Bug#249718: Do you still plan to take dosemu
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 06:25:36PM -0500, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 12:52:46AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > Was there anything wrong with the current package?
> >
> > Are you talking about the package currently in unstable?
>
> No, the package on mentors.
>
> > The last upload nearly 2 months ago was an NMU to fix an RC bug.
> >
> > There are several issues in the current package, e.g.:
> > - #327153: problem with randomisation present in recent 2.6 kernels
> > (Bart Oldeman said half a year ago that the problem is that
> > the Debian package uses the deprecated comcom)
> > the workaround for this issue is easy, but a proper fix
> > in the dosemu package would be appreciated
> > - #328652: new upstream version available
> > I don't see any good reason why Debian unstable still
> > ships 1.2.1
> >
> > Even if you don't can immediately fix any of the open bugs it would be
> > nice if you would get a package uploaded for showing that you have taken
> > over maintainership.a
>
> I'm sorry, I thought that you were the fellow I had previously
> corresponded with about this. Since I am not a Debian developer (and
No, that wasn't me.
> had given up trying to get my key signed), Andreas Tille had offered to
> upload my package once it was satisfactory. We were waiting for
> upstream to reply about some issues regarding filesystem locations of
> things, but since they haven't replied in a long time and a new package
> is badly needed, I thought it was a good idea to go ahead and upload a
> new package even if it isn't perfect. Nobody replied to the thread in
> quite a while, so I assumed the discussion was dead. I guess I'll
> revive it, but at the moment I am quite busy with other things.
>
> In the meantime, if you are interested in this package, can you look
> over the package currently on mentors and tell me if you see any
> problems with it that would prevent an upload or cause upgrades from
> older versions to break? I have received no feedback about it, so I
> have no idea if it even works for anyone besides myself.
lintian gives some warnings and errors you should look into.
configure decides not to use svgalib, but that's not your fault since
the svgalib in unstable is too old.
After an upgrade from unstable, dosemu does no longer start:
<-- snip -->
$ dosemu
default_lib_dir /usr/lib/dosemu does not exist
default_lib_dir /usr/lib/dosemu does not exist
$
<-- snip -->
> Ryan Underwood, <nemesis@icequake.net>
cu
Adrian
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