Re: how to force binary package rebuild?

2004-05-30 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2004-05-30 Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> One of my packages (librmagick-ruby) recently stopped working (details left >> intentionally vague). I believe this was due to a change in one of the >> libraries it depends on. > >> In any cas

Re: setgid-wrapper

2004-05-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Grzegorz B. Prokopski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On (19/05/04 15:54), Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 07:53:46AM -0400, James Damour wrote: >> >> On Tue

Re: setgid-wrapper

2004-05-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Grzegorz B. Prokopski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On (19/05/04 15:54), Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 07:53:46AM -0400, James Damour wrote: >> >> On Tue

Re: setgid-wrapper

2004-05-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 07:53:46AM -0400, James Damour wrote: >> On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 09:03, Steven Augart wrote: >> > As you probably know, when a shell sees that it is running a setuid or >> > setgid shell script, it detects this because the

Re: release as a package or add to APTs file list?

2004-05-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Martin-Éric Racine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 19 May 2004, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> > echo -e "\nUpgrading installed packages..." >> > apt-get $UPGRADEOPTS >> >> This might fail if the cache is filled and /var nearly full.

Re: setgid-wrapper

2004-05-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 07:53:46AM -0400, James Damour wrote: >> On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 09:03, Steven Augart wrote: >> > As you probably know, when a shell sees that it is running a setuid or >> > setgid shell script, it detects this because the

Re: release as a package or add to APTs file list?

2004-05-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Martin-Éric Racine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 19 May 2004, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> > echo -e "\nUpgrading installed packages..." >> > apt-get $UPGRADEOPTS >> >> This might fail if the cache is filled and /var nearly full.

Re: release as a package or add to APT's file list?

2004-05-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jarno Elonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The package is here.. > > http://funkyware.konflux.at/debian/pool/u/upgrade-system/ > > ..and the said utility script looks like this: > > > source /etc/upgrade-system.conf > > echo "Updating available package lists.

Re: release as a package or add to APT's file list?

2004-05-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jarno Elonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The package is here.. > > http://funkyware.konflux.at/debian/pool/u/upgrade-system/ > > ..and the said utility script looks like this: > > > source /etc/upgrade-system.conf > > echo "Updating available package lists.

Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 19:17, Andreas Metzler wrote: >> [...] >> >> PS: for i in images/*.ppm images/*.pbm; do rm -vf $$i.gz ... hurts my >> eyes. Please quote $$i.gz, ie.: "$$i.gz". ;-) >> PPS: I'd use sind find -print0 ... | xargs -0 rm > > Ev

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi, > how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of the > package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the debian/changelog > file of kernel-package. > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he

Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 19:17, Andreas Metzler wrote: >> [...] >> >> PS: for i in images/*.ppm images/*.pbm; do rm -vf $$i.gz ... hurts my >> eyes. Please quote $$i.gz, ie.: "$$i.gz". ;-) >> PPS: I'd use sind find -print0 ... | xargs -0 rm > > Ev

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi, > how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of the > package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the debian/changelog > file of kernel-package. > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Upstream maintainership of a package of mine changed from the old author > to a new one. New upstream maintainer decided to change the source name > of the package and thus the tarball name. > > How can I handle such a change? The simplest approach

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Upstream maintainership of a package of mine changed from the old author > to a new one. New upstream maintainer decided to change the source name > of the package and thus the tarball name. > > How can I handle such a change? The simplest approach

Re: request for buildd not used problem

2004-05-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
GCS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:19:53AM -0700, Richard A. Hecker <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I would suggest a little more patience. Days can quickly elapse when a >> person is busy. > OK, I meant that Lamont changed the file since my mail, but not changed > thi

Re: request for buildd not used problem

2004-05-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
GCS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:19:53AM -0700, Richard A. Hecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I would suggest a little more patience. Days can quickly elapse when a >> person is busy. > OK, I meant that Lamont changed the file since my mail, but not changed > thi

Re: request for buildd not used problem

2004-05-03 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
GCS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:37:38PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: >> # Please email comments, corrections to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and/or [EMAIL >> PROTECTED] >> # See ChangeLog for history. >> %

