New Debian powerpc Packages
These powerpc packages were installed into the Debian hierarchy in the
last week:
----- !!! HIGH URGENCY PACKAGES !!! -----
dds2tar - Tools for using DDS features of DAT drives with GNU tar
dds2tar 2.4.15-3 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
ptx - GNU permuted index generator
ptx 0.4-5.1 -> 0.4-6 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
ptx (0.4-6) unstable; urgency=high
* Pristine source.
* Updated FSF's address in copyright file.
* Fixed Bug #25224: ptx <file> produces no output.
* Moved the `eign' file from /usr/lib to /usr/share/misc.
sysvinit - System-V like init.
sysvinit 2.75-2 -> 2.75-3 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/base
sysvinit (2.75-3) unstable; urgency=high
* Source /etc/default/rcS in all scripts, otherwise file-rc is broken.
* Do not call update-rc.d for isapnp
* Fixes:
#23556: sysvinit tries to install isapnp
#23270: sysvinit: /etc/default/rcS: comment should indicate time units
#23191: /etc/default/rcS
#23651: sysvinit: sysvinit fails to clean stale X locks in /tmp
----- MEDIUM Urgency Packages -----------
dump - 4.4bsd dump and restore for ext2 filesystems
dump 0.4b4-10 -> 0.4b4-11 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
dump (0.4b4-11) unstable; urgency=medium
* update dump.8 to be explicit about the fact that this version of dump only
works with ext2 filesystems, closes 24976.
* update dump.8 to be document the text output on read errors, in the BUGS
section which already meantions that less than 32 read errors will be
ignored during a dump, closes 22669.
kbd - Linux console font and keytable utilities.
kbd 0.96a-4 -> 0.96a-5 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/base
kbd (0.96a-5) unstable; urgency=medium
* Drop debian/dh_compress and require debhelper 0.99 to build
(Fixes: Bug#24046).
* Cleared kbdconfig from `function' and `{,}' bashisms; changed
interpreter back to /bin/sh (Fixes: Bug#24405).
* Include mac-fr2-ext keymap (Fixes: Bug#24790).
* Allow kbdconfig to run when not root of env var ALLOWNOROOT is
set.
* Use ${variable} syntax instead of $(variable) in debian/rules.
* Install dotfiles in keymaps dir from debian/ dir, instead of using
the diff to place them in source tree.
----- Low Urgency Packages --------------
afio - Archive file manipulation program.
afio 2.4.4-1 -> 2.4.4-2 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
afio (2.4.4-2) unstable; urgency=low
* Patched exten.c to also recognise the extensions .deb, .rmp and .bz2
extensions for files that are not be compressed again, and sent the
patch upstream (thanks Karl M. Hegbloom for suggesting this)
alien - Install Red Hat, Stampede, and Slackware Packages with dpkg.
alien 6.13 -> 6.14 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/admin
alien (6.14) unstable; urgency=low
* Die early if converting to a .deb and not root. Debhelper command will
cause it to die later on, anyway. (#25775)
alien - Install Red Hat, Stampede, and Slackware Packages with dpkg.
alien 6.14 -> 6.15 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/admin
alien (6.15) unstable; urgency=low
* Fixed a bug converting slp -> rpm, where filenames in the generated
filelist didn't start with "/".
autoconf - automatic configure script builder.
autoconf 2.12-8 -> 2.12-9 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/devel
autoconf (2.12-9) unstable; urgency=low
* updated standard.texi, make-stds.texi, maintain.texi
* updated config.guess, config.sub
bc - An arbitrary precision calculator language.
dc - An arbitrary precision reverse-polish calculator.
bc 1.04-4 -> 1.05a-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/math
dc 1.04-4 -> 1.05a-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/math
bc (1.05a-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream version.
* debian/control (Standards-Version): updated to 2.4.1.0.
cpio - GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files.
cpio 2.4.2-14 -> 2.4.2-18 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
cpio (2.4.2-18) unstable; urgency=low
* Added patch from Evan Harris to fix mt's datcompression. (Fixes:
Bug#23980)
data-dumper - Store and retrieve perl data structures
data-dumper 2.07-1.1 -> 2.09-0 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/base
data-dumper (2.09-0) unstable; urgency=low
* Non maintainer release of upstream update.
debhelper - helper programs for debian/rules
debhelper 1.1.9 -> 1.1.10 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/devel
debhelper (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
* It's come to my attention that a few packages use filename globbing in
debian/{docs,examples,whatever} files and expect that to work. It used
to work before the perl conversion, but it was never _documented_, or
intented to work. If you use this in your packages, they are broken and
need fixing (and will refuse to build with current versions of debhelper).
I apologize for the inconvenience.
