...late to the party...
on Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 04:40:53PM -1000, Dean Takemori (deant@hawaii.rr.com) wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm still a little greenish around the gills with respect to the way
> debian does things ...
>
> ~ > dpkg -c hylafax-server_4.1.8-1_i386.deb | grep pcf
> -rw-r--r-- root/root 14072 1998-10-12 10:47:48
> ./etc/hylafax/lutRS18.pcf
>
> ~ > sudo dpkg -i hylafax-server_4.1.8-1_i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package hylafax-server.
> (Reading database ... 44394 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking hylafax-server (from hylafax-server_4.1.8-1_i386.deb) ...
> Setting up hylafax-server (4.1.8-1) ...
>
> ~ > sudo find /etc -name lutRS18.pcf
> ~ >
>
> ~ > sudo find /var/spool/hylafax -name lutRS18.pcf
> ~ >
>
> But something just doesn't seem right about the hylafax .deb
>
> The .pcf file is just an example. Other configuration files that
> should go in
> /etc/hylafax (and/or /var/spool/hylafax/etc/hylafax) don't appear to
> get installed
> either. hylafax-server_4.1.1-3_i386.deb has the same problem, though the
> missing files are different.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Trying to install hylafax.
Go with efax, if you need a lightweight, single-user / small office fax
service.
It Just Works.
Hylafax is a mess, and it's been in a bad way for a year or more.
Neglected upstream. Some heroic work by Joey Hess, but AFAIK more
trouble than bliss.
Peace.
--
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What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
- Benjamin Franklin, 1755
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