Bug#1091: Unresolved uucp bugs (as of uucp-1.05-3)
> These uucp bugs are known, but not yet resolved as of the release of
> uucp-1.05-3.{deb,diff.gz,tar.gz}:
>
>
> > I should be able to turn the uucp.texi file into a uucp.info file.
Done.
> >
> > I should subscribe to the taylor-uucp mailing list.
Done.
> >
> > I should get the patches mentioned in the README file and apply them to the
> > debian uucp distribution.
I tried to find the patches on the site specified in the README, but had no
success. At this point, I will simply move on to version 1.06 (which already
has a couple of bug fixes reported, but apparently, no official patches.)
> >
> > Fix the permissions. Currently, the only way that I can get uucico to able
> > to use /dev/cua0 is to either make /dev/cua0 666 mode or make uucico owned
> > by root and set-user-id.
Done.
> >
> > Write a script which will investigate smail configuration files to determine
> > if I need to fix the pathname in a statfile= attribute.
I don't even recall what prompted this.
> >
> > I was not able to use ``/var/log/'' for the log files. I would get:
> > uucico: /var/log/uucp.Log: can not open log file
> > (Ian J. says "Use a subdirectory. Don't forget to rotate you log files...")
Done.
> >
> > I should configure uucp when it is installed.
I have created a stub uucpconfig program, which is called from the postinst
script. The actual program still needs to be written. More on this in a
separate message.
> >
> > User 'uucp' needs to be added to the 'dialout' group so that it can use the
> > modem ports.
Not needed. The /etc/group file comes with this set. Perhaps, in the
absence of the uucp package, this should not be set up by default.
Bruce:
If you change this aspect of the /etc/group file, please point this out to
me so that I can change uucp to match.
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David H. Silber dhs@firefly.com Project: Debian GNU/Linux (uucp)
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