Re: Shared libraries and sections

2001-08-03 Thread Viral
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 04:24:17PM +0100, Will Newton wrote: 2. Is science the correct section for a network simulator? It's computer science I suppose and net is certainly inappropriate. Well, depends on the utility of the package. If its going to be useful in practice, then it may fit well

Problems with dynamic linking in tela

2001-08-03 Thread Mikael Hedin
Hi, I have tried to compile and link the following file into tela. The --shared version works if I remove the line with cout . Do you have any advise on what can be the problem? Tela uses dlopen() to load the file. TIA, Micce ~/tmp$cat myfn.ct // Our first C-tela example [] = myfn(x) /*

Python upgrade: need help regarding package renaming

2001-08-03 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, [I didn't get a reply on debian-python, so I try here ;-] I'm struggling with a simple case of 'What-APT-Does-Is-Not-What-I-mean' while preparing the dependencies for the Python upgrade: In potato, we had packages python-base and idle (and a variety of other python-* packages). Now these

Re: Shared libraries and sections

2001-08-03 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 04:24:17PM +0100, Will Newton wrote: Two quick questions for anyone who has the time: 1. I have a package that by default installs a library libname.so (as opposed to a versioned name like libname.so.1). I assume this is bad because it means two major versions

DESTDIR

2001-08-03 Thread Pratik Sinha
what changes do i need to make to the Makefile of a package with respect to DESTDIR?? why does one need to make this changes?? -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Looking for a sponsor (security related tools)

2001-08-03 Thread Daniel Silverstone
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 02:05:02PM +0200, Lars Bahner wrote: So, if someone would like to sponsor my work and perhaps advocate me I sure would appreciate it. I am happy to sponsor you if you like. You might want to pick me up from http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/sponsor/ if you

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-08-03 Thread Pratik Sinha
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Colin Watson wrote On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 10:18:10PM +0430, Pratik Sinha wrote: On 3 Aug 2001, Christian Marillat wrote PS == Pratik Sinha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PS when i use the command debrelease it gives me an error PS dupload fatal error: Need

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-08-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 11:27:55PM +0430, Pratik Sinha wrote: On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Colin Watson wrote Since you're not a Debian developer, you can't use debrelease/dupload to upload to master.debian.org (it should be ftp-master.debian.org now anyway). What are you trying to use

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-08-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 10:18:10PM +0430, Pratik Sinha wrote: On 3 Aug 2001, Christian Marillat wrote PS == Pratik Sinha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PS when i use the command debrelease it gives me an error PS dupload fatal error: Need host to upload to. (See --to option or the

Re: AdoptMe Please ... qt front end to APT

2001-08-03 Thread Pablo Lorenzzoni
Hello! Great work. I can adopt it. Please send me the orig.tar.gz, the .changes, the .dsc and the .diff.gz files (or point it at your webpage). []s, waiting your reply to file an ITP. Pablo Em Qui 02 Ago 2001 21:46, Erik Winn escreveu: | Hi peoples, | | I

Re: AdoptMe Please ... qt front end to APT

2001-08-03 Thread Erik Winn
Hi Pablo! BTW, donde em brasil? gusto muito de cantar bossa nova (com violao) ... eh, I better use english ... Thanks very much for your response, its very nice to see an interest in qaptivate. Friday 03 August 2001 02:26, thought came forth thus: Great work. I can adopt it.

Looking for a sponsor (security related tools)

2001-08-03 Thread Lars Bahner
Hello world, I am in the process of attaining maintainer status. I have not yet had my key signed, but will do so within the next two weeks. If some debian lurker in Norway happens to know me please contact me for immediate help with this. I have already packaged ``cryptcat'' - a

Re: DESTDIR

2001-08-03 Thread Baruch Even
* Pratik Sinha [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010803 13:38]: what changes do i need to make to the Makefile of a package with respect to DESTDIR?? why does one need to make this changes?? (I'm not a Debian Developer, but an aspiring one) You are not forced to change the Makefiles for DESTDIR, it is

Re: TWO QUESTIONS

2001-08-03 Thread Sven
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 08:31:19PM +0430, Pratik Sinha wrote: First Question Which one should be preferred???- dh_make or deb-make i think dh_make (dh stands for debhelper) is to be prefered, maybe even deb-make is obsolet, but am not sure. anyway, use dh_make and debhelper. Second

Re: i can't find my /etc/*.conf files

2001-08-03 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:06:13 -0500 Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: # Add here commands to install the package into debian/tmp. $(MAKE) install prefix=`pwd`/debian/tmp/usr take care... if you use DH_COMPAT = 2 you'll need to install to `pwd`/debian/packagename instead of

dh_installinit

2001-08-03 Thread Pratik Sinha
while packaging cups by defualt my the etc/init.d directory is getting installed in /usr, what changes should i make to my rules file to avoid this... my rules file: #!/usr/bin/make -f # Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper. # GNU copyright 1997 to 1999 by Joey Hess.-- # Uncomment this to

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-08-03 Thread Pratik Sinha
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Colin Watson wrote On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 10:18:10PM +0430, Pratik Sinha wrote: On 3 Aug 2001, Christian Marillat wrote PS == Pratik Sinha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PS when i use the command debrelease it gives me an error PS dupload fatal error: Need

Re: dh_installinit

2001-08-03 Thread Mike Markley
Do a ./configure --help, examine the Makefile, etc. to find out what variable it's using to determine the install path of the init script. On another note, I've seen about half a dozen mails from you today on pretty simple subjects. I suggest a more thorough reading of the new maintainer's guide

Re: AdoptMe Please ... qt front end to APT

2001-08-03 Thread Pablo Lorenzzoni
Hello! Great work. I can adopt it. Please send me the orig.tar.gz, the .changes, the .dsc and the .diff.gz files (or point it at your webpage). []s, waiting your reply to file an ITP. Pablo Em Qui 02 Ago 2001 21:46, Erik Winn escreveu: | Hi peoples, | | I

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-08-03 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 10:18:10PM +0430, Pratik Sinha wrote: hey it didn't work, should i add anything other than that line $default_host = master; Yes, first line should be package config; and the last line should be 1; -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and

Re: Python upgrade: need help regarding package renaming

2001-08-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 01:14:35PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: Now how do I set Depends/Replaces/Conflicts/Provides so that in case of an apt-get install python-base, (a) if somebody has installed idle and python-base: the idle package will be removed, and the new python-base,