eggdrop .so plugins
hi. i'm adopting eggdrop, while sitting in NM. i've got the latest version of eggdrop building ok, after some heavy Makefile.in hacking, but lintian is giving me this error: -- snip -- E: eggdrop: shlib-with-non-pic-code usr/lib/eggdrop/modules/channels.so N: N: The listed shared libraries contain object code that was compiled N: without -fPIC. All object code in shared libraries should be N: recompiled separately from the static libraries with the -fPIC option. N: N: Another common mistake that causes this problem is linking with ``gcc N: -Wl,-shared'' instead of ``gcc -shared''. N: N: Have a look at Policy Manual, section 4.2 for details. -- snip -- that section of the policy manual deals with shared libraries. these .so files aren't exactly shared libraries, they are loadable modules for eggdrop. and eggdrop doesn't provide any mechanism for compiling additional modules outside the original source tree, so there's no way to make a -dev package. so, do i ignore the message, or do i hack Makefile.in to add -fPIC on those .so files? -- __ | "the whole scale of cosmic dimensions are falling from my mouth | in the description of a kiss of the interimlovers" | - einsturzende neubaten, "interim"
Adoption
hi. when i adopt a package, should i keep the changelog from the previous maintainer? -- __ | "the whole scale of cosmic dimensions are falling from my mouth | in the description of a kiss of the interimlovers" | - einsturzende neubaten, "interim"
when to split up a package
are there any guidelines as to when i should split a package into several smaller packages? i maintain eggdrop, which is just under 2mb installed. about 450k of that is documentation. should i think of splitting it off into an eggdrop-doc package? -- __ | "the whole scale of cosmic dimensions are falling from my mouth | in the description of a kiss of the interimlovers" | - einsturzende neubaten, "interim"
Re: New scsiadd packages - advice sought.
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Dave Baker wrote: > > Just out of the NM queue, I've put together some scsiadd packages and > wondered if someone could take a quick look over them before I upload > to make sure they're up to par. > > I've gone through the maint-guide process to build the packages, so > they're lintian clean but I'd like a second opinion :-) > > One question I have is with the 'watch' file. I'm not certain how it's > meant to work with an http:// source - can it snarf links from a 'regular' > HTML page that contains download links or does it just work with file > listing type http responses. the man page doesn't seem to make this clear > so if anyone can enlighten me I'd be grateful. > > The files are at http://devbrain.com/scsiadd/ > > If no-one has any suggestions I'll go ahead and dupload them. > i noticed that there is no Build-Depends line in debian/control. although it doesn't look like your package uses anything esoteric, it's not a bad idea to add a Build-Depends line. and it will cut down on the automatic bugs filed by the build daemons.
source upload?
a while back, it was mentioned that it's now possible to make source-only package uploads. i'm quite interested in doing this, since i wouldn't have to deal with building the package in my woody chroot, but could just upload the source and let the autobuilders have at it. so... can anyone enlighten me?
