Re: Corrections to /doc/devel-manuals
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 02:11:48PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > If the passwd entry is just:
> > > anonymous:
> > > then there is no need to run a login command; you can checkout
> > > immediately. But there's some bizarre bug somewhere preventing this
> > > from working correctly on klecker at present.
> >
> > Ah, but the entry isn't like that, it's
> >
> > anonymous:<cryptedversionofnullstring>:usernametomapto
> >
> > Is this wrong?
>
> No, it works. The other version (anonymous:) is intended to grant
> anonymous access only and is designed to work. Unfortunately, it
> doesn't at present.
Oh... Has a bug been filed against the cvs package?
> > > > > Debian Packaging Manual
> > > > >
> > > > > This section should be removed entirely for the time being; it's
> > > > > just confusing.
> > > >
> > > > Well, it's no less confusing to see packaging-manual package in the archive
> > > > and not have any idea about its status...
> > >
> > > Ah, so maybe change the description then.
> >
> > Please propose a better one :)
>
> Something like:
>
> Availability: Was in Debian package packaging-manual (no longer
> available in unstable/testing distribution)
Oh, you meant the availability note, not the description. I'll change that.
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