Re: request for buildd not used problem

2004-05-03 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
GCS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:37:38PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> # Please email comments, corrections to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and/or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> # See ChangeLog for history. >> %gradm: !ia

Re: request for buildd not used problem

2004-04-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
GCS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I maintain gradm for now, and I have noticed it does not built for ia64 > since a while. The previous maintainer had problems on it, but he has > re-enabled it long time ago (and debian/control still has 'Architecture: > any'); but not even a build attemp

Re: request for buildd not used problem

2004-04-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
GCS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I maintain gradm for now, and I have noticed it does not built for ia64 > since a while. The previous maintainer had problems on it, but he has > re-enabled it long time ago (and debian/control still has 'Architecture: > any'); but not even a build attemp

Re: buildd out-of-dateness

2004-04-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thanks. Is there some documentation available about interpreting buildd > status ? > > Frank Try http://www.buildd.net/ and follow the links. MfG Goswin

Re: buildd out-of-dateness

2004-04-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thanks. Is there some documentation available about interpreting buildd > status ? > > Frank Try http://www.buildd.net/ and follow the links. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: buildd out-of-dateness

2004-04-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > foobillard is out of date on s390. The first build attempt failed on > 04/04, because of missing libsdl1.2-dev. AFAICS, libsdl1.2-dev is again > available since 08/04, but foobillard has not yet been rebuilt. > How long should I wait before cont

Re: buildd out-of-dateness

2004-04-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > foobillard is out of date on s390. The first build attempt failed on > 04/04, because of missing libsdl1.2-dev. AFAICS, libsdl1.2-dev is again > available since 08/04, but foobillard has not yet been rebuilt. > How long should I wait before cont

Re: Closing bugs.

2004-04-14 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello. > > I've got question related to closing bugs. > > Let's say I adopted some package, and with the new upstream version > I should close some outstanding bugs. And I did it in 1.1-1 version. > Then I ask previous maintainer to upload it,

Re: Closing bugs.

2004-04-14 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello. > > I've got question related to closing bugs. > > Let's say I adopted some package, and with the new upstream version > I should close some outstanding bugs. And I did it in 1.1-1 version. > Then I ask previous maintainer to upload it,

Re: How to deal with SONAME which changes very often

2004-04-02 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello. > > I would like to package some very useful set of utilities[1]. > It depends on library of the same author[2]. > > Unfortunatelly SONAME of this library changes with every new version. > And to make this problem more annoying, new

Re: Binary-only uploads cause dangling 'Source:' reference in .deb's (Was: Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?)

2004-04-02 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 07:09:51PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > Pro the non-changelog thing is, that one can order a buildd to recompile > > with correct version number, while currently manual changelog editing is > > needed. > > Actually, sbu

Re: How to deal with SONAME which changes very often

2004-04-02 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello. > > I would like to package some very useful set of utilities[1]. > It depends on library of the same author[2]. > > Unfortunatelly SONAME of this library changes with every new version. > And to make this problem more annoying, new

Re: Binary-only uploads cause dangling 'Source:' reference in .deb's (Was: Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?)

2004-04-02 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 07:09:51PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > Pro the non-changelog thing is, that one can order a buildd to recompile > > with correct version number, while currently manual changelog editing is > > needed. > > Actually, sbu

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-02 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 11:30:54PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > > Katie ensures that the initial upload does in fact contain > > source, or

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-02 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 01:29:31AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In a .dsc, there is a 'Source:' entry (only if source pkg != bin p

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-02 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 11:30:54PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > > Katie ensures that the initial upload does in fact contain > > source, or

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-02 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 01:29:31AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In a .dsc, there is a 'Source:' entry (only if source pkg != bin p

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 03:54:49PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 08:38:54AM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > > Version numbering w.r.t. (Binary/Source) NMU's is a convention thing, > > > mandated by policy. The arc

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-01 22:41]: > > Closes in the changelog closes bugs on maintainer uploads and tags > > them fixed on NMU. Something does care. There is a good reason to get > > the v

