Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal ?

2002-07-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 09:43 PM, Ryszard Lach wrote: I'm just wondering why my #DEBHELPER# entries are being silently removed instead of changed to /usr/doc/package symlinks creation/removal sections. Any ideas ? It's a deliberate change, part of completing the /usr/share/doc transit

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal ?

2002-07-31 Thread Ari Pollak
They are not being silently removed, but since none of the debhelper scripts for your package need to do anything, and since dh_installdocs no longer creates and removes symlinks, the debhelper section just stays empty. debhelper (4.1.0) unstable; urgency=low * Remove /usr/doc manglement co

Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal ?

2002-07-31 Thread Ryszard Lach
Hi! I'm just wondering why my #DEBHELPER# entries are being silently removed instead of changed to /usr/doc/package symlinks creation/removal sections. Any ideas ? Richard. -- "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." - Mohandas Gandhi.

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal ?

2002-07-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 09:43 PM, Ryszard Lach wrote: > I'm just wondering why my #DEBHELPER# entries are being silently removed > instead of changed to /usr/doc/package symlinks creation/removal > sections. Any ideas ? It's a deliberate change, part of completing the /usr/share/doc tra

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal?

2002-07-31 Thread Ari Pollak
They are not being silently removed, but since none of the debhelper scripts for your package need to do anything, and since dh_installdocs no longer creates and removes symlinks, the debhelper section just stays empty. debhelper (4.1.0) unstable; urgency=low * Remove /usr/doc manglement c

Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal ?

2002-07-31 Thread Ryszard Lach
Hi! I'm just wondering why my #DEBHELPER# entries are being silently removed instead of changed to /usr/doc/package symlinks creation/removal sections. Any ideas ? Richard. -- "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." - Mohandas Gandhi. -- To UNSUB

Re: libpng and the autobuilders

2002-07-31 Thread Jérôme Marant
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:50:56AM -0400, Michael Furr wrote: > On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 09:26, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > Replace libpng-dev with libpng3-dev. > How would that help things? It seems to me that from the log, the > problem isn't my build-dep, but rather that libpng3 "is not going to be >

Re: libpng and the autobuilders

2002-07-31 Thread Michael Furr
On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 09:26, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Replace libpng-dev with libpng3-dev. How would that help things? It seems to me that from the log, the problem isn't my build-dep, but rather that libpng3 "is not going to be installed": > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies

Re: libpng and the autobuilders

2002-07-31 Thread Jérôme Marant
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:24:51AM -0400, Michael Furr wrote: > Hi all, > > My package of vegastrike is stuck in the autobuilders. The problem lies > in its build-dep on libpng-dev. It needs to use version 3 of the lib. > I read all of the recent discussions on -devel about this issue but seem

libpng and the autobuilders

2002-07-31 Thread Michael Furr
Hi all, My package of vegastrike is stuck in the autobuilders. The problem lies in its build-dep on libpng-dev. It needs to use version 3 of the lib. I read all of the recent discussions on -devel about this issue but seem to have missed the bottom line. How do I remedy this? Do I just email

Re: Looking for sponsor

2002-07-31 Thread Stefan Schwandter
"Stefan Schwandter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could someone, who is interested in getting snd compile on non-i386 > arches maybe, please upload my latest snd and snd-motif packages? Err, never mind, today I got a response from my sponsor... regards, Stefan

Re: libpng and the autobuilders

2002-07-31 Thread Jérôme Marant
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:50:56AM -0400, Michael Furr wrote: > On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 09:26, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > Replace libpng-dev with libpng3-dev. > How would that help things? It seems to me that from the log, the > problem isn't my build-dep, but rather that libpng3 "is not going to be

Re: libpng and the autobuilders

2002-07-31 Thread Michael Furr
On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 09:26, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Replace libpng-dev with libpng3-dev. How would that help things? It seems to me that from the log, the problem isn't my build-dep, but rather that libpng3 "is not going to be installed": > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencie

Re: libpng and the autobuilders

2002-07-31 Thread Jérôme Marant
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:24:51AM -0400, Michael Furr wrote: > Hi all, > > My package of vegastrike is stuck in the autobuilders. The problem lies > in its build-dep on libpng-dev. It needs to use version 3 of the lib. > I read all of the recent discussions on -devel about this issue but seem

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 08:52:01AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 12:24 -0500, Mark Brown wrote: > > This is an error. *Nothing* outside of /etc should be a conffile. See > > policy 11.7.2. > We're talking about conffiles here. Please see Policy 11.7.1: Definitions

libpng and the autobuilders

2002-07-31 Thread Michael Furr
Hi all, My package of vegastrike is stuck in the autobuilders. The problem lies in its build-dep on libpng-dev. It needs to use version 3 of the lib. I read all of the recent discussions on -devel about this issue but seem to have missed the bottom line. How do I remedy this? Do I just email

Re: Looking for sponsor

2002-07-31 Thread Stefan Schwandter
"Stefan Schwandter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could someone, who is interested in getting snd compile on non-i386 > arches maybe, please upload my latest snd and snd-motif packages? Err, never mind, today I got a response from my sponsor... regards, Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 08:52:01AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 12:24 -0500, Mark Brown wrote: > > This is an error. *Nothing* outside of /etc should be a conffile. See > > policy 11.7.2. > We're talking about conffiles here. Please see Policy 11.7.1: Definition

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
Quoting Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2002-07-30 05:59:10 BST): > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > > (http://www.debian.org/doc/pac

Looking for sponsor

2002-07-31 Thread Stefan Schwandter
Hello! Could someone, who is interested in getting snd compile on non-i386 arches maybe, please upload my latest snd and snd-motif packages? I have got them ready for quite some time now, but my usual sponsor has been unresponsive for a while, he probably doesn't have time to do it. The package

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Goswin> An even better way would be the following: Goswin> 1. keep the original book. Goswin> 2. put newly learned stuff into a different file, a book-diff one Goswin>could say. This could be in ~/.crafty/ or next to the original book Goswin>depending on a debconf question and overridable

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 12:24 -0500, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > > (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manual

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi everyone, > > I'm the maintainer of crafty, a chess engine > (http://packages.debian.org/crafty). > > When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled > opening books in /var/lib/crafty. Then, as it plays against you, it > 'l

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
Quoting Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2002-07-30 05:59:10 BST): > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > > (http://www.debian.org/doc/pa

Looking for sponsor

2002-07-31 Thread Stefan Schwandter
Hello! Could someone, who is interested in getting snd compile on non-i386 arches maybe, please upload my latest snd and snd-motif packages? I have got them ready for quite some time now, but my usual sponsor has been unresponsive for a while, he probably doesn't have time to do it. The packag

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Goswin> An even better way would be the following: Goswin> 1. keep the original book. Goswin> 2. put newly learned stuff into a different file, a book-diff one Goswin>could say. This could be in ~/.crafty/ or next to the original book Goswin>depending on a debconf question and overridabl