Re: RFS: conky (backported package)
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Aron Xu happyaron...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, FTBFS in Squeeze amd64 chroot: checking for Xft... yes checking NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h usability... no checking NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h presence... no checking for NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h... no configure: error: NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h header not found make: *** [config-stamp] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 I can't reproduce this in a squeeze VM, and I don't understand why conky would FTBFS as above; nvidia-settings in squeeze contains the header file that conky needs, and installs it in the same location (/usr/include/NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h) as libxnvctrl-dev in sid. I would try to build conky in a squeeze chroot instead, but pbuilder just doesn't want to cooperate with me at the moment... $ sudo pbuilder create --distribution squeeze [...] I: Extracting util-linux... I: Extracting liblzma2... I: Extracting xz-utils... I: Extracting zlib1g... I: Installing core packages... W: Failure trying to run: chroot /var/cache/pbuilder/build/17984/. dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.11.2-10_amd64.deb E: debootstrap failed W: Aborting with an error I: cleaning the build env I: removing directory /var/cache/pbuilder/build//17984 and its subdirectories rmdir: failed to remove `/var/cache/pbuilder/build//17984/proc': Device or resource busy rmdir: failed to remove `/var/cache/pbuilder/build//17984': Directory not empty Is there an alternative way to create a working squeeze chroot? - Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caczd_tckuetff+yyahxs+4vwbzm3ntnvdeyr8xa8xqrvcj0...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Best practice for changelog file
Dear Charles,
this the very thing I want to do, but as far as I can understand, I
should replace that variables myself, am I right? When I try to put
the variables in debian/changelog, dpkg-buildpackage fails with error:
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 1.1.0-7~bpo${debian_release}+${build_int}
dpkg-buildpackage: error: version number contains illegal character `$'
I realize that I can add new ~bpoXX record into changelog myself each
time I'm building new version, but I want to find if there any way to
do it automatically during build-time?
Obviously, I could use some build-script that would use sed to replace
version in changelog and then run dpkg-buildpackage, but this way
seems to be a not clear workaround.
Best wishes and have a nice day,
Vsevolod Velichko
2011/8/25 Charles Plessy ple...@debian.org:
Le Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 02:18:40PM +0400, Vsevolod Velichko a écrit :
I'm trying to build package for two debian versions: squeeze and
lenny. Build process doesn't require any source or packaging
modifications, so I can just dpkg-buildpackage or debuild on both
lenny and squeeze to obtain the deb-file. The problem is that in this
case I have the same version for both systems, so I can't put them in
the same repository. Is there any well-known way to take a changelog
version record (e.g. 1.1.0-5) and produce deb with debian-specific
package version (e.g. 1.1.0-5+squeeze1) ?
Dear Vsevolod,
you can probably adopt a similar strategy as for the Debian backports:
Append ~bpo${debian_release}+${build_int} to the version number, e.g.
1.2.3-4 now becomes 1.2.3-4~bpo60+1, or for native packages, 1.2.3
becomes 1.2.3~bpo60+1
http://backports-master.debian.org/Contribute/#index5h3
This way, the package built on a more recent suite will always have a higher
version.
Of course, keeping ‘bpo’ in the version number will be confusing, so it would
be better to replace it something else, ideally that sorts lower. The --local
option of dch may help you to automate the task.
Have a nice day,
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Re: RFS: conky (backported package)
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Vincent Cheng wrote: Is there an alternative way to create a working squeeze chroot? Get debootstrap and pbuilder from unstable. sudo cowbuilder --create --distribution squeeze bye, //mirabilos -- tarent solutions GmbH Rochusstraße 2-4, D-53123 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Tel: +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-314 HRB AG Bonn 5168 • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Boris Esser, Elmar Geese -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.2.00.1108250958070.11...@tglase.lan.tarent.de
Re: Bug#620550: Please advice about symbols versioning (was Re: How to close bug #620550?
