User Feedback :: Tiny bugs and Orphaned files

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

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....

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.

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

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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