I'm reinstalling my desktop machine; I figured it would be a good idea
to not hardcode the names of MIT's zephyr servers into
/etc/default/zephyr-clients.  There's no way to specify this without
manually editing /etc/init.d/zhm, though, since that script tries to
validate the zhm_args parameter in the default file and won't run if
it's empty.  Normally no parameters to zhm causes it to try to get
server names from Hesiod.

There should probably be some way to specify in the debconf
configuration that I want to use Hesiod to find zephyr servers, possibly
even checking to see if 'hesinfo zephyr sloc' works.  Failing this, it's
probably better that Zephyr avoid depending on Hesiod, since most sites
don't have it and the configuration confuses people.

Yes.  I am perhaps remiss in not documenting it, but if you really want to
use hesiod, at the moment you are assumed to be clever enough to edit
/etc/init.d/zhm, until I figure out how I want /etc/default/zhm to work in
the future.

General lack of enthusiasm in this is partially because I've been expecting
the sourceforge zephyr people to release something someday, which would
make this all obsolete.

If you think the hesiod library configuration question is confusing,
perhaps you should open a wishlist bug there.

kcr

David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org> writes:

Yes.  I am perhaps remiss in not documenting it, but if you really want to
use hesiod, at the moment you are assumed to be clever enough to edit
/etc/init.d/zhm, until I figure out how I want /etc/default/zhm to work in
the future.

General lack of enthusiasm in this is partially because I've been expecting
the sourceforge zephyr people to release something someday, which would
make this all obsolete.

If you think the hesiod library configuration question is confusing,
perhaps you should open a wishlist bug there.

kcr

David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org> writes:

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
zephyr, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

libzephyr-dev_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
  to pool/main/z/zephyr/libzephyr-dev_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
libzephyr3-krb_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
  to pool/main/z/zephyr/libzephyr3-krb_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
libzephyr3_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
  to pool/main/z/zephyr/libzephyr3_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
zephyr-clients_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
  to pool/main/z/zephyr/zephyr-clients_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
zephyr-server-krb_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
  to pool/main/z/zephyr/zephyr-server-krb_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
zephyr-server_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
  to pool/main/z/zephyr/zephyr-server_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18_i386.deb
zephyr_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18.diff.gz
  to pool/main/z/zephyr/zephyr_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18.diff.gz
zephyr_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18.dsc
  to pool/main/z/zephyr/zephyr_2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18.dsc



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 174535@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Karl Ramm <kcr@debian.org> (supplier of updated zephyr package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)
Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:31:53 -0400
Source: zephyr
Binary: zephyr-server libzephyr3 libzephyr3-krb zephyr-server-krb zephyr-clients libzephyr-dev
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Karl Ramm <kcr@debian.org>
Changed-By: Karl Ramm <kcr@debian.org>
Description:
 libzephyr-dev - The original "Instant Message" system development libraries
 libzephyr3 - The original "Instant Message" system libraries without Kerberos
 libzephyr3-krb - The original "Instant Message" system libraries with Kerberos
 zephyr-clients - The original "Instant Message" system client
 zephyr-server - The original "Instant Message" system-server without Kerberos
 zephyr-server-krb - The original "Instant Message" system-server with Kerberos
Closes: 120421 174535 395978 396775 404414 412802 413237 413876 414817 420839 433602 433953
Changes:
 zephyr (2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-18) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * fix braino in postinst.  Closes: #433953
   * Don't mark internal use messages as translatable.  Closes: #413237
   * Galician translation.  Closes: #412802
   * Dutch translation.  Closes: #413876
   * Portugese translation.  Closes: #414817
   * Updates Spanish translatoin.  Closes: #420839
 .
   * Package supports using hesiod to find zephyr servers.  Closes: #174535
   * Package does not fail to configure if the daemon won't start.  Closes: #120421
   * zhm shouldn't hang for ever if it can't find a server on startup.  Closes: #433602
 .
   * remove DH_COMPAT setting and update substvars to placate lintian.
 .
 zephyr (2.1.20010518.SNAPSHOT-17.1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload to fix l10n issues
   * Debconf translation updates:
     - German. Closes: #396775
     - French. Closes: #395978
     - Russian. Closes: #404414
Files:
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