Re: pbuilder: How to get debconf interactive?

2003-09-08 Thread Frank Kster
Stephen Gran [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: This one time, at band camp, Frank Kster said: Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: (I'm confused myself atm if it is /etc/pbuilderrc or /etc/pbuilder/pbuilderrc...) The first one works here for me, also according to man pbuilder. But

Bug in update_excuses?

2003-09-08 Thread Andreas Metzler
Quoting http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/update_excuses.html.gz#glibc - # glibc (2.3.1-16 to 2.3.2-5) * Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers * Too young, only 3 of 10 days old * locales/hppa unsatisfiable Depends: glibc-2.3.2-5 * out of date on hppa:

Re: Bug in update_excuses?

2003-09-08 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:07:23PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: So the db3-update predepends on a glibc-update, which cannot happen and should stop db3 3.2.9-19.0.1 from becoming Valid candidate, shouldn't it? The script considers if things are a valid candiate on their own merits but

Re: Bug in update_excuses?

2003-09-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 01:45:43PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:07:23PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: So the db3-update predepends on a glibc-update, which cannot happen and should stop db3 3.2.9-19.0.1 from becoming Valid candidate, shouldn't it? The script

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Brian Nelson
John Buttery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Adam Kessel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-07 16:35:14 -0700]: It's definitely a scratch an itch type program. So's emacs. For that matter, so's the kernel itself. :) I'm wondering if something relatively simple (the script is about 340 lines of

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

2003-09-08 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Re: FAQ for debian-mentors [Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:19:26PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]] You have to stress that people actually upload the _source_ package. If not told, they tend to provide i386 binaries. Is all of the files (.orig.tar.gz, diff,

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Adam Kessel
I'd like to focus this discussion on my package[1], at least as an example. It seems to me that although it is simple, it is useful, nonobvious, and nonredundant with anything in Debian. Maybe the criteria shouldn't be the length of the script, but something else like general appeal,

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:49:57AM -0500, John Buttery wrote: * Brian Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-08 07:19:08 -0700]: That is certainly not all that matters. If every script anyone tried to write was included in Debian, Debian would collapse under its own weight. How? I mean, as

Request Sponsor to update mantis and php4-imagick

2003-09-08 Thread Bruno Rodrigues
I need a sponsor to update two packages and close some bugs: mantis (0.17.5-7+1) unstable; urgency=low . * Only reconfigure if config.php doesn't exists, avoiding overwriting * it (Closes: #199985) * Urlencodes before creating bug and cvs links (Closes: #200336) * Downgraded

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread John Buttery
* Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-08 19:48:09 +0200]: You are aware that some mirror are already on the very limit of not having enough place on their 100Go partition for the debian archives and were asking for near term solutions. In point of fact I was not aware of that. That's

Request Sponsor to update slimp3

2003-09-08 Thread Bruno Rodrigues
Hello again. I need a sponsor to update this package: Description: slimp3 - MPEG Layer III Streaming Server Changes: slimp3 (4.2.3-0+1) unstable; urgency=low . * New upstream version * Cleaned strings.txt patch as most translations are already on * upstream Files:

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:37:40AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Adam Kessel wrote: I've written a fairly simple command-line shuffle music file player. Despite its simplicity, I find it quite handy, and I don't think there's any

Interrupted upload to erlangen, what now?

2003-09-08 Thread Jens Peter Secher
I started my very first (d)upload of a package to Erlangen, but then my dog ate my mouse[1] and the transfer was interrupted. Well, actually I realised that the changes file did not include the original tar ball. If I now try to dupload again, I get Overwrite permission denied, and if I fiddle

fvwm-themes gets better

2003-09-08 Thread Andrei Mitrofanow
nobody interestet to fvwm-themes? http://smilebef.homelinux.org/~smilebef/ Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Interrupted upload to erlangen, what now?

2003-09-08 Thread Artur R. Czechowski
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:59:45PM +0200, Jens Peter Secher wrote: If I now try to dupload again, I get Overwrite permission denied, and if I fiddle with *.upload files, I get dsc. already exists. How do I get back in a sane state? Well... I do not know if it is a canonical way to solve

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

2003-09-08 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:48:28PM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: I then went to the Mentors FAQ, searched for source and found nothing. Upon close inspection, your statement is clear, but I'd change it: # Provide a publically accessible place where all of the files (.orig.tar.gz, diff,

Re: fvwm-themes gets better

2003-09-08 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 12:27:53AM +0200, Andrei Mitrofanow wrote: nobody interestet to fvwm-themes? It would appear not, if you haven't gotten any private responses. If that's the case, try asking in other places where developers hang out who might be interested in your package - FVWM-related

target specific variables in makefiles

2003-09-08 Thread Neil Roeth
I have a source package that creates multiple binary packages, each of which requires a different sequence of debhelper programs. To avoid having to specify the -p option for each command, I do this: pkg1-stamp: pkg1 pkg2-stamp: pkg2 %-stamp: $(MAKE) -f debian/rules

Re: Interrupted upload to erlangen, what now?

