Re: gpg couldn't import pgp keys

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Re: gpg couldn't import pgp keys

Package: gnupg Version: 1.0.1-2 [Forwarding to BTS] On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 04:50:47PM -0400, Chad Miller wrote: On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 10:22:49AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: It's possible that GPG reads the keyrings in the reverse order to that in which they are listed in the options file

Re: Describing complex Depends - How?

On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 03:54:44PM -0700, Sudhakar Chandra wrote: How do I specify a dependancy like depends on libfoo = 0.1.18 but = 0.1.25)? Depends: libfoo (= 0.1.18), libfoo (= 0.1.25) Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian

Re: gpg couldn't import pgp keys

feel the need to delete a key from my copy of the Debian keyring; why would I? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: gpg couldn't import pgp keys

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Re: Bug report address

and returned since the package isnät in there? Not as far as I know. But it would be a useful enhancement, especially if the number of foreign .debs increases. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ

Re: Location of on-line help files

Somewhere in /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE if they're intended to be readable as stand-alone documentation, otherwise /usr/share/PACKAGE. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: InterBase update

got no version number? That might cause problems Also we get rid of /usr/interbase symbolic link. Good. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU

Re: is this RC?

. So upload and ensure that you make it clear in the changelog that (a) There's no new code (b) This is to fix a file corruption problem that prevented compiling from source Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept

Re: dependency question

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Re: How to get mails out of the BTS?

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Re: Debian package New developer question

and other files to: http://www.stone.nu/debian/dl/ Have you also checked the package with lintian? It might pick up other common errors which you might have made. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ

Re: dh_installinfo not created postinst entry

+$/ ! $dh{NOSCRIPTS}) { 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

Re: What is the package dpkg-iwj?

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Re: changelog and copyright files

this happen? What WWW page? And is it possibly referring to the slink or potato distribution, or is it perhaps a cached copy you were looking at? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL

Re: Bladenc Debian Package

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Re: Bladenc Debian Package

lintian errors and preferably no warnings either Good luck! Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: Bug manipulation

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Re: multi binaries packages.

other. 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: Build-Depends?

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Re: Build-Depends?

file in place of the blank line. If I understand you right, you are wrong. Which file is it that requires no blank lines? The Description: field in the control file. Not the whole file. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian

Re: setting section for a non-US package

' somewhere. According to practice, it seems that non-US (note the capitals) is the correct section. There are no subsections in non-US at present, so the policy is not in agreement with practice. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian

Re: Binary Changes Drill

creating the package. Then uudecode them in the rules file. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: Create .changes file

in a few weeks, I hope). 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

Re: Create .changes file

On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 05:30:03PM +0100, Holger Eitzenberger wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 02:10:21PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: generate the source package, binary packages and the .changes file with one command: dpkg-buildpackage [-rfakeroot] Or debuild in the devscripts

Re: Proposing debugging aid in scripts

$echo everywhere. Alternatively, use something like: if ...; then echo(){ command echo $@; } ; else echo(){ } ; fi and then use echo normally from then on. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ

Re: config files

this was a common situation... I believe that debconf does, indeed, address all three issues. I haven't yet converted my packages to use debconf, though, so I can't help further. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths

Re: How to handle multiple versions of binaries

? Is there a default dataset? Is there a search path to look through? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org

Re: How to handle multiple versions of binaries

On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 11:34:23PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Disclaimer: IATTIMS ?? On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Julian Gilbey wrote: Your package should make no assumptions about the existence of /usr/local; it's entirely at the discretion of the sysadmin what to put

Re: What is a NMU-fixed-outstanding bug ?

comparison, I believe. To close a bug, send a meaningful message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See /usr/doc/debian/bug-maint-info.txt for more information. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL

Re: dh_shlibdeps warnings

/usr/lib/libepplet.so.0. Can't win! 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

Re: dh_shlibdeps warnings

On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 08:12:07PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: Julian Gilbey wrote: You can get rid of this warning by using dh_shlibdeps -l`pwd`/debian/libepplet0/usr/lib for then the directory name will be absolute (and dpkg-shlibdeps expects this). You will, however, replace

Re: Lintian: pkg-without-shlibs-has-shlibs-control-file

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Re: debhelper: dh_fixperms should come after dh_suidregister (was: Re: setgid stuff)

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Re: debhelper: dh_fixperms should come after dh_suidregister (was: Re: setgid stuff)

