Re: automatic dependencies question

1998-12-18 Thread Ionutz Borcoman
Ben Gertzfield wrote: Did you install your own libgtk without using packages? The only way dpkg-shlibdeps (the package that figures out the shared library dependancies) can know how to set up a shared library dependancy is if a file /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.shlibs exists that defines a

Re: automatic dependencies question

1998-12-18 Thread Ben Gertzfield
Ionutz == Ionutz Borcoman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben Did you install your own libgtk without using packages? The Ben only way dpkg-shlibdeps (the package that figures out the Ben shared library dependancies) can know how to set up a shared Ben library dependancy is if a file

Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

1998-12-18 Thread Ionutz Borcoman
Ben Collins wrote: Sounds to me like you just need to run ldconfig as root one time to update your ld.so.cache file. It should resolve your problem the Right Way. I have a posinst that says: #!/bin/sh set -e ldconfig #DEBHELPER# Isn't this enough ? Installing the package and a program

Re: My `Section' and `Priority' lines have gone missing?

1998-12-18 Thread Joseph Carter
On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 06:33:59PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: I didn't add `Section' and `Priority' lines for the binary package (because deb-make didn't put it in initially): Note that deb-make is deprecated. Have a look at the debhelper and dh-make packages instead. Don't say that

Re: My `Section' and `Priority' lines have gone missing?

1998-12-18 Thread Joseph Carter
On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 05:27:06PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote: Don't say that where Santiago can here you.. = Or hear you either, eek. -- Sig du jour!

Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

1998-12-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Ionutz == Ionutz Borcoman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben Collins wrote: Sounds to me like you just need to run ldconfig as root one time to update your ld.so.cache file. It should resolve your problem the Right Way. I have a posinst that says: #!/bin/sh set -e ldconfig #DEBHELPER#

Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

1998-12-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
James == James Troup [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam Di Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is bad advice for someone asking help about fakeroot to tell them to also use sudo or super. Pick one and one only. It's not bad advice. I see fakeroot consistently causing problems for people [...]

Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

1998-12-18 Thread Ben Gertzfield
Adam == Adam Di Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam No, you just need to be careful and to read the Packaging Adam Manual, where it says: Adam Any package installing shared libraries in a directory Adam that's listed in `/etc/ld.so.conf' or in one of the default Adam

Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

1998-12-18 Thread Ionutz Borcoman
Adam Di Carlo wrote: This whole thread is absurd since the question was about someone running ldconfig in debian/rules, which is a big nasty no-no as well, and I can't think of a possible reason why it would be necessary. The ldconfig was run by the make install of the original source

Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

1998-12-18 Thread Ben Gertzfield
Ionutz == Ionutz Borcoman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam This whole thread is absurd since the question was about Adam someone running ldconfig in debian/rules, which is a big Adam nasty no-no as well, and I can't think of a possible reason Adam why it would be necessary.

Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

1998-12-18 Thread Ionutz Borcoman
Ben Gertzfield wrote: Ionutz == Ionutz Borcoman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam This whole thread is absurd since the question was about Adam someone running ldconfig in debian/rules, which is a big Adam nasty no-no as well, and I can't think of a possible reason Adam why

Re: My `Section' and `Priority' lines have gone missing?

1998-12-18 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 06:33:59PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: I didn't add `Section' and `Priority' lines for the binary package (because deb-make didn't put it in initially): Note that deb-make is deprecated. Have a look at the debhelper and dh-make packages instead. Don't say

Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

1998-12-18 Thread Paul Slootman
On Thu 17 Dec 1998, Ben Collins wrote: The benefit with fakeroot is that you can't screw anything up on the system. Say for example you misplace a * with some other things, like .., in an rm -rf statement under clean in the debian/rules file. Guess what with sudo you just might screw

Re: My `Section' and `Priority' lines have gone missing?

1998-12-18 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 12:19:10PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: Note that deb-make is deprecated. Have a look at the debhelper and dh-make packages instead. Don't say that where Santiago can here you.. = He's rather defensive about his package. It's not been depreciated, just that

Re: My `Section' and `Priority' lines have gone missing?

1998-12-18 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Joseph Carter wrote: [ snip ] : about his package. It's not been depreciated, just that many perfer ^^^ DEPRECATED, dammit, not depreciated. The former means what you meant, the latter is generally an economic term. Sorry,

Re: My `Section' and `Priority' lines have gone missing?

1998-12-18 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Joseph Carter wrote: On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 12:19:10PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: Note that deb-make is deprecated. Have a look at the debhelper and dh-make packages instead. Don't say that where Santiago can here you.. = He's rather defensive about

Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

1998-12-18 Thread James Troup
Ben Gertzfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam == Adam Di Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam No, you just need to be careful and to read the Packaging Adam Manual, where it says: Adam Any package installing shared libraries in a directory Adam that's listed in