not 'cd ..' , was Re: Wierd bug report: /usr/share/.. = / ???
hi On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:05:41PM -0700, David Caldwell wrote: > On 04/08/02 13:25:39 -0400 Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > I think it means you should fsck your disk. Possibly the '..' in /usr/share > is pointing to the wrong directory (/ instead of /usr). What happens when > you 'cd ..' repeatedly out to root? Does it skip /usr? > 'cd ..' is the wrong thing to do in bash , 'cd ..' takes away a directory from the `pwd` when `pwd` ends with a symlink, 'cd ..' do not bring into .. in that case, `ls ..` shows the 'real' parent, 'cd ..' brings into the 'convenience' parent whenever you have problems with symlinks, you should use 'realpath .' to know what is the real name of the current dir, and 'realpath ..' to know the real path name of .. bye a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Databases and purging
hi some packages simply ask the user e.g.: lprng mysql-server a. On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 08:58:41AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > When purging a package that created a database when it was set up, should > I also destroy the database, or is it considered as users' data? > > -- > Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-1118 > PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 > Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
lib sdl
hi I am helping packaging mplayer; it depends on libsdl; I see that there is a libsdl1.2debian* series, and I heard that this is the best to be used in Debian; problem is, there is no libsdl1.2debian-dev, so I don't understand what we should put in Depends and Build-depends fields. thanks a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) msg06087/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: lib sdl
hi On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 04:52:59PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Andrea Mennucc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am helping packaging mplayer; it depends on libsdl; ... > Sorry, but I don't really understand why you are working on > reinventing packaging that has already been done by > Christian Marillat at http://marillat.free.fr. What Christian Marillat has been doing was surely done with good intentions in mind; and indeed I have already asked him for any help he wishes to provide; but there were some problems/issues. (btw: didn't you ask yourself "why Christian Marillat's package is not Debian?") Let us review the history of mplayer-in-debian (afaik it) 0) mplayer has a debian directory in CVS; and it has been possible to dpkg-buildpackage it using that directory for a long time ( at least since 26 Feb 2001); Darius Pietrzak manages those files 0bis) Darius Pietrzak has filed an ITP for mplayer in Debian wnpp [3] 1) Christian Marillat has released many packages (the first on 26 Feb 2001, according to the changelog); but 1a) he has not obtained permission from the authors: quite on the opposite, the authors had asked to NOT package mplayer [1] [2] 2a) the different parts of the source code of mplayer were subject to different licenses, and this prohibited a binary packaging of them all together [2] > You don't seem to have understood what cooperative work > means. you don't seem to have read the policy: it clearly states "We reserve the right to restrict files from being included anywhere in our archives if * their use or distribution would break a law, * there is an ethical conflict in their distribution or use, * we would have to sign a license for them, or * their distribution would conflict with other project policies." and in the mantainer's guide [4]: # you should contact program's author(s) to check if they agree with packaging it. It is important to be able to consult with author(s) about the program in case of any program specific problems, so don't try to package unmaintained pieces of software. a. [1] http://mp.dev.hu/DOCS/users_against_developers.html#binary [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200111/msg00728.html [3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=113238&repeatmerged=y [4] http://www.de.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-first.html -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) msg06123/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: lib sdl
it seems we have very different opinions; for me... ... there is non-free-software that can be distributed, and non-free-sw that cannot be distributed (regardless of where) ... upstream authors should be listened to (after all, they do most of the job), and ... courtesy is not an option (at least, I usually try to :-) ... Intent-To-Package have a reason to exist, and not 'the first one who uploads wins' It seems you have different ideas; I am not losing my sleep on this. a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) msg06125/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Library package naming
hi someone was suggesting to not provide shared libraries; unfortunately this may create problems in the HPPA architecture: indeed, it is not legal there to link portable (-fPIC) code with non portable (afair); so , if someone else wants to build a shared library that uses your library, then your library must offer (at least on HPPA) a shared version a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
build on other archs
hi I would like to try to build some packages on other architectures than i386; I have seen the list of debian machines, and I have logged in on lully, and I have tried to use $ sbuild mypackage but it fails (seems that I am not allowed to use sudo), so I can't install the necessary libraries is there a way to build a package on other architectures? tia a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bugs tags: woody, fixed, sid,....
hi I am confused by how bugs tags are to be used; and http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#tags does not clarify things I have corrected bug 145462 in the latest upload of libprinterconf; I have added a "closes: #145462" line to the changelog, and now this bug is closed; but this bug still is alive-and-kicking in woody, so it has "woody" tag is it ok? or, should I reopen the bug, and tag it as "fixed"? thanks - actually, IMHO, I think that the whole tag system should be rethinked, and maybe we should change how bug management is done; here are some proposal, that we may discuss: 0) we should have many tags called "fixed-DISTRIB" (where DISTRIB is one of the current distributions nicknames) to mean that a bug is solved for a distribution, alongside to the tags "DISTRIB" 1) when a bug is reported, the BTS should check the "Version: ..." line in the report , wrt the versions in the distributions, and then it should add a DISTRIB tag for each version that is affected. Note that this process cannot always work perfectly, since the BTS has no way to determine if other versions are affected, so the mantainer should then add all other DISTRIB tags, for any distribution that s/he thinks is affected 2) when a package is uploaded to a distribution, and changelog contains a "closes #nnn" command, the upload system should delete the tag DISTRIB and add the tag fixed-DISTRIB (and should not close the bug, unless.. see 4), where DISTRIB is the distribution where the package is uploaded to; note that DISTRIB is usually = to the unstable distribution, that is, "sid"; but, this would work also for uploads to "woody-proposed-updates", in which case DISTRIB:=woody 3) similarly, when the package moves from unstable to testing, or, when it is accepted in woody, or backported to the stable distribution (maybe to fix a security issue, or maybe to build a Debian intermediate release such as 3.0v2 ), then again the appropriate DISTRIB tag would be automatically changed to fixed-DISTRIB 4) when a tag is automatically changed to fixed-DISTRIB (as in 2 or 3), if there is no more DISTRIB tag , then the bug is automatically closed I think that , if we discuss and agree and implement a schema as the above, then +) it would be easier for the Relase Manager to know if the packages in the testing distribution are in good shape or not; +) and, when the RM decides to release an intermediate distribution, s/he may check which packages in "stable" are quite buggy and ask for a backporting whereas currently it often happens that, as soon as a package is uploaded to unstable, the corresponding bugs are closed, and it is difficult to know if these bugs are still affecting "testing" (and more even difficult for "stable") a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unidentified subject!
hi To directly add a package to Debian, you must be a Debian mantainer (=DM); to become a Debian mantainer, you may start from New Mantainer (=NM) http://nm.debian.org/newnm.php where you also find good links to what being a DM means; then, after you have applied, you may ask on this list if someone can sponsor the upload of your package to Debian, while your NM application goes on. If, on the other hand, your interest is only in having monkeyd inside Debian, then you may ask some DM to adopt it; anyway, there is a web page http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=wnpp that lists the packages that are up for adoption, etc etc On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 05:43:20AM +, Bruno Barrera C wrote: > My name is Bruno Barrera , and im going to postulate some thing : > > Im a friend of a programmer , who develops a small but powerful webserver , with >many features , like php and vhosts , etc. More information in > http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/ > > With his authorization , I made the debs packages , I wanna postulate to submit it >to debian. > > I dont know so good the process , but if somebody helps me , i will > appreciate. > > Well , thanks for your time. > > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) msg06346/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
de: snmpkit_0.9-5.woody.1_source.changes REJECTED
hi I am trying to upload a package for a proposed updated to woody can someone please tell me why I get this error? (or point me to a doc)? thanks a. On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 10:17:20AM -0400, Debian Installer wrote: > > Rejected: snmpkit_0.9-5.woody.1.dsc: old version (0.9-5) in unstable <= new version >(0.9-5.woody.1) targeted at woody-proposed-updates. > > > === > > If you don't understand why your files were rejected, or if the > override file requires editing, reply to this email. > > Your rejected files are in incoming/REJECT/. (Some may also be in > incoming/ if your .changes file was unparsable.) If only some of the > files need to repaired, you may move any good files back to incoming/. > Please remove any bad files from incoming/REJECT/. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) msg06653/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: sponsor request for memtester and dumpasn1
hi for your info: there is also a 'memtest86' package that is instead a kernel-like program bye a. On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:27:12AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > Hello! > > I need sponsor(s) for my packages: > > memtester: A utility for testing the memory subsystem > This is a new package. memtest is already in sysutils, but I agreed with > the maintatiner of sysutils, that my package will conflict with all versions > of sysutils up to the current (<= 1.3.8.5.1), and he will remove memtest > in his next version. > > dumpasn1: ASN.1 object dump program > Also a new package. > > Available here: > > deb http://masqmail.cx/debian woody main > deb-src http://masqmail.cx/debian woody main > > Greetings, > Oliver -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
