Debian bug report logs - #1410 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1410: xbase maintainer script problems Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 08:18:07 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: xbase X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 08:18:07 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 08:09:49 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0svYpz-0006WTA; Wed, 20 Sep 95 16:45 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03207 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 20 Sep 1995 16:45:42 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0svYpf-000BzjA; Thu, 21 Sep 95 00:45 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 20 Sep 95 23:47 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 20 Sep 95 23:47 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Precedence: air-mail 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1410: Acknowledgement (was: xbase maintainer script problems) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 08:09:49 GMT From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Wed Sep 20 16:45:59 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0svYpz-0006WTA; Wed, 20 Sep 95 16:45 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03207 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 20 Sep 1995 16:45:42 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0svYpf-000BzjA; Thu, 21 Sep 95 00:45 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 20 Sep 95 23:47 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 20 Sep 95 23:47 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: xbase maintainer script problems Precedence: air-mail 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1410 acknowledged by developer (was: xbase maintainer script problems) References: In-Reply-To: This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock). You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov