Report forwarded to debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>:
Bug#5187; Package mawk.   debian-devel@lists.debian.orgChris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Acknowledgement sent to bbum@friday.com:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>.   bbum@friday.com  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 30 Oct 1996 23:54:34 +0000 Received: (qmail 4559 invoked from smtpd); 30 Oct 1996 23:54:27 -0000 Received: from cartridge.i-connect.net (qmailr@206.139.73.12) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 30 Oct 1996 23:54:27 -0000 Received: (qmail-queue invoked from smtpd); 30 Oct 1996 20:55:44 -0000 Received: from cerebus.friday.com (206.41.179.35) by cartridge.i-connect.net with SMTP; 30 Oct 1996 20:55:42 -0000 Received: (from bbum@localhost) by cerebus.friday.com (8.8.2/8.8.0) id OAA24199 for submit@bugs.debian.org; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:54:17 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199610302054.OAA24199@cerebus.friday.com> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.118.2) From: Bill Bumgarner Date: Wed, 30 Oct 96 14:54:15 -0600 To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: Invalid /etc/alternatives/ symlinks Reply-To: bbum@friday.com Package: mawk Version: 1.3.2-1 Upon installation, mawk fails to install correct links in /etc/alternatives for the awk and nawk man pages. Specifically, the links in /etc/alternatives are to the uncompressed versions of the man pages. But the man pages are compressed. $ cd /etc/alternatives/ $ ls -alF total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 30 14:49 ./ drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 3072 Oct 30 14:37 ../ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 30 14:48 awk -> /usr/bin/mawk* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Oct 30 14:48 awk.1 -> /usr/man/man1/mawk.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 30 14:48 nawk -> /usr/bin/mawk* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Oct 30 14:48 nawk.1 -> /usr/man/man1/mawk.1 Changing the symbolic links to... lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Oct 30 14:48 awk.1 -> /usr/man/man1/mawk.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Oct 30 14:48 nawk.1 -> /usr/man/man1/mawk.1.gz ...fixes the problems. What is really annoying about this bug is that the error message produced everytime one requests a man page for a package that doesn't exist looks really ugly and will strike fear in the hearts of mortal users (it mentions something about a 'bad .so request' as well as the bad symlink).   Information forwarded to debian-devel@lists.debian.org:
Bug#5187; Package mawk.   debian-devel@lists.debian.org  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Acknowledgement sent to Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list.   Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 31 Oct 1996 07:42:53 +0000 Received: (qmail 8654 invoked from smtpd); 31 Oct 1996 07:42:51 -0000 Received: from access.netaxs.com (mail@207.8.186.2) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 31 Oct 1996 07:42:50 -0000 Received: from unix3.netaxs.com (cjf@unix3.netaxs.com [207.8.186.5]) by access.netaxs.com (8.7.6/8.6.11) with ESMTP id CAA17793; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 02:30:20 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Fearnley Received: (from cjf@localhost) by unix3.netaxs.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id CAA12258; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 02:24:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199610310724.CAA12258@unix3.netaxs.com> Subject: Re: Bug#5187: Invalid /etc/alternatives/ symlinks To: bbum@friday.com, 5187@bugs.debian.org Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 02:24:56 -0500 (EST) Cc: submit@bugs.debian.org In-Reply-To: <199610302054.OAA24199@cerebus.friday.com> from "Bill Bumgarner" at Oct 30, 96 02:54:15 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text 'Bill Bumgarner wrote:' > >What is really annoying about this bug is that the error message produced >everytime one requests a man page for a package that doesn't exist looks >really ugly and will strike fear in the hearts of mortal users (it mentions >something about a 'bad .so request' as well as the bad symlink). Yes, I know. I have mawk and gawk fixed and will be uploading them in a few days. I feel they must get out before the "freeze" on the 4th, but I'd rather wait then rush to upload. -- Christopher J. Fearnley | Linux/Internet Consulting cjf@netaxs.com, cjf@onit.net | UNIX SIG Leader at PACS http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf | (Philadelphia Area Computer Society) ftp://ftp.netaxs.com/people/cjf | Design Science Revolutionary "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller | Explorer in Universe   Information forwarded to debian-devel@lists.debian.org:
Bug#5187; Package mawk.   debian-devel@lists.debian.org  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Acknowledgement sent to Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list.   Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Received: (at 5187) by bugs.debian.org; 31 Oct 1996 07:42:53 +0000 Received: (qmail 8654 invoked from smtpd); 31 Oct 1996 07:42:51 -0000 Received: from access.netaxs.com (mail@207.8.186.2) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 31 Oct 1996 07:42:50 -0000 Received: from unix3.netaxs.com (cjf@unix3.netaxs.com [207.8.186.5]) by access.netaxs.com (8.7.6/8.6.11) with ESMTP id CAA17793; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 02:30:20 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Fearnley Received: (from cjf@localhost) by unix3.netaxs.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id CAA12258; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 02:24:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199610310724.CAA12258@unix3.netaxs.com> Subject: Re: Bug#5187: Invalid /etc/alternatives/ symlinks To: bbum@friday.com, 5187@bugs.debian.org Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 02:24:56 -0500 (EST) Cc: submit@bugs.debian.org In-Reply-To: <199610302054.OAA24199@cerebus.friday.com> from "Bill Bumgarner" at Oct 30, 96 02:54:15 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text 'Bill Bumgarner wrote:' > >What is really annoying about this bug is that the error message produced >everytime one requests a man page for a package that doesn't exist looks >really ugly and will strike fear in the hearts of mortal users (it mentions >something about a 'bad .so request' as well as the bad symlink). Yes, I know. I have mawk and gawk fixed and will be uploading them in a few days. I feel they must get out before the "freeze" on the 4th, but I'd rather wait then rush to upload. -- Christopher J. Fearnley | Linux/Internet Consulting cjf@netaxs.com, cjf@onit.net | UNIX SIG Leader at PACS http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf | (Philadelphia Area Computer Society) ftp://ftp.netaxs.com/people/cjf | Design Science Revolutionary "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller | Explorer in Universe   Information forwarded to Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>:
Bug#5187; Package mawk.   Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Acknowledgement sent to rjs@lloke.dna.fi (Riku Saikkonen):
Extra info received and forwarded to maintainer. Copy sent to Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>.   rjs@lloke.dna.fi (Riku Saikkonen)  Sorry, this message was lost when this bug report was restored from a backup.   Received: (at 5187-maintonly) by bugs.debian.org; 12 Jul 1997 13:05:09 +0000 Received: (qmail 9854 invoked from network); 12 Jul 1997 13:05:04 -0000 Received: from isil.lloke.dna.fi (rjs@194.100.32.225) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 12 Jul 1997 13:04:54 -0000 Received: (from rjs@localhost) by isil.lloke.dna.fi (8.7.6/8.7.3) id QAA04676; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 16:04:15 +0300 Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 16:04:15 +0300 Message-Id: <199707121304.QAA04676@isil.lloke.dna.fi> From: rjs@lloke.dna.fi (Riku Saikkonen) To: 5187-maintonly@bugs.debian.org Subject: An old bug fixed This bug seems to have been fixed; please close it if you agree... -- -=- Rjs -=- rjs@spider.compart.fi, rjs@lloke.dna.fi