packages to stable
hi I have uploaded two packages for stable (aka woody aka Debian 3.0) namely snmpkit and libprinterconf I would like to know if they have been accepted for inclusion in Debian 3.0r1 (and why) unfortunately I seem to have missed (or accidentally deleted) a message from the Release Manager can anyone help? thanks a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) msg07327/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
ignore Re: packages to stable
duh I have found the e-mail from SRM please ignore this e-mail a. On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 12:02:02PM +0200, Andrea Mennucc wrote: > > hi > > I have uploaded two packages for stable (aka woody aka Debian 3.0) > namely snmpkit and libprinterconf > > I would like to know if they have been accepted for inclusion in > Debian 3.0r1 (and why) > > unfortunately I seem to have missed (or accidentally deleted) a > message from the Release Manager > > can anyone help? > > thanks > > a. > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mplayer in debian ( versus new-maintainer )
Hi Dariush On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:52:46PM +0100, Dariush Pietrzak wrote: > Hello, > I am supposed to upload mplayer to debian, however there is quite a lagg > between me and my sponsor (Andrea Mennucc), and some problems with yes, it seems that sometimes the e-mail you send me or e-mail I send you get lost; indeed I haven't heard from you for quite a long time. > transferring larger files to him ( i.e. media packages that will follow > mplayer package - mplayer-fonts and mplayer-skins, are quite large and > it sometimes takes some time until we synchronize our versions ). I just found out, a few days ago, that the new mail server in this institution will silently drop e-mails that exceed a built-in limit; if you have sent me big files in the last 4 months and I never got back, it means we have to find another way. Example solutions: 1) split the big files using the 'split' command and send me the pieces. Example for sending aa.tar.gz : $ split -b 200k aa.tar.gz aa.tar.gz.pieces. $ for i in aa.tar.gz.pieces.* ; do echo $i | mutt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -a $i ; done $ rm aa.tar.gz.pieces.* If you don't have mutt you can use $ for i in aa.tar.gz.pieces.* ; do uuencode $i $i | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; done 2) You should upload your public gpg key to a gpg server, and send me a copy; then I will send you crypted info on how you can send me very large files (basically, I will create you an account you can rsync to). Actually, you should send me a public gpg key nonetheless, and sign any package that you wish that I send into Debian > Until now I've been preparing pure-gpl version of mplayer as advised by > debian-legal, and that version have been sent to Andrea. Now that divx4 > problem have been resolved, I can drop that tree and send the real > thing;) I would love to try it; the version you sent to me in april crashed on some divx files > So I figured that I'd speed up my entrance into Debian,... you should absolutely try to get into Debian anyway; this will give you direct control on the forthcoming mplayer packages. see you soon a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) msg07684/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Replacing a single file with Replaces:
can you post a copy of your debian/control file? a. On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 09:10:41AM +0100, Karolina Lindqvist wrote: > In the policy manual, section 7.5.1 "Overwriting files in other packages" it > says: > "However, if the overwriting package declares that it Replaces the one > containing the file being overwritten, then dpkg will replace the file from > the old package with that from the new. The file will no longer be listed as > `owned' by the old package. " > > I read that to mean that you can actually replace a single file from a > package, in another package. But I can't get that to work. If I put > "Replaces:" and the package name which I want to replace a file in, dpkg > still aborts and says that the file exists in multiple packages. > > How to get this feature to work, to replace a single file in a package from > within another package? > > > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fetchmail on master.debian.org
hi I would prefer to get my e-mail from master.debian.org using fetchmail (instead of having a forward in the db db.debian.org) how can I do it? thanks a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) msg08113/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Printer Problems
hi try using the 'printtool' package (unfortunately the printer autoconfiguration is broken in Woody - my fault- so you may wish to get the packages that are in unstable or in http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/GNULpr ) On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 11:51:39AM -0600, Clare Jarvis wrote: > Does anybody use their printers using the command 'lpr' or 'lpd'? > > I am using woody and cannot get printer output using these commands even > though the printers show up as available and ready lusing the 'lptat -t' > command. Everytime I print to the printers the message 'Unknown printer" > is displayed to stderr. > > TIA > > Clare Jarvis > > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
not 'cd ..' , was Re: Wierd bug report: /usr/share/.. = / ???