2003-09-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:59:45PM +0200, Jens Peter Secher wrote: I started my very first (d)upload of a package to Erlangen, but then my dog ate my mouse[1] and the transfer was interrupted. Well, actually I realised that the changes file did not include the original tar ball. If I now

Re: target specific variables in makefiles

2003-09-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 07:22:02PM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: I recently read about target-specific variables in make, so I thought I could do this: pkg1-stamp: pkg1 pkg2-stamp: pkg2 %-stamp: $(@:%-stamp=%) touch $@ pkg1: DH_OPTIONS=-p$@ ... dh_install

Request Sponsor to update libapache-mod-security

2003-09-08 Thread Bruno Rodrigues
hello again. Another package to be updated, Description: libapache-mod-security - Tighten the Web application security for Apache 1.x libapache2-mod-security - Tighten the Web application security for Apache 2.x mod-security-common - Tighten the Web application security - common files

Re: target specific variables in makefiles

2003-09-08 Thread Neil Roeth
On Sep 9, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 07:22:02PM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: I recently read about target-specific variables in make, so I thought I could do this: pkg1-stamp: pkg1 pkg2-stamp: pkg2 %-stamp: $(@:%-stamp=%) touch $@

Re: fvwm-themes gets better

2003-09-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Andrei Mitrofanow wrote: nobody interestet to fvwm-themes? http://smilebef.homelinux.org/~smilebef/ [Reading my note before sending it I see it sounds harsh. I don't mean it that way. I mean it constructively so that you will know why I personally have not tried any of your packages. Please

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

2003-09-08 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 04:44:10PM -0500, Michael Schultheiss wrote: Matthew Palmer wrote: To facilitate that, I've put an explicit licence notice at the bottom of the page if someone wants to incorporate it into another Debian document (alternate licencing can be arranged if needed).

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

2003-09-08 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 01:03:46PM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: Re: Re: FAQ for debian-mentors [Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:49:09AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]] 4) Same section, there should be a step 3.5 which says something like: Upload the source package to

Re: In need of a mentor

2003-09-08 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 03:45:04AM -0500, Cam Desautels wrote: but I haven't yet developed anything worth contributing. Anyway, I'm not yet familiar with the exact duties of a maintainer but I understand generally and I am willing to contribute the time to learn and to conduct a package

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread John Buttery
* Adam Kessel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-07 16:35:14 -0700]: It's definitely a scratch an itch type program. So's emacs. For that matter, so's the kernel itself. :) I'm wondering if something relatively simple (the script is about 340 lines of code) would be worth including in Debian.

Re: pbuilder: How to get debconf interactive?

2003-09-08 Thread Frank Küster
Stephen Gran [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: This one time, at band camp, Frank Küster said: Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: (I'm confused myself atm if it is /etc/pbuilderrc or /etc/pbuilder/pbuilderrc...) The first one works here for me, also according to man pbuilder. But

Bug in update_excuses?

2003-09-08 Thread Andreas Metzler
Quoting http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/update_excuses.html.gz#glibc - # glibc (2.3.1-16 to 2.3.2-5) * Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers * Too young, only 3 of 10 days old * locales/hppa unsatisfiable Depends: glibc-2.3.2-5 * out of date on hppa:

Re: Bug in update_excuses?

2003-09-08 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:07:23PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: So the db3-update predepends on a glibc-update, which cannot happen and should stop db3 3.2.9-19.0.1 from becoming Valid candidate, shouldn't it? The script considers if things are a valid candiate on their own merits but

Re: Bug in update_excuses?

2003-09-08 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 01:45:43PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:07:23PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: So the db3-update predepends on a glibc-update, which cannot happen and should stop db3 3.2.9-19.0.1 from becoming Valid candidate, shouldn't it? The script

Re: Bug in update_excuses?

2003-09-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 01:45:43PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:07:23PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: So the db3-update predepends on a glibc-update, which cannot happen and should stop db3 3.2.9-19.0.1 from becoming Valid candidate, shouldn't it? The script

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Brian Nelson
John Buttery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Adam Kessel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-07 16:35:14 -0700]: It's definitely a scratch an itch type program. So's emacs. For that matter, so's the kernel itself. :) I'm wondering if something relatively simple (the script is about 340 lines of

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

2003-09-08 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Re: FAQ for debian-mentors [Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:19:26PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]] You have to stress that people actually upload the _source_ package. If not told, they tend to provide i386 binaries. Is all of the files (.orig.tar.gz, diff,

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread John Buttery
* Brian Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-08 07:19:08 -0700]: That is certainly not all that matters. If every script anyone tried to write was included in Debian, Debian would collapse under its own weight. How? I mean, as long as the package was maintained. Although, if you're talking

