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Missing modules
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Missing modules
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The following modules are not included in the Debian Pike packages for
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The following modules are not included in the Debian Pike packages for
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various reasons, even if they are included in the module reference
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various reasons, even if they are included in the module reference
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(pike7.6-reference):
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(pike7.6-reference):
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 - DVB: Doesn't work with Linux 2.6 (and certainly not with other OSes).
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 - DVB: Doesn't work with Linux 2.6 (and certainly not with other OSes).
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 - _Ffmpeg: formerly missing from Debian due to patent issues. Might be
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 - _Ffmpeg: formerly missing from Debian due to patent issues. Might be
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   included in the next release.
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   included in the next release.
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 - Gnome, GTK, GDK: Uses obsolete GTK version (1.2).
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 - Gnome, GTK, GDK: Uses obsolete GTK version (1.2).
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 - Math.Transforms.FFT: Few use cases in Pike, pulls in unnecessary
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 - Math.Transforms.FFT: Few use cases in Pike, pulls in unnecessary
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   dependencies.
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   dependencies.
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 - Mird: Old, unmaintained, largely unknown library.
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 - Mird: Old, unmaintained, largely unknown library.
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 - Msql: Obsolete, proprietary DBM.
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 - Msql: Obsolete, proprietary DBM.
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 - PDF: Uses unmaintained libraries unavailable in Debian.
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 - PDF: Uses unmaintained libraries unavailable in Debian.
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 - Ssleay: Obsolete.
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 - Ssleay: Obsolete.
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 - Oracle: Proprietary DBM (so far ...).
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 - Oracle: Proprietary DBM (so far ...).
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 - Java: Links with the JVM library in a non-policy compliant
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 - Java: Links with the JVM library in a non-policy compliant
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   way. Work needed.
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   way. Work needed.
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 - Image.TTF: Uses obsolete library (freetype1).
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 - Image.TTF: Uses obsolete library (freetype1).
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Places to visit
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Places to visit
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 - http://pike.ida.liu.se/ - the main Pike site
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 - http://pike.lysator.liu.se/ - the main Pike site
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 - http://community.roxen.com - community site for users of the 
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 - http://community.roxen.com - community site for users of the 
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   Roxen webserver and the Pike bugs database, information etc.
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   Roxen webserver and the Pike bugs database, information etc.
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 - http://caudium.net/ - website of the Caudium WebServer which is
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 - http://caudium.net/ - website of the Caudium WebServer which is
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   written in Pike
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   written in Pike
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 - http://www.roxen.com/ - website of the Roxen IS, the company which
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 - http://www.roxen.com/ - website of the Roxen IS, the company which
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   for a long time developed and maintained Pike as well as the Roxen
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   for a long time developed and maintained Pike as well as the Roxen
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   WebServer mentioned above.
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   WebServer mentioned above.
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Notes for developers
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Notes for developers
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The postinst script created a few directories in /usr/local which you can
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The postinst script created a few directories in /usr/local which you can
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use for your modules/include files. Once created by the postinst script
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use for your modules/include files. Once created by the postinst script
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they will never be touched by any pike package again. The directories
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they will never be touched by any pike package again. The directories
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are:
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are:
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/usr/local/include/pike
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/usr/local/include/pike
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/usr/local/include/pike7.6
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/usr/local/include/pike7.6
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/usr/local/lib/pike/site_pike
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/usr/local/lib/pike/site_pike
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/usr/local/lib/pike7.6/site_pike
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/usr/local/lib/pike7.6/site_pike
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/usr/local/share/pike/site_pike
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/usr/local/share/pike/site_pike
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/usr/local/share/pike7.6/site_pike
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/usr/local/share/pike7.6/site_pike
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Note: I have come to the conclusion that this structure isn't awfully
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Note: I have come to the conclusion that this structure isn't awfully
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well though through. It is likely to change, but probably not until
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well though through. It is likely to change, but probably not until
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Pike 7.8. What's missing is a working infrastructure for building and
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Pike 7.8. What's missing is a working infrastructure for building and
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installing third-pary modules and applications so that they won't have
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installing third-pary modules and applications so that they won't have
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to be rebuilt for each new Pike revision, similarly to Perl and/or
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to be rebuilt for each new Pike revision, similarly to Perl and/or
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Python. Stay tuned.
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Python. Stay tuned.
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$Id: README.Debian 11 2007-12-21 08:45:48Z magnus $
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$Id: README.Debian 227 2015-09-20 16:40:03Z holmgren $
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 -- Magnus Holmgren <magnus@kibibyte.se>, Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:43:18 +0100
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 -- Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@debian.org>, Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:12:28 +0200