Bug#92423: PROPOSAL] renaming of debian/rules file

2001-04-02 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Peter Palfrader [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 01 Apr 2001, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: Hi Taral! You wrote: It should most certainly be debian/rulz, not rulez. Why not make it d3b1an/rulz, then? d3b14n/ru|z seems like a good choice. No, no. d3b!4n/ru|z is much clearer.

Re: Definition of alphanumeric?

2001-04-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Julian == Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Julian On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 03:50:39PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: policy uses alphanumeric to define version numbers. Is this only a-zA-Z0-9, or does this include the _? As the _ is used as a seperator in Debian package file names,

Re: Definition of alphanumeric?

2001-04-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Adam == Adam Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PWD=`pwd` Adam Btw, I think this is bad. They should use CURDIR. __ echo $CURDIR __ So, what is the provenance of this CURDIR variable? Has it been blessed by POSIX? indeed not. However, I see that both $PWD and the pwd utility are

Re: Definition of alphanumeric?

2001-04-02 Thread Seth Arnold
* Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010402 01:32]: On 20010402T030737-0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: So, what is the provenance of this CURDIR variable? Has it been blessed by POSIX? indeed not. I believe this is irrelevant, as portable make is next to useless. I'll admit I

Bug#92423: PROPOSAL] renaming of debian/rules file

2001-04-02 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 12:45:54AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: It should most certainly be debian/rulz, not rulez. Why not make it d3b1an/rulz, then? d3b14n/ru|z seems like a good choice. Although the | could cause fun were someone to forget to quote it ;-) Yeah, but we won't

Re: Definition of alphanumeric?

2001-04-02 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 03:07:37AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: PWD=`pwd` Adam Btw, I think this is bad. They should use CURDIR. __ echo $CURDIR __ So, what is the provenance of this CURDIR variable? Has it been blessed by POSIX? indeed not. However, I see that both $PWD

Bug#92423: marked as done ([PROPOSAL] renaming of debian/rules file)

2001-04-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated 02 Apr 2001 08:52:25 -0500 with message-id [EMAIL PROTECTED] and subject line [PROPOSAL] renaming of debian/rules file has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your

Re: Definition of alphanumeric?

2001-04-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 03:01:42AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Julian == Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Julian On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 03:50:39PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: policy uses alphanumeric to define version numbers. Is this only a-zA-Z0-9, or does this include

Bug#92589: there is no standard way to check if an init script is installed

2001-04-02 Thread Jean-Philippe Guérard
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.2.0 Severity: normal The Debian policy specifies (10.3.1) that maintainer scripts should not assume whether or not a specific implementation of the handling of init scripts is used. It provides a tool, update-rc.d, that has to be used to install or remove an

Bug#92589: there is no standard way to check if an init script is installed

2001-04-02 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Mon, 02 Apr 2001, Jean-Philippe Guérard wrote: The Debian policy specifies (10.3.1) that maintainer scripts should not assume whether or not a specific implementation of the handling of init scripts is used. It provides a tool, update-rc.d, that has to be used to install or remove an

Re: Definition of alphanumeric?

2001-04-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 08:50:30AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Manoj == Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Manoj So, what is the provenance of this CURDIR variable? Has it Manoj been blessed by POSIX? indeed not. However, I see that both $PWD and Manoj the pwd utility

Policy rewrite: chaps 11-13

2001-04-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
Here's the last installment of my comments on the existing policy document 11.2, describing .la files: [they] contain a lot of useful info ... (e.g. dependency libraries for static linking) Would dependency information be better? 11.2, penultimate paragraph reads:

Processed: accepted proposal

2001-04-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: retitle 42052 [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail Bug#42052: [OLD PROPOSAL] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail Changed Bug title. severity 42052 normal Bug#42052: [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail Severity set to `normal'.

Re: Policy rewrite: chaps 11-13

2001-04-02 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Apr 02, Julian Gilbey wrote: 11.9 Statically allocated ids: If you need a statically allocated id, you must ask for a user or group id from the base system maintainer, and must not release the package until you have been allocated one. Once you have been allocated

Bug#92589: there is no standard way to check if an init script is installed

2001-04-02 Thread Jean-Philippe Guérard
Le 2001-04-02 14:35:06 -0300, Henrique M Holschuh écrivait : On Mon, 02 Apr 2001, Jean-Philippe Guérard wrote: However, it does not provide a standard way to check the current status of an init script. Please verify if invoke-rc.d --query (initscript) (action) in the accepted proposal

Processed: reassign

2001-04-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 90992 debian-policy Bug#90992: Relationship fields aren't allowed to be multiline Bug reassigned from package `lintian' to `debian-policy'. End of message, stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham