New Debian alpha Packages
These alpha packages were installed into the Debian hierarchy in the
last week:
----- Low Urgency Packages --------------
9menu - Creates X menus from the shell.
9menu 1.4-7 -> 1.4-8 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/x11
9menu (1.4-8) unstable; urgency=low
* New maintainer.
adbbs - ad! BBS. A perl based bbs or easy menu system.
adbbs 2.1a-1 -> 2.1a-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/comm
adbbs (2.1a-2) unstable; urgency=low
* libtermreadkey-perl changed name to libterm-readkey-perl
apache - Versatile, high-performance HTTP server
apache 1.2.4-1 -> 1.3b3-7 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/web
apache (1.3b3-7) unstable; urgency=low, closes=15930
* Removed unofficial sparc tweak.
* Added official tweak to conf.h from Dean Gaudet for multiple
architecture support (os-linux/1542, fixed in 1.3b4).
* Added temporary fix from Jason Gunthorpe (#15930) for incorrect
logging of "critical memmap failure" errors (this will be fixed in
1.3b4).
automake - A tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles.
automake 1.2-1 -> 1.2-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/devel
automake (1.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
* corrected copyright file, updated control file, fixed bugs #14682 and
#14853.
debhelper - helper programs for debian/rules
debhelper 0.33 -> 0.34 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/utils
debhelper (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
* Fixed typo #16215.
debhelper - helper programs for debian/rules
debhelper 0.34 -> 0.35 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/utils
debhelper (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
* dh_lib: use dpkg-parsechangelog instead of parsing it by hand. This
makes a package build slower (by about 30 seconds, on average), so
I might remove it or optimize it if too many people yell at me. :-)
* dh_undocumented.1: note that it really links to undocumented.7.gz.
debhelper - helper programs for debian/rules
debhelper 0.35 -> 0.36 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/utils
debhelper (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
* Optimized out most of the slowdown caused byusing dpkg-parsechangelog -
now it's only called by 2 dh_* programs.
debmake - Debianizing Tool and automatized binary generation
debmake 3.5.6 -> 3.5.7 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/utils
debmake (3.5.7) unstable; urgency=low
* Changed $1 == "ii" by $1 ~ /^.i/ to create buildinfo.Debian (Bug #16168).
* debstd: Fixed find command in search of manpages (Bug #12255).
* Use xargs to chmod files in usr/doc (Bug #11526).
* Use xargs to calculate md5sums (Bug #12342).
* Removed check for /etc/suid.conf in permission processing
automatically inserted in postinsts and postrms (Bug #14729).
* Moved "but may be used by others" comment in manpage.ex to the
AUTHOR section (Bug #14789).
dejagnu - framework for running test suites on software tools.
dejagnu 1.3-7 -> 1.3-8 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/devel
dejagnu (1.3-8) unstable; urgency=low
* corrected copyright (fixes bug #14864)
* changed maintainer email address
deliver - Local mail delivery agent
deliver 2.1.12-2 -> 2.1.12-7 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/mail
deliver (2.1.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
* Add check in prerm to see if deliver is being used by sendmail and
refuse to uninstall if it is.
developers-reference - Debian Developer's Reference
developers-reference 0.2 -> 0.3 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/doc
developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
* Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
- Generating the changes file (for uploads)
- Announcing package uploads
* New section about Debian Mentors
* debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
* debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
* Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
* Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
doc-iana - Internet protocol parameter registry
doc-iana 1997.12-1 -> 1997.12-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/doc
doc-iana (1997.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
* Owner was bollixed because of libc5 dpkg (fixes:Bug#15935)
doc-linux - Linux FAQ and mini-HOWTOs.
doc-linux-html - Linux HOWTOs in html format
doc-linux-text - Linux HOWTOs in plain text format
doc-linux-html 97.11-1 -> 97.12-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/doc
doc-linux-text 97.11-1 -> 97.12-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/doc
doc-linux 97.11-1 -> 97.12-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/doc
doc-linux (97.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
* Switched to distributing the newly maintained Linux-FAQ
* Added a menu entry for the html version of the Linux-FAQ
* Overhauled the other menu entries as well
* HOWTOs that are new or updated since the last release on November 4:
Assembly BootPrompt Busmouse Commercial Config Consultants Cyrillic
DOS-to-Linux DOSEMU Danish Database Disk Ethernet Glibc2 HOWTO-INDEX
Hardware INDEX Keyboard-and-Console MILO NIS PCMCIA Serial
Sound-Playing UPS User-Group VAR VMS-to-Linux Virtual-Services WWW
WWW-mSQL XFree86 XFree86-Video-Timings
* mini-HOWTOs that are new or updated since the last release on November 4:
3-Button-Mouse ADSM-Backup Bridge Bridge+Firewall Cable-Modem DHCPcd
Fax-Server GIS-GRASS Index IP-Masquerade ISP-Connectivity LILO
Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2 Linux+FreeBSD Mac-Terminal Mail-Queue Modules Path
Remote-X-Apps Sendmail+UUCP Small-Memory Software-Building
Software-RAID Soundblaster-AWE StarOffice Visual-Bell
Windows-Modem-Sharing ZIP-Install
doc-rfc - Important RFCs
doc-rfc 1997.12-1 -> 1997.12-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/doc
doc-rfc (1997.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
* repaired bad ownership (a libc5 dpkg doesn't work with fakeroot)
dotfile - dotfile generator
dotfile-bash - Bash module for dotfile generator
dotfile-elm - elm module for dotfile generator
dotfile-emacs - emacs module for dotfile generator
dotfile-fvwm1 - fvwm module for dotfile generator
dotfile-fvwm2 - fvwm2 module for dotfile generator
dotfile-ipfwadm - ipfwadm module for dotfile generator
dotfile-procmail - procmail module for dotfile generator
dotfile-rtin - rtin module for dotfile generator
dotfile-tcsh - tcsh module for dotfile generator
dotfile-bash 1.02-2 -> 1.02-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile-elm 1.0b1-4 -> 1.0b1-5 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile-emacs 1.2-2 -> 1.2-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile-fvwm1 1.3-1 -> 1.3-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile-fvwm2 1.0b6-4 -> 1.0b6-5 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile-ipfwadm 0.23b3-3 -> 0.23b3-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile-procmail 1.0b1-2 -> 1.0b1-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile-rtin 0.02-4 -> 0.02-5 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile-tcsh 1.3-2 -> 1.3-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile 2.1-1 -> 2.2-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/admin
dotfile (2.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release (only includes changes to fvwm2 module)
* install everything into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/dotfile instead of
dotfile-version (why did I ever decide to do that?)
eperl - Embedded Perl 5 Language
eperl 2.2.8-0.1 -> 2.2.8-0.2 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/devel
eperl (2.2.8-0.2) unstable; urgency=low
* Yet another non-maintainer release. :)
* Commented out fclose(fp) at the end of eperl_main.c. This should solve
the segmentation fault problem. Thanks to Tommi Virtanen for pointing
out the solution! :) (Fixes Bug#15818)
* Fixed /usr/doc/eperl/copyright. I failed to mention that ePerl
may be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of either the
Artistic License or the GNU General Public License.
exim - Exim Mailer
exim-doc - Exim MTA info documentation
eximon - X-windows monitor for the exim mail transport agent.
exim 1.62-3 -> 1.81-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/mail
eximon 1.62-3 -> 1.81-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/mail
exim (1.81-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release (bug fixes)
* Removed bogus Replaces: line (#16054)
* Mark /etc/init.d/exim as a conffile
fetchmail - POP2/3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
fetchmail 4.0.0-1 -> 4.3.5-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/mail
fetchmail (4.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
* new upstream source
flin - Menuing system with fvwm-like syntax
flin 0.5.1-4 -> 0.5.1-6 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/shells
flin (0.5.1-6) unstable; urgency=low, closes=12851
* New maintainer.
* Update to Standards-Version 2.3.0.1.
gawk - GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
gawk 3.0.2-1 -> 3.0.3-0.1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/interpreters
gawk (3.0.3-0.1) unstable; urgency=low
* Non-maintainer release.
* Upgrade to latest upstream source.
* Libc6 compile.
gimp-data-extras - An extra set of brushes, palettes, and gradients for The GIMP
gimp-data-extras 0.99.14-1 -> 0.99-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/graphics
gimp-data-extras (1:0.99-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream version.
* Added epoch :1 because upstream version moved to 0.99.
gimp-data-min - A small set of brushes, palettes, and gradients for The GIMP
gimp-data-min 0.99.14-1 -> 0.99-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/graphics
gimp-data-min (1:0.99-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream version.
