Re: How to create multi-source tarball with different submodules for scipy

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 05:05:39PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to create a multi-source tarball for scipy in its experimental > branch[1]. Upstream includes a set of git submodules in its build > process. I intended to merge all these submodules in a single >

Re: [j...@debian.org: Your Debian package(s) will not migrate to testing]

e system will not accept a package with the same version number. Best wishes, Julian > - Forwarded message from Julian Gilbey - > > Subject: Your Debian package(s) will not migrate to testing > From: Julian Gilbey > To: Andre Noll > Message-Id

Re: debian/watch and different action than `uupdate'

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 12:30:41AM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote: 2) Is it possible to use a different action than uupdate, e.g. `fakeroot debian/rules get-orig-source'? Nice idea. Unfortunately uscan --force-download does not call the script. Instead it tries to get the archive I'm

Re: debian/watch and different action than `uupdate'

On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 07:10:17PM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote: 2) Is it possible to use a different action than uupdate, e.g. `fakeroot debian/rules get-orig-source'? And this too. Seems to be impossible atm. Would be a nice-to-have for me. $ cat debian/get-source #! /bin/sh fakeroot

Re: debian/watch file and berlios

On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 12:43:33PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 11:21:45AM +0100, Andreas Bresser wrote: Hello, The upstream-author of my package spe uploaded a new release on berlios.de (on sourceforge is still the old version), so I changed the

Re: Bug#194678: devscripts: making -uc -us the default signing options

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Re: latex build problem

are using. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, website: http://www.polya.uklinux.net/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see: http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ Visit http://www.thehungersite.com/ to help feed the hungry

Re: pure python and postinst

on this? Is it a requirement -- is it a bug to include the compiled python files in the .deb? Are compiled python files architecture-independent? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, website: http://www.polya.uklinux.net/ Debian GNU/Linux

Re: pure python and postinst

on this? Is it a requirement -- is it a bug to include the compiled python files in the .deb? Are compiled python files architecture-independent? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, website: http://www.polya.uklinux.net/ Debian GNU/Linux

Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

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Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

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Re: autobuilding arch independent packages ...

to the debrsign manpage Now done in my local tree. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London website: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: What to do on accidential upload

package, right? So I'd just email a bug report against ftp.debian.org asking for this package not to be installed in unstable, and upload it again to experimental. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths

Re: What to do on accidential upload

package, right? So I'd just email a bug report against ftp.debian.org asking for this package not to be installed in unstable, and upload it again to experimental. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths

Re: problem with gnupg 1.0.7 and debsign

to add your @debian.org address to your key (and then upload it to keyring.debian.org) or use your @laposte.net address in your packages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: problem with gnupg 1.0.7 and debsign

to add your @debian.org address to your key (and then upload it to keyring.debian.org) or use your @laposte.net address in your packages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: debuild, dupload and then?

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Re: Bug#149486: FTBFS: bad build depends

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Re: Bug#149486: FTBFS: bad build depends

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Re: Package that can work with something in non-free - to build with it or not?

the package himself ? Tell the user to remove the Build-Conflicts line and rebuild. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London website: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg

Re: pre-depending

somehting as pre-depends, I should check this with debian-devel. Only needs to be a pre-depends if you need them correctly installed and configured before you run your PREinst. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept

Re: lintian: executable-not-elf-or-script

is what you think it is? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk

Re: lintian: executable-not-elf-or-script

is what you think it is? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk

Re: watch file syntax

uploads go to, and how often do the mirrors update? If 2.6.90 was there when you looked, by the same time tomorrow you should see 2.6.91. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux

Re: watch file syntax

uploads go to, and how often do the mirrors update? If 2.6.90 was there when you looked, by the same time tomorrow you should see 2.6.91. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux

Re: watch file syntax

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Re: dh_movefiles

. Easiest solution: don't let dh_movefiles act on your primary package, so use dh_movefiles -Xpackage. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ

Re: dh_movefiles

. Easiest solution: don't let dh_movefiles act on your primary package, so use dh_movefiles -Xpackage. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: How to change manual's section ?

or something. Note that you should also change the .TH line at the start of the man pages to refer to the new section. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

. It just seems wrong to me in a general case for a standard package to use a version in the package name. What is the right way to handle this? See above for my thoughts. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

. It just seems wrong to me in a general case for a standard package to use a version in the package name. What is the right way to handle this? See above for my thoughts. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths

Re: Semi-contrib packages

good. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg/ http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jdg

Re: Semi-contrib packages

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Re: PDF versions of policy documents?

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Re: PDF versions of policy documents?

