/proc file system

2001-08-25 Thread Hereward Cooper
Hi, Is there anyway that i can make a dependancy for /proc kernel support? Thanks, Hereward -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /proc file system

2001-08-25 Thread Joost van Baal
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 09:29:17AM +, Hereward Cooper wrote: Is there anyway that i can make a dependancy for /proc kernel support? See http://master.debian.org/~brinkmd/arch-handling.txt for a nice but not yet implemented idea. Bye, Joost -- Joost van Baal.

Re: /proc file system

2001-08-25 Thread Nicolas Lopez
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 09:29:17AM +, Hereward Cooper wrote: Hi, Is there anyway that i can make a dependancy for /proc kernel support? Um, where are you getting kernels without /proc support? For most systems that would be very broken. I beleive, but obviously havn't double checked

RE: Lintian error: depends-on-essential-package-without-using-ve

2001-08-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
my @bashism_regexs = ( 'function \w+\(\s*\)', # function is useless # should be '.', not 'source' '(?:^|\s+)source\s+(?:\.\/|\/|\$)[^\s]+', '(\[|test|-o|-a)\s*[^\s]+\s+==\s', # should be 'b

Re: debconf trouble

2001-08-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h Christian T. Steigies wrote on Sat Aug 25, 2001 um 01:12:53PM: debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is moon-buggy debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/moon-buggy.config configure 0.5.52-6 debconf (developer):

Re: Re: /proc file system

2001-08-25 Thread Hereward Cooper
Um, where are you getting kernels without /proc support? For most systems that would be very broken. I beleive, but obviously havn't double checked that all Debian kernels have proc enabled. I realize that most systems will have /proc support, i havn't seen one that doesn't have it, but

Re: Perl Packages

2001-08-25 Thread tony mancill
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Martin Butterweck wrote: I ITP some perl modules, is there something special I have to know about packaging them ? Or are perl packages just like all other packages ? Please see the Perl Policy: http://people.debian.org/~bod/perl-policy/ Cheers, tony [EMAIL

Re: Lintian error: depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version bash

2001-08-25 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 03:20:28AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: But doing this, lintian gives the warning: E: tzwatch: depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version bash I can't find much in Debian policy about this, so I'd like to ask, what does this error mean, and why is it an

/proc file system

2001-08-25 Thread Hereward Cooper
Hi, Is there anyway that i can make a dependancy for /proc kernel support? Thanks, Hereward

Re: /proc file system

2001-08-25 Thread Joost van Baal
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 09:29:17AM +, Hereward Cooper wrote: Is there anyway that i can make a dependancy for /proc kernel support? See http://master.debian.org/~brinkmd/arch-handling.txt for a nice but not yet implemented idea. Bye, Joost -- Joost van Baal.

Re: Lintian error: depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version bash

2001-08-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 02:52:52PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 03:20:28AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: Lastly, is there a reliable way of confirming that I do not in fact have any bashisms, so that #!/bin/sh would be sufficient? sh is linked to bash, so simply writing

Re: /proc file system

2001-08-25 Thread Nicolas Lopez
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 09:29:17AM +, Hereward Cooper wrote: Hi, Is there anyway that i can make a dependancy for /proc kernel support? Um, where are you getting kernels without /proc support? For most systems that would be very broken. I beleive, but obviously havn't double checked

RE: Lintian error: depends-on-essential-package-without-using-ve

2001-08-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
my @bashism_regexs = ( 'function \w+\(\s*\)', # function is useless # should be '.', not 'source' '(?:^|\s+)source\s+(?:\.\/|\/|\$)[^\s]+', '(\[|test|-o|-a)\s*[^\s]+\s+==\s', # should be 'b

debconf trouble

2001-08-25 Thread Christian T. Steigies
Hi folks, debconf is driving me crazy. I am using debconf on a multi binary package to display a note. Its working fine in one package but not at all in the main package and I do not understand why. Installing the package (with DEBUG) gives me this: Unpacking replacement moon-buggy ... Setting up

Re: debconf trouble

2001-08-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h Christian T. Steigies wrote on Sat Aug 25, 2001 um 01:12:53PM: debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is moon-buggy debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/moon-buggy.config configure 0.5.52-6 debconf (developer):

Re: debconf trouble

2001-08-25 Thread Christian T. Steigies
Moin, On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 08:50:19PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: #include hallo.h Christian T. Steigies wrote on Sat Aug 25, 2001 um 01:12:53PM: debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is moon-buggy debconf (developer): starting

Re: Re: /proc file system

2001-08-25 Thread Hereward Cooper
Um, where are you getting kernels without /proc support? For most systems that would be very broken. I beleive, but obviously havn't double checked that all Debian kernels have proc enabled. I realize that most systems will have /proc support, i havn't seen one that doesn't have it, but

Re: debconf trouble

2001-08-25 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 02:10:47PM -0500, Christian T. Steigies wrote: Moin, On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 08:50:19PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: #include hallo.h Christian T. Steigies wrote on Sat Aug 25, 2001 um 01:12:53PM: debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer):

Re: Perl Packages

2001-08-25 Thread tony mancill
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Martin Butterweck wrote: I ITP some perl modules, is there something special I have to know about packaging them ? Or are perl packages just like all other packages ? Please see the Perl Policy: http://people.debian.org/~bod/perl-policy/ Cheers, tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]