cvs commit to debian-installer/utils/debian by dwhedon

2001-05-07 Thread dwhedon
Repository: debian-installer/utils/debian who:dwhedon time: Tue May 8 00:09:16 PDT 2001 Log Message: use dpkg feature so not too cludgy add di-utils-log, doesn't do anything yet Files: changed:changelog control rules -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/netcfg/debian by dwhedon

2001-05-07 Thread dwhedon
Repository: debian-installer/tools/netcfg/debian who:dwhedon time: Mon May 7 23:46:17 PDT 2001 Log Message: use new dpkg features so build is less cludgy Files: changed:changelog rules -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/ddetect/debian by dwhedon

2001-05-07 Thread dwhedon
Repository: debian-installer/tools/ddetect/debian who:dwhedon time: Mon May 7 23:55:08 PDT 2001 Log Message: use new dpkg features remove libdetect0-udeb dependancy Files: changed:changelog control rules -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/netcfg/debian by dwhedon

2001-05-07 Thread dwhedon
Repository: debian-installer/tools/netcfg/debian who:dwhedon time: Tue May 8 00:01:47 PDT 2001 Log Message: bump dpkg-dev build depends version Files: changed:control -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/ddetect/debian by dwhedon

2001-05-07 Thread dwhedon
Repository: debian-installer/tools/ddetect/debian who:dwhedon time: Tue May 8 00:02:36 PDT 2001 Log Message: bump dpkg build depend version Files: changed:control -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by peterk

2001-05-07 Thread peterk
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:peterk time: tis maj 8 08:01:11 MEST 2001 Log Message: Updated Files: changed:sv.po -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies by dwhedon

2001-05-07 Thread dwhedon
Repository: boot-floppies who:dwhedon time: Mon May 7 22:57:30 PDT 2001 Log Message: don't need to pre-emptively download console-data Files: changed:keymaps.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by dwhedon

2001-05-07 Thread dwhedon
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:dwhedon time: Mon May 7 22:54:56 PDT 2001 Log Message: remove the /etc/modules hack since modutils has been fixed Files: changed:extract_base.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

di: seperate preperation and installation phases

2001-05-07 Thread Glenn McGrath
If we have a seperate preperation and installation phase then it would make the installer more versatile. The actual installation phase could be much like what debootsrap does, and the preperation stage would involve preparing an environment for deboostrap to run. The preperation phase could inv

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Anthony Towns
Replying to a few messages at once. On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 06:16:29PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > My thought was that apt and dselect would be taught to recognise > Tasks: as a new type of dependency header, similar to Depends, > Recommends and Suggests, but with slightly different rules. On

debian CDROM installation problems

2001-05-07 Thread david Babcock
Hello,     Hope I can get some help from you on this. Have had Mandrake 7.2 and 8.0 on this system. Have had RedHat 6 on another. Cannot install Debian on this system, that I have had Mandrake on.   Downloaded the iso images for CD1 & 2. Made the CD also tried ReiserFS Debian 2.2 (Potato) In

problem mit neuem kernel, gerätekonflikt etc.

2001-05-07 Thread je_stromf.set
hallo, ich bin neu hier und habe ein paar probleme  betr.   1) booten mit neuem (vorkompil.) Kernel vmlinuz-2.4.1. auf meinem debian potato 2.2 linux. der neue kernel steht nach der installation unter /boot (glaube auch unter /lib/modules und /usr/src etc.) und ich habe in linuxconf den ke

Re: Hi

2001-05-07 Thread Chris Tillman
> Hello-- > > I've been using debian(woody) for a while now(not now...I managed to nuke > my HD, and I"m wanting to reinstall.), I'd like to help out. I can program > in c/c++, but not too well, so I was wondering if there was anywhere you > guys needed help in > > Thanks > -Andrew > Take a lo

Hi

2001-05-07 Thread Bucky0
Hello-- I've been using debian(woody) for a while now(not now...I managed to nuke my HD, and I"m wanting to reinstall.), I'd like to help out. I can program in c/c++, but not too well, so I was wondering if there was anywhere you guys needed help in Thanks -Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 04:23:47PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > My thought was that apt and dselect would be taught to recognise > > Tasks: as a new type of dependency header, similar to Depends, > > Recommends and Suggests, but with slightly different rules. > > If this were done, I would much pr

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by manty

2001-05-07 Thread manty
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:manty time: Mon May 7 17:10:39 PDT 2001 Log Message: bootconfig.c: Changed the way to execute the new /sbin/lilo, which is now an script. extract_base.c: Added "file:" to local urls to fix them. Mark as unconfigured only i