hi, On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Satoru KURASHIKI lur...@gmail.com wrote: I guess there is no PHP code which using GDBM code. If there is, they had falled into troubles after php switched to link from gdbm to qdbm, because PHP source package also doesn't include hovel.h. I think that I should care the people who has been using qdbm and gdbm interface for their published/non-published programs. (provide alternative package, only notice, and so on..) I've just uploaded updated qdbm package to mentors.debian.net, and asked for its review to my sponsor. (I simply drop symbols, and don't touch its versions.) I'm glad if you try this package to check it (will solve the problem). regards, -- KURASHIKI Satoru -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cam0xxk_7gh7jnqalx+rteut40cf2osvc6aa9xrj36mrgyv3...@mail.gmail.com
RFS: gawk
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package gawk. It builds those binary packages: gawk - GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language This is a new upstream version (4.0.0). Because this is a pretty major release the initial upload targeted at experimental. The previous version of this package in the archive was a NMU by me. In the mean time I have been able to contact the current maintainer. He informed me that he currently lacks the time and he doesn't mind me taking care of the package and adding myself to Uploaders. Besides being a new upstream version I've also fixed some lintian warnings like switching to source format '3.0 (quilt)' and adding 'set -e' to the maintainer scripts and updating to the latest Standards-Version (after consulting the upgrading-checklist). The only lintian warning left is 'spelling-error-in-binary', because changing this would break all translations. Apart from that the package is lintian clean when ran with '-i -IE --pedantic'. All these changes are of course mentioned in debian/changelog. I appreciate all comments about the package. To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: http://mentors.debian.net/package/gawk Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_4.0.0+dfsg-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Regards, -- Jeroen Schot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110825143258.ga14...@a-eskwadraat.nl
Re: Best practice for changelog file
Vsevolod Velichko wrote:
Dear Charles,
this the very thing I want to do, but as far as I can understand, I
should replace that variables myself, am I right? When I try to put
the variables in debian/changelog, dpkg-buildpackage fails with error:
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 1.1.0-7~bpo${debian_release}+${build_int}
dpkg-buildpackage: error: version number contains illegal character `$'
I realize that I can add new ~bpoXX record into changelog myself each
time I'm building new version, but I want to find if there any way to
do it automatically during build-time?
Obviously, I could use some build-script that would use sed to replace
version in changelog and then run dpkg-buildpackage, but this way
seems to be a not clear workaround.
$ dch -l mysuperawesomenewversion
$ debuild
Best wishes,
Mike
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RFS: conque
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package conque. * Package name: conque Version : 2.2-1 Upstream Author : Nico Raffo nicoraffo[AT]gmail[DOT]com * URL : http://code.google.com/p/conque/ * License : MIT License Section : editors It builds those binary packages: vim-conqueterm - This Vim-Plugin is used to run interactive commands inside a Vim. I have followed Debian packaging policy for vim plug ins, to the best of my knowledge. I have checked the deb file with lintian using the command lintian -IiE --pedantic and appears to be lintian clean (upstream has no changelog AFAIK). I have tested the package installation with trivial tests and it seems to work as expected. To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: http://mentors.debian.net/package/conque Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/conque/conque_2.2-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards, Harish Badrinath -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFUoqbeKHAqyoJ+u_P1YSKj-X=o2kjwtvegdt_p521jxoz2...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: conky (backported package)
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 15:37, Vincent Cheng vincentc1...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Aron Xu happyaron...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, FTBFS in Squeeze amd64 chroot: checking for Xft... yes checking NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h usability... no checking NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h presence... no checking for NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h... no configure: error: NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h header not found make: *** [config-stamp] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 I can't reproduce this in a squeeze VM, and I don't understand why conky would FTBFS as above; nvidia-settings in squeeze contains the header file that conky needs, and installs it in the same location (/usr/include/NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h) as libxnvctrl-dev in sid. Sorry, it was something wrong on my side, I tried to rebuild a new base.tgz today and then it builds fine. I see the package looks good, so I've just uploaded it. I would try to build conky in a squeeze chroot instead, but pbuilder just doesn't want to cooperate with me at the moment... $ sudo pbuilder create --distribution squeeze [...] I: cleaning the build env I: removing directory /var/cache/pbuilder/build//17984 and its subdirectories rmdir: failed to remove `/var/cache/pbuilder/build//17984/proc': Device or resource busy rmdir: failed to remove `/var/cache/pbuilder/build//17984': Directory not empty Is there an alternative way to create a working squeeze chroot? This is caused by a recently fixed debootstrap bug IIRC, there are two ways may help you: 1. Use the latest version of deboostrap and pbuilder from Sid. 2. Use cdeboostrap instead of debootstrap and pass --debootstrap cdebootstrap to pbuilder. -- Regards, Aron Xu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAMr=8w4s62jzspwxpw3tazsak5p-vpayxzfize5wamdsess...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: gawk
Hi! Jeroen Schot sc...@a-eskwadraat.nl writes: I am looking for a sponsor for my package gawk. Looks quite fine. Just the patches could use some more documentation. Especially the 19_gawk.1-hyphen.diff is just the dpkg-source boilerplate ;) uploaded anyway. Regards Christoph -- 9FED 5C6C E206 B70A 5857 70CA 9655 22B9 D49A E731 Debian Developer | Lisp Hacker | CaCert Assurer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87pqjtpdgu@hepworth.siccegge.de
Re[5]: RFS: manaplus
Created new upstream tarball in other directory (stripped from embeded libs and fonts). Watch file looking to it. Patch removed, because new tarball. Fixed control file description and build deps. In configure paths I left only /usr/games for binary, because without lintian show warning. Using DEP-5 in copyright file. Also add missing copyrights. Using debhelper 7. About images artists answered what was no layers. Sound file is changed in audacity sound from The Mana World downloadable sounds. Now lintian show only info messages. Possible need change some thing else? Can be accesed here: http://expo.debian.net/package/manaplus or dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/manaplus/manaplus_1.1.8.21-1.dsc
Re: ITP: i-news (2nd request) -- GTK-based highly graphically-configurable RSS Ticker - Bug#638999
Dear mentors, Sorry if this is a silly question. I previously mentionned the name choice was not definitive but must I pick *first* a fully suitable one in order to get a chance of getting sponsorded? Thank you and best regards. -- Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin manutm...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e56a338.9090...@gmail.com
Re: ITP: i-news (2nd request) -- GTK-based highly graphically-configurable RSS Ticker - Bug#638999
On 25/08/11 at 21:32 +0200, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote: Dear mentors, Sorry if this is a silly question. I previously mentionned the name choice was not definitive but must I pick *first* a fully suitable one in order to get a chance of getting sponsorded? Packages renames are possible but a bit painful, so yes, it's better to make sure you won't change the name before getting sponsored. Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110825195827.ga16...@xanadu.blop.info
Removing init.d stop scripts best practice?
What is the best procedure to use for removing a stop script from a package? Moving from: # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 dh_installinit To: # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: dh_installinit --update-rcd-params=start 99 2 3 4 5 . If nothing more than the above is done then insserv complains with: insserv: warning: current stop runlevel(s) (0 1 6) of script `foo' overwrites defaults (empty). But removing the links unconditionally in the postinst would fail to preserve local changes, if perhaps all of the start links were already removed by the local sysadmin then this would leave none behind to indicate this. Perhaps that is worrying too much about a corner case? rm -f /etc/rc[016].d/K??foo I am sure that others have thought this through in detail. Is there a best practice for it? Or should the stop scripts just be left behind doing nothing to avoid the issue? Thanks, Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: ITP: i-news (2nd request) -- GTK-based highly graphically-configurable RSS Ticker - Bug#638999
