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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 1887

Today's Topics: 

  debconf for exim4                     [ "Tony Heal"  ]
  Re: Importing mencoder into a bash s  [ andy  ]
  Re: FileSystem Question               [ Ron Johnson  ]
  Re: rock solid                        [ Andrew Sackville-West  ]
  Re: Error trying to run apt-get       [ Florian Kulzer 
  alsa-source_1.0.14-1_all.deb error    [ Gerard Robin <g.robin3@free.fr> ]
  Re: unbale to do dhclient after MAC   [ Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com> ]



Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 12:47:29 -0400


From: "Tony Heal" <theal@pace2020.com>


To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>


Subject: debconf for exim4


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I am trying to automate the upgrade from sarge to etch for 300+ servers. To do this I need to get rid of 20 or so
questions that get asked by exim4 during the upgrade. I am not sure if I can get debconf to work for this, but this is
what I think I want.

 



The first question is:

 



Configuration file `/etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/30_exim4-config_examples'



 ==> Deleted (by you or by a script) since installation.



 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.



   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:



    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version


Do you need more help?X

    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version



      D     : show the differences between the versions



      Z     : background this process to examine the situation



 The default action is to keep your current version.



  •   30_exim4-config_examples (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?

 




This does not feel right to me, but it may do the trick. Before I try it I just wanted to see if anyone could send me a
the proper direction to auto

 



Using debconf-set-selections {file} containing the following:

 



exim Configuration select N

 



Any suggestions, redirections, or other forms of help are appreciated.

 


Can we help you?X

Tony Heal

 




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font-family:Arial'>I am trying to automate the upgrade from sarge to =
etch for


300+ servers. To do this I need to get rid of 20 or so questions that =
get asked


by exim4 during the upgrade. I am not sure if I can get debconf to work =
for


this, but this is what I think I want.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


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font-family:Arial'>Configuration file


`/etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/30_exim4-config_examples'<o:p></o:p></span></font=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;=3D=3D&gt; Deleted (by you or by a script) =
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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;=3D=3D&gt; Package distributor has shipped an =
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version.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; What would you like to do about it =
?&nbsp; Your


options are:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


Don't know where to look next?X
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Y or I&nbsp; : install the package
maintainer's version<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =

style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;


font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N or O&nbsp; : keep your
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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
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show the differences between the versions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;


font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
Z&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :


background this process to examine the =
situation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =

style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;


font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;The default action is to keep your current =
version.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =

style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;


font-family:Arial'>*** 30_exim4-config_examples (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) =
[default=3DN] ?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


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font-family:Arial'>This does not feel right to me, but it may do the =
trick. Before


I try it I just wanted to see if anyone could send me a the proper =
direction to


auto<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


Confused? Frustrated?X
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font-family:Arial'>Using debconf-set-selections {file} containing the =
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font-family:Arial'>exim Configuration select =
N<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =

style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;


font-family:Arial'>Any suggestions, redirections, or other forms of help =
are appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>


<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =

style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;


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Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:54:28 +0100


From: andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>


To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Importing mencoder into a bash script

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Bob McGowan wrote:

> andy wrote:
>> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:10:45PM +0100, andy wrote:
>>>  
>>>> Hey folks
>>>>
>>>> I'm lazy and want to call the mencoder routine from mplayer into a 
>>>> bash script I'm writing to automatically convert different video 
>>>> files into dvd format *.mpg files.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody know how to call in just the routine without any 
>>>> unnecessary mplayer stuff?

Do you need more help?X

>>>>     
>>>
>>> ummm.... mencoder is a command-line program. just figure out your
>>> options and use it like any other cli tool. it should "just work"
>>>
>>>   
>> Hi Andrew
>>
>> Yeah, it is a cli tool and I have traditionally used it as such at 
>> the vt and just entered it directly. However, in a shell script I 
>> have tried to do that but get the error message:
>>
>> mencoder: command not found
>
> This is because the command is not found in the PATH as seen *in the 
> script*.  Since you have 'traditionally used it', I presume you mean 
> when you type 'mencoder' at a shell prompt, it runs.
>
> I've played around with the PATH variable and interactive sub-shells 
> to see how things work.  The only thing I can see is if your script is 
> setting the PATH to '/bin:/usr/bin', you'd lose mencoder if it were in 
> /usr/local/bin, so either not explicitly setting the PATH in the 
> script or being sure if you do that it includes the location of 
> mencoder, is what you need to do (as you note, below).
>
>>
>> I'm wondering if I need to explicitly set my path in the script file 
>> in order to call this function.
>
> By the way, a note on terminology:  in computerese, 'function' has a 
> special meaning, usually for a bit of code that is not standalone but 
> needs to be "called" from some other bit of code (shell "functions" 
> are not quite the same thing, causing some confusion).  I expect you 
> were thinking of 'function' in the sense of 'what it does'.  But, what 
> scripts do is run 'programs', the word I'd encourage you to use.
>
> Using the correct terminology helps reduce confusion and needless 
> questions ;)
>