binary dependencies
hi there. i have a slight problem... i have a package which depends on tcl. problem is that dh_shlibdeps finds tcl8.2 installed, and sticks that in the Depends: field. it would be better if it could depend on tclsh, which is provided by the (many) different versions of tcl instead of being bound to tcl 8.2 is there a way to do this without dropping dh_shlibdeps? -- __ | "the whole scale of cosmic dimensions are falling from my mouth | in the description of a kiss of the interimlovers" | - einsturzende neubaten, "interim"
eggdrop .so plugins
hi. i'm adopting eggdrop, while sitting in NM. i've got the latest version of eggdrop building ok, after some heavy Makefile.in hacking, but lintian is giving me this error: -- snip -- E: eggdrop: shlib-with-non-pic-code usr/lib/eggdrop/modules/channels.so N: N: The listed shared libraries contain object code that was compiled N: without -fPIC. All object code in shared libraries should be N: recompiled separately from the static libraries with the -fPIC option. N: N: Another common mistake that causes this problem is linking with ``gcc N: -Wl,-shared'' instead of ``gcc -shared''. N: N: Have a look at Policy Manual, section 4.2 for details. -- snip -- that section of the policy manual deals with shared libraries. these .so files aren't exactly shared libraries, they are loadable modules for eggdrop. and eggdrop doesn't provide any mechanism for compiling additional modules outside the original source tree, so there's no way to make a -dev package. so, do i ignore the message, or do i hack Makefile.in to add -fPIC on those .so files? -- __ | "the whole scale of cosmic dimensions are falling from my mouth | in the description of a kiss of the interimlovers" | - einsturzende neubaten, "interim" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Adoption
hi. when i adopt a package, should i keep the changelog from the previous maintainer? -- __ | "the whole scale of cosmic dimensions are falling from my mouth | in the description of a kiss of the interimlovers" | - einsturzende neubaten, "interim" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
when to split up a package
are there any guidelines as to when i should split a package into several smaller packages? i maintain eggdrop, which is just under 2mb installed. about 450k of that is documentation. should i think of splitting it off into an eggdrop-doc package? -- __ | "the whole scale of cosmic dimensions are falling from my mouth | in the description of a kiss of the interimlovers" | - einsturzende neubaten, "interim" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New scsiadd packages - advice sought.
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Dave Baker wrote: > > Just out of the NM queue, I've put together some scsiadd packages and > wondered if someone could take a quick look over them before I upload > to make sure they're up to par. > > I've gone through the maint-guide process to build the packages, so > they're lintian clean but I'd like a second opinion :-) > > One question I have is with the 'watch' file. I'm not certain how it's > meant to work with an http:// source - can it snarf links from a 'regular' > HTML page that contains download links or does it just work with file > listing type http responses. the man page doesn't seem to make this clear > so if anyone can enlighten me I'd be grateful. > > The files are at http://devbrain.com/scsiadd/ > > If no-one has any suggestions I'll go ahead and dupload them. > i noticed that there is no Build-Depends line in debian/control. although it doesn't look like your package uses anything esoteric, it's not a bad idea to add a Build-Depends line. and it will cut down on the automatic bugs filed by the build daemons. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
source upload?
a while back, it was mentioned that it's now possible to make source-only package uploads. i'm quite interested in doing this, since i wouldn't have to deal with building the package in my woody chroot, but could just upload the source and let the autobuilders have at it. so... can anyone enlighten me? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
binary dependencies
hi there. i have a slight problem... i have a package which depends on tcl. problem is that dh_shlibdeps finds tcl8.2 installed, and sticks that in the Depends: field. it would be better if it could depend on tclsh, which is provided by the (many) different versions of tcl instead of being bound to tcl 8.2 is there a way to do this without dropping dh_shlibdeps? -- __ | "the whole scale of cosmic dimensions are falling from my mouth | in the description of a kiss of the interimlovers" | - einsturzende neubaten, "interim" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Personal Mentor
On Thursday 29 November 2001 04:52 pm, Sean Dundon wrote: > Hello, > I just started with Linux, I have Potato 2.2r4. I was wondering if I > could find some one who could give me a hand through things on a more > personal basis. I have lots of those little annoying problems like > mounting and things. Thanks alot. Sean T. Dundon > this is the wrong place to ask; this list is for people who want to learn (or need help with) developing software for debian. you should send your questions to the debian-user list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or ask for help in the #debian irc channel on irc.openprojects.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Personal Mentor
On Thursday 29 November 2001 04:52 pm, Sean Dundon wrote: > Hello, > I just started with Linux, I have Potato 2.2r4. I was wondering if I > could find some one who could give me a hand through things on a more > personal basis. I have lots of those little annoying problems like > mounting and things. Thanks alot. Sean T. Dundon > this is the wrong place to ask; this list is for people who want to learn (or need help with) developing software for debian. you should send your questions to the debian-user list (debian-user@lists.debian.org) or ask for help in the #debian irc channel on irc.openprojects.net