* Added epoch :1 because upstream version moved to 0.99.
git - GNU Interactive Tools
git 4.3.16-2 -> 4.3.16-5 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/utils
git (4.3.16-5) unstable; urgency=low
* Compress manpages.
kernel-package - Debian Linux kernel package build scripts.
kernel-package 3.49 -> 3.50 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/misc
kernel-package (3.50) unstable; urgency=low
* Modified image.postinst to also cater to people on whose architecture
the image is not called vmlinuz but something else (like vmlinux, for
example). closes:Bug#16258
* Fixed two minor doc typos for make-kpkg. closes:Bug#16224
kernel-package - Debian Linux kernel package build scripts.
kernel-package 3.50 -> 3.51 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/misc
kernel-package (3.51) unstable; urgency=low
* Changed the kernel rules file not break on the sound modules of
2.1.70+ kernels (I think it is a bug in the kernel Makfile, but this
fix make make-kpkg handle the problem and be more robust).
lpr - BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system
lpr 5.9-17 -> 5.9-21 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/net
lpr (5.9-21) unstable; urgency=low
* recompiled against libc6
* lpd/lpd.c: use __ivaliduser instead of _validuser
* debian/rules: strip executables (#14564, #15323)
* lpr/lpr.c: set char host[] length to MAXHOSTNAMELEN
* lpr/lpr.c: print symlink inode validation info as unsigned
* debian/rules: clean target: remove */*~
* debian/rules: install debian/changelog (#12673)
rpncalc - a rpn calculator trying to emulate an HP28S
rpncalc 1.15-2 -> 1.15-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/math
rpncalc (1.15-4) unstable; urgency=low
* changed maintainer address back to <David.Frey@eos.lugs.ch>
* updated to Standard 2.3.0.1
sed - The GNU sed stream editor.
sed 2.05-20 -> 2.05-21 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/base
sed (2.05-21) unstable; urgency=low
* Fixed nasty segmentation fault
sendmail - A powerful mail transport agent.
sendmail 8.8.8-3 -> 8.8.8-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/mail
sendmail (8.8.8-4) unstable; urgency=low, closes=15707 15990 16000
* Corrected package md5sum error (#15990, #16000).
* Removed errant mail delivery agent mail.local (#15707).
sgml-base - utilities to maintain the SGML catalog file
sgml-base 0.4 -> 0.4.1 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/text
sgml-base (0.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
* debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
* debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15403)
* debian/control: Upgraded to Standards Version 2.3.0.1
* debian/control: Removed perl dependency (perl-base is tagged
`Essential')
spell - GNU Spell, a clone of Unix `spell'
spell 1.0-2 -> 1.0-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/text
spell (1.0-3) unstable; urgency=low
* got rid of debstd call
* md5sum doesn't include DEBIAN anymore.
spellprogs - Two shell spell scripts.
spellprogs 1.11-2 -> 1.11-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/text
spellprogs (1.11-3) unstable; urgency=low
* reverted maintainer address back to <David.Frey@eos.lugs.ch>
* updated to standard 2.3.0.1
* renamed md5sum file to md5sums
spline - Akima spline interpolation.
spline 1.0-3 -> 1.0-6 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/math
spline (1.0-6) unstable; urgency=low
* changed maintainer address back to <David.Frey@eos.lugs.ch>
* updated to Standard 2.3.0.1
* renamed md5sum to md5sums
suidmanager - Manage File Permissions
suidmanager 0.9 -> 0.10 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/admin
suidmanager (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
* New maintainer.
* Convert to debhelper.
* Placed under CVS control.
* Put `suidexec' back into the distributed package.
- That makes this package no longer architecture independant. I would
like it if someone would compile this for the other architectures.
* Fixups in man pages, README, and copyright.
* Added a manual for `suidexec'.
tar - GNU tar
tar 1.12-1 -> 1.12-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/base
tar (1.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
* libc6
* Folded in some of Michael Dorman's changes for alpha, which are really
libc6 changes. Closes bug 8823.
tin - Threaded Internet News reader
tin 970625-1 -> 971215-1 into hamm/non-free/binary-alpha/news
tin (971215-1) unstable; urgency=low
* new upstream source
uutraf - an UUCP traffic analysator and cost estimator
uutraf 1.1-1 -> 1.1-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/comm
uutraf (1.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
* changed maintainer address back to <David.Frey@eos.lugs.ch>
* updated to Standard 2.3.0.1
wml - Website META Language by Ralf Engelschall
wml 1.4.6-0.1 -> 1.4.7-0.1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/web
wml (1.4.7-0.1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream (non-maintainer) release.
* Added the new /usr/doc/wml/BUGREPORT from upstream.
wml - Website META Language by Ralf Engelschall
wml 1.4.7-0.1 -> 1.4.7-0.2 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/web
wml (1.4.7-0.2) unstable; urgency=low
* Thanks to Tommi Virtanen for pointing out the solution to the eperl
segmentation fault problem! WML should work now! Please test! <grin>
* debian/control: Now Depends on perl (>= 5.004.04-3), m4 (>= 1.4-8) and
eperl (>= 2.2.8-0.2).
* debian/rules:
- Removed --enable-compat from the command-line option of ./configure.