On 08/25/2011 09:58 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 25/08/11 at 21:32 +0200, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote: Dear mentors, Sorry if this is a silly question. I previously mentionned the name choice was not definitive but must I pick *first* a fully suitable one in order to get a chance of getting sponsorded? Packages renames are possible but a bit painful, so yes, it's better to make sure you won't change the name before getting sponsored. Lucas Thanks. As I have to decide now, please let me know if I must change the package name or not? Sorry, I know this is redundant but I need a final answer. -- Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin manutm...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e56c71d.7020...@gmail.com
Re: ITP: i-news (2nd request) -- GTK-based highly graphically-configurable RSS Ticker - Bug#638999
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin manutm...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/25/2011 09:58 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 25/08/11 at 21:32 +0200, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote: Dear mentors, Sorry if this is a silly question. I previously mentionned the name choice was not definitive but must I pick *first* a fully suitable one in order to get a chance of getting sponsorded? Packages renames are possible but a bit painful, so yes, it's better to make sure you won't change the name before getting sponsored. Lucas Thanks. As I have to decide now, please let me know if I must change the package name or not? Sorry, I know this is redundant but I need a final answer. Why did you choose 'i-news'? Isn't the upstream name 'newsrssticker'? I would go with the upstream name unless there is a name clash, which it doesn't look like there is. FWIW, I don't believe you need to file a new ITP, you can just change the name and close the ITP of 'i-news'. -matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caolfk3wxvzob4tzgjrgruck-8fkjdz4w4isdb9uvochqn9p...@mail.gmail.com
Re: ITP: i-news (2nd request) -- GTK-based highly graphically-configurable RSS Ticker - Bug#638999
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Emmanuel, On 26.08.2011 00:05, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote: Thanks. As I have to decide now, please let me know if I must change the package name or not? Sorry, I know this is redundant but I need a final answer. You must not, but you can think about it. If you want to increase your chance to get your package into Debian you, can - perhaps - consider it. If you think the name is fine, keep it - but make sure you don't install /usr/bin/inews at least. You have been pointed to the problem of (too) generic names and possible name clashes. Value yourself :) - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOVsq4AAoJEMcrUe6dgPNtTHUP/jo25Hj+pDQaz0sgmmdsHkrn YEXKjXUuNOuFFox0y1MVdYJWvgvCkfy4SsE2GYXaa9rcprBolv9eFXYatZWeyv1P fL9ymtkY0SUO1zAgr4/aLKRgHteE8cEWlSGq1hkWS3e1KNXdHbqYJT5x+41heaT4 WOdGIIuR6aJjtyyDEQ9uSOaGPkyNso4l20ihyXZ8h81hUNbo5liB9appWrHAr+Zp GygZJVM78rNulq3o6TtpbGuK/ykQMTd9K64sDPsOZh++2iLE8mfSTy4iCp0AR46p RLZxG+pimFYGm1M1JTaP/d7M8uohfAhct0JHoyOyLhnQpy3Ybzdb6hY1puImcLSs NRux9WeTpSp+IALBr4lOUNqLIWDgzkA6mpWgqOtO5JRddicnv0CJFeEvspXM9yV6 vyxfUCjHhGvYY8lhj+BFnS/o7PlTvkUXREW0awz5zllIA669fThM1gwKubVnXj4y 6pKMNeb9veXBhdxeHS34ouiEUx9sQsTgV07+7+ewgiqIahJyGBHp6r47ZYoER2Tw FjNhP8z6zriarzTUH87/0oHpIe5lfD0lxw+ZvEEq0Te6tNmYrg9AH4mM3HG7NRro itGDWn/0r2pdTdmjH9MeHX4RUqfl/mTT3TxE7BWPdBQ/gy8Z4L+8gcHjTbh1Zg2W D8CCBnhwLeYGkwdVlboT =MAt0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e56cab8.6030...@toell.net
Re: RFS: conky (backported package)
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Thorsten Glaser t.gla...@tarent.de wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Vincent Cheng wrote: Is there an alternative way to create a working squeeze chroot? Get debootstrap and pbuilder from unstable. I've already done that. sudo cowbuilder --create --distribution squeeze [...] I: Extracting util-linux... I: Extracting liblzma2... I: Extracting xz-utils... I: Extracting zlib1g... I: Installing core packages... W: Failure trying to run: chroot /var/cache/pbuilder/base.cow/. dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.11.2-10_amd64.deb E: debootstrap failed W: Aborting with an error pbuilder create failed forking: rm -rf /var/cache/pbuilder/base.cow - Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CACZd_tC90M==iVemD432Q1PCGzWnyTGyGCe4GuyvF08+__X5=w...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: conky (backported package)
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Aron Xu happyaron...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, it was something wrong on my side, I tried to rebuild a new base.tgz today and then it builds fine. I see the package looks good, so I've just uploaded it. Thanks! :) This is caused by a recently fixed debootstrap bug IIRC, there are two ways may help you: 1. Use the latest version of deboostrap and pbuilder from Sid. I already have pbuilder, debootstrap, and cdebootstrap installed from sid. That being said, I'm running a mixed wheezy/sid system at the moment, with wheezy being pinned to a higher priority, so perhaps there are other packages that pbuilder/debootstrap rely on, which I should also install from sid rather than wheezy? 2. Use cdeboostrap instead of debootstrap and pass --debootstrap cdebootstrap to pbuilder. pbuilder still fails to create a squeeze base.tgz with cdebootstrap. - Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CACZd_tBXVC18o+32DLqWmcfsoiBCesWJ-UmJeyry=geerg4...@mail.gmail.com
