Re: mc problem - solved.
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, David Puryear wrote:
>
> On 05-Jul-97 Paul Seelig wrote:
> dayear@codenet.net (David Puryear) writes:
>
> > In your /etc/mc/mc.ext you should have these:
> >
> > # deb
> > regex/\.deb$
> > Open=%cd deb:%d/%p/
> > View=%view{ascii} dpkg-deb -c %f
> >
> > A while back, I reported this as bug, but I guess it was not fixed.
> >
> I'll report this to the MC upstream maintainer Miguel de Icaza for
> inclusion into the regular MC distribution. He was already so nice to
> include support for *.deb in the main source code upon my request a
> few months ago. Another milestone in making Debian packaging a de
> facto standard besides RPM. ;-)
> Cheers, P. *8^)
>
> Sorry, I should have mentioned that this doesn't happen with upstream source
> distribution.:)
>
> In another interesting note, when I replace mc.ext from mc-4 source to
> /etc/mc/mc.ext, *.deb and *.tar.gz browsing is lot faster using
> mc_3.5.17-1_i386.deb:) If you are wondering why I didn't keep mc-4, I like to
> keep this system *.deb format as much as possible, so I'll wait for mc-4.deb:)
You might be waiting for a long time. The package maintainer seems to
have lost interest. Perhaps we ask Paul nicely if he would take on the
job?
I found the problem. I listed version of various things on three Debian
boxes to which I have access. The version of mc is not an issue.
elm oak gum
mc works no yes yes
dpkg 1.4.0.8 1.4.0.8 1.4.0.8
libc4 4.6.27-15 4.6.27-15 -
libc5 5.4.23-6 5.4.23-6 5.4.23-3
libc6 2.0.4-1 - -
tar 1.12-1 1.11.8-11 1.11.8-11
gzip 1.2.4-15 1.2.4-15 1.2.4-15
ldso 1.9.2-2 1.8.10.2 1.8.10.2
perl 5.003.07-10 5.003.07-10 5.003.07-10
The odd man out seemed to be tar, so I downgraded elm to the bo/tar with
the result that mc now works as advertised. The question now is - do I
lodge a bug report on mc or on tar? What evidence is there to support
either action?
My thanks to the list with special mention to Paul, David and Dale in
tracking this down.
mc_4.0-1 is a big improvement for me and I suggest that you all get hold
of a copy. There are copies on many mirrors including sunsite.
Lindsay
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