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 05:09:09AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > The version number has no effect at all whether katie consider

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 03:54:49PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 08:38:54AM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > > Version numbering w.r.t. (Binary/Source) NMU's is a convention thing, > > > mandated by policy. The arc

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-01 22:41]: > > Closes in the changelog closes bugs on maintainer uploads and tags > > them fixed on NMU. Something does care. There is a good reason to get > > the v

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040401 05:25]: > > Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > The version number has no effect at all whether katie considers > > > something to be a NMU or no

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 05:09:09AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > The version number has no effect at all whether katie consider

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-04-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040401 05:25]: > > Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > The version number has no effect at all whether katie considers > > > something to be a NMU or no

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-03-31 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The version number has no effect at all whether katie considers > something to be a NMU or not. > > > Cheers, > Andi Something in the archive scripts does care. Binary only NMUs are recognised by having a tree part debian version (1.2-3.4.5) instead o

Re: Summary: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-03-31 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > The following possible problems have been identified: > -The uploaders field is not bit-by-bit the same as the uploader's name > in the changes file. > -This can come from the fact that one is UTF8 encoded, the other is not > -The number of di

Re: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-03-31 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The version number has no effect at all whether katie considers > something to be a NMU or not. > > > Cheers, > Andi Something in the archive scripts does care. Binary only NMUs are recognised by having a tree part debian version (1.2-3.4.5) instead o

Re: Summary: Why Katie thinks it's an NMU?

2004-03-31 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > The following possible problems have been identified: > -The uploaders field is not bit-by-bit the same as the uploader's name > in the changes file. > -This can come from the fact that one is UTF8 encoded, the other is not > -The number of di

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 01:05:08PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > > package I sponsor. I want to know if they are not able to send me a > > > > package that will build properly. I want to work with them and be > > > > > > Since

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 01:05:08PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > > package I sponsor. I want to know if they are not able to send me a > > > > package that will build properly. I want to work with them and be > > > > > > Since

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:21:11PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > So, comments, brickbats, acclaim, whatever. Throw it at me. > > > > Well I don't think that this system as described would be of any use to > > me. I want to ma

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 08:23:05AM +, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > > It'll probably be more timely and less bandwidth intensive to track > > > -changes... > > Well, I mostly have Packages/Sources for unstable available. In my book, I > > prefer > >

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:21:11PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > So, comments, brickbats, acclaim, whatever. Throw it at me. > > > > Well I don't think that this system as described would be of any use to > > me. I want to ma

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 08:23:05AM +, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > > It'll probably be more timely and less bandwidth intensive to track -changes... > > Well, I mostly have Packages/Sources for unstable available. In my book, I prefer > > parsing thos

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 07:11:08PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > > > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me&

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> > >>>Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get ad

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 07:11:08PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > > > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me&

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> > >>>Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get ad

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > > AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc > > files against it sounds good to. And the k

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi! > > > > There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing > > the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstat

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a > "could help lots of people" thing. The comment was along the lines of > "wouldn't it be cool if we coul

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > > AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc > > files against it sounds good to. And the k

Re: buildd problem

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
John Belmonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > Not being much of a buildd expert, I'm wondering what is keeping my > xmlsec1 package from entering testing. There was a problem with the > s390 build attempted Feb 05: "libgnutls10-dev missing". However, I > see that the s390 binary of lib

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing > the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or The BTS has several patches for mount that allow /etc/mtab to be a link to another file. Thats an exte

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi! > > > > There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing > > the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstat

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a > "could help lots of people" thing. The comment was along the lines of > "wouldn't it be cool if we coul

Re: buildd problem

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
John Belmonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > Not being much of a buildd expert, I'm wondering what is keeping my > xmlsec1 package from entering testing. There was a problem with the > s390 build attempted Feb 05: "libgnutls10-dev missing". However, I > see that the s390 binary of lib

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing > the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or The BTS has several patches for mount that allow /etc/mtab to be a link to another file. Thats an exte

Ping for John O'Sullivan, Mentor needed [Was: Re: 185 Packages that look orphaned]

2004-01-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Georges Khaznadar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm posting the answere back to debian-devel and debian-mentors to see if we can find your old mentor or a new one. I hope you don't mind. > Goswin von Brederlow a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > I looked through the dif

Ping for John O'Sullivan, Mentor needed [Was: Re: 185 Packages that look orphaned]

2004-01-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Georges Khaznadar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm posting the answere back to debian-devel and debian-mentors to see if we can find your old mentor or a new one. I hope you don't mind. > Goswin von Brederlow a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > I looked through the dif

Re: Debian Installer sends acknoledgements to uploader, doesn't it?