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Adam Kessel
I'd like to focus this discussion on my package[1], at least as an example. It seems to me that although it is simple, it is useful, nonobvious, and nonredundant with anything in Debian. Maybe the criteria shouldn't be the length of the script, but something else like general appeal,

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:49:57AM -0500, John Buttery wrote: * Brian Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-08 07:19:08 -0700]: That is certainly not all that matters. If every script anyone tried to write was included in Debian, Debian would collapse under its own weight. How? I mean, as

Request Sponsor to update mantis and php4-imagick

2003-09-08 Thread Bruno Rodrigues
I need a sponsor to update two packages and close some bugs: mantis (0.17.5-7+1) unstable; urgency=low . * Only reconfigure if config.php doesn't exists, avoiding overwriting * it (Closes: #199985) * Urlencodes before creating bug and cvs links (Closes: #200336) * Downgraded

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:37:40AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Adam Kessel wrote: I've written a fairly simple command-line shuffle music file player. Despite its simplicity, I find it quite handy, and I don't think there's any other package out there (in Debian or not)

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:49:57AM -0500, John Buttery wrote: * Brian Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-08 07:19:08 -0700]: That is certainly not all that matters. If every script anyone tried to write was included in Debian, Debian would collapse under its own weight. How? I mean,

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread John Buttery
* Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-08 19:48:09 +0200]: You are aware that some mirror are already on the very limit of not having enough place on their 100Go partition for the debian archives and were asking for near term solutions. In point of fact I was not aware of that. That's

Request Sponsor to update slimp3

2003-09-08 Thread Bruno Rodrigues
Hello again. I need a sponsor to update this package: Description: slimp3 - MPEG Layer III Streaming Server Changes: slimp3 (4.2.3-0+1) unstable; urgency=low . * New upstream version * Cleaned strings.txt patch as most translations are already on * upstream Files:

Re: randomplay: command-line shuffle music player

2003-09-08 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:37:40AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Adam Kessel wrote: I've written a fairly simple command-line shuffle music file player. Despite its simplicity, I find it quite handy, and I don't think there's any

Interrupted upload to erlangen, what now?

2003-09-08 Thread Jens Peter Secher
I started my very first (d)upload of a package to Erlangen, but then my dog ate my mouse[1] and the transfer was interrupted. Well, actually I realised that the changes file did not include the original tar ball. If I now try to dupload again, I get Overwrite permission denied, and if I fiddle

fvwm-themes gets better

2003-09-08 Thread Andrei Mitrofanow
nobody interestet to fvwm-themes? http://smilebef.homelinux.org/~smilebef/ Andrei

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

2003-09-08 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:48:28PM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: I then went to the Mentors FAQ, searched for source and found nothing. Upon close inspection, your statement is clear, but I'd change it: # Provide a publically accessible place where all of the files (.orig.tar.gz, diff,

Re: fvwm-themes gets better

2003-09-08 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 12:27:53AM +0200, Andrei Mitrofanow wrote: nobody interestet to fvwm-themes? It would appear not, if you haven't gotten any private responses. If that's the case, try asking in other places where developers hang out who might be interested in your package - FVWM-related

target specific variables in makefiles

2003-09-08 Thread Neil Roeth
I have a source package that creates multiple binary packages, each of which requires a different sequence of debhelper programs. To avoid having to specify the -p option for each command, I do this: pkg1-stamp: pkg1 pkg2-stamp: pkg2 %-stamp: $(MAKE) -f debian/rules

Re: Interrupted upload to erlangen, what now?

2003-09-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:59:45PM +0200, Jens Peter Secher wrote: I started my very first (d)upload of a package to Erlangen, but then my dog ate my mouse[1] and the transfer was interrupted. Well, actually I realised that the changes file did not include the original tar ball. If I now

Re: target specific variables in makefiles

2003-09-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 07:22:02PM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: I recently read about target-specific variables in make, so I thought I could do this: pkg1-stamp: pkg1 pkg2-stamp: pkg2 %-stamp: $(@:%-stamp=%) touch $@ pkg1: DH_OPTIONS=-p$@ ... dh_install

Request Sponsor to update libapache-mod-security

2003-09-08 Thread Bruno Rodrigues
hello again. Another package to be updated, Description: libapache-mod-security - Tighten the Web application security for Apache 1.x libapache2-mod-security - Tighten the Web application security for Apache 2.x mod-security-common - Tighten the Web application security - common files

Re: target specific variables in makefiles

2003-09-08 Thread Neil Roeth
On Sep 9, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 07:22:02PM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: I recently read about target-specific variables in make, so I thought I could do this: pkg1-stamp: pkg1 pkg2-stamp: pkg2 %-stamp: $(@:%-stamp=%) touch