Few problems
Hey folk,
Just a few bugs/errors/general queries I've noticed in recent weeks:
Keycode 4 in both slink and potato seems to be broken using the uk keymap. Instead of printing a sterling sign, it gives a pound sign followed by a linefeed. If there is already text on the line, the poundsign is places at the beginning, then newline'd. I've tried using seperate binary of loadkeys as well as a seperate uk.map (from an older distribution which had no such problem) which didn't recitfy the problem. Broken termtype?
Upgrading to potato doesn't seem to add /dev/pts to /etc/fstab, or (from what I gather from other users) create an rcS.d script to mount it. Is it part of a seperate package outside of required base which I might have missed during dist-upgrade?
Could someone explain why .dsc source files are provided as part of apt, if there *isn't* a bsd-style make.conf to pass on local optimisations etc? I don't see the benefit of downloading source (which I prefer to do), if it's just going to compile it in exactly the same way as the binary .deb has been done - not allowing for local pgcc/-O6/malign stupidities :) I also couldn't find a way to force it to use my custom CFLAGS etc.
xemacs21 for potato doesn't seem to adhere to debian policy with regard to delete/backspace escape characters - the Delete key sends a ^H in both X and terminal instead of the proper sequence. Also it corrupts the console when exiting by replacing the normal "_" cursor with a block one. Not sure if that's a bug or "feature" :)
That's enough for now, I don't want to sound like a moaning git :) - overall I'm very pleased with initial use of debian after being a hardcore slackware user and glad I moved over - just a few niggles which could start to be come annoyance if they persist.
Cheers,
Jon Perkin
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