Re: setserial question

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

Anthony Campbell <acampbell@achc.demon.co.uk> writes:

> 	"Use of setserial/setrocket to get SPD_* flags is deprecated"
> 
> This seems to be said more in sorrow than in anger, since the process then
> goes off correctly. But what does it mean, and what can I do about it?

It probably means your version of setserial (or maybe dip) is old.
Try downloading the one from slink (frozen) and see if it will work
without any complaints:

    # dpkg -i setserial_what-ever.deb

It would be a good idea to have the old package around in case this
doesn't work.

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