hi On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:05:41PM -0700, David Caldwell wrote: > On 04/08/02 13:25:39 -0400 Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > I think it means you should fsck your disk. Possibly the '..' in /usr/share > is pointing to the wrong directory (/ instead of /usr). What happens when > you 'cd ..' repeatedly out to root? Does it skip /usr? > 'cd ..' is the wrong thing to do in bash , 'cd ..' takes away a directory from the `pwd` when `pwd` ends with a symlink, 'cd ..' do not bring into .. in that case, `ls ..` shows the 'real' parent, 'cd ..' brings into the 'convenience' parent whenever you have problems with symlinks, you should use 'realpath .' to know what is the real name of the current dir, and 'realpath ..' to know the real path name of .. bye a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Databases and purging
hi some packages simply ask the user e.g.: lprng mysql-server a. On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 08:58:41AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > When purging a package that created a database when it was set up, should > I also destroy the database, or is it considered as users' data? > > -- > Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-1118 > PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 > Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
lib sdl
hi I am helping packaging mplayer; it depends on libsdl; I see that there is a libsdl1.2debian* series, and I heard that this is the best to be used in Debian; problem is, there is no libsdl1.2debian-dev, so I don't understand what we should put in Depends and Build-depends fields. thanks a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) pgpGXsIfMUkQT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: lib sdl
hi On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 04:52:59PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Andrea Mennucc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am helping packaging mplayer; it depends on libsdl; ... > Sorry, but I don't really understand why you are working on > reinventing packaging that has already been done by > Christian Marillat at http://marillat.free.fr. What Christian Marillat has been doing was surely done with good intentions in mind; and indeed I have already asked him for any help he wishes to provide; but there were some problems/issues. (btw: didn't you ask yourself "why Christian Marillat's package is not Debian?") Let us review the history of mplayer-in-debian (afaik it) 0) mplayer has a debian directory in CVS; and it has been possible to dpkg-buildpackage it using that directory for a long time ( at least since 26 Feb 2001); Darius Pietrzak manages those files 0bis) Darius Pietrzak has filed an ITP for mplayer in Debian wnpp [3] 1) Christian Marillat has released many packages (the first on 26 Feb 2001, according to the changelog); but 1a) he has not obtained permission from the authors: quite on the opposite, the authors had asked to NOT package mplayer [1] [2] 2a) the different parts of the source code of mplayer were subject to different licenses, and this prohibited a binary packaging of them all together [2] > You don't seem to have understood what cooperative work > means. you don't seem to have read the policy: it clearly states "We reserve the right to restrict files from being included anywhere in our archives if * their use or distribution would break a law, * there is an ethical conflict in their distribution or use, * we would have to sign a license for them, or * their distribution would conflict with other project policies." and in the mantainer's guide [4]: # you should contact program's author(s) to check if they agree with packaging it. It is important to be able to consult with author(s) about the program in case of any program specific problems, so don't try to package unmaintained pieces of software. a. [1] http://mp.dev.hu/DOCS/users_against_developers.html#binary [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200111/msg00728.html [3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=113238&repeatmerged=y [4] http://www.de.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-first.html -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) pgpEp0zRkaQxa.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: lib sdl
it seems we have very different opinions; for me... ... there is non-free-software that can be distributed, and non-free-sw that cannot be distributed (regardless of where) ... upstream authors should be listened to (after all, they do most of the job), and ... courtesy is not an option (at least, I usually try to :-) ... Intent-To-Package have a reason to exist, and not 'the first one who uploads wins' It seems you have different ideas; I am not losing my sleep on this. a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone) pgpEicBbRX433.pgp Description: PGP signature
de: snmpkit_0.9-5.woody.1_source.changes REJECTED
hi I am trying to upload a package for a proposed updated to woody can someone please tell me why I get this error? (or point me to a doc)? thanks a. On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 10:17:20AM -0400, Debian Installer wrote: > > Rejected: snmpkit_0.9-5.woody.1.dsc: old version (0.9-5) in unstable <= new > version (0.9-5.woody.1) targeted at woody-proposed-updates. > > > === > > If you don't understand why your files were rejected, or if the > override file requires editing, reply to this email. > > Your rejected files are in incoming/REJECT/. (Some may also be in > incoming/ if your .changes file was unparsable.) If only some of the > files need to repaired, you may move any good files back to incoming/. > Please remove any bad files from incoming/REJECT/. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) pgpDaW87DX7Do.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: sponsor request for memtester and dumpasn1
