Re: dpkg-genchanges and fileslistfile

-genchanges: failure: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory Can you show us your whole debian/rules file? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU

Re: Replaces: and pre/post rm

be called with the 'disappear' argument instead. This may be something to bring up on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux

Re: library soversion

, locally compiled stuff will break. I don't see a good way around that, unless you start calling the library itself by a different name, but that's probably evil. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths

Re: dpkg-genchanges and fileslistfile

dpkg-genchanges: failure: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory Can you show us your whole debian/rules file? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: Replaces: and pre/post rm

be called with the 'disappear' argument instead. This may be something to bring up on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux

Re: library soversion

, locally compiled stuff will break. I don't see a good way around that, unless you start calling the library itself by a different name, but that's probably evil. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen

Re: Moving a package from main to non-US/main?

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Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?

-conffile executeable code in /etc would violate policy, and this is what we both try to avoid. Gosh, yes. That would be horrid. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?

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Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?

On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:43:56AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:12:19 +0100, Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not just /etc/foorc or /etc/foo.conf or something like that? Because the conffile is not a real conffile, but rather a shell script being sourced

Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?

violate policy. If it's the Right Thing to do, and it violates policy, we should modify policy. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?

-conffile executeable code in /etc would violate policy, and this is what we both try to avoid. Gosh, yes. That would be horrid. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: /usr/share policy

On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 07:23:08PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Julian Gilbey wrote: Agreed. (And I don't think /usr/share/package is mandated.) Every package MUST be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file `/usr/share/doc/_package

Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?

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Re: /usr/share policy

On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 07:23:08PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Julian Gilbey wrote: Agreed. (And I don't think /usr/share/package is mandated.) Every package MUST be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file `/usr/share/doc/_package

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

makedev installed. Should this stuff go into policy? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food

Re: /usr/share policy

it qualifies. Agreed. (And I don't think /usr/share/package is mandated.) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

installed. Should this stuff go into policy? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food

Re: /usr/share policy

it qualifies. Agreed. (And I don't think /usr/share/package is mandated.) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg

Re: Should libfile-temp-perl be removed ?

. Or replace it by a dummy package which says you can remove me now. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg

Re: Does debhelper handle build-indep ?

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Re: Does debhelper handle build-indep ?

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Re: Does debhelper handle build-indep ?

. But that's not a problem; just do it all in build-arch and have build-indep depend on build-arch.) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see

Re: Build-depends question

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Re: perl modules - building debs

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Re: How to locally sign a package that has been built on another machine?

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Re: perl modules - building debs

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Re: perl modules - building debs

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Re: How to locally sign a package that has been built on another machine?

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Re: perl modules - building debs

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Re: How to locally sign a package that has been built on another machine?

;-) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http

Re: How to locally sign a package that has been built on another machine?

;-) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com/

Re: dh_testroot ?

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Re: url (link) changed, please update YOUR links Thanks!

that anyone will use it to find your site :-( This email is likely to be more effective (it's more recent). Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: dh_testroot ?

debuild clean. (From devscripts.) debclean is even easier. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg

Re: url (link) changed, please update YOUR links Thanks!

will use it to find your site :-( This email is likely to be more effective (it's more recent). Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see

Re: dh_testroot ?

debuild clean. (From devscripts.) debclean is even easier. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate

Re: Weird source tarballs

you probably don't need to worry about the directory name. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate

Re: dh_testroot ?

the debclean command in devscripts. Makes life really easy. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free

Re: dh_testroot ?

the debclean command in devscripts. Makes life really easy. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free

Re: gpg keyrings.

On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:37:52AM +0100, James Troup wrote: Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ I'm sure it could...[0] And I would do it if I had the faintest clue what I was talking about. But as I don't, please could

Re: Questions about library names

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Re: gpg keyrings.

On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:37:52AM +0100, James Troup wrote: Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (1) It could be documented on http://keyring.debian.org/ I'm sure it could...[0] And I would do it if I had the faintest clue what I was talking about. But as I don't, please could

Re: Questions about library names

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Re: gpg keyrings.

important that the debian-keyring packages are kept reasonably up-to-date (say, once a month or so), or we'll have a lot of very troubled users Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ

Re: My su command doesn't work

library, so you may also do well to give the output of ls -al /lib/security Julian P.S. Do we really need the ms-tnef attachment on a Linux list? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: My su command doesn't work

library, so you may also do well to give the output of ls -al /lib/security Julian P.S. Do we really need the ms-tnef attachment on a Linux list? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: Build against libdb1 instead of libdb2

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Re: Build against libdb1 instead of libdb2

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Re: Support for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in rules files

. Then if there is a need to run a core trace or debug something, you can use the versions in the build tree without having to recompile (which might change stuff). Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary

Re: Creating a device file unknown to MAKEDEV

a bug against the makedev package. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's

Re: Custom package versioning

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Re: Policy Question: Startup Scripts and Config Files

onceivably want to change bits. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's h

Re: Policy Questions: Example files in /usr/share/doc

st, then you can put them in /usr/share/$package (say as "default.conf"), and not bother linking them from /usr/share/doc. HTH, Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of

Re: Policy Questions: Example files in /usr/share/doc

more important functions. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry

Re: lintian -i file.changes error

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Re: Custom package versioning

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Re: Policy Question: Startup Scripts and Config Files

to change bits. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http

Re: Policy Question: Startup Scripts and Config Files

to distribute it) to have a non-conffile anywhere in /etc. s/non-conffile/non-configuration file/ Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see

Re: Policy Questions: Example files in /usr/share/doc

more important functions. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry

Re: Basic lintian errors.