2003-10-21 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
he guy who built the package fucked up. ... > exim4 > Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Changed-By: Goswin von Brederlow > > -- > Martin Michlmayr > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, I only go told after the build to use -m instead of -e. I thought the uploader (s

Re: Debian Installer sends acknoledgements to uploader, doesn't it?

2003-10-21 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
he guy who built the package fucked up. ... > exim4 > Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Changed-By: Goswin von Brederlow > > -- > Martin Michlmayr > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, I only go told after the build to use -m instead of -e. I thought the uploader (s

Re: dpkg-gencontrol breakage?

2003-10-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all, > > I'm seeing this in a package I'm an uploader for: > > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends} > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends} > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown su

Re: dpkg-gencontrol breakage?

2003-10-19 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all, > > I'm seeing this in a package I'm an uploader for: > > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends} > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends} > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown su

Re: Build-conflicts: ?

2003-10-14 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geert Stappers) writes: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 09:35:11PM +0200, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote: > > Hi! > > > > There is a build-time conflict of the zorp package to > > python2.1: if I have both python2.1 and python2.2-extclass > > installed, then configure exists with an error. If

Re: Build-conflicts: ?

2003-10-14 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geert Stappers) writes: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 09:35:11PM +0200, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote: > > Hi! > > > > There is a build-time conflict of the zorp package to > > python2.1: if I have both python2.1 and python2.2-extclass > > installed, then configure exists with an error. If

Re: managing existing packages

2003-08-29 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geert Stappers) writes: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 11:54:58AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Eric Winger wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: managing existing packages

2003-08-29 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geert Stappers) writes: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 11:54:58AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Eric Winger wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: managing existing packages

2003-08-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Eric Winger wrote: > > > In putting my packages to my local repository, I've encountered a number > > of messages & questions. > > > > When running dpkg-scanpackages I got this message: > > > > ! Package spinelli (filename

Re: managing existing packages

2003-08-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Eric Winger wrote: > > > In putting my packages to my local repository, I've encountered a number > > of messages & questions. > > > > When running dpkg-scanpackages I got this message: > > > > ! Package spinelli (filename

Re: Patch needs Sponsor - 20 bugs left - sorted by mtime

2003-08-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Joel Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:32:59PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > > TITLE #195527: mysql++: FTBFS with g++-3.3: Missing include > > Severity: serious > > Package:mysql++ > > Age:

Re: RFS: pizza-business

2003-08-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Laurent Fousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:34:06AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow écrivait: > > Laurent Fousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm seeking a sponsor for pizza-business, a

Re: Patch needs Sponsor - 20 bugs left - sorted by mtime

2003-08-27 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Joel Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:32:59PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > > TITLE #195527: mysql++: FTBFS with g++-3.3: Missing include > > Severity: serious > > Package:mysql++ > > Age:

Re: RFS: pizza-business

2003-08-27 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Laurent Fousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:34:06AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow écrivait: > > Laurent Fousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm seeking a sponsor for pizza-business, a

Patch needs Sponsor - 20 bugs left - sorted by mtime

2003-08-27 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I went through the RC bug list and collected Bugs with trivial patches > and sorted them a bit. They realy don't need much work so if you have > a minute pick one. If you want to NMU any of them check the >

Re: can't install from a local repository - success!!!

