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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2015-12-03 21:06:34 UTC
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http://bugs.debian.org/806073
* debian/rules (override_dh_fixperms): Split into
                                       "override_dh_fixperms-arch" and
                                       "override_dh_fixperms-indep".
                                       Fixes Debian bug #806073.

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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-03">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2015-07-20">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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      <year>2009</year>
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      <year>2010</year>
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      <year>2011</year>
 
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      <year>2012</year>
 
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      <year>2013</year>
 
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      <year>2014</year>
 
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      <year>2015</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-ipv6</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-restore</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--statedir
 
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--socket
 
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      <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--foreground</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-zeroconf</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="ipv6"/>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--no-restore</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="restore"/>
 
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          <para>
 
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            See also <xref linkend="persistent_state"/>.
 
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        <term><option>--statedir
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="statedir"/>
 
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        <term><option>--socket
 
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        <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="socket"/>
 
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        <term><option>--foreground</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>--no-zeroconf</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="zeroconf"/>
 
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    </variablelist>
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      extended timeout, checker program, and interval between checks
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  A client successfully
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      receiving its password will also be treated as a successful
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
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      <option>--debug</option> option, it will log even more messages,
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