Debian bug report logs - #1410, boring messages

Subject: Bug#1410: xbase maintainer script problems
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From: Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
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Package: xbase
Version: 3.1.2-3

Before this installation I already had an /etc/XF86Config, as well as
the xdm links in /etc/rc*.d.  However, the postinst still asked me if
I wanted to create them:

 Setting up xbase ...
 Running mkfontdir in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc... done.

 Do you want to create the XFree86 configuration file (y/n) [y]? n

 Okay.  To create it at a later date, run `xf86config'.


 There are three methods that can be used to start the X Window System:
 `startx', `xdm', and `xinit'.  We recommend the use of `xdm', but you
 may choose which you prefer.

 If you want to start the X Window System using `xdm', I can set up the
 system so that at boot-time `xdm' is automatically started.

 Should I do this (y/n) [y]? n
 Okay, not enabling `xdm'.

 You may now start the X Window System.

That last message is confusing.  What does it mean ?  (It may not have
been appropriate in my situation, but what is a naive user supposed to
do to `start the X Window System' ?)

The preinst/prerm are rather verbose:
 Preparing to replace xbase (using ./x11/xbase-3.1.2-3.deb) ...
 Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm'.
 no /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm found; none killed.
 Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs'.
 no /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs found; none killed.
 Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm'.
 no /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm found; none killed.
 Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs'.
 no /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs found; none killed.

This should probably just do either start-stop-daemon --quiet or
--verbose, rather than `echo' followed by start-stop-daemon without
--quiet or --verbose.

Ian.

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Bug#1410: Acknowledgement (was: xbase maintainer script problems)
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Subject: Bug#1410: marked as done (was: xbase maintainer script problems)

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From: Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@pixar.com>
Subject: xbase maintainer script problems
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Package: xbase
Version: 3.1.2-3

Before this installation I already had an /etc/XF86Config, as well as
the xdm links in /etc/rc*.d.  However, the postinst still asked me if
I wanted to create them:

 Setting up xbase ...
 Running mkfontdir in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc... done.

 Do you want to create the XFree86 configuration file (y/n) [y]? n

 Okay.  To create it at a later date, run `xf86config'.


 There are three methods that can be used to start the X Window System:
 `startx', `xdm', and `xinit'.  We recommend the use of `xdm', but you
 may choose which you prefer.

 If you want to start the X Window System using `xdm', I can set up the
 system so that at boot-time `xdm' is automatically started.

 Should I do this (y/n) [y]? n
 Okay, not enabling `xdm'.

 You may now start the X Window System.

That last message is confusing.  What does it mean ?  (It may not have
been appropriate in my situation, but what is a naive user supposed to
do to `start the X Window System' ?)

The preinst/prerm are rather verbose:
 Preparing to replace xbase (using ./x11/xbase-3.1.2-3.deb) ...
 Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm'.
 no /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm found; none killed.
 Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs'.
 no /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs found; none killed.
 Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm'.
 no /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm found; none killed.
 Stopping `/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs'.
 no /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs found; none killed.

This should probably just do either start-stop-daemon --quiet or
--verbose, rather than `echo' followed by start-stop-daemon without
--quiet or --verbose.

Ian.

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Bug#1410 acknowledged by developer (was: xbase maintainer script problems)
References: <m0t353Z-0001eDC@imagine.imaginit.com> <m0svXuu-0002ZwA@chiark.al.cl.cam.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <m0svXuu-0002ZwA@chiark.al.cl.cam.ac.uk>

This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report.

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Ian Jackson
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