2003-08-27 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Eric Winger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > PS: carefull with File://, apt-get source will create links into the > > mirror and debuild will then erase the files from the repository and > > replace them when you rebuild. > > &

Patch needs Sponsor - 20 bugs left - sorted by mtime

2003-08-27 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I went through the RC bug list and collected Bugs with trivial patches > and sorted them a bit. They realy don't need much work so if you have > a minute pick one. If you want to NMU any of them check the >

Re: can't install from a local repository - success!!!

2003-08-27 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Eric Winger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > PS: carefull with File://, apt-get source will create links into the > > mirror and debuild will then erase the files from the repository and > > replace them when you rebuild. > > &

Re: RFS: pizza-business

2003-08-27 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Laurent Fousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I'm seeking a sponsor for pizza-business, a pizza restaurant > simulation game. This closes #180789. > > The package is lintian clean except for: > > W: pizza-business: menu-item-creates-new-section Games/Simulation > /usr/lib/menu/pizza-busi

Re: can't install from a local repository - success!!!

2003-08-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Thomas Viehmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >PS: carefull with File://, apt-get source will create links into the > >mirror and debuild will then erase the files from the repository and > >replace them whe

Re: RFS: pizza-business

2003-08-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Laurent Fousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I'm seeking a sponsor for pizza-business, a pizza restaurant > simulation game. This closes #180789. > > The package is lintian clean except for: > > W: pizza-business: menu-item-creates-new-section Games/Simulation > /usr/lib/menu/pizza-busi

Re: can't install from a local repository - success!!!

2003-08-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Thomas Viehmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >PS: carefull with File://, apt-get source will create links into the > >mirror and debuild will then erase the files from the repository and > >replace them whe

Re: can't install from a local repository - success!!!

2003-08-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Eric Winger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > That means (replace {dist} and {section} with sid,main or sid,local): > > > > repository/dists/{dist}/{section}/binary-/Package.gz > > reposirory/pool/ > > > Question: Since this is a local-use only repository, wouldn't it make > more sense to give this

Re: can't install from a local repository - success!!!

2003-08-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Eric Winger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > That means (replace {dist} and {section} with sid,main or sid,local): > > > > repository/dists/{dist}/{section}/binary-/Package.gz > > reposirory/pool/ > > > Question: Since this is a local-use only repository, wouldn't it make > more sense to give this

Re: Policy query

2003-08-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lintian gives me this error: > > E: cupsys-driver-gimpprint: depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version gzip > N: > N: The package declares a depends on an essential package i.e. dpkg > N: without using a versioned depends. In general a packag

Update: Patch needs Sponsor - List of easily NMUed RC bugs

2003-08-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I went through the RC bug list and collected Bugs with trivial patches > and sorted them a bit. They realy don't need much work so if you have > a minute pick one. If you want to NMU any of them check the >

Re: Policy query

2003-08-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lintian gives me this error: > > E: cupsys-driver-gimpprint: > depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version gzip > N: > N: The package declares a depends on an essential package i.e. dpkg > N: without using a versioned depends. In general a pac

Update: Patch needs Sponsor - List of easily NMUed RC bugs

2003-08-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I went through the RC bug list and collected Bugs with trivial patches > and sorted them a bit. They realy don't need much work so if you have > a minute pick one. If you want to NMU any of them check the >

Re: When to use debconf, and how much?

2003-08-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?utf-8?b?RnJhbmsgS8O8c3Rlcg==?=) writes: > Joshua Kwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 05:00:00PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > >> - Ask wether the laptop uses PCMCIA or not. > >> > >> If yes, /etc/pcmcia/network.opts should contain the necessary

Re: When to use debconf, and how much?

2003-08-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?utf-8?b?RnJhbmsgS8O8c3Rlcg==?=) writes: > Joshua Kwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 05:00:00PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > >> - Ask wether the laptop uses PCMCIA or not. > >> > >> If yes, /etc/pcmcia/network.opts should contain the necessary

Re: gcc versions and c++ packages

2003-08-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
David Meggy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > I had a few questions about how to package a program that needs a new > version of gcc, but links to libraries compiled with the an old version > of gcc. > > I have gcc 2.95.3 and gcc 3.3.1 installed. My program won't compile > with gcc 2.95.3, s

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