, you break that. It works nicely :) Don't break it :) It's not broken, and this is not a fix. Ah, I see. I jumped too quickly. Am closing this bug report. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ

Re: debhelper: dh_fixperms should come after dh_suidregister (was: Re: setgid stuff)

. dh_suidregister [...] The comment is part of the example Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org

debhelper: dh_fixperms should come after dh_suidregister (was: Re: setgid stuff)

Package: debhelper Version: 2.0.74 On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 12:26:50PM +1100, Brian May wrote: Julian == Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Julian Note the dh_fixperms is at the end of this sequence, and Julian must be: Debian packages should not ship with any special

Re: setgid stuff

On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 12:58:17PM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: Julian Gilbey: Is something in [...] (such as dh_fixperms) changing the permissions? Ah! dh_fixperms did indeed fiddle with the permissions, after moving the chmod downwards it works just fine. Thanks! I quote from my inital

Re: setgid stuff

On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 08:32:39PM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: Julian Gilbey: chmod 2755 /usr/bin/jwhois I can't seem to get this (+chown) past. I'm creating the package using fakeroot, which might be the problem. fakeroot shouldn't have a problem with this. What error messages

Re: setgid stuff

if you do ls -l debian/tmp/usr/bin/jwhois *immediately* before dh_suidregister? Is something in [...] (such as dh_fixperms) changing the permissions? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London

Re: Upgrading packages?

manual, section 5. Your solution seems reasonable if the intention is that 0.52 0.6. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: tcl8.0/tk8.0 and tcl8.2/tk8.2 at the same time?

(= 8.0). Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

ANN: Remote package signing

the files from the remote machine, signing them locally and copying them back. Enjoy! Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: Questions about making package more conformant to Debian Policy...

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Re: lintian: unknown-section unknown-priority

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Re: Is there a policy on `task-' packages?

a C program, and will suggest others that might be helpful. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: duplicate manpage

you finally build the package. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: [A try again . . .] Mail Server

Dear Mentor List; 'debian-mentors' is for technical help for packaging software for the Debian distribution. 'debian-user' is for usage questions. I am copying your mail there. You will probably get much more help from them. Julian I would like to apologize for my previous mail

Re: Phone call to become debian maintainer

available to other developers, you can do so at https://db.debian.org/ once you are a developer. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: Phone call to become debian maintainer

, that the phone call will happen at a sensible time for you.) Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: Semi-retiring: All (ok, some) packages must go!

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Re: one on one help

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Re: postinst?

On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 02:27:51PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: Incidentally, for debhelper to put *anything* in a maintainer script ({pre,post}{inst,rm}), you need to have at least the following minimal script: #! /bin/sh #DEBHELPER# I don't believe that debhelper will create

Re: Dummy package question using apt-get source

the script has completed quite happily. You should surely find that you now have a file ../ean13_0.4-3_i386.deb present? Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU

Re: postinst?

/mylog chown root.games $DIR/mylog chmod 664 $DIR/mylog fi postrm: --- #! /bin/sh if [ $1 = purge ] then if [ -d /var/games ] then rm /var/games/mylog else rm /var/lib/games/mylog fi fi Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian

Re: postinst?

Hi, On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Julian Gilbey wrote: All that debhelper will do is to place appropriate lines in the postinst to handle standard things such as info file installation, window manager installation, suidregister and so forth. As soon as you want to do something package-specific

Re: things broke when I went to dpkg-dev 1.4.1.6

POSIXLY_CORRECT. But be careful, as that could cause all manner of other problems where the non-POSIX behaviour is assumed. (Just consider echo -n, for example) Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ

Re: new-maintainer@debian.org dead?

be a good plus point for your application!) Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: dh_suidregister

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-fPIC

command in debian/rules? If so, would it be worth noting this in the Perl policy? Also, I presume that the shared libraries should then be stripped. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London

Re: question about version number

version number without asking is stupid. Asking isn't. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: rc.boot

-rc.d program works in the same way on all system setups. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: rc.boot

into the right /etc/rc?.d directories. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: rc.boot

, with a symlink from /etc/rcS.d. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: rc.boot

Julian Gilbey writes: /etc/rc.boot is deprecated. From debian-policy (2.5.1.0, current according to apt): 3.3.4. Boot-time initialization --- There is another directory, `/etc/rc.boot', which contains scripts which are run once per machine

Re: Autoconf question

and your problem will be solved. Seems like it's a bug in the Makefile.in. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org

Re: Library packages, libtool and automake.

