Re: [ITP] perl-Tk

2005-11-19 Thread Charles Wilson
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: Hence the suggestion of using the features provided by the alternatives package. Am I correct in assuming this works even for dynamically loaded dlls? No. It works for .so's on Linux, because the Linux loader understands symlinks. Cygwin piggybacks on the W

Re: [ITP] perl-Tk

2005-11-19 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:40:28PM -0600, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > > At the risk of incurring Corinna's wrath, I second the request. I'd like > > to see someone submit an X-less perl-Tk package too, with support in both > > for alternatives. > > Here are t

Re: generic-build-script extension to update version numbers in README

2005-11-19 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Charles Wilson wrote: I'd like to make a request: gbs is getting out of control with this feature and that feature added. Some of these tasks are NEVER going to be performed by anyone other than the primary maintainer: has anyone actually used 'foo.sh list' or 'foo.sh depends'? I use these t

Re: [ITP] perl-Tk

2005-11-19 Thread Tacvek
Yaakov S said: Note that Perl/Tk is a Tk *implementation*, and does not depend on tcltk. .. ldesc: "Complete Perl interface for Tk, built against Cygwin/X." Well that ldesc is confusing considering that. I think some of the confusion stems from the fact that tk is too closely associtated wit

Re: generic-build-script extension to update version numbers in README

2005-11-19 Thread Max Bowsher
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christian Franke wrote: > What would you think about an autoconf-like approach generating a > "package-VER.sh" script from some "package.sh.in" (yes, no version). > > Then fixes and new features will be added to only one generation tool > (autogbs ?-)

Re: Concern about new g-b-s logging change - loss of error detection

2005-11-19 Thread Max Bowsher
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This thread seems to have gone to sleep. Summary: The addition of the 'logging' g-b-s feature introduced a bug: Errors during phases of package building do not halt the build, so that an error during 'make' or 'make install' would not prevent the 'pkg

Re: [ITP] cadaver: Command-line WebDAV client

2005-11-19 Thread Max Bowsher
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >>Max Bowsher writes: > > > Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > >> Max, would it be possible to recompile neon so that it picks up the > new > >> openssl package ? > > > Refreshing neon is of course, not a problem. >

Re: [ITP] cadaver: Command-line WebDAV client

2005-11-19 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> Max Bowsher writes: > Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >> I would like to contribute and maintain the cadaver package: >> >> * http://www.webdav.org/cadaver/ (Homepage) >> >> Max, would it be possible to recompile neon so that it picks up the new >> openssl package ?

Re: generic-build-script extension to update version numbers in README

2005-11-19 Thread Christian Franke
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: [...] P.S. It'd be a different story if we were using an 'engine' with external overrides, like mingwports or cgf's netrel(?) -- then mods to the engine to provide new features would be distinct from the package-specific overrides. But gbs ain't like that. Wh