Re: building binary-only package with different name?

the potato one is lower than the woody one. 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: Wierd PETSc build behavior...

no $ between the -L and the {. Otherwise, I have no idea. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free

Re: /etc/ question

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Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

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Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

his list. 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/ -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

ANT Where in the goddamned hell did you interpret that I said files in /usr/share/doc/* should be included in conffiles ?!??!?!? /VERY ANGRY RANT No, he misunderstood me, not you. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gi

Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

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Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:48:06PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: I talked about the doc section of policy (13.3), Julian Gilbey started talking about config files; hence the logical implication for the sufficiently argumentative (me): Julian Gilbey was talking about config files in doc/. It didn't

Bug#87711: [PROPOSAL] Clarification of example configuration files

on three mailing lists. 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: keeping files from one version to the other.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 02:18:39PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:48:06PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: I talked about the doc section of policy (13.3), Julian Gilbey started talking about config files; hence the logical implication for the sufficiently argumentative

Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

of /usr/share/doc. 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: /etc/ question

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Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

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Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

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Bug#87711: [PROPOSAL] Clarification of example configuration files

mailing lists. 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: keeping files from one version to the other.

in the goddamned hell did you interpret that I said files in /usr/share/doc/* should be included in conffiles ?!??!?!? /VERY ANGRY RANT No, he misunderstood me, not you. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept

Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

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Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:48:06PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: I talked about the doc section of policy (13.3), Julian Gilbey started talking about config files; hence the logical implication for the sufficiently argumentative (me): Julian Gilbey was talking about config files in doc/. It didn't

Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 02:18:39PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:48:06PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: I talked about the doc section of policy (13.3), Julian Gilbey started talking about config files; hence the logical implication for the sufficiently argumentative (me

Re: keeping files from one version to the other.

of /usr/share/doc. 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: /etc/ question

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Re: Package checking

do in this situation? So if you need both gnome.h and glib.h, then you must Build-Depends: libgnome-dev, glib-dev, because these packages are both *explicitly* required by the build. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian

Re: dh_installdeb postrm

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Re: Package checking

change, and you should list only those _you_ need. What others need is their business. Hopefully this will answer your question. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: /etc/ question

are run. 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 and conffile editing

the package is upgraded, the sysadmin will be asked to check the changes unnecessarily. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: /etc/ question

On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 10:42:38PM -0300, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote: On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 03:57:33PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: in your preinst, check for /etc/foo and if it exists, mkdir /etc/package and Perhaps better: copy

Re: Package checking

change, and you should list only those _you_ need. What others need is their business. Hopefully this will answer your question. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: /etc/ question

are run. 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: I can't sign .dsc file

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Re: Policy and conffile editing

the package is upgraded, the sysadmin will be asked to check the changes unnecessarily. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: /etc/ question

On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 10:42:38PM -0300, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote: On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 03:57:33PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: in your preinst, check for /etc/foo and if it exists, mkdir /etc/package and Perhaps better: copy

Re: Build-Depends

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Re: Build-Depends

hat policy dictates on this matter. If, OTOH, you only need B because A is linked to it, then only A belongs in your Build-Depends list. Correct. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ.

Re: Build-Depends

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Re: Build-Depends

on this matter. If, OTOH, you only need B because A is linked to it, then only A belongs in your Build-Depends list. Correct. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: Could someone clarify dpkg-statoverride please? (Was Re: dpkg-statoverride and creating users in postinst)

atoverride file every time a package is installed to see whether there are any local statoverrides; you don't need to do anything in your maintainer scripts any longer. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths,

Re: Could someone clarify dpkg-statoverride please? (Was Re: dpkg-statoverride and creating users in postinst)

every time a package is installed to see whether there are any local statoverrides; you don't need to do anything in your maintainer scripts any longer. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary

Re: dpkg-statoverride and creating users in postinst

. 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 move package from main to contrib

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Re: How to move package from main to contrib

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 05:43:51PM +, James Troup wrote: Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have packaged vpopmail and put it into main section of Debian. Then somebody reported that it depends on qmail and hence it should be moved From mail to contrib/mail. I tried

Re: How to move package from main to contrib

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Re: How to move package from main to contrib

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 05:43:51PM +, James Troup wrote: Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have packaged vpopmail and put it into main section of Debian. Then somebody reported that it depends on qmail and hence it should be moved From mail to contrib/mail. I tried

Re: deleting uploads via queue

.) 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: deleting uploads via queue

for incoming, obviously)? Yes, and send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to say what you've done and why. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux

Re: dh_suidregister - ?

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 07:11:31AM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: Julian Gilbey: If the binary must be setgid, then you should just chown/chmod the binary. If it could be used not-setgid, then use statoverride. It can be used non-setgid if the sysadmin is paranoid, yes (then the cache

Re: deleting uploads via queue

.) 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: deleting uploads via queue

for incoming, obviously)? Yes, and send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to say what you've done and why. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: dh_suidregister - ?

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 07:11:31AM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: Julian Gilbey: If the binary must be setgid, then you should just chown/chmod the binary. If it could be used not-setgid, then use statoverride. It can be used non-setgid if the sysadmin is paranoid, yes (then the cache

Re: dh_suidregister - ?