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Re: lintian -i file.changes error

about .deb files. Sorry, I'm wrong. It was only in source packages that they are forbidden. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see

Re: lintian -i file.changes error

about .deb files. Sorry, I'm wrong. It was only in source packages that they are forbidden. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: lintian -i file.changes error

, there is a bug in lintian that gives this warning erroneously if .anchors is a HARD LINK, so also check that. And note that hard links are forbidden by policy. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary

Re: lintian -i file.changes error

in lintian that gives this warning erroneously if .anchors is a HARD LINK, so also check that. And note that hard links are forbidden by policy. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary

Re: dpkg-source unhappy

endings or something? You can check using od -bc control | less Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg

Re: lintian -i file.changes error

. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http

Re: Specifing library version.

On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:59:20PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:01:24PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: (Just make sure that you use an option like -Wl,-soname,libfoo.so.2,-lc to gcc when you create the shared library.) When linking with gcc, you do not add in -lc. GCC

Re: Specifing library version.

On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:59:20PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:01:24PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: (Just make sure that you use an option like -Wl,-soname,libfoo.so.2,-lc to gcc when you create the shared library.) When linking with gcc, you do not add in -lc. GCC

Re: Package with dinstall

ial reason, or it is just that nobody did it? AFAIK the latter. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate

Re: Package with dinstall

that nobody did it? AFAIK the latter. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food

Re: Specifing library version.

sure that you use an option like -Wl,-soname,libfoo.so.2,-lc to gcc when you create the shared library.) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: i have a problem with making a .deb file

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Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

on the different platforms. Hmm. Why not just go with the potato version? It should work fine on unstable. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux

Re: directory in .deb

worry about it. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http

Re: directory in .deb

and) debhelper rather than debstd. It's much easier to use and more easily fine-tuneable than debstd. Incidentally, this bug has been fixed in unstable and testing. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary

Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

on the different platforms. Hmm. Why not just go with the potato version? It should work fine on unstable. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux

Re: directory in .deb

worry about it. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http

Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?

, while potato only has tcl/tk 8.2. Yeesh. Sounds yucky. If that's the need, I would be tempted to make a variant .diff.gz just for potato. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ

Re: directory in .deb

rather than debstd. It's much easier to use and more easily fine-tuneable than debstd. Incidentally, this bug has been fixed in unstable and testing. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary

Re: cvs-- can't remember initial vendor tag

; help you? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry

Re: transition from /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc

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Re: transition from /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc

themselves. Also, you can do without the manual symlinking of /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, as debhelper puts in code to do that (dh_installdocs). Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: transition from /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc

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Re: Binary-only upload

the changelog, even when updating the version by 0.1 for a binary-only upload?!? Which is impossible to do. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Binary-only upload

the changelog, even when updating the version by 0.1 for a binary-only upload?!? Which is impossible to do. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Looking for Advocate

a sponsor first, to help check over your package and upload it into the distro. (Sorry, I don't have the time to volunteer to do this.) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: debconf and lintian unknown-control-file

or debconf. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry

Re: debconf and lintian unknown-control-file

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Re: control file and {shlibs:Depends}

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Re: control file and {shlibs:Depends}

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Re: Policy and conffile editing

because of the above message. Maybe file a wishlist bug against dpkg? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org

Re: Policy and conffile editing

because of the above message. Maybe file a wishlist bug against dpkg? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org

Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 05:42:06PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: Julian Gilbey wrote: No, it isn't at all. Any configuration files MUST reside in /etc. These are not configuration files (the sorts of things used to configure a package), but score/state files, if I recall correctly. So how

Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 05:42:06PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: Julian Gilbey wrote: No, it isn't at all. Any configuration files MUST reside in /etc. These are not configuration files (the sorts of things used to configure a package), but score/state files, if I recall correctly. So how

Re: Wierd PETSc build behavior...

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Re: Wierd PETSc build behavior...

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Re: Wierd PETSc build behavior...

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Re: Wierd PETSc build behavior...

)' or `${foo}' is a valid reference to the variable `foo'. This special significance of `$' is why you must write `$$' to have the effect of a single dollar sign in a file name or command. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian

Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

with the argument purge: for i in scores saves ... do rm -f /var/lib/crafty/$i done Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

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