Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-26 Thread Joey Hess
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% grep-dctrl -F Priority required /var/lib/apt/lists/storage_debian-amd64_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages -s Section | sort | uniq -c 1 Section: admin 36 Section: base 1 Section: devel 12 Section: libs 1

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-21 Thread Enrico Zini
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 05:06:13PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: While we are at it why not remove sections alltogether? We have the debtags system that by far superseeds the sections and since the pool structure is used sections have been quite useless. There are some reasons I'm not

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-21 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Enrico Zini [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 05:06:13PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: While we are at it why not remove sections alltogether? We have the debtags system that by far superseeds the sections and since the pool structure is used sections have been quite

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-19 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Goswin von Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060518 21:20]: Better to just remove the sections from override altogether. Just keep what the package says. Doesn't the current setup also ensure no package from non-free or contrib accidentially end up in main when the section is wrong?

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bernhard R. Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Goswin von Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060518 21:20]: Better to just remove the sections from override altogether. Just keep what the package says. Doesn't the current setup also ensure no package from non-free or contrib accidentially end up in

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-19 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Bernhard R. Link wrote: * Goswin von Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060518 21:20]: Better to just remove the sections from override altogether. Just keep what the package says. Doesn't the current setup also ensure no package from non-free or contrib accidentially end up in main when the

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-18 Thread Tim Cutts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17 May 2006, at 10:46 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: I found this more instructive: $ apt-cache search -n .\*-dev\$ | sed 's/ -.*//' | xargs apt-cache show | grep \^Section: | sort | uniq -c 1 Section: admin 1 Section: comm

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-18 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Kevin B. McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In case anyone is interested in filing mass bug reports (I am not sufficiently interested, sorry), here are the -dev packages in unexpected sections, obtained as follows: grep-aptavail -r -P '.*-dev$' -s

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-18 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Tim Cutts [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Playing devil's advocate for a moment: While we are at it why not remove sections alltogether? We have the debtags system that by far superseeds the sections and since the pool structure is used sections have been quite useless. MfG Goswin -- To

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-18 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Kevin B. McCarty 2006-05-17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case anyone is interested in filing mass bug reports (I am not sufficiently interested, sorry), here are the -dev packages in unexpected sections, obtained as follows: Isn't that more a matter of updating the override files? Christoph

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-18 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Christoph Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Re: Kevin B. McCarty 2006-05-17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case anyone is interested in filing mass bug reports (I am not sufficiently interested, sorry), here are the -dev packages in unexpected sections, obtained as follows: Isn't that more a matter of

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-18 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Christoph Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Re: Kevin B. McCarty 2006-05-17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case anyone is interested in filing mass bug reports (I am not sufficiently interested, sorry), here are the -dev packages in unexpected sections, obtained as follows:

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-18 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Kevin B. McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could the archive infrastructure be updated to synch the override file with what's in the .debs automatically? regards, Better to just remove the sections from override altogether. Just keep what the package says. MfG Goswin -- To

Section of -dev packages

2006-05-17 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hi, I ever thought development packages classified by $NAME-dev belong to the Section devel or libdevel, but % apt-cache search -n .\*-dev\$ | sed 's/ -.*//' | \ xargs apt-cache show | grep \^Section: | sort -u Section: admin Section: comm Section: contrib/libdevel Section: devel Section:

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-17 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Jörg Sommer wrote: Hi, I ever thought development packages classified by $NAME-dev belong to the Section devel or libdevel, but snip output I am really suprised. Which packages belong to devel/libdevel? I found this more instructive: $ apt-cache search -n .\*-dev\$ | sed 's/ -.*//' |

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-17 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
In case anyone is interested in filing mass bug reports (I am not sufficiently interested, sorry), here are the -dev packages in unexpected sections, obtained as follows: grep-aptavail -r -P '.*-dev$' -s Section,Package | paste -sd ' \n' | \ egrep -v '^Section:

Re: Section of -dev packages

2006-05-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Kevin B. McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In case anyone is interested in filing mass bug reports (I am not sufficiently interested, sorry), here are the -dev packages in unexpected sections, obtained as follows: grep-aptavail -r -P '.*-dev$' -s Section,Package | paste -sd ' \n' | \