Thanks Bob for thinking through the problem I presented, as well as for 
the clarification on terminology. I am not a computer whiz but like to 
dabble here and there whenever I have that legendary "itch" to scratch. 
Nonetheless, I also obviously make some very silly (and embarrassing) 
errors.


Thanks for your patience :)


Do you need help?X

Cheers


A


-- 

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"

Can we help you?X



Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:39:45 -0500
From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: FileSystem Question
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On 07/03/07 08:20, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:39:32PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 06/29/07 17:54, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>>> It sounds like the Log File System (LFS) that NetBSD is working on, or
>>> the database-style of a mainframe where every 'file' is really a record
>>> in a database where back copies are maintained until the space is
>>> needed.
>> No.  It is file versioning, which OpenVMS has had since the late 
>> 1970s.  
> 
> That's what I meant by "database-style of a mainframe".  It may not be
> an actual database built on-top of a filesystem, but the ideas behind it
> are the same.

Well, actually, no.  The ideas behind databases and file versioning 
are totally different.

>> Extremely useful, for every reason that OP mentioned.
>>
> 
> I agree.  How does one implement it under *NIX?  I've only _needed_ it a
> couple of times and used Postgresql to do it.  Having it available
> simply would be useful and I would use it more.  Under postgres, I had a
> python CLI or dialog front-end.  Ask for a copy of the file (default to
> the most recent version) and you get a file to edit.  Post that file
> back to the system and it gets assigned a new version number that
> integrates it into the version tree.  I.e. if the current version was 3
> and I requested version 2 to edit, when posted it became version 2.1.
> The files existed in a directory in the user's home directory and it was
> up to the user to not go and edit a file directly.

That sounds like a revision "tracking" system.

[snip]
> 
> Ron, from what I've read over the years, there are a lot of features
> from the mainframe world that would be very useful in the NIX world.
> Someone here with experience in both said that the mainframes were only
> useful now for large batch jobs; that as servers it was cheaper to use
> NIX boxes.  That may or may not be so but there's a lot we can learn
> from the mainframe world.  However, for those of us who haven't had the
> priveledge of experiencing that world, it remains viewed 'as through a
> mirror dimly'.  

OpenVMS has a lot of mainframe features, but it's still a time-
sharing system, just like Unix, but *not* like the mainframe.

Mainframes *do* excel at record-oriented COBOL batch jobs, but they 
are also great at on-line systems with staggering numbers of 
concurrent users.  This is because the machine only "sees" terminal 
activity when a user XMITs a block/screen of data.  (Web forms are a 
pale imitation of CICS.)

-- 
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!



Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:20:18 -0700
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: rock solid
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On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 07:06:48PM -0700, David Fox wrote:
> >right now, the single most exciting thing that happens (other than the
> >very rare package updates) is a nightly problem with my mail
> >server. Its memory-bound and I don't any spare sticks lying around at
>=20
>=20
> Is that why there is a missing word? After all it's only 4 bytes and you
> might need it for stack or something :).

? I'm looking and looking but see no missing word. I assuming its case
of=20

joke
-----whoosh
me


>=20
> Seriously, I believe there's a setting you can tweak to reduce / minimize
> the number of simultaneous spamd's  you have spawned at any one time.

yes. I think I'm pre-forking  </me runs switches over to check>
=2E.. yup 5 children. I could surely pare that down. Don't know why I
haven't thought of that.


A

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Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:25:03 -0700
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Purpose of a hypervisor (was Re: rock solid)
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On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:46:06PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 07/02/07 15:06, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 02:11:18PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> >>Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >>
> >>>its almost boring...
> >>>
> >>May be true for stable; Neverthless Sid makes it all interesting!
> >
> >my home server here runs etch with xen and 3 vm's (at the moment). I
>=20
> Why?  Can't Linux's scheduler handle the load?

