Subj : Re: CVS commit exec/send_
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jul 08 2005 12:01 pm

  Re: Re: CVS commit exec/send_
  By: Angus Mcleod to Digital Man on Fri Jul 08 2005 08:50 am

 >  >  > Ok, I looked at the requirements for debbugs:
 >  >  > SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - GNU m4 - GNU date - GNU gzip - Perl 5 (5.004 is 
 >  >  > work) - Lynx 2.7 or later - atob/btoa - The bug system requires its ow
 >  >  > domain.  It comes with code   which understands how exim and qmail del
 >  >  > for such a domain to a   script. - If the local MTA is qmail you _must
 >  >  > a different MTA   somewhere (eg in a subdirectory) and tell the bug sy
 >  >  > use that;   qmail has broken command-line parsing in its /usr/lib/send
 >  >  > emulation. - A webserver (this is easiest if the bug system can write
 >  >  > directly to the webspace). - Somewhere to run CGI scripts (unless you 
 >  >  > need the `go to   bug' and `go to package' forms to work).
 >  >  >
 >  >  > So it seems like a cobbled-together kludgefest.
 >  >
 >  > Indeed.
 > 
 > Debian.

Explains why their bugs don't get fixed very quickly, eh? :-)

                                                  digital man

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