* dh_clean: fixed a bug, intorduced in version 1.1.8, where it didn't
remove debian/files properly.
* dh_shlibdeps, dh_testdir, dh_testroot, dh_testversion: converted to perl.
* Encode the version of debhelper in a sepererate file, so dh_testversion
doesn't have to be generated when a new version of debhelper is built.
* Removed bogus menu file.
debhelper - helper programs for debian/rules
debhelper 1.1.10 -> 1.1.11 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/devel
debhelper (1.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
* dh_installchangelogs: added -k flag, that will make it install a symlink
to the original name of the upstream changelog.
debhelper - helper programs for debian/rules
debhelper 1.1.8 -> 1.1.9 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/devel
debhelper (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
* dh_fixperms: has been removing the +x bits of all doc/*/examples/* files
since version 0.97 or so. Fixed.
debianutils - Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian.
debianutils 1.9 -> 1.10 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/base
debianutils (1.10) unstable; urgency=low
* Corrections to tempfile.1, fixes: #20785, #22347.
* Corrections to mktemp.1, fixes: #20814.
* Fix mkboot's lilo.conf when making boot disk, fixes: #22831.
* Turn set -x off (oops!), fixes: #23114.
* run-parts: fix error message, fixes: #24232.
* savelog: don't destroy .0 file timestamps, fixes: #21373.
devscripts - Scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier.
devscripts 1.5 -> 1.6 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
devscripts (1.6) unstable; urgency=low
* #23098 build manpage update
* #23097 build: Preserve FAKEROOTKEY
* #19172 remove description for deblint
* #18564 depend on mailx
* #14314 release: epochs work now.
* #18498 conffiles are now absolute
* #24455 #24074 release: new scp requires -q option
docbook-stylesheets - Modular DocBook stylesheets, for print and HTML
docbook-stylesheets 1.09-1 -> 1.10-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/text
docbook-stylesheets (1.10-1) unstable; urgency=low
* new upstream version
dpkg-http - Multiple URL access method for dselect
dpkg-http 0.15 -> 0.18 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/admin
dpkg-http (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
* README.Debian updated.
* Proxy authorization patch documented.
fileutils - GNU file management utilities.
fileutils 3.16-5 -> 3.16-5.3 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/base
fileutils (3.16-5.3) unstable; urgency=low
* [src/dircolors.hin] Added xterm-debian to the list of terminal types
that support colour. (Fixes #24138).
grep - GNU grep, egrep and fgrep.
grep 2.1-8 -> 2.2-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/base
grep (2.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream version
groff - GNU troff text-formatting system.
groff 1.11a-2 -> 1.11a-4 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
groff (1.11a-4) unstable; urgency=low
* Added groff_man(7) manpage for tmac.an macro written by Susan Kleinmann.
* Added patch from Andy Dougherty to let groff pass the -U flag along to
troff. (closes: #20628)
heyu - 2-way x10 communications for the CM11A x10 controller
heyu 1.19-4 -> 1.19-6 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/electronics
heyu (1.19-6) unstable; urgency=low
* Fixed Synopsis Line
ipac - IP accounting configuration and statistics tool
ipac 0.97-2 -> 0.99-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/net
ipac (0.99-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release
lesstif-bin - User binaries for LessTif.
lesstifg - OSF/Motif implementation released under LGPL.
lesstifg-dbg - Static library with debugging symbols for LessTif.
lesstifg-dev - Development library and header files for LessTif.
lesstif-bin 0.85.2-0.1 -> 0.86.0-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/devel
lesstifg-dbg 0.85.2-0.1 -> 0.86.0-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/devel
lesstifg-dev 0.85.2-0.1 -> 0.86.0-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/devel
lesstifg 0.85.2-0.1 -> 0.86.0-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/libs
lesstif (1:0.86.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream source.
* (debian/rules) Put .gif files in images directory, because that's where
the html files expect them. (Fixes bug#24620 reported by David Rocher).
* (debian/rules) Don't install COPYING file, it's a copy of the GPL.
* (debian/rules) Instead of copying shlibs files around, pass the shlibs
file to use as a parameter to dpkg-shlibdeps.
* (debian/rules) Call dpkg-gencontrol with -isp to include section and
priority information in the control file.
* (debian/control) Changed sections and priorities to better agree with
the values in the archive.
* Drop patch to ltconfig, since it has been applied upstream.
Keep patch to mwmparse.y.
* Patch lib/Xm-2.0/Makefile.am back to the 0.85.3 version. The new one
unconditionally builds the 2.0 library, which we don't want.
