Debian bug report logs - #1511 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1511: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability Reply-To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 19:03:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg (and the ftp site) X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 19:03:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 19:02:35 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sykgb-000FGNC; Fri, 29 Sep 95 12:01 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA15354 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 29 Sep 1995 12:01:08 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id OAA02894 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:01:23 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with SMTP id OAA00776 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:01:20 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04744; Fri, 29 Sep 95 12:01:18 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA18264; Fri, 29 Sep 95 12:01:10 PDT Date: Fri, 29 Sep 95 12:01:10 PDT From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Message-Id: <9509291901.AA18264@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com PACKAGE: dpkg (and the ftp site) The "Packages" and "Packages.gz" files do not have ms-dos compatible filenames. Depending on the tools used, manipulating these files on, MSDOS filesystems can be a problem. I suggest that these files be renamed to "packages" and "packages.gz", respectively. they should be placed on the ftp site with these ms-dos compatible names. dselect should probably look for the files first under these names and, if that fails, under their current names. Files intended to have ms-dos compatible filenames should have names with an 8.3 format, and using only the chars [a-z0-9] and '-', '_', and possibly a few other non-alpha chars. Two things known to cause problems are names exceeding 8.3 limits and names having uppercase characters. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Subject: Bug#1511: Acknowledgement (was: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability) In-Reply-To: <9509291901.AA18264@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> References: <9509291901.AA18264@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> 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. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1511" or "Re: Bug#1511" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1511: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 23:18:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg (and the ftp site) X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Tue, 03 Oct 1995 23:18:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Tue, 03 Oct 1995 23:03:48 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t0GMH-0007noC; Tue, 3 Oct 95 16:02 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA20602 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 3 Oct 1995 16:02:22 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t0GMB-000BzVC; Wed, 4 Oct 95 00:02 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sat, 30 Sep 95 01:10 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 30 Sep 95 01:10 BST From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Bill Mitchell writes ("Bug#1511: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability"): > PACKAGE: dpkg (and the ftp site) > > The "Packages" and "Packages.gz" files do not have ms-dos > compatible filenames. Depending on the tools used, manipulating > these files on, MSDOS filesystems can be a problem. > > I suggest that these files be renamed to "packages" and "packages.gz", > respectively. they should be placed on the ftp site with these > ms-dos compatible names. dselect should probably look for the files > first under these names and, if that fails, under their current > names. The dselect installation method scripts already look for the lowercase versions. I suggest that these files only be renamed in the ms-dos sections. Having them start with a capital P is important so that they sort before the packages files or directories with which they share the directory. Ian M, if you're editing mkpackages anyway go ahead and change this; otherwise I can do it. Presumably mkpackages will need changing to cope with the new FTP site organisation, anyway. Let me know. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1511: Info received (was Bug#1511: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1511" or "Re: Bug#1511" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1511: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 02:48:07 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg (and the ftp site) X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 02:48:07 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 02:45:12 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t9NjG-000DIFC; Sat, 28 Oct 95 19:44 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA12586 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 28 Oct 1995 19:43:43 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t9Nj9-0007uQC; Sun, 29 Oct 95 02:44 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t9Niz-0002baC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 29 Oct 95 02:43 GMT Message-Id: Date: Sun, 29 Oct 95 02:43 GMT From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: <45357393@toto.iv> I wrote, some time ago, in response to a bug report: > Bill Mitchell writes ("Bug#1511: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability"): > > PACKAGE: dpkg (and the ftp site) > > > > The "Packages" and "Packages.gz" files do not have ms-dos > > compatible filenames. Depending on the tools used, manipulating > > these files on, MSDOS filesystems can be a problem. > > > > I suggest that these files be renamed to "packages" and "packages.gz", > > respectively. they should be placed on the ftp site with these > > ms-dos compatible names. dselect should probably look for the files > > first under these names and, if that fails, under their current > > names. > > The dselect installation method scripts already look for the > lowercase versions. > > I suggest that these files only be renamed in the ms-dos sections. > Having them start with a capital P is important so that they sort > before the packages files or directories with which they share the > directory. > > Ian M, if you're editing mkpackages anyway go ahead and change this; > otherwise I can do it. Presumably mkpackages will need changing to > cope with the new FTP site organisation, anyway. Let me know. Has this been changed yet ? I'm going to reassign this bug to (ftp.debian.org). Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1511: Info received (was Bug#1511: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1511" or "Re: Bug#1511" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-request: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Sat Oct 28 19:44:14 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t9NjK-000DGfC; Sat, 28 Oct 95 19:44 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA12591 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-request-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 28 Oct 1995 19:43:47 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t9NjF-0007uRC; Sun, 29 Oct 95 02:44 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t9NjB-0002baC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 29 Oct 95 02:44 GMT Message-Id: Date: Sun, 29 Oct 95 02:44 GMT From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs mailserver Subject: various non-dpkg bugs reassign 1647 texbin reassign 1496 (base) reassign 1511 (ftp.debian.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Murdock In-Reply-To: References: <9509291901.AA18264@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> Subject: Bug#1511: marked as done (was: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability) Your message dated Sun, 5 Nov 95 15:57 EST with message-id and subject line Bug#1511: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 19:02:35 GMT From mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Fri Sep 29 12:01:30 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sykgb-000FGNC; Fri, 29 Sep 95 12:01 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA15354 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 29 Sep 1995 12:01:08 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id OAA02894 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:01:23 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with SMTP id OAA00776 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:01:20 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04744; Fri, 29 Sep 95 12:01:18 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA18264; Fri, 29 Sep 95 12:01:10 PDT Date: Fri, 29 Sep 95 12:01:10 PDT From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Message-Id: <9509291901.AA18264@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability PACKAGE: dpkg (and the ftp site) The "Packages" and "Packages.gz" files do not have ms-dos compatible filenames. Depending on the tools used, manipulating these files on, MSDOS filesystems can be a problem. I suggest that these files be renamed to "packages" and "packages.gz", respectively. they should be placed on the ftp site with these ms-dos compatible names. dselect should probably look for the files first under these names and, if that fails, under their current names. Files intended to have ms-dos compatible filenames should have names with an 8.3 format, and using only the chars [a-z0-9] and '-', '_', and possibly a few other non-alpha chars. Two things known to cause problems are names exceeding 8.3 limits and names having uppercase characters. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Subject: Bug#1511 acknowledged by developer (was: Packages vs. packages for ms-dos compatability) References: <9509291901.AA18264@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> In-Reply-To: <9509291901.AA18264@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely 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. 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