Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath documentation

2006-07-13 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 05:32:12PM -0400, Charles Fry wrote: Depends. Does it actually fix the warning? Yes, but it also broke my binary, which can no longer find the needed library. Any suggestions? Is rpath okay in this case? The needed library is coming from

RFS: csup

2006-07-13 Thread Rob Andrews
Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor for 'csup', a pure C CVSup client. It doesn't require the overhead of the Modula-3 compiler to be built. There is an outstanding ITP on bug number 332858 but no activity since 11th October 2005. This wouldn't close it, as at the moment it's a CVSup client only (no

Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath documentation

2006-07-13 Thread Charles Fry
In almost any situation rpath is a bad thing. It is a very good idea to let lintian check this. A private library for the package is an exception. Of course lintian could also check and allow /usr/lib/$packagename without a warning. However, the rpath check is useful in general, because

Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath documentation

2006-07-13 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:40:23AM -0400, Charles Fry wrote: In almost any situation rpath is a bad thing. It is a very good idea to let lintian check this. A private library for the package is an exception. Of course lintian could also check and allow /usr/lib/$packagename without a

Re: shc -- #335278 broken packaging -- non-DD NMU prepared

2006-07-13 Thread George Danchev
Hello, Yet another attempt to find a sponsor for the shc package. Fixes several RC-bugs as described by Frank Lichtenheld in #335278 buglog. Changes read: shc (3.8.6-1) unstable; urgency=low . * Non-maintainer upload. * New upstream release. (Closes: #338451) * Clear out shc.c ARC4

ITP : Xsudoku - a sudoku solver, looking for sponsor

2006-07-13 Thread Maxime ROBACHE
Hello ! I wrote a little sudoku solver in C with Xlib, and I debianized it. So, I'm looking for a sponsor to upload it on official repository. package and source can be found at : http://candide.homeunix.com/xsudoku/ thanks ! -- Maxime ROBACHE UTC - Etudiant en GĂ©nie Informatique

Re: shc -- #335278 broken packaging -- non-DD NMU prepared

2006-07-13 Thread Nigel Jones
From memory, aren't NMU's (even more so, non-DD NMU's) only meant to fix RC bugs? Not new upstream releases? Just 2 cents On 7/14/06, George Danchev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Yet another attempt to find a sponsor for the shc package. Fixes several RC-bugs as described by Frank

Re: shc -- #335278 broken packaging -- non-DD NMU prepared

2006-07-13 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2006-07-13, Nigel Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From memory, aren't NMU's (even more so, non-DD NMU's) only meant to fix RC bugs? Not new upstream releases? 0-day nmus are to fix RC bugs. /Sune -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: shc -- #335278 broken packaging -- non-DD NMU prepared

2006-07-13 Thread George Danchev
On Thursday 13 July 2006 23:22, Nigel Jones wrote: From memory, aren't NMU's (even more so, non-DD NMU's) only meant to fix RC bugs? Not new upstream releases? Just 2 cents This new upstream release (3.8.6) resolves both: rc4 implementation bugs and license issues. If I go for backporting

Re: ITP : Xsudoku - a sudoku solver, looking for sponsor

2006-07-13 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:21:01PM +0200, Maxime ROBACHE wrote: Hello ! I wrote a little sudoku solver in C with Xlib, and I debianized it. So, I'm looking for a sponsor to upload it on official repository. package and source can be found at : http://candide.homeunix.com/xsudoku/ Could

Creating a Debian Package for a Java program...

2006-07-13 Thread Redefined Horizons
Are there any special considerations or instructions for building a Debian package for a Java program? I'm going to need to create some Debs for the Java programs I write. I was looking over some of the documentation about making Debian packages, and it seems like some of the instructions

Re: Creating a Debian Package for a Java program...

2006-07-13 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Redefined Horizons wrote: Are there any special considerations or instructions for building a Debian package for a Java program? I'm going to need to create some Debs for the Java programs I write. I was looking over some of the documentation about making Debian packages, and it seems like some

Re: Creating a Debian Package for a Java program...

2006-07-13 Thread Andrew Vaughan
hi On Friday 14 July 2006 09:59, Redefined Horizons wrote: Are there any special considerations or instructions for building a Debian package for a Java program? P.S. - Is there anyone working on a Debian package for NetBeans? I'd The place to ask would be debian-java

Re: shc -- #335278 broken packaging -- non-DD NMU prepared

2006-07-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 08:22:25AM +1200, Nigel Jones wrote: From memory, aren't NMU's (even more so, non-DD NMU's) only meant to fix RC bugs? Not new upstream releases? On 7/14/06, George Danchev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yet another attempt to find a sponsor for the shc package. Fixes