We can live without the obsolete features, can't we? <grin>
- Replaced some files with symlinks to m4 and eperl.
xaw-wrappers - allow use of programs with xaw replacements
xaw-wrappers 0.12 -> 0.13 into hamm/hamm/binary-all/x11
xaw-wrappers (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
* ./wrapper would not work; fixed.
----- New Packages ----------------------
9term - Plan 9-derived terminal emulator for X.
9term 1.6.6-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/x11
9wm - An emulation of the Plan 9 window manager 8-1/2.
9wm 1.2-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/x11
arena - an HTML 3.0 compliant WWW browser for X
arena 0.3.52-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/web
browser-history - User daemon that tracks URL's looked at and logs them to a WWW pa
browser-history 2.4-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/web
cfengine - A tool for configuring and maintaining network machines
cfengine 1.3.19-1.1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/admin
deroff - removes roff and preprocessor constructs
deroff 1.0-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/text
eperl - Embedded Perl 5 Language
eperl 2.2.8-0.1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/devel
gimp - The layers-based, non-Motif GNU Image Manipulation Program
gimp-dev - Header files for compiling plugins for The GIMP
gimp-nonfree - GIF and TIFF support for the GNU Image Manipulation Program
gimp-dev 0.99.14-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/devel
gimp-nonfree 0.99.14-1 into hamm/non-free/binary-alpha/graphics
gimp 0.99.14-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/graphics
glimpse - Full-text indexing and searching tools
glimpse 4.1-1 into hamm/non-free/binary-alpha/utils
gmp2 - Multiprecision arithmetic library
gmp2-dev - Multiprecision arithmetic library developers tools.
gmp2-dev 2.0.2-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/devel
gmp2 2.0.2-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/libs
gwm - The generic window manager.
gwm-doc - The generic window manager documentation.
gwm 1.8c-9 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/x11
id-utils - Fast, high-capacity, identifier database tool.
id-utils 3.2-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/libs
jed - Editor for programmers.
jedsl - Sources of Slang runtime files for jed
rgrep - Recursive, highlighting grep program.
jed 0.98.2-2.2 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/editors
rgrep 0.98.2-2.2 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/text
compface - Compres/decompres images for mailheaders, user tools
libcompfaceg1 - Compres/decompres images for mailheaders, libc6 runtime
libcompfaceg1-dev - Compres/decompres images for mailheaders, libc6 devel
compface 1989.11.11-12 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/mail
libcompfaceg1-dev 1989.11.11-12 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/mail
libcompfaceg1 1989.11.11-12 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/libs
libgsm-bin - User binaries for a GSM speech compressor.
libgsm1 - Shared libraries for GSM speech compressor.
libgsm1-dev - Development libraries for a GSM speech compressor.
libgsm-bin 1.0.10-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/devel
libgsm1-dev 1.0.10-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/devel
libgsm1 1.0.10-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/libs
libmpeg-dev - Header files and static libraries for the MPEG library
libmpeg1 - The MPEG library calls for movie streams
libmpeg-dev 1.2.2-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/devel
libmpeg1 1.2.2-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/libs
linuxlogo - Displays Color Ansi Penguin on Bootup
linuxlogo 1.0-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/misc
magicfilter - automatic printer filter.
magicfilter 1.2-15 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/text
mcvert - Tool to deal with specially encoded Macintosh files.
mcvert 2.16-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/otherosfs
most - a more/less paging type program
most 4.7-1.1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/text
opie - A S/Key compatible One Time Password (OTP) system
opie 2.31-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/net
libpcre1 - Philip Hazel's Perl Compatible Regular Expression library
libpcre1-dev - Development stuff for libpcre
pgrep - grep utility that uses perl compatible regexes.
libpcre1-dev 1.02-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/devel
libpcre1 1.02-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/libs
pgrep 1.02-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/utils
perl-curses - Curses interface for Perl
perl-curses 1.01-1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/libs
regex-dev - Development library for regex.
regex0 - GNU regular expression library.
regex-dev 0.12-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/devel
regex0 0.12-4 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/libs
seyon - Full-featured native X11 communications program.
seyon 2.14c-5.3 into hamm/non-free/binary-alpha/comm
sox - A universal sound sample translator.
sox 11gamma-cb3-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/sound
spider - A two deck solitaire game for X windows.
spider 1.1-4.1 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/games
sysvbanner - System-V banner clone
sysvbanner 1.0-5 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/misc
vim - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
vim 4.6-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/editors
vtprint - Prints to term emulator via ANSI codes
vtprint 2.0.2-5 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/text
worklog - Keep Track of Time worked on Projects
worklog 1.4-3 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/misc
xphoon - sets the root window to a picture of the moon
xphoon 18sep91-2 into hamm/hamm/binary-alpha/games
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