Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > If I install the package with dpkg -i, the debconf note is not
> > displayed. I have DEBCONF_DEBUG set to ``developer'', but no messages
> > are output by debconf. I do have a postinst that contains:
> >
> > #! /bin/sh
> > set -e
> > . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
> >
>
> Only that?
It is a dummy package to ease the transition from dict-web1913 to
dict-gcide. The postinst was only added to try make debconf work from
dpkg -i.
> Can you put the sources somewhere online?
The source package includes 56 MB of the dictionary database, and
the sources for the formatter. I don't think it's worthwhile
uploading all of that. I have put the contents of the ../debian
directory (without the stuff that is created when the package is
built) in /debian/home/hilliard/dict-gcide on master.
> > The only debconf action I require is displaying a note. Does
> > debconf wait for the user to acknowledge this, or do I have to add a
> > dummy ``boolean'' or ``select'' to make sure the user sees it?
>
> There is a note type, I think it waits for acknowledgement from the
> user. However, if the note can go into README.Debian, that would be
> better, methinks.
The default conf file distributed with dictd includes an include
statement that reads a configuration file that is automatically
generated whenever a new dictionary is installed. This note is only
displayed if the user has made his own conf file without the include
statement. The note is a warning that dictd will not run until the
config file is changed. I have had a bug report filed for not
notifying the user that his conf file won't work.
> > I still get the lintian message:
> >
> > internal error: cannot open unpacked/debian/ directory: No such file or directory
> > internal error: collect info debfiles about package dict-gcide: 256
> > N: Skipping check of source package dict-gcide
> >
> > Is this a lintian problem or is it caused by something in my
> > package?
>
> I can only guess, but I'd blame it on lintian >:)
I have re-built the package several times. If I use the -i
switch to debuild, I get that mesage from lintian. If I use debuild
without the switch, I don't get that lintian message.
After the last build, which didn't give that message, I ran
lintian on the .changes file and got the message:
E: dict-gcide source: build-depends-without-arch-dep
which seems strange. It is an Architecture: all package, and does
have Build-Depends-Indep:.
Bob
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