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Anthony" == Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Anthony> --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: text/plain; Anthony> charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Anthony> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Anthony> On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:42:49AM -0400, Mark Ei

cvs commit to base-config/debian by joeyh

2001-05-07 Thread joeyh
Repository: base-config/debian who:joeyh time: Mon May 7 15:18:22 PDT 2001 Log Message: Galician! It's the language of the week, and Jacobo Tarrio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> updated the translation. Files: changed:templates.gl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Joey Hess
Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:42:49AM -0400, Mark Eichin wrote: > > err, does this break the use of tasks with apt-get later on? I've > > found it very useful to do (for example) "apt-get install task-x-window-system" > > after getting a machine otherwise working (in particula

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 06 May 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > So, here's the deal. We need to get a proper policy for tasks fairly soon. I agree. The current task-* packages are mostly useless cruft for what they were supposed to do, i.e. help users during the install. > * There should only be a limited num

Re: Wanting to help with boot-floppies..

2001-05-07 Thread David Whedon
Our present status is that [EMAIL PROTECTED] has completed an install of woody with a hacked up version of boot floppies: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot-0105/msg00071.html There are a number of issues called out in that e-mail that manty has fixes for and will apply shortly, other things (fd

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:42:49AM -0400, Mark Eichin wrote: > err, does this break the use of tasks with apt-get later on? I've > found it very useful to do (for example) "apt-get install task-x-window-system" > after getting a machine otherwise working (in particular, that's the > easy way to g

Wanting to help with boot-floppies..

2001-05-07 Thread RIBNITZ Robert
Hello, I am a debian developer in application (currently on hold), and want to help with the debian woody boot-floppies/boot-image. I head a local LUG and have access to machines of the type i385 and sSun Sparc (sparcstation 5). Please tell me where I can be of assistance. yours Robert [EMA

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:42:49AM -0400, Mark Eichin wrote: > err, does this break the use of tasks with apt-get later on? I've > found it very useful to do (for example) "apt-get install task-x-window-system" Possibly. task-x-window-system isn't really the greatest example of a task, though.

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by dwhedon

2001-05-07 Thread dwhedon
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:dwhedon time: Mon May 7 09:19:46 PDT 2001 Log Message: comment on Galacian and Danish translations Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Mark Eichin
err, does this break the use of tasks with apt-get later on? I've found it very useful to do (for example) "apt-get install task-x-window-system" after getting a machine otherwise working (in particular, that's the easy way to go to xf4 - install 2.2, then point to testing, then apt-get install t

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 08:23:52PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Would it not be much easier for the task packages _themselves_ to > > contain Task: fields, instead of the individual packages, which would > > function like weak Recommends: fields: > > Not really. The code's already written to

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:06:41AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 04:42:19PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > (Cc'ed to debian-boot) > > tasksel in sid supports a "Task:" header for packages so we can be a > > little more flexible than having every task- depend on everythig i

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 04:42:19PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > (Cc'ed to debian-boot) > > (First in porbably a series of policy changes needed for woody...) > > So, here's the deal. We need to get a proper policy for tasks fairly soon. > > tasksel in sid supports a "Task:" header for packages

Re: cdebconf and text.so : problem with default answers.

2001-05-07 Thread Romain BEAUGRAND
Bug number : Bug#96297 Romain BEAUGRAND wrote: > > Oki doki, > > sorry about that mistake. > > Romain > > Joey Hess wrote: > > > > Romain BEAUGRAND wrote: > > > Package: Debian-Installer > > > Version: CVS (May, 4th 2001) > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > > > > I found a small bug

Re: cdebconf and text.so : problem with default answers.

2001-05-07 Thread Romain BEAUGRAND
Oki doki, sorry about that mistake. Romain Joey Hess wrote: > > Romain BEAUGRAND wrote: > > Package: Debian-Installer > > Version: CVS (May, 4th 2001) > > Severity: normal > > > > > > I found a small bug in cdebconf's gestion of default values for "select" > > questions. > > In the

Re: Boot-Floppies-Good News

2001-05-07 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 06:57:25AM +0200, Giorgio Terzi wrote: > Hello Sven, > > last night i have downloaded some new releases of the deb's software > that is needed to make boot-floppies. > I have build the floppies and the root image produced now works also > with the reduced libc library. :))

Re: libc reduction and powerpc/apus woody boot floppies.

2001-05-07 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 09:47:42PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > On Sun May 06, 2001 at 11:28:42AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > > Then you can try one of the other functions of the busybox (i don't know, but > > i guess something like ls or so will do, or even mount). > > All busybox function