Re: m68k boot-floppies

[Sven LUTHER <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 02:43:42PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > - shouldn't we just replace the amiga-fdisk package with amiga-fdisk-bf in
> > > the archive, or upload a fixed version of amiga-fdisk? What's the
> > > difference between -bf and the normal one, functionality wise? 
> > 
> > Yes , you have to use the amiga-fdisk-bf package instead of amiga-fdisk package.I made it extra for debian/ppc/apus boot floppies. 
> > 
> > amiga-fdisk-bf is the same package as amiga-fdisk, just i replaced the
> > libreadline stuff by a naive scanf stuff. I was not able to create a multi
> > binary package out of this, so i split the pakage in two source packages. If
> > anyone could fix this, it would be nice.
> 
> If the two binaries are identical otherwise (behave the same on user
> input), and there's no compelling reason to have a libreadline linked
> amiga-fdisk in the base system, why not use the scanf version as the one
> and only amiga-fdisk? 

I don't know, but it seemed to me that libreadline offer additional features
like command line modification, history and so such. Don't know if amiga-fdisk
makes use of them though. The upstream author,which i contacted, used
libreadline because gets was insecure. the hack uses a scanf into a 1024 size
buffer. Don't know if it solve all secuirty stuff. ideally we should include
the stuff in one of the main fdisks.

> I guess the person to answer this is Frank Neumann (assuming he still
> maintains amiga-fdisk).

Guess so, ...

that said, i made the last uploads, and i think Frank's email is no more valid
since he moved from Oldenburg, but i am not sure about that.

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER