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Topic: Tiny bugs and Orphaned files, List em here

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Posted: Feb. 14 2005,04:26

This is to be a list of all tiny bugs (we are quickly running out of major bugs \o/) and orphaned files.

Found a config file for an app that was in Knoppix, isnt in DSL and somehow got left behind?

Post the full path to the file here, like this.

/usr/bin/foo

Found a tiny bug, like a symlink that points to nothing, or to the wrong file?

Same deal. Post the full path.

First up, my tiny bug of the hour.

The symlink at /usr/bin/editor does not exist. This should point to a default editor.

Requesting that a symlink me made at /usr/bin/editor pointing to /bin/nano-tiny

Also, the symlink at /usr/bin/install-menu points to a file that does not exist.

Lets toss it and save 20 bytes.

-J.P

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Posted: Feb. 14 2005,19:25

Apologies for the repetition as I've mentioned this before
but as you've asked for them here....

a variety of links in /var/lib; texmf, gnome kde don't
(link to anything that exists). Set by the minirt.

At this rate we'll pretty soon we'll knock 100 bytes off....

mikshaw

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Posted: Feb. 17 2005,05:31

This is my list taken from various paper scratches. I don't remember what some of them are, but they are all at least things which made me wonder why they are included in DSL.

In /opt/bashburn-test there is something like 50k of unneeded files, including an installer.
There is also a duplicate bashburnrc in /opt
/usr/local/share/siag/common contains multiple themes and multiligual dictionaries...is this needed? kde2 is 62k

some stuff i THINK may be useless:
/usr/local/bin/firefox/icons
/var/log/xdm.log
/usr/lib/base-config/97start-xdm
/etc/esound
/etc/sane.d
/usr/share/base-files
/usr/share/control-center
/etc/gpm-root
/usr/share/gnome
/usr/share/info
/usr/share/scite
/etc/X11/default-display-manager
There are several README files throughout the system.

There's also the "mc as root" menu item thingy which was fixed a while ago but returned when the mc colors script was created. Menu item should be 'sudo su -c mc' rather than 'sudo mc', so a user can still use mc in the event that it is first run as root.

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ke4nt1

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Posted: Feb. 17 2005,07:50

Here are the files I found in /KNOPPIX that I usually pull out of extensions.

/KNOPPIX/etc/alternatives/README (.1k)
/KNOPPIX/etc/rcS.d/README (.7k)
/KNOPPIX/opt/bashburn-test/README (2.1k)
/KNOPPIX/opt/monkey-0.8.2/README (1.1k)
/KNOPPIX/usr/local/bin/firefox/init.d/README (0)
/KNOPPIX/usr/local/bin/firefox/README.txt (32)
/KNOPPIX/usr/share/a2ps/ppd/README (.3k)
/KNOPPIX/usr/share/a2ps/README (1k)
/KNOPPIX/usr/share/apsfilter/driver/README (1.6k)
/KNOPPIX/usr/share/apsfilter/setup/README (.4k)
/KNOPPIX/usr/share/apsfilter/template/README ( 1.2k)
/KNOPPIX/home/dsl/ndiswrapper.readme (3.4k)

I don't know if these are essential or not. I usually remove lintian stuff

/KNOPPIX/usr/share/lintian
/KNOPPIX/usr/share/lintian/overrides
/KNOPPIX/usr/share/lintian/overrides/base-config (.7k)
/KNOPPIX/usr/share/lintian/overrides/sudo (.2k)
/KNOPPIX/usr/share/lintian/overrides/util-linux (.1k)

Again. are these useful?

/KNOPPIX/etc/X11/Xmodmap.xbase-clients-old (.8k)
/KNOPPIX/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc (.1k) -- X.Org?
/KNOPPIX/var/cache/debconf/config.dat-old (1.5K)
/KNOPPIX/var/cache/debconf/templates.dat-old (26.8k)
/KNOPPIX/var/log/wtmp.1 ( 0 byte )
/KNOPPIX/var/lib/setserial/etc.serial.conf.bkp (.2k)
( seems like a dup of autoserial.conf )
/KNOPPIX/etc/thttpd/ ??

/KNOPPIX/var/www/index.html (4.1k)
/KNOPPIX/var/www/search.html (1.2k)
( we use the ones in monkey, right? )

And again, all the junk in bashburn..

73
ke4nt

clivesay

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Posted: Feb. 17 2005,16:39

Another thing I noticed is why have menu items for daemons and such that are found in the control panel? Maybe remove these redundant menu entries and save a few bytes.

Chris

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