Re: Manual creation of dpkg package

2011-01-04 Thread Kris Deugau
Dan Dragos wrote: I have created a script in perl to create a dpkg from a specs file for rpm. I create the package, it begins to install but only copies some data. Have a look at the version I wrote: http://www.deepnet.cx/debbuild/ Note that it will probably fail on very complex .spec files,

dpkg 1.15.8.7 MIGRATED to testing

2011-01-04 Thread Debian testing watch
FYI: The status of the dpkg source package in Debian's testing distribution has changed. Previous version: 1.15.8.5 Current version: 1.15.8.7 -- This email is automatically generated once a day. As the installation of new packages into testing happens multiple times a day you will receive

Re: Accepted bup 0.17b-2squeeze1 (source i386)

2011-01-04 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:03:00 +, Jon Dowland wrote: bup (0.17b-2squeeze1) testing-proposed-updates; urgency=low . * use python-support to tightly version python dependency, needed due to the binary extensions. Thanks Jakub Wilk. Closes: #608568. *sigh* if you're going

Re: Accepted bup 0.17b-2squeeze1 (source i386)

2011-01-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Julien Cristau jcris...@debian.org writes: On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:03:00 +, Jon Dowland wrote: bup (0.17b-2squeeze1) testing-proposed-updates; urgency=low . * use python-support to tightly version python dependency, needed due to the binary extensions. Thanks Jakub Wilk.

Streaming Package Installation for dpkg/APT

2011-01-04 Thread Ishan Jayawardena
Hi, I would like to know about the streaming package installation for dpkg/APT. I read about this from last year's summer of code ideas list of Debian [1], and found it interesting. I also found that it had not been taken by any of the applicants, and, therefore, I would like to work on it this

Re: Streaming Package Installation for dpkg/APT

2011-01-04 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 09:55:29 +0530, Ishan Jayawardena wrote: I would like to know about the streaming package installation for dpkg/APT. I read about this from last year's summer of code ideas list of Debian [1], and found it interesting. I also found that it had not been taken by any

Bug#608884: dpkg-vendor: please document format of /etc/dpkg/origins/ files

2011-01-04 Thread Sandro Tosi
Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.8.6 Severity: wishlist Hello, in order to properly resolve #607850 we'd like to know the full specification of /etc/dpkg/origins/ files (we couldn't find the documentation). Thanks in advance, Sandro -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers

Processed: Re: Bug#548415: reportbug: Package upgrade information in bug reports

2011-01-04 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: clone 548415 -1 Bug#548415: reportbug: Package upgrade information in bug reports Bug 548415 cloned as bug 608930. reassign -1 dpkg Bug #608930 [reportbug] reportbug: Package upgrade information in bug reports Bug reassigned from package

Bug#608829: dpkg-dev - dpkg-source rejects valid patch files

2011-01-04 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 21:41:57 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Mon, 03 Jan 2011, Bastian Blank wrote: I don't know whether I'm going to accept this request. I'm rather enclined to tag it wontfix. But I welcome supplementary feedback. Okay, another nail in the cofin of the quilt

Bug#21941: dpkg usage of /var

2011-01-04 Thread Guillem Jover
tag 21941 wontfix thanks [ Goswin, removing the wontfix tag is not something for you to decide. ] On Sun, 2010-12-26 at 16:56:49 +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: re usage of /var: dpkg puts the package data into /var/lib/dpkg/info. This includes the list of files, the list of

Processed: Re: Bug#21941: dpkg usage of /var

2011-01-04 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: tag 21941 wontfix Bug #21941 [dpkg] scripts under /var prevent mounting /var with noexec Added tag(s) wontfix. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 21941: