Re: [RFS] stunnel4 (updated package, adoption, RFS repost)

2007-08-23 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz wrote: I have uploaded a new version with the suggested fixes. Following your sugestion I used 3:4.20-4~1 as version. If you consider it worthy of upload, please change it to -4. And please build with -v3:4.20-2 Thanks for pointing this

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-23 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 09:51:49AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: If that's the case, what they distribute isn't free software — unless any recipient can get that source. Certainly, for it to be included in Debian, we need to distribute the *entire* corresponding source form of the work. Is this

Re: RFS: gconf-cleaner - GConf database cleaner

2007-08-23 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Felipe. On Aug 18 2007, Felipe Sateler wrote: This way, you have automatic update of the authors when updating to a new upstream version. This is, indeed, a good way of managing projects with large numbers of contributors. Regards, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL

On handling the AUTHORS file (was: Re: RFS: gconf-cleaner - GConf database cleaner)

2007-08-23 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 18 2007, Felipe Sateler wrote: This is a bug in the xine-lib package because it doesn't ship the AUTHORS file, even though copyright references it. Filed as #438677. Thanks for letting me know about this. It is quite welcome. Regards, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL

Re: RFS: tagtool

2007-08-23 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 22 2007, Kartik Mistry wrote: It builds these binary packages: tagtool- Tool to tag and rename MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files What does this tool gives the user that, say, easytag (one of the most powerful tag programs around that I know of) doesn't? Regards, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito

Package requiring a customised version of another package

2007-08-23 Thread David Given
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have an application I'd like to package --- plasticfs. Unfortunately, due to glibc weirdnesses, it needs a copy of glibc built using custom (non-standard) options. Is this doable, or is it likely to be a lost cause? Note: it doesn't need the

Re: Package requiring a customised version of another package

2007-08-23 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 08:56:50PM +0100, David Given wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have an application I'd like to package --- plasticfs. Unfortunately, due to glibc weirdnesses, it needs a copy of glibc built using custom (non-standard) options. Is this doable, or

Re: Package requiring a customised version of another package

2007-08-23 Thread David Given
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Justin Pryzby wrote: [...] I have an application I'd like to package --- plasticfs. Unfortunately, due to glibc weirdnesses, it needs a copy of glibc built using custom (non-standard) options. Is this doable, or is it likely to be a lost cause?

Re: Package requiring a customised version of another package

2007-08-23 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 10:26:35PM +0100, David Given wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Justin Pryzby wrote: [...] I have an application I'd like to package --- plasticfs. Unfortunately, due to glibc weirdnesses, it needs a copy of glibc built using custom

Re: Package requiring a customised version of another package

2007-08-23 Thread David Given
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Justin Pryzby wrote: [...] which means the preloader library doesn't get a chance to override it. plasticfs wants a glibc compiled with --disable-hidden-plt to expose this interface. I still don't understand why? I *presume* so that plasticfs

Re: Package requiring a customised version of libc6

2007-08-23 Thread Neil Williams
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:26:35 +0100 David Given [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please can you give the details of why this is necessary? It's an LD_PRELOAD hack. When glibc calls itself --- for example when fopen() calls open() --- it does so using a hidden private interface, which means the

Re: Package requiring a customised version of libc6

2007-08-23 Thread David Given
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Williams wrote: [...] Do the work and come back to the list with a detailed reasoning for what is a MAJOR packaging decision. This isn't yet another customised version of a package it is a COPY of GLIBC! Don't shout at me, please. Yes, I am

Re: Package requiring a customised version of libc6

2007-08-23 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, David Given wrote: Currently I am merely trying to figure out whether upstream's idea of using a customised glibc is possible on Debian It's always possible to do so. However, actually doing so requires that you convince the security team, the maintainer(s), and the release

Re: Package requiring a customised version of libc6

2007-08-23 Thread David Given
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Don Armstrong wrote: [...] The people who have responded to you so far strongly suspect that it's not worth the effort, but without knowing why the glibc we already distribute can't be used, it's hard for us to give you a definitive answer.