://www.tailrecursion.com/libaccounting/ Sorry to not be more helpful :( Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg

Re: Library packages, libtool and automake.

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Re: Package renaming?

package, which conflicts, provides and replaces the old ones, and then file a bug against ftp.debian.org asking for removal of the old packages. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL

Re: version numbers

I wrote: The leading zero is clearly intended to imply a decimal point. Julian Gilbey writes: Erm, by extension, we would have 1.11 1.2 if the . is interpreted as a decimal point, but 1.11 1.2 if it is a major/minor separator. I said nothing about interpreting the '.' as a decimal

Re: version numbers

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Re: version numbers

On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 01:31:52AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: Another possibility is the following. Increase the epoch at this point to 1 (so you would have version 1:1.1), but from now on use a triple version number, thus: this release will be 1:1.1.0 or 1:1.1, the next minor upgrade

Re: version numbers

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Packages with symlinks and CVS

I want. Does anyone have any suggestions of how this can be handled gracefully? Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer. [EMAIL

Re: PGP and Debian question

, but it is absolutely necessary. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP public key. -*-

dpkg: .deb should contain authentication data

. There is the obvious DFSG problem of making dpkg depend on PGP -- this may actually be a very good opportunity to begin working towards GnuPG by having the signatures be GnuPG ones. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths

Re: secure temporary directory

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Re: Linux for Khmer

to package software. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP public key. -*-

Re: images in diff files ?!

Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But now: How do I put the additional Debian-Logo (only 2k) into the diff file ???Can I rely on the sharutils package though it is only standard and not essential ? You should just be able to use dpkg-source, which will place any

Re: install running recursively..?

before file. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP public key. -*-

Re: images in diff files ?!

in the README.Debian file what extra packages are needed to compile the packages. We don't yet, AFAIK, have a Source-Depends: field, but eventually this info would go there if the building depended upon it. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian

Re: Debian Developer Certificate?

. Just point your potential employers at that page ;-) Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- Finger [EMAIL

Re: cvs-buildpackage archives .orig.tar.gz

-- it's all stored in the CVS tree. You couldn't possibly have this flexibility if you only stored the Debian diffs. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: /usr/bin or /usr/bin/X11

should be in safe hands. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP public

Re: packaging from root account

libtricks and run debuild to build your package. See debuild(1) for more details Julian (devscripts maintainer) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU

Re: PGP signing packages

to ~/.pgp/secring.skr and see whether it works. It should do. It's much easier than trying to hack dpkg-buildpackage to work with pgp5, which Debian is moving away from anyway. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey

Re: pgp problem for package signing

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Re: off topic/learning C

Hello world! /tmp$ If that doesn't work, let me know. The gcc program has many options, which you can find out about using the info reader. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: My `Section' and `Priority' lines have gone missing?

On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 06:33:59PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: I didn't add `Section' and `Priority' lines for the binary package (because deb-make didn't put it in initially): Note that deb-make is deprecated. Have a look at the debhelper and dh-make packages instead. Don't say

Re: My `Section' and `Priority' lines have gone missing?

at the debhelper and dh-make packages instead. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary Westfield College, Mile End

Re: Rebuild process

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julian Gilbey) writes: (4) cd .. and then run: lintian foobar_1.1-4.changes. If there are any errors (shown with E: and non-zero exit code; don't worry about E: newer-standards-version if it comes up), go back to step (1) again. Eh, you forgot

Re: Rebuild process

on that one.] HTH, Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, ENGLAND

Re: Rebuild process

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Re: Rebuild process

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Re: Checking if directory is empty in postrm

=/etc/foo/bar but there is another directory called /etc/foo/barbar in $LDSOCONF? Maybe you should change the grep command to: grep -v ^$LDIR\$ $LDSOCONF so that you match the entire line. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian

Re: Source code location?

Adam Di Carlo wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julian Gilbey) writes: [Me] Hmm. Interesting. So how do you use it? You *extend* the library? Or you just read about it? ;) [...] (In fact, it's so readable that it's been published as a book. Being

Re: Source code location?

to download the (unchanged) upstream sources again, and those who have the book wouldn't need to download the sources. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Mathematical

Re: Source code location?

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Source code location?

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Policy concerning emacs lisp files

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