* Patch lib/Xm-2.0/Makefile.in to match, so that we don't have to rerun
automake and fubar the diffs.
lg-base - Shared files for the Linux Gazette.
lg-base 31-1 -> 31-2 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/doc
lg-base (31-2) unstable; urgency=low
* re-upload to use pristine source
lha - lzh archiver
lha 1.00-6 -> 1.14c-0 into dists/slink/non-free/binary-powerpc/utils
lha (1.14c-0) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release. Thanks to Atsushi KAMOSHIDA <kamop@debian.or.jp> for pointing this out.
libjpeg-dev - Development files for the IJG jpeg library [libc6]
libjpeg-gif - Programs for manipulating jpeg files
libjpeg-progs - Programs for manipulating jpeg files
libjpeg6b - The Independent JPEG Group's jpeg runtime library [libc6]
libjpeg-dev 6b-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/graphics
libjpeg-gif 6a-7 -> 6b-1 into dists/slink/non-free/binary-powerpc/graphics
libjpeg-progs 6a-11 -> 6b-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/graphics
libjpeg6b 6b-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/libs
libjpeg6b (6b-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New binary packages for 6b
* New upstream release
libtool - Generic library support script.
libtool 1.0h-5 -> 1.2-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/devel
libtool (1.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
* new upstream release.
mime-support - MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap', and support programs
mime-support 2.17-1 -> 3.0-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/net
mime-support (3.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
* complete redesign (#25516, #22377, #7860)
* added new mime types (#24151, #25036)
* moved run-mailcap man page (#25130)
picon-domains - Picon (Personal Images) database of for Internet domain logos.
picon-domains 1998.08.05-1 -> 1998.08.21-1 into dists/slink/contrib/binary-all/graphics
picon-domains (1998.08.21-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release.
picon-misc - Picon (Personal Images) database of common accounts and misc.
picon-misc 1998.06.13-1 -> 1998.08.19-1 into dists/slink/contrib/binary-all/graphics
picon-misc (1998.08.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release.
picon-news - Picon (Personal Images) db of Usenet newsgroups and hierarchies
picon-news 1998.07.24-1 -> 1998.08.19-1 into dists/slink/contrib/binary-all/graphics
picon-news (1998.08.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release.
picon-unknown - Picon (Personal Images) database for very high-level domains
picon-unknown 1998.06.13-1 -> 1998.08.19-1 into dists/slink/contrib/binary-all/graphics
picon-unknown (1998.08.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release.
psutils - A collection of PostScript document handling utilities
psutils 1.17-2 -> 1.17-4 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
psutils (1.17-4) unstable; urgency=low
* fixed config problem that made all executable scripts unusable.
(Closes Bug#16211, Bug#16624, Bug#16945, Bug#18825, Bug#19263,
Bug#23428, Bug#23827) Sheesh.
troffcvt - Converts troff source to HTML, RTF, and plain text.
troffcvt 1.04-1 -> 1.04-5 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
troffcvt (1.04-5) unstable; urgency=low
* Fix permissions, for real this time.
vim - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
vim 5.1-0.5 -> 5.1-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/editors
vim (5.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New maintainer
* Fix ex alternative (Bug# 23675)
* Fix copyright (Bug# 24984)
* Don't install sample macros twice
* Clean debian/rules some more
* Move tools to the examples-subdirectory
* Fix location of perl in examples
* Fix some filemodes of examples
xaw-wrappers - allow use of programs with xaw replacements
xaw-wrappers 0.21 -> 0.22 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/x11
xaw-wrappers (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
* Fixed == bashism.
xbooks - general X Window System documentation
xbooks 3.3.2.3-1 -> 3.3.2.3a-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/x11
xbooks (3.3.2.3a-1) unstable; urgency=low
* created new source package xbooks, split from xfree86 source package
xmcpustate - Displays CPU/Swap/Memory/Network load
xmcpustate 3-3.1 -> 3-4 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
xmcpustate (3-4) unstable; urgency=low
* Added menu-entry
* Updated to Standards Version 2.4.1.0
* Changed debian/rules to debhelper
* New maintainer
xtend - X10 monitoring daemon for CM11A Controller
xtend 1.1-2 -> 1.1-4 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/electronics
xtend (1.1-4) unstable; urgency=low
* Fixed Packaging Error in Rel. 3
----- New Packages ----------------------
a2gs - ASCII to PostScript filter
a2gs 1.0-4.2 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
abc2ps - Translates ABC music description files to PostScript
abc2ps 1.2.5-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
acs - Al's Circuit Simulator
acs 021-2.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/electronics
apsfilter - A lineprinter input filter for systems with lpd/lpr
apsfilter 4.9.7-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
asa - convert ASA (Fortran) carriage control charachters
asa 1.2-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
ascii - Prints all aliases of a given ASCII character.
