Re: /proc and build environments

2008-09-13 Thread Florian Weimer
* Michael Banck: > Are you sure gij-4.3 is not just dragged in via Recommends, i.e. the > buildd chroot is properly setup? AFAICT, you did not mention which > package failed above (if you can disclose it), so it's hard to > investigate further I guess. It's cacao-oj6 and openjdk-6, part of test

Bug#498887: ITP: libprobe-perl-perl -- Obtain information about the currently running Perl interpreter

2008-09-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libprobe-perl-perl Version : 0.01 Upstream Author : Randy W. Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Probe-Perl/ * License : same as Perl (GPL-1+ or A

Re: RFC: DKMS - Dynamic Kernel Module Support

2008-09-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 09:32:41PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Tzafrir Cohen dijo [Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 07:08:05AM +]: > > > > - Having files *vital* to the system not tracked by dpkg is > > > > counter-productive. At the very least it thwarts the most basic and > > > > obvious way of integrit

Re: Re: RFC: DKMS - Dynamic Kernel Module Support

2008-09-13 Thread Filipus Klutiero
So, DKMS is being run after the installation of a kernel. Am I right? Yes. Btw, is all this documented anywhere? I guess it isn't. Kindly, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFC: DKMS - Dynamic Kernel Module Support

2008-09-13 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Tzafrir Cohen dijo [Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 07:08:05AM +]: > > > - Having files *vital* to the system not tracked by dpkg is > > > counter-productive. At the very least it thwarts the most basic and > > > obvious way of integrity protection. > > > > Dpkg is not tripwire. If you think you can re

Re: Good times with md, ReiserFS, and /usr unmountable

2008-09-13 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 05:25:48PM -0700, Ken Teague wrote: > Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Software RAID is be automatically detected from the boot sector, hence > > should be visible from a LiveCD. > > > Debian Live didn't have mdadm. Debian Lenny netinstall found the md's, > but didn't have fsc

Bug#498862: ITP: libfile-find-rule-vcs-perl -- File::File::Rule add-on for ignoring VCS files/directories

2008-09-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libfile-find-rule-vcs-perl Version : 1.04 Upstream Author : Adam Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Find-Rule-VCS/ * License : same as Pe

Re: Suggested improvements to the release-critical bug tracker

2008-09-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 02:55:40PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > I've noticed that most issues tracked on the release-critical bug > tracker [1] are actually already fixed in unstable. This is leading > to the perception there are an enormous number of unfixed > release-critical issues for lenny

Re: Suggested improvements to the release-critical bug tracker

2008-09-13 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
"Michael Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I suggest that, by default, the release-critical tracker page list > only those bugs that do not have a fix uploaded yet (make it optional > to list all current RC issues). Try the alternative interface on http://bts.turmzimmer.net, which provides ev

Suggested improvements to the release-critical bug tracker

2008-09-13 Thread Michael Gilbert
Hello, I've noticed that most issues tracked on the release-critical bug tracker [1] are actually already fixed in unstable. This is leading to the perception there are an enormous number of unfixed release-critical issues for lenny (298 currently). And it makes it harder to figure out which iss

Bug#498849: ITP: libmodule-math-depends-perl -- Convenience object for manipulating module dependencies

2008-09-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libmodule-math-depends-perl Version : 0.02 Upstream Author : Adam Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.orrg/dist/Module-Math-Depends/ * License : same as

Re: Bug#498762: ITP: sdlbasic -- BASIC interpreter for game development

2008-09-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/13/08 00:39, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 01:21:35AM +, Miriam Ruiz wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: sdlbasic Version : 0.0.20070714 Upstream Author : Paulo Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Bug#498837: ITP: libsort-naturally-perl -- Natural sort - sort lexically except for numerical parts

2008-09-13 Thread Pierre Neyron
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Pierre Neyron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libsort-naturally-perl Version : 1.02 Upstream Author : Sean M. Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sort-Naturally * License : same as Perl (Artis

Bug#498817: ITP: libmodule-manifest-perl -- Parse and examine a Perl distribution MANIFEST file

2008-09-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libmodule-manifest-perl Version : 0.03 Upstream Author : Addam Kennedy * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Manifest/ * License : same as Perl (Artistic or GPL-1+)

Re: /proc and build environments

2008-09-13 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:43:40AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > This is probably a FAQ, and I guess I knew the answer at one point. > What are the requirements for /proc and buildds? Can packages assume > that /proc/self/stat exist in a buildd environment? > > The following is from mundy.debian

Re: /proc and build environments

2008-09-13 Thread Samuel Thibault
Florian Weimer, le Sat 13 Sep 2008 10:43:40 +0200, a écrit : > This is probably a FAQ, and I guess I knew the answer at one point. > What are the requirements for /proc and buildds? >From a Debian GNU/Hurd point of view, it is well known that /proc is needed for quite a few packages (and that used

Re: RFC: DKMS - Dynamic Kernel Module Support

2008-09-13 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En cette matinée ensoleillée du samedi 13 septembre 2008, vers 09:08, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > Do not assume everybody maintaining the system know of dkms (or of m-a > or such). Knowledge of debsums or equivalent should be assumed from > anybody maintaining a Debian s

/proc and build environments

2008-09-13 Thread Florian Weimer
This is probably a FAQ, and I guess I knew the answer at one point. What are the requirements for /proc and buildds? Can packages assume that /proc/self/stat exist in a buildd environment? The following is from mundy.debian.org, from a testing-security build: | Setting up gij-4.3 (4.3.1-9) ... |

Re: Good times with md, ReiserFS, and /usr unmountable

2008-09-13 Thread Ken Teague
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: apt-get install what ever package you need It is only installed on a ramdisk (the one that is union-mounted on top of the compressed file system of the CD), but that doesn't really matter for a one-time shot. As long as you have internet connection there Got that far with De

Re: RFC: DKMS - Dynamic Kernel Module Support

2008-09-13 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On sam, 2008-09-13 at 06:21 +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Can you do that if you generate modules for both 2.6.26-1-686 and > 2.6.26-1-vserver-686 ? Will tell you on monday. -- Yves-Alexis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: RFC: DKMS - Dynamic Kernel Module Support

2008-09-13 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On sam, 2008-09-13 at 00:21 +0200, José Luis Tallón wrote: > > No. You only need dkms. > > > Hmm... How does dkms build the modules for a build kernel, then? > Surely a compiler and linker must be needed, right? You build the module on the build host, then put it on a .deb package. You install

Re: RFC: DKMS - Dynamic Kernel Module Support

2008-09-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 01:54:43AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le samedi 13 septembre 2008 à 00:44 +0200, José Luis Tallón a écrit : > > - Having files *vital* to the system not tracked by dpkg is > > counter-productive. At the very least it thwarts the most basic and > > obvious way of integ