very fancy. See its documentation for more info. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi

Re: Hamm Dselect

1998-10-23 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
were not (obviously) available. Antti-Juhani -- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** URL:http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ ** The FAQ is your friend. Trust the FAQ.

Re: Swap Space

1997-07-24 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Jul 23, Robert D. Hilliard wrote The rule of thumb of three times RAM has always seemed highly illogical to me. A machine with 8 mb probably needs much more than 24 mb, while one with 97 mb probably doesn't need any. IMHO, if you *need* swap space greater than two times your physical

Installing tetex-extra, and a mysterious error message

1997-07-24 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
Hi! I'm running Debian 1.2 with some 1.3 packages. One of these bo packages is teTeX. I installed all the other tetex packages just fine -- not counting the hours-long search for old TeX packages [sic]. tetex-extra gives me something unusual. Here's a transcript: Script started on Wed Jul 23

Re: naming convention question

1997-07-24 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Jul 23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I thought that the name of the current product was Debian 1.31. No. The name of the current product is bo. It is also known as Debian 1.3.1 (there is no such thing as Debian 1.31). It's like my name is Antti-Juhani, but some people have the (irritating) habit

Re: qmail?

1997-07-22 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Jul 22, Dima wrote Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: You can a) hit SHIFT+Q in dselect every time to override dependecies Risky. or b) install a dummy package that provides MTA. Search for messages about equivs package in the list archive. Thanks. I'll do that the next time I'm online. My

Re: qmail?

1997-07-22 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Jul 21, Martin Schulze wrote Install a dummy package. How do I do that? Which TFM I should R? Antti-Juhani -- ... MS-DOS is universally considered unreal. (The Jargon File 4.0.0) pgpn0HQyvmhkt.pgp Description:

Re: Reading news offline

1997-07-21 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Jul 20, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote JC == Jason Costomiris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ok, I just follow the suck man page, but I must admit I haven't gotten it to work yet. No wonder. suck's manpage was a mess when I last looked at it about a month ago. Suck transfers some articles from

Re: qmail?

1997-07-21 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Jul 21, Dima wrote Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: A related question: is there any chance of getting a Debianized distribution of qmail in the near future? A mere source could do. You can use a non-debianized version: the only difference is that Debian already have qmail users

qmail? (was:Re: sendmail vs smail)

1997-07-20 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
A related question: is there any chance of getting a Debianized distribution of qmail in the near future? A mere source could do. Yes, I know that there is qmail in project/experimental (at least my mirror has it), but I'd rather not use alpha software -- and I think I would be violating Dan's

Re: Smail configuration

1997-07-15 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Jul 14, Robert D. Hilliard wrote In smailconfig, you must choose option (1), then after several more questions, you give your ISP's mail server's name in response to: ... This will give the results that I think the original poster was looking for. Yes, it will. I was faced with