hi for your info: there is also a 'memtest86' package that is instead a kernel-like program bye a. On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:27:12AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > Hello! > > I need sponsor(s) for my packages: > > memtester: A utility for testing the memory subsystem > This is a new package. memtest is already in sysutils, but I agreed with > the maintatiner of sysutils, that my package will conflict with all versions > of sysutils up to the current (<= 1.3.8.5.1), and he will remove memtest > in his next version. > > dumpasn1: ASN.1 object dump program > Also a new package. > > Available here: > > deb http://masqmail.cx/debian woody main > deb-src http://masqmail.cx/debian woody main > > Greetings, > Oliver -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone)
packages to stable
hi I have uploaded two packages for stable (aka woody aka Debian 3.0) namely snmpkit and libprinterconf I would like to know if they have been accepted for inclusion in Debian 3.0r1 (and why) unfortunately I seem to have missed (or accidentally deleted) a message from the Release Manager can anyone help? thanks a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) pgpqs11ORvbe9.pgp Description: PGP signature
ignore Re: packages to stable
duh I have found the e-mail from SRM please ignore this e-mail a. On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 12:02:02PM +0200, Andrea Mennucc wrote: > > hi > > I have uploaded two packages for stable (aka woody aka Debian 3.0) > namely snmpkit and libprinterconf > > I would like to know if they have been accepted for inclusion in > Debian 3.0r1 (and why) > > unfortunately I seem to have missed (or accidentally deleted) a > message from the Release Manager > > can anyone help? > > thanks > > a. > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone)
Re: mplayer in debian ( versus new-maintainer )
Hi Dariush On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:52:46PM +0100, Dariush Pietrzak wrote: > Hello, > I am supposed to upload mplayer to debian, however there is quite a lagg > between me and my sponsor (Andrea Mennucc), and some problems with yes, it seems that sometimes the e-mail you send me or e-mail I send you get lost; indeed I haven't heard from you for quite a long time. > transferring larger files to him ( i.e. media packages that will follow > mplayer package - mplayer-fonts and mplayer-skins, are quite large and > it sometimes takes some time until we synchronize our versions ). I just found out, a few days ago, that the new mail server in this institution will silently drop e-mails that exceed a built-in limit; if you have sent me big files in the last 4 months and I never got back, it means we have to find another way. Example solutions: 1) split the big files using the 'split' command and send me the pieces. Example for sending aa.tar.gz : $ split -b 200k aa.tar.gz aa.tar.gz.pieces. $ for i in aa.tar.gz.pieces.* ; do echo $i | mutt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -a $i ; done $ rm aa.tar.gz.pieces.* If you don't have mutt you can use $ for i in aa.tar.gz.pieces.* ; do uuencode $i $i | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; done 2) You should upload your public gpg key to a gpg server, and send me a copy; then I will send you crypted info on how you can send me very large files (basically, I will create you an account you can rsync to). Actually, you should send me a public gpg key nonetheless, and sign any package that you wish that I send into Debian > Until now I've been preparing pure-gpl version of mplayer as advised by > debian-legal, and that version have been sent to Andrea. Now that divx4 > problem have been resolved, I can drop that tree and send the real > thing;) I would love to try it; the version you sent to me in april crashed on some divx files > So I figured that I'd speed up my entrance into Debian,... you should absolutely try to get into Debian anyway; this will give you direct control on the forthcoming mplayer packages. see you soon a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) pgptdWGV5d8TN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Replacing a single file with Replaces:
can you post a copy of your debian/control file? a. On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 09:10:41AM +0100, Karolina Lindqvist wrote: > In the policy manual, section 7.5.1 "Overwriting files in other packages" it > says: > "However, if the overwriting package declares that it Replaces the one > containing the file being overwritten, then dpkg will replace the file from > the old package with that from the new. The file will no longer be listed as > `owned' by the old package. " > > I read that to mean that you can actually replace a single file from a > package, in another package. But I can't get that to work. If I put > "Replaces:" and the package name which I want to replace a file in, dpkg > still aborts and says that the file exists in multiple packages. > > How to get this feature to work, to replace a single file in a package from > within another package? > > > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone)
fetchmail on master.debian.org
hi I would prefer to get my e-mail from master.debian.org using fetchmail (instead of having a forward in the db db.debian.org) how can I do it? thanks a. -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) pgpLV6XV5fLNP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Printer Problems
hi try using the 'printtool' package (unfortunately the printer autoconfiguration is broken in Woody - my fault- so you may wish to get the packages that are in unstable or in http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/GNULpr ) On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 11:51:39AM -0600, Clare Jarvis wrote: > Does anybody use their printers using the command 'lpr' or 'lpd'? > > I am using woody and cannot get printer output using these commands even > though the printers show up as available and ready lusing the 'lptat -t' > command. Everytime I print to the printers the message 'Unknown printer" > is displayed to stderr. > > TIA > > Clare Jarvis > > -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone)
