[DNG] "directory entry"

2020-08-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 12:39:28AM +0400, Dimitri Minaev via Dng wrote: > Directory entry? A good term. Close to what I mean. Of course I really want it to describe what a directory entry points to. But it's an established convention to name a pointer or thunk what it points to, so that's

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 06:31:37PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 13:15:52 -0400 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > So if we were to use fd as short for file-or-directory it could > > better be short for file descriptor. > > Not in my opinion. Some people get infuriated when

Re: [DNG] latest wireshark-common/ceres depends on libsystemd0

2020-08-25 Thread golinux
On 2020-08-25 16:42, Dimitris via Dng wrote: was -rarely- using wifite, that depends on tshark+wireshark-common, but can live without it.. but was wondering.., should i file a bug report in debian or a new RFP in devuan? debian seems to ignore/discard any non-systemd reports lately, so it

Re: [DNG] Question

2020-08-25 Thread golinux
On 2020-08-25 16:42, goli...@devuan.org wrote: On 2020-08-25 16:34, Ian Zimmerman wrote: On 2020-08-25 08:47, Joril via Dng wrote: > Have found that devuan 3.0 or Beowulf is the present stable > product. Is there a 'testing' equivalent Devuan product? I believe you are looking for Devuan

Re: [DNG] Question

2020-08-25 Thread golinux
On 2020-08-25 16:34, Ian Zimmerman wrote: On 2020-08-25 08:47, Joril via Dng wrote: > Have found that devuan 3.0 or Beowulf is the present stable > product. Is there a 'testing' equivalent Devuan product? I believe you are looking for Devuan Chimaera? See https://devuan.org/os/releases Can

[DNG] latest wireshark-common/ceres depends on libsystemd0

2020-08-25 Thread Dimitris via Dng
was -rarely- using wifite, that depends on tshark+wireshark-common, but can live without it.. but was wondering.., should i file a bug report in debian or a new RFP in devuan? debian seems to ignore/discard any non-systemd reports lately, so it would probably stay in wishlist for ever there, eg.

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2020-08-25 Thread Dimitris via Dng
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Re: [DNG] Question

2020-08-25 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2020-08-25 08:47, Joril via Dng wrote: > > Have found that devuan 3.0 or Beowulf is the present stable > > product. Is there a 'testing' equivalent Devuan product? > > I believe you are looking for Devuan Chimaera? > See https://devuan.org/os/releases Can you mix releases with the

Re: [DNG] LightDM password expired localization

2020-08-25 Thread Adam Borowski
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 04:17:39PM +0200, Joril via Dng wrote: > I'm testing out what happens on Beowulf when a user password expires. The > process isn't very user-friendly, but the biggest problem is that not all > the messages from the UI are localized (the machine will be used by >

[DNG] LightDM password expired localization

2020-08-25 Thread Joril via Dng
Hi everyone! I'm testing out what happens on Beowulf when a user password expires. The process isn't very user-friendly, but the biggest problem is that not all the messages from the UI are localized (the machine will be used by non-technical people). Even though the rest of the UI gets shown

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-25 Thread al3xu5 / dotcommon
Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400 - Hendrik Boom : > There are files and directories. > > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity > for something which might be a file or a directory? If you mean regular file and directory and you want something descriptive that isn't an acronym,

Re: [DNG] Question

2020-08-25 Thread Joril via Dng
On 23/08/20 15:42, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: Greetings A friend and mentor in all things Linux was a proponent of Devuan. Sadly he died some months ago Sorry to hear that :( Have found that devuan 3.0 or Beowulf is the present stable product. Is there a 'testing' equivalent Devuan product?