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Re: Bugs not closed by installer

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Re: Bugs not closed by installer

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Re: dpkg-statoverride question

than dpkg-statoverride --list in a maintainer script. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Debian GNU/Linux Developer Queen Mary, Univ. of London see http://people.debian.org/~jdg

Re: closes: in changelog and closing bug reports...

then, but am wondering why this happens, is Closes: case sensitive? No. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg

Re: closes: in changelog and closing bug reports...

then, but am wondering why this happens, is Closes: case sensitive? No. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg

Re: [BTS] Bug number $bug not found.

different and not yet fixed, then resubmit it. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http

Re: [BTS] Bug number $bug not found.

different and not yet fixed, then resubmit it. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg NEW: Visit http

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

needs a carefully applied cluebat for maximum skull damage). s/unstable/experimental/ Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

needs a carefully applied cluebat for maximum skull damage). s/unstable/experimental/ Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:36:53PM -0600, Matt Armstrong wrote: Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:10:02PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and just link it to the right file. Warren Why/how

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:36:53PM -0600, Matt Armstrong wrote: Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:10:02PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and just link it to the right file. Warren Why/how would

Re: to conffile or not to conffile

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Re: to conffile or not to conffile

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Re: to conffile or not to conffile

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Re: hosed build-arch and build-indep

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Re: hosed build-arch and build-indep

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Re: dpkg-deb vs. perl

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Re: GPG Key Signing in UK

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Re: GPG Key Signing in UK

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Re: trouble with HTML changelogs and SGML catalogs

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Re: Native packages

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Re: Native packages

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Re: Native packages

is what I distribute elsewhere. You can't, AFAIK. If you distribute it elsewhere (presumably beyond Debian), you may want to consider treating it as a non-native package instead. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

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Re: dpkg can't purge init script

the point why this option isn't shipped in the default file. Bug filed against dh-make package. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

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Re: dpkg can't purge init script

the point why this option isn't shipped in the default file. Bug filed against dh-make package. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

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Re: dpkg can't purge init script

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Re: proud maintainer that do no want NUM :-)

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Re: proud maintainer that do no want NUM :-)

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Re: 1st try at packaging perl program

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Re: binary-all packaging

it, copy /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.indep to debian/rules and modify it as necessary to build your package. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU

Re: binary-all packaging

it, copy /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.indep to debian/rules and modify it as necessary to build your package. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU

Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

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Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

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Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:53:07AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 05:10:36PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: That's what the next PACKAGE; achieves. Alternatively, in such a case, set a variable $empty_package = 1 and then test the value of this variable around

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:53:07AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 05:10:36PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: That's what the next PACKAGE; achieves. Alternatively, in such a case, set a variable $empty_package = 1 and then test the value of this variable around

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:16:59PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: On 19-Jun-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote: On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by accident? What constitutes empty

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

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Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:16:59PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: On 19-Jun-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote: On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by accident? What constitutes empty

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

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Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

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Re: control file question

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Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

directory is not empty, but don't worry about it. But be careful to check the value of $1 and only to do them when the value is sensible (eg not when it's abort-*). Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

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Re: control file question

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Re: control file question

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Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

directory is not empty, but don't worry about it. But be careful to check the value of $1 and only to do them when the value is sensible (eg not when it's abort-*). Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen

Re: Replaces: and pre/post rm

packages). 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: one package, many libraries. dependency break!

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Re: Empty package

(zero) non-control files. It's data.tar.gz is empty (except for ./). Similarly many, many other transition packages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU

Re: Empty package

Will the Lintian error prevent it from being installed? Shouldn't do; there is no content there to need a copyright. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: one package, many libraries. dependency break!

this; basically use the -l option.) 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: Replaces: and pre/post rm

packages). 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: one package, many libraries. dependency break!

: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=debian/libpspell2/usr/lib dpkg-shlibdeps \ debian/pspell/usr/bin/* Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http

Re: Empty package

) non-control files. It's data.tar.gz is empty (except for ./). Similarly many, many other transition packages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Empty package

Will the Lintian error prevent it from being installed? Shouldn't do; there is no content there to need a copyright. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London

Re: one package, many libraries. dependency break!

this; basically use the -l option.) 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: Empty package

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Re: Replaces: and pre/post rm

On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 04:29:30PM -0400, Richard A Nelson wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote: So was the conflictor's postrm actually called with the purge option? It doesn't appear to have done. Not that I can find Good. Since both packages must have the same postrm

Re: Empty package

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Re: Replaces: and pre/post rm

On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 04:29:30PM -0400, Richard A Nelson wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote: So was the conflictor's postrm actually called with the purge option? It doesn't appear to have done. Not that I can find Good. Since both packages must have the same postrm

Re: Replaces: and pre/post rm

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Re: Replaces: and pre/post rm

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