MacGate is a set of user-space programs for using the Appletalk-IP decapsulation driver in the 2.1.90 and later kernels (or 2.0 kernels with the Appletalk-Suite patch). It allows a GNU/Linux system with Netatalk to act as an Appletalk-IP router. The license is GPL.
I've made preliminary source and binary packages for i386, which have been uploaded to my webpage at http://aix2.uottawa.ca/~s1204672/linux/ I hope this isn't a really stupid question, but I couldn't find anything relevant in the policy manual: Is it all right to package things like this that depend on experimental or patched kernels? I assumed it should go in "extra" and included a stern warning in the Description: field of the control file that it won't work with the standard 2.0.33/2.0.34 kernel images. Should I include the kernel patch in the package, with instructions? Assuming this is all right, and noone else is doing it (I'm planning to take over an orphaned package or two, anyway), I'll apply to become an official developer... If there's anyone in the Ottawa-Hull area that can sign my PGP key for me, please contact me by personal e-mail. As an aside, I wasn't able to get these programs to link against libatalk.so without also linking with /usr/lib/libwrap.a. I'm unsure whether to file this as a bug, and if so, whether it should be a bug against libatalk1-dev (which provides libatalk.so, which is where gcc complains about missing symbols) or netbase (which provides libwrap.a, but no libwrap.so) because I honestly have no idea what libwrap.a is for :-) Cheers Dave -- David Huggins-Daines [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://aix2.uottawa.ca/~s1204672 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
