New package, request for sponsor

2002-03-20 Thread Chris AtLee
Ok, I've fixed up my package a bit so that lintian doesn't complain about the conffiles anymore and I made the gnome support optional. I'd like somebody to sponsor this package so that I can get underway with becoming a new maintainer. What my package contains is a gtk based app that keeps

Re: no changes file

2002-03-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:22:56PM +, David H. Askew wrote: I realize that it is basically a debian policy to seperate documentation and binarys into seperate packages, so that people who don't want the documentation don't have to install it. However, the policy manual as I understood

gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Will Newton
Is it valid to compile an executable with -fPIC? Can anyone tell me which architectures require -fPIC? Thanks, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Will Newton
On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 11:00 pm, Michel LESPINASSE wrote: I'd like to add that some architectures (including x86) do not actualy require that you use -fPIC for shared libraries. If you choose to do that, the benefits are that you dont pay the overhead of -fPIC code, the drawbacks however

Re: Easy Packaging?

2002-03-20 Thread Nicolas Boullis
Hi! On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:38:43PM +0100, Martin Eitzenberger wrote: I want to make a simple debian package (I never made one before) Only startup-script, docu and depends. But I don't understand how. Could anyone help me? First of all, you should read the New Maintainers' Guide (at

Re: Easy Packaging?

2002-03-20 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:38:43 +0100 Martin Eitzenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I want to make a simple debian package (I never made one before) Only startup-script, docu and depends. But I don't understand how. Could anyone help me? read the new maintainers guide... you should have

Re: gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Michel LESPINASSE
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:11:10PM +, Will Newton wrote: On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 11:00 pm, Michel LESPINASSE wrote: I'd like to add that some architectures (including x86) do not actualy require that you use -fPIC for shared libraries. If you choose to do that, the benefits are that

Re: New package

2002-03-20 Thread Manfred Wassmann
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 02:56:29PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote: On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 11:41, Chris AtLee wrote: Hi there, I've written a small program that I'd like to package and have included in the debian archive. It's a gnome applet

New package, request for sponsor

2002-03-20 Thread Chris AtLee
Ok, I've fixed up my package a bit so that lintian doesn't complain about the conffiles anymore and I made the gnome support optional. I'd like somebody to sponsor this package so that I can get underway with becoming a new maintainer. What my package contains is a gtk based app that keeps track

Re: lintian: executable-not-elf-or-script

2002-03-20 Thread Joergen Haegg
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 06:28:23AM +0100, J?rgen H?gg wrote: But lintian does not like this: W: ham-server: executable-not-elf-or-script ./usr/lib/ham/Ham/Sched.pm [...] But the modules are not executable, it's -rw-r--r--. What version of lintian are you using? Have you checked the

Re: no changes file

2002-03-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:22:56PM +, David H. Askew wrote: I realize that it is basically a debian policy to seperate documentation and binarys into seperate packages, so that people who don't want the documentation don't have to install it. However, the policy manual as I understood it

gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Will Newton
Is it valid to compile an executable with -fPIC? Can anyone tell me which architectures require -fPIC? Thanks,

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2002-03-20 Thread Terry Churchill
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Re: gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, on Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Will Newton wrote: Is it valid to compile an executable with -fPIC? Can anyone tell me which architectures require -fPIC? In general, you need to compile everything that could be mapped at arbitrary addresses (in the process's virtual address space) with the -fPIC

Re: gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Will Newton
On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 5:46 pm, Simon Richter wrote: In general, you need to compile everything that could be mapped at arbitrary addresses (in the process's virtual address space) with the -fPIC option to make it position independent (whatever that means for the target platform). Programs

mentor request

2002-03-20 Thread Tobias Bengtsson
Hi, I wan't to get our companys software packages in Debian. We've already had our own apt-source for them about a year now and I think its time for the world to learn about our LGPL:ed product. I read [ http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-step1 ] and identified mailing you guys as the very first

remstats, RRDtool-based monitor that can launch alerts: looking for sponsor

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Jordens
[cc: me, for I'm not on debian-mentors, thanks] Hello! I'm NM and only waiting for DAM Aproval. Since if been waiting for about 3 months now, I will try too get my packages in via a sponsor. So. If you are interested: http://silverlock.dgim.crc.ca/remstats/ for the homepage

Re: mentor request

2002-03-20 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 06:46:19PM +0100, Tobias Bengtsson wrote: Hi, I wan't to get our companys software packages in Debian. We've already had our own apt-source for them about a year now and I think its time for the world to learn about our LGPL:ed product. Heh, I went to your site and

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Easy Packaging?

2002-03-20 Thread Martin Eitzenberger
Hi! I want to make a simple debian package (I never made one before) Only startup-script, docu and depends. But I don't understand how. Could anyone help me? Martin -- -- Martin Eitzenberger - PSIplus [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ICQ... 57749465 -- Site... www.psiplus.org -- Board...

Re: gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Michel LESPINASSE
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 06:00:35PM +, Will Newton wrote: I understand the need for PIC, but I was asking whether or not compiling whole binaries with PIC unnecesarily might be a bad thing. e.g. if I cannot control the granularity of compiler options easily in a build system and I build

Re: mentor request

2002-03-20 Thread Tobias Bengtsson
On tor, mar 21, 2002 at 08:25:42 +1100, Craig Small wrote: Here is a scan of my swedish ID-card: http://www.tobbe.nu/images/id.jpg (337Kb) Several things wrong with that: - the photo ID must be in a signed email to your application manager - that form of ID is only used if there is

Re: gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Will Newton
On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 11:00 pm, Michel LESPINASSE wrote: I'd like to add that some architectures (including x86) do not actualy require that you use -fPIC for shared libraries. If you choose to do that, the benefits are that you dont pay the overhead of -fPIC code, the drawbacks however

Re: Easy Packaging?

2002-03-20 Thread Nicolas Boullis
Hi! On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:38:43PM +0100, Martin Eitzenberger wrote: I want to make a simple debian package (I never made one before) Only startup-script, docu and depends. But I don't understand how. Could anyone help me? First of all, you should read the New Maintainers' Guide (at

Re: Easy Packaging?

2002-03-20 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:38:43 +0100 Martin Eitzenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I want to make a simple debian package (I never made one before) Only startup-script, docu and depends. But I don't understand how. Could anyone help me? read the new maintainers guide... you should have a

Re: gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Michel LESPINASSE
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:11:10PM +, Will Newton wrote: On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 11:00 pm, Michel LESPINASSE wrote: I'd like to add that some architectures (including x86) do not actualy require that you use -fPIC for shared libraries. If you choose to do that, the benefits are that

Re: gcc and -fPIC

2002-03-20 Thread Will Newton
On Thursday 21 Mar 2002 1:07 am, Michel LESPINASSE wrote: For debian shared libraries, yes. For programs and static libraries, you should avoid using -fPIC. Thanks, I appreciate the advice. It makes my life a bit easier too. :)

Re: New package

2002-03-20 Thread Manfred Wassmann
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 02:56:29PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote: On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 11:41, Chris AtLee wrote: Hi there, I've written a small program that I'd like to package and have included in the debian archive. It's a gnome applet