Bug#252082: closed by Pierre HABOUZIT <madcoder@debian.org> (Re: kmail: program "lockfile" doesn't exist when requesting FCNTL mail locking)
your response is unhelpful.
selinux for debian at some point will become as common as it is with
fedora.
if you choose to brush this issue under the carpet with excuses now, at
least you will remember it if it becomes a "common" issue.
l.
On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 11:32:17AM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> Le Dim 21 Mai 2006 09:46, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton a ?crit :
> > On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 12:13:30AM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> > > it just works, and do so for every one that uses POP or IMAP
> > > only. that's maybe 90% of what people (under unix or windows or
> > > ...) use. that makes perfectly sense.
> >
> > not for an selinux system it doesn't, where permission is not
> > granted to write any .lck files and you have to give "special"
> > permission to do it.
> >
> > which is why i tried a different locking mechanism.
> >
> > and when no warning or advice explaining why it failed was given
> > (which is the reason why i am raising this bug) i raised this bug.
> >
> > do you understand this simple point?
>
> oh yes, you made it perfectly clear: *because* you use a very peculiar
> setup, that even among advanced users is very uncommon, it does not
> works without recommends of the package. oh yeah, guess what, it's
> EXACTLY what recommends are meant for.
>
> so just so that we are clear, you are just wasting our time here.
>
> > > "standard" users are supposed to use aptitude, deyti, dselect, ...
> > > and for them that just works. user that uses apt-get directly are
> > > experimented users, that are expected to know more about debian. if
> > > you want less surprises, use aptitude, or force the installation of
> > > recommends manually.
> >
> > i repeat: how am i supposed to know that.
> >
> > guess?
>
> no read the doc and ...
>
> > i repeat: nobody ever reads that.
>
> ... if you don't that's your problem. at least, now, you learned
> something valuable, if apt-get lists to you the packages that
> are 'recommends' when you apt-get install a thing, it's not *only* to
> use more lines in the terminal. next time, have a look at them.
>
> have a nice day.
> --
> ?O? Pierre Habouzit
> ??O madcoder@debian.org
> OOO http://www.madism.org
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