Re: apcupsd package dead?
I'd suggest that you try nut instead,,. I gave up on apcupsd some time
ago. I've got an APC Back-UPS Pro 650, and nut doesn't seem to have
any problems with it.
On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 02:35:27AM -0500, Steaphan Greene wrote:
> I had the misfortune of recommending Debian to a group I
> associate with and then, while helping them install everything, finding
> that the Debian testing/unstable apcupsd package is completely
> non-functional.
> I checked online and sure enough, there is a "158 days old"
> grave bug report that basically explains how the package does not work
> at all (and since this is UPS power-outage shutdown support, that is
> really important). I won't go into detail as to what is broken, the bug
> report handles that nicely. Suffice it to say that I had to edit an
> included script just to enable basic functionality, and most of the
> features still don't work.
> I looked on the packages needing work, and up for adoption,
> etc... but it is not there. Basically what I want to know is what I can
> do about this. I am not a Debian Developer (yet ;) and can't do much
> myself, though I would take over maintenance of this package if I were
> (assuming that is even an option, since there is technically someone who
> is supposedly maintaining it already). I've heard differing opinions on
> this list (e-mail the developer, don't e-mail the developer, etc...),
> and am really not sure what I can do about this.
> Thanks.
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