Re: Claiming a binary name used in Sarge but not in Etch.
Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #!/bin/sh echo -e AMAP is now available under /usr/bin/amap.\nThis wrapper (/usr/bin/amap-align) will be removed in the future. exec /usr/bin/amap $@ 'echo -e' is not specified by POSIX. If you want to use escapes such as \n, you'd better use printf instead of echo. I am just wondering if the quotes around $@ are necessary... Yes. The quotes are necessary so that arguments containing spaces aren't mangled (yes, this is a weird syntax, but it's supposed to be used this way). -- Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Claiming a binary name used in Sarge but not in Etch.
Le Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 12:00:20PM +0100, Florent Rougon a écrit : Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #!/bin/sh echo -e AMAP is now available under /usr/bin/amap.\nThis wrapper (/usr/bin/amap-align) will be removed in the future. exec /usr/bin/amap $@ 'echo -e' is not specified by POSIX. If you want to use escapes such as \n, you'd better use printf instead of echo. Thanks a lot, I will use one echo per line. -- Charles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Claiming a binary name used in Sarge but not in Etch.
Charles Plessy a écrit : #!/bin/sh echo -e AMAP is now available under /usr/bin/amap.\nThis wrapper (/usr/bin/amap-align) will be removed in the future. exec /usr/bin/amap $@ I am just wondering if the quotes around $@ are necessary... indeed, they are: $ cat quotes.sh #! /bin/sh for i in $@; do echo $i; done echo --- for i in $@; do echo $i; done $ sh quotes.sh 1 2 3 1 2 3 --- 1 2 3 $ -- Emmanuel le Chevoir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Claiming a binary name used in Sarge but not in Etch.
Le Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 01:02:46PM -0400, Justin Pryzby a écrit :
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 08:12:47PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
Le Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 12:00:20PM +0100, Florent Rougon a écrit :
Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
#!/bin/sh
echo -e AMAP is now available under /usr/bin/amap.\nThis wrapper
(/usr/bin/amap-align) will be removed in the future.
exec /usr/bin/amap $@
'echo -e' is not specified by POSIX. If you want to use escapes such as
\n, you'd better use printf instead of echo.
Thanks a lot, I will use one echo per line.
set -e
{
echo first line
echo second line
} 2
Oh, this is something I did not think about. But what is the set -e
doing?
Have a nice day,
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Re: Claiming a binary name used in Sarge but not in Etch.
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 09:50:16AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Oh, this is something I did not think about. But what is the set -e doing? Every script you write should include set -e at the top. This tells bash that it should exit the script if any statement returns a non-true return value. [0] Regards, -Roberto [0] http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/writing-robust-shell-scripts.html -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Claiming a binary name used in Sarge but not in Etch.
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 09:50:16AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
Le Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 01:02:46PM -0400, Justin Pryzby a écrit :
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 08:12:47PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
Le Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 12:00:20PM +0100, Florent Rougon a écrit :
Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
#!/bin/sh
echo -e AMAP is now available under /usr/bin/amap.\nThis wrapper
(/usr/bin/amap-align) will be removed in the future.
exec /usr/bin/amap $@
'echo -e' is not specified by POSIX. If you want to use escapes such as
\n, you'd better use printf instead of echo.
Thanks a lot, I will use one echo per line.
set -e
{
echo first line
echo second line
} 2
Oh, this is something I did not think about. But what is the set -e
doing?
It's essentially required for all scripts to be able to detect errors.
Justin
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Re: Claiming a binary name used in Sarge but not in Etch.
Le Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 09:09:23AM -0500, Justin Pryzby a écrit : A NEWS entry isn't unreasonable. Supporting the old binary might be nice; a wrapper with a warning rather than a symlink is extra friendly. Be sure to use exec as the last line of a wrapper script to remove unnecessary memory footprint. Hi, something like this ? #!/bin/sh echo -e AMAP is now available under /usr/bin/amap.\nThis wrapper (/usr/bin/amap-align) will be removed in the future. exec /usr/bin/amap $@ I am just wondering if the quotes around $@ are necessary... Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Claiming a binary name used in Sarge but not in Etch.
On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 12:32:29PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Dear mentors, When I created the package amap-align (bioinformatics), there was a already a program called amap in Debian. Therefore, I renamed the binary program of my package. However, the old amap package has been removed from Etch, so I would like to know if it is possible to provide our users the bioinformatical program amap under its real name, and not amap-align as it is the case for the moment. Also removed from unstable: RoM; non-free. So it seems unlikely to return (that's important). http://ftp-master.debian.org / removals What is the policy of Debian for pacakges which are not released anymore? Can I Conflict:amap with my package amap-align, and request the upgraded package to be hinted in Etch ? Importantly, there is little overlap between the field of usage of amap and amap-align, so I think that the conflict is unikely to happen in real life. (can popcon be mined for this kind of data ?). The popcon interface can't, but if you mail the popcon group, they might be willing to check for hosts with both installed, and of those with recent access times. Also, I think that I should inform users that the name has changed, can I use NEWS for this ? Lastly, do I have to support the old /usr/bin/amap-align for some moment, as it was never released in a stable distribution ? For instance, I can provide a wrapper which issues a warning. http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/amap.html http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/amap-align.html A NEWS entry isn't unreasonable. Supporting the old binary might be nice; a wrapper with a warning rather than a symlink is extra friendly. Be sure to use exec as the last line of a wrapper script to remove unnecessary memory footprint. Cheers Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Claiming a binary name used in Sarge but not in Etch.
Dear mentors, When I created the package amap-align (bioinformatics), there was a already a program called amap in Debian. Therefore, I renamed the binary program of my package. However, the old amap package has been removed from Etch, so I would like to know if it is possible to provide our users the bioinformatical program amap under its real name, and not amap-align as it is the case for the moment. What is the policy of Debian for pacakges which are not released anymore? Can I Conflict:amap with my package amap-align, and request the upgraded package to be hinted in Etch ? Importantly, there is little overlap between the field of usage of amap and amap-align, so I think that the conflict is unikely to happen in real life. (can popcon be mined for this kind of data ?). Also, I think that I should inform users that the name has changed, can I use NEWS for this ? Lastly, do I have to support the old /usr/bin/amap-align for some moment, as it was never released in a stable distribution ? For instance, I can provide a wrapper which issues a warning. http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/amap.html http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/amap-align.html Thank a lot for your comments, and have a nice week-end, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