'cuz I can ;)

seriously though, here's what I've got:

Dom0: local file server (video, music, local backups)

     DomU1: firewall
     DomU2: dmz mail/imaps server
     DomU3: dmz apache server

the primary reason is as a testbed for me to learn stuff. It has the
nice feature of segmenting functionality without more machines
running.=20



And the chicks dig it!

I'm happy to learn the pros and cons of such a setup, but its hard to
beat the last one...

A

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Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:35:04 -0700
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: can't center X display
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On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 07:26:18PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:06:11PM -0400, Steve Kleene wrote:
> > On my Etch machine, I've tested the centering of the desktop under three
> > conditions: running fvwm, gnome, or a VMware virtual machine in full-sc=
reen
> > mode.  If I set up xorg.conf for 1600x1200, any of the displays is cent=
ered
> > correctly (by luck, I guess).  If I set it up for 1280x1024, each is of=
fset
> > to the right.  I haven't figured out how to fix this but have tried a f=
ew
> > things.
>=20
> I just use the buttons on the monitor.  My monitor will remember the
> settings for each refresh rate it gets (so that it remembers if you
> change resolution or even computers).
>=20
> Its and Intergraph 21" CRT drafting monitor.

yeah. doesn't work on this lcd screen. I can only get about 1/2" of
horizontal movement...

A

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Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:17:04 -0700
From: "Alan Ianson" <agianson@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: aptitude "initialising package status" takes _really_ long
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> > at the start of aptitude and after every action you have took, aptitude has
> > to initialise its package status. This is the same step as "loading cache".
> > Yesterday I have updated aptitude to . Since
> > then this step takes _really_ long. Lets say 40s. I am on sid. There is no
> > output it any loggs

>
> I have the same problem (also running sid). There is a bugreport by me
> relating to this behaviour.
>
> Maybe it will be fixed soon.

I get the same thing on my amd64 box, on my laptop it takes about forever.. :)
I saw on the bts that it is caused by some new feature of apt, tags or
something.
I suspect it will be fixed soon.

I guess we'll never take aptitude for granted again. :))



Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 20:10:32 +0200
From: Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Error trying to run apt-get
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On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 21:54:55 -0000, Adam wrote:
> On Jul 2, 3:00 pm, Florian Kulzer wrote:

[...]

> > It seems like you want to upgrade from Sarge to Lenny in one fell swoop,
> > skipping Etch. I would go to Etch first, after reading the release notes
> > carefully. Otherwise you are in for a memorable, but possibly
> > unpleasant, learning experience.
> >
> 
> I believe what I did was just run an apt-get upgrade last week(or dist-
> upgrade, I don't remember now which I tried first), prior to that I
> didn't have any issues.
> 
> # ls -la debian_version
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10 Apr  1 11:47 debian_version
> 
> Running apt-get dist-upgrade also fails with the same error, as does
> any apt-get at this point.  I've decided at this point to start over,
> I removed debianutils and then had to reinstall gzip and debianutils
> by hand.  I'm running a new upgrade now.

If the problem is a file conflict then you can force the installation by
using "dpkg -i --force-conflicts" on the .deb file in the
/var/cache/apt/archives directory.

That being said, it seems to me that your system might be in a somewhat
inconsistent state: You run an old 2.6 kernel (2.6.7, standard Sarge has
2.6.8) and your present upgrade tries to take you from the Sarge version
of debianutils directly to the Lenny (i.e. Sarge+2) version. I think it
would be safer to make this transition of your system in smaller steps,
first going to up-to-date Sarge (a.k.a oldstable), then performing the
Sarge -> Etch (a.k.a. stable) transition as per the release notes, and
finally upgrading to Lenny (a.k.a. testing). Even if you do not want to
go that route, I would still have a look at Etch's release notes to find
out about the main issues (newer kernel, udev, XFree86 to Xorg
transition, etc.).

-- 
Regards,            | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
          Florian   |



Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:47:17 -0700
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: rock solid
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On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 01:25:07PM -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>  said:
> > Its memory-bound and I don't any spare...
>                               ^
>                             have

gah. how many times did I read that! I am a victim of my own brain.

A

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Can't find what you're looking for?X

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:13:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Richard A Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>
To: Shams Fantar <sfantar@snurf.info>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Problem with sendmail, error code 67.
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.0.99.0707031055510.21114@hygvzn-guhyr.pnirva.bet>
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On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Shams Fantar wrote:

>> If there is truly nothing in /var/log/mail.log, it implies that sendmail
>> saw the mail recipient as being local, and as such, refused to accept
>> the mail for a non-existant local user.
>
> Yes, you are right.