ascii 2.2-2.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
atp - a text to PostScript converter with some C syntax highlighting
atp 1.2-5 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
catdoc - MS-Word to TeX or plain text converter
catdoc 0.33-3 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
chpp - a powerful and simple preprocessor
chpp 0.3.2-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
deroff - removes roff and preprocessor constructs
deroff 1.0-4 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
esound - Enlightened Sound Daemon - Support binaries
libesd0 - Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared libraries
libesd0-dev - Enlightened Sound Daemon - Development files (libc6)
esound 0.2.4-0.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/libs
libesd0-dev 0.2.4-0.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/libs
libesd0 0.2.4-0.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/libs
figlet - Frank, Ian & Glenn's Letters
figlet 2.2-7 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
flip - convert text files between Unix and DOS formats
flip 1.18-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
gmemusage - Displays a graph detailing memory usage of each process.
gmemusage 0.2-3 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
guile1.2 - Guile, the GNU extension language
libguile2 - Scheme and interpreter libraries for guile
libguile2-dev - Header files and development libraries for guile
guile1.2 1.2-5 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
libguile2-dev 1.2-5 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
libguile2 1.2-5 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
ivtools - Ivtools, the C++ GUI library with Motif Look and feel.
ivtools-bin - Sample programs using the InterViews library.
ivtools-dev - Development files for the InterViews library.
ivtools-bin 0.6.7-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/graphics
ivtools-dev 0.6.7-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/devel
ivtools 0.6.7-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/libs
jgroff - GNU troff text-formatting system (Japanese Extended).
jgroff 0.100-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
jless - A paginator similar to "more" or "pg" supported ISO2022.
jless 332iso240-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
lg-issue30 - Issue 30 of the Linux Gazette.
lg-issue30 1-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/doc
lg-issue31 - Issue 31 of the Linux Gazette.
lg-issue31 1-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-all/doc
libdatecalc-perl - Perl library for accessing dates
libdatecalc-perl 3.2-2 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
libgd1g - GD Graphics Library
libgd1g-dev - GD Graphics Library (development version).
libgd1g-tools - GD command line tools.
libgd1g-dev 1.3-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/libs
libgd1g-tools 1.3-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/graphics
libgd1g 1.3-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/libs
libnet-irc-perl - IRC (Internet Relay Chat) interface module for Perl
libnet-irc-perl 0.54-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
lockvc - Program to lock you Linux console(s)
lockvc 3.0-2 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
multitee - send multiple inputs to multiple outputs
multitee 3.0-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
ngs-js - The NGS JavaScript interpreter
ngs-js 0.2.0-2 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
nitpic - Simulator for the Microchip PIC16C84 Microcontroller
nitpic 0.1-4 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/electronics
nosql-fastops - a Relational Database Management System for Unix, executables
nosql-fastops 1.1-2 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
playmidi - MIDI player
playmidi 2.3-19 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/sound
python-base - An interactive object-oriented scripting language.
python-bsddb - BSD database support module for Python.
python-curses - Curses support libraries for Python.
python-dev - Header files and a static library for Python.
python-elisp - Emacs-lisp python-mode for the scripting language Python.
python-examples - Examples for the scripting language Python.
python-gdbm - GDBM database support for Python (obsolete).
python-misc - Miscellaneous support modules for Python.
python-mpz - Multiple-precision arithmetic support for Python.
python-net - TCP/IP and various Internet support modules for Python.
python-regrtest - Regression test for the python distribution.
python-stdwin - Stdwin support for Python (obsolete).
python-tk - Tk support module for Python (Tkinter).
python-zlib - A compression module for Python using zlib.
python-base 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
python-bsddb 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
python-curses 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
python-dev 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
python-gdbm 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
python-misc 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
python-mpz 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
python-net 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
python-tk 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
python-zlib 1.5.1-3.1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
raidtools - Utilities to support RAID disks
raidtools 0.42-13 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/admin
sgrep - a tool to search a file for structured pattern
sgrep 0.99-7 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
slice - Extract out pre-defined slices of an ASCII file
slice 1.3.2-3 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
swi-prolog - SWI-Prolog interpreter.
swi-prolog 2.9.10-3 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
swig - Generate scripting interfaces to C/C++ code.
swig-examples - Examples for applications of SWIG.
swig-examples 1.1p5-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
swig 1.1p5-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
vgrind - Run-off preprocessor for program sources
vgrind 5.7-12 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/text
w-bassman - an alternative "w" command
w-bassman 1.0-2 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
wmmon - Monitor CPU load and average system load
wmmon 1.0b2-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/utils
x10-automate - GUI interface for x10 power line control utility
x10-automate 1.00-2 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/electronics
x10 - Operate X-10 electrical power control modules.
x10 1.06-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/electronics
yabasic - Yet Another BASIC interpreter
yabasic 2.20-1 into dists/slink/main/binary-powerpc/interpreters
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