Re: ITP: i-news (2nd request) -- GTK-based highly graphically-configurable RSS Ticker - Bug#638999
On 08/26/2011 12:16 AM, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: Why did you choose 'i-news'? Isn't the upstream name 'newsrssticker'? No, it was 'news' (which is very generic indeed.) -- Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin manutm...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e56d18f.1020...@gmail.com
Re: Best practice for changelog file
Le Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:43:14AM +0400, Vsevolod Velichko a écrit :
this the very thing I want to do, but as far as I can understand, I
should replace that variables myself, am I right? When I try to put
the variables in debian/changelog, dpkg-buildpackage fails with error:
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 1.1.0-7~bpo${debian_release}+${build_int}
dpkg-buildpackage: error: version number contains illegal character `$'
I realize that I can add new ~bpoXX record into changelog myself each
time I'm building new version, but I want to find if there any way to
do it automatically during build-time?
Obviously, I could use some build-script that would use sed to replace
version in changelog and then run dpkg-buildpackage, but this way
seems to be a not clear workaround.
Dear Vsevolod,
yes, the use of variables when constructing a version number is not a necessity
and you can see them more as a metaphor in the explanations of backports.d.o.
For the automation, packages that modify their control information at build time
are rejected from our archive (http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html) and
what you are trying to do with the version number looks similar in spirit. The
usual way is to modify the source package before building, not during.
You can see http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/scripts/backport.html as one of
the many examples.
Have a nice day,
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Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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Re: RFS: conky (backported package)
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 06:38, Vincent Cheng vincentc1...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Aron Xu happyaron...@gmail.com wrote: This is caused by a recently fixed debootstrap bug IIRC, there are two ways may help you: 1. Use the latest version of deboostrap and pbuilder from Sid. I already have pbuilder, debootstrap, and cdebootstrap installed from sid. That being said, I'm running a mixed wheezy/sid system at the moment, with wheezy being pinned to a higher priority, so perhaps there are other packages that pbuilder/debootstrap rely on, which I should also install from sid rather than wheezy? Not sure. 2. Use cdeboostrap instead of debootstrap and pass --debootstrap cdebootstrap to pbuilder. pbuilder still fails to create a squeeze base.tgz with cdebootstrap. The final solution could be that I give you a squeeze base.tgz? If you need it, please ask me and tell me your architecture (i386 or amd64), then I'll give you a link privately. (I can give to other people if you ask me, but I think it's better not to post it publicly since it may become invalid soon.) -- Regards, Aron Xu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAMr=8w7bG1D_anLR1pBzbP2Rxr-zk0zTG3qjrco-3oiODqi=e...@mail.gmail.com
Re: ITP: i-news (2nd request) -- GTK-based highly graphically-configurable RSS Ticker - Bug#638999
On 26/08/11 at 00:05 +0200, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote: On 08/25/2011 09:58 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 25/08/11 at 21:32 +0200, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote: Dear mentors, Sorry if this is a silly question. I previously mentionned the name choice was not definitive but must I pick *first* a fully suitable one in order to get a chance of getting sponsorded? Packages renames are possible but a bit painful, so yes, it's better to make sure you won't change the name before getting sponsored. Lucas Thanks. As I have to decide now, please let me know if I must change the package name or not? Sorry, I know this is redundant but I need a final answer. The package name should somehow match the upstream name. The upstream name is your decision as the upstream developer. Debian doesn't have anything to do with choosing upstream names, except when it's a really bad choice when it's too generic or conflicts with the name of another package. L. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110826045602.ga27...@xanadu.blop.info