. But this is really dangerous, so the default is non-suid, but the sysadmin could choose to change it if desired. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see

Re: dh_suidregister - ?

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 03:58:24PM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: Julian Gilbey: But in cases where the only meaningful installation was suid or sgid (for example, /bin/su), the deb always held a suid or sgid binary. Hmmm, so my use of suidregister/dpkg-statoverride in the jwhois package

Re: dh_suidregister - ?

dangerous, so the default is non-suid, but the sysadmin could choose to change it if desired. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see

Re: dh_suidregister - ?

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 03:58:24PM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: Julian Gilbey: But in cases where the only meaningful installation was suid or sgid (for example, /bin/su), the deb always held a suid or sgid binary. Hmmm, so my use of suidregister/dpkg-statoverride in the jwhois package

Re: Installing symbolic links

missing something? 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: Installing symbolic links

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Re: dpkg-statoverride sucks

-statoverride is only for the sysadmin to change things *from* their normal settings. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: dpkg-statoverride sucks

-statoverride is only for the sysadmin to change things *from* their normal settings. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: ITP bug closing

PROTECTED] with an explanatory message. This can also be done instead of (i) once the package has been uploaded, but (i) is the preferred way to do it in this case nowadays. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julia

Re: ITP bug closing

message. This can also be done instead of (i) once the package has been uploaded, but (i) is the preferred way to do it in this case nowadays. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

the information posted to -private. (Feel free to check the archives once you're through the process!) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

the information posted to -private. (Feel free to check the archives once you're through the process!) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

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Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

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Re: Not overwriting tarfile with dpkg-buildpackage?

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Re: Not overwriting tarfile with dpkg-buildpackage?

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Re: How do I fix a wrong maintainer entry in a package?

. What is the proper way to fix this? Upload a corrected version. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: orig.tar.gz

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Re: orig.tar.gz

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Re: metamail: wishlist bug

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Re: metamail: wishlist bug

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Re: Build problem with `debuild -rsudo' and LD_LIBRARY_PATH

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Re: Big-endian

software (like gdb) that would be nice for debugging... Who do I contact? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: Big-endian

software (like gdb) that would be nice for debugging... Who do I contact? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: new maintainer needing some fast help

packages and other packages which are still maintained but which the maintainer wishes to hand on to someone else. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU

Re: new maintainer needing some fast help

packages and other packages which are still maintained but which the maintainer wishes to hand on to someone else. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU

Re: splitting a package into several debs

ideas. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http

Re: What to do during the NM wait?

, and when I have time to go through my inbox (soon, I really hope, but RL is crazy right now), I will see whether they want it. Do you want me to add you to the list? Julian (current fvwm maintainer) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian

Re: A case for Pre-Depends?

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Re: A case for Pre-Depends?

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Re: Version numbers with dates

? I'd rather use VERSION-DATE-DEBIANRELEASE if it will work everywhere. Epochs are just for when things go wrong. Read the packaging manual, section 5, carefully. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ

Re: Version numbers with dates

? I'd rather use VERSION-DATE-DEBIANRELEASE if it will work everywhere. Epochs are just for when things go wrong. Read the packaging manual, section 5, carefully. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ

Re: update-alternatives

Until that happens, the sysadmin's choices of alternatives are not affected by any installation or removal of alternatives by maintainer scripts. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of Lond

Re: update-alternatives

, the sysadmin's choices of alternatives are not affected by any installation or removal of alternatives by maintainer scripts. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: source and binary versioning

remember to update *both* changelogs when you do an upload. How you use two changelogs depends on whether you are using a helper package or whatever. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London

Re: Installed ld.so.preload-manager 0.3.2-2 (source i386)

report to close. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http

Re: Installed ld.so.preload-manager 0.3.2-2 (source i386)

report to close. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http

Re: Bug#67896: Support patch for dh_builddeps

number listing.) All that this buys you is the list of packages which were used (which is, admittedly, very useful). Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian

Re: Uploading a new package....

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Re: Uploading a new package....

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Re: How to convince debuild to produce the .diff.gz?

Maintainers' Guide. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see

Re: How to convince debuild to produce the .diff.gz?

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Re: How to convince debuild to produce the .diff.gz?

Maintainers' Guide. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see

Re: the current nm- list (Re: NM : Dale Scheetz : is NM working fine ?)

the other lists at lists.debian.org? We're waiting for the listmasters to create the list at lists.debian.org. As soon as they have time, it will be done. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London

Re: the current nm- list (Re: NM : Dale Scheetz : is NM working fine ?)

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Re: NM : Dale Scheetz : is NM working fine ?

On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 11:30:07AM -0700, Rick Younie wrote: Colin Watson wrote: Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get all my nm-admin mail through the gated nm-discuss list, and it has *not* been quiet. Please check your subscription details if you are not receiving anything

Re: NM : Dale Scheetz : is NM working fine ?

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Re: Becoming Debian Developer without a package

g/devel/. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com/

Re: Becoming Debian Developer without a package

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Re: Packaging a shared library

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Re: Packaging a shared library

be willing to let you do it. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's

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