As if that was ever in question :)

> But, what is the solution ? I have no idea...
>
> Logs of errors : http://jumble.snurf.info/pb_sendmail

Your basic problem is the common case 'Broken DNS'

* Domain of sender address root@sethurf does not exist

   Is sethurf part of the linux62.org domain ?  If so, you are likely
   missing 'always add domain' and likely masquerade settings for
   sendmail, and also missing a DNS entry for sethurf.

* l63FQslM017895: to=sfantar@linux62.org, ... DSN: User unknown

   This implies that the current host thinks it is linux62.org, but
   does not have a user by the name of sfantar.

   However, I don't buy this message because it appears to be fallout
   from a mis-parse of the original rejection based on thesurf not being
   resolvable (they both use the same dsn code: dsn=5.1.8)

You appear to be new MTA setup/mgmt issues, and may best be served by
visiting the IRC channel #sendmail on freenode...  There are many
knowledgable people there, and I am usually there as one (or more of)
cowboy/outlaw/renegade - depending upon my location/mood.


-- 
Rick Nelson

<Myxie> I know. Unless htere is a cookie monster somewhere between us tat muches the amil.
<Myxie> amil/mail
<Myxie> muches/munches tat/that htere/there
<HippieGuy> heheh
<HippieGuy> problems? :)

* Myxie needs an ircii addon that pipes teh command line through ispell :)
 		-- Seen on #Debian



Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 20:37:32 +0200
From: Gerard Robin <g.robin3@free.fr>
To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: alsa-source_1.0.14-1_all.deb error
Message-ID: <20070703183732.GA3770@free.fr>
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Hello,
after update, upgrade (unstable) m-a a-i alsa-source gives error with
snd-hda-codec ...

I solved the problem reinstalling the package alsa-modules-2.6.18-4-amd64_1=
=2E0.14~rc1-1+2.6.18.dfsg.1-12_amd64.deb

hth
--=20
G=E9rard



Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 14:36:33 -0400
From: Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: unbale to do dhclient after MAC change (ifconfig eth1 hw ether XX:XX..)
Message-ID: <20070703183633.GA6222@buddy.mtntop.home>
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Jabka Atu(mashrom.head@gmail.com) is reported to have said:
> Hello,..
> 
> im using debian SID (64 bit) on Acer 5102.
> using bcm4318 wifi card.
> kernel 2.6.21-2-amd64

That is a driver for a Broadcom card.
> 
> since i noticed that my local AP started to collected data about my serf
> i guesed it is time to play with MAC masquerade.
> 
> i have compiled the madwifi module .
> and loaded it.
>
Madwifi is a driver for Atheros Cards _not_ Broadcom cards.

As I do not use any Broadcom cards, I suggest you use google and
search for your card model and linux.  Note the Model number of your
card.

Here's why.

>From "Linux Quick Fix Notebook" by Peter Harrison

<quote>


Chapter 13 Linux Wireless Networking

    Wireless Linux-Compatible NICs

    Not all wireless NICs work in Linux.  For this reason, do your
    homework.  You can find hardware compatibility list for Wireless
    Tools quite easily on popular search engines.  For Linux-WLAN,
    check www.linux-wlan.org for the latest list of compatible
    hardware.

    Wireless NIC manufactures are notorious for changing the chip sets
    on their cards depending on the price of the components.  They
    then supply different drivers with each new card to make them
    work.  It is possible to buy cards with the same model number from
    the same vendor with very different circuitry.  Frequently Linux
    drivers for the new cards are unavailable.  Always check the
    compatibility lists before buying your wireless hardware.

    The Linksys WMP11 wireless card is a good example of this
    confusion.  The original version of the card used the Intersil
    Prism chip set, which worked with Linux, but the newer version 2.7
    (Broadcom chip set) and version 4 (InProComm chipset) do not.
    Even so, their original WMP won't work without upgrading the
    firmware. 
    

</quote>


Another compatibility list can be found at http://madwifi.org

Side note:  This is a very good Linux reference book.  It is from the 
"Bruce Peren's Open Source Series" and is published under the Open
Publication License, an open book license, which means that an
electronic version will be made available at no cost after the book(s)
have been in print for six months.  

At over 660 pages I have not finished reading it yet but I am very
glad I purchased it for my bookshelf.

Wayne

-- 
A printer consists of three main parts: the case, the jammed paper
tray and the blinking red light.
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