Ask user in postinst for overwrite of config file

2006-10-30 Thread Markus Schulz
Hello, i have a package which provides a template config file. It asks several debconf questions and generate a config file inside /etc where all template variables was replaced with debconf responses. After a package upgrade i want to check if the generated config file was modified by user

Re: Ask user in postinst for overwrite of config file

2006-10-30 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Hello, i have a package which provides a template config file. It asks several debconf questions and generate a config file inside /etc where all template variables was replaced with debconf responses. After a package upgrade i want to check if the generated config file was modified

Re: main or contrib?

2006-10-30 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:13:38AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Le Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 03:30:50PM +0200, Thibaut Paumard a ?crit : Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Examples of packages which would be included in contrib are: * free packages which require [...] packages which

Re: look for similar source package (kernel module)

2006-10-30 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 09:57:57PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: Marco Amadori wrote: This seems to be against DFSG n# 8. License Must Not Be Specific to Debian [0] You're absolutely right.. for main, but not for non-free. This is a matter for -legal, but anyway. No, he's not right. The

Re: Ask user in postinst for overwrite of config file

2006-10-30 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:06:05AM +0100, Markus Schulz wrote: After a package upgrade i want to check if the generated config file was modified by user with a md5sum and ask the user if i can override the existing config file (only if different) with the new generated version. But a read

Re: look for similar source package (kernel module)

2006-10-30 Thread Daniel Baumann
Bas Wijnen wrote: No, he's not right. The problem is that it violates DFSG #1, Free Redistribution, in particular The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software First of all, there is no source-code ;) Anyway, let's do not nitpick..

Re: Ask user in postinst for overwrite of config file

2006-10-30 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Markus Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, i have a package which provides a template config file. It asks several debconf questions and generate a config file inside /etc where all template variables was replaced with debconf responses. After a package upgrade i want to check if

Re: Depending on an essential package

2006-10-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:33:49 -0700, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The error is, if you don't *need* a specific version of the package, you shouldn't depend on it at /all/. Essential means it's always available, so there's no reason for you to depend on it. I have never understood the

RFS: flamerobin (updated package)

2006-10-30 Thread Damyan Ivanov
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.7.5-2 of my package flamerobin. It builds these binary packages: flamerobin - graphical database administration tool for Firebird DBMS The package is lintian/linda clean. Changelog: flamerobin (0.7.5-2) unstable; urgency=low *

Re: Depending on an essential package

2006-10-30 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 01:06:08PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:33:49 -0700, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The error is, if you don't *need* a specific version of the package, you shouldn't depend on it at /all/. Essential means it's always available, so there's

Re: Ask user in postinst for overwrite of config file

2006-10-30 Thread Markus Schulz
Am Montag, 30. Oktober 2006 10:11 schrieb Michael Tautschnig: Hello, i have a package which provides a template config file. It asks several debconf questions and generate a config file inside /etc where all template variables was replaced with debconf responses. After a package

Re: main or contrib?

2006-10-30 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:25:23AM +0100, Bas Wijnen a écrit : Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it mean that the upload of packages which can not be built or used using commands like dpkg, apt, or aptitude, as opposed to make, is discouraged? I don't quite

Re: Depending on an essential package

2006-10-30 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 02:01:54PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 01:59:05PM +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: Packages aren't moved out of essential. So you can guarantee that bash will always be essential? Certainly not. :-) I'm saying that we don't plan to ever make it

Re: RFS: scuttle

2006-10-30 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Hello Marcello, On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 01:40 -0300, metal wrote: On 9/28/06, Sandro Tosi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for my package scuttle. - many upstream files miss copyright notice: I think you should ask upsteam to add that note (but I'd like to hear a DD

Linking with --as-needed in Debian Packages (Was: Re: RFS: flamerobin (updated package))

2006-10-30 Thread Richard Laager
On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 14:31 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: * Added --as-needed to LDFLAGS to avoid unnecessary NEEDED entries. Thanks to Christian 'Greek0' Aichinger. Is the use of --as-needed encouraged/discouraged in Debian? Is there a reason this isn't used system-wide? (I'm aware some

Re: Linking with --as-needed in Debian Packages (Was: Re: RFS: flamerobin (updated package))

2006-10-30 Thread Michael Biebl
Richard Laager wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 14:31 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: * Added --as-needed to LDFLAGS to avoid unnecessary NEEDED entries. Thanks to Christian 'Greek0' Aichinger. Is the use of --as-needed encouraged/discouraged in Debian? Is there a reason this isn't used

Re: What to do with word documents ?

2006-10-30 Thread Jari Aalto
Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am working on a package which contains MSWord documents. I was wondering the following questions: 1) How can I know if they are redistributable at all, for instance if they contain non-free fonts? In the worst case, do I have to repackage the

Re: Depending on an essential package

2006-10-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 02:01:54PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 01:59:05PM +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: Packages aren't moved out of essential. So you can guarantee that bash will always be essential? I believe that we won't ever remove *functionality* from the Essential

Re: my projects for debian ? - Answer to Tony

2006-10-30 Thread Jari Aalto
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Re: Linking with --as-needed in Debian Packages (Was: Re: RFS: flamerobin (updated package))

2006-10-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 12:07:52PM -0600, Richard Laager wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 14:31 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: * Added --as-needed to LDFLAGS to avoid unnecessary NEEDED entries. Thanks to Christian 'Greek0' Aichinger. Is the use of --as-needed encouraged/discouraged in

Re: Linking with --as-needed in Debian Packages (Was: Re: RFS: flamerobin (updated package))

2006-10-30 Thread Richard Laager
On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 19:30 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00016.html In short: - First try the relibtoolize approach. I'll start by admitting I don't know much about the autotools. I took a look at this URL:

Re: Depending on an essential package

2006-10-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 02:01:54PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 01:59:05PM +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: Packages aren't moved out of essential. So you can guarantee that bash will always be essential? I believe that we won't ever

Re: Linking with --as-needed in Debian Packages (Was: Re: RFS: flamerobin (updated package))

2006-10-30 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Richard Laager] If I follow those steps, I'm making a bunch of changes in the source directory of the package, which creates a big diff [1]. Is that really the best way? Should I instead run those commands as part of the package build process? I do this stuff at build time.[1] Many people