Debian bug report logs - #1410 xbase maintainer script problems Package: xbase ; Reported by: Ian Jackson ; Done: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 11 10:39:28 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t357n-000DgnC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 10:39 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA25828 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 10:39:04 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 12:35 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 12:35 EST From: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) To: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com Subject: Bug#1410: This bug was fixed in a recent upload of the package. Please check ftp.debian.org:/pub/debian for the new (fixed) version. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to Ian Jackson : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1410 ; Package xbase . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov