Re: NetBSD packages

2001-07-07 Thread Nathan Myers
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:35:00AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > I've succesfully built libncurses packages using a combination of the > source from the BSD ports tree and the Debian build scripts. Great work! > apt (should be trivial, I just haven't got round to it yet due to nothing > el

NetBSD packages

2001-07-07 Thread Matthew Garrett
I've succesfully built libncurses packages using a combination of the source from the BSD ports tree and the Debian build scripts. I'm guessing that one of the alterations made to the build scripts by the Debian patches was what was causing me pain - I'll look into it more closely when I get ba

Re: Hmm

2001-07-07 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 03:23:23PM -0400, Dan Papasian wrote: > We know it isn't Linux. Would it be GNU tools? dpkg/apt? Going by the example of Debian GNU/Hurd, Debian GNU/NetBSD would be a NetBSD kernel with a GNU userland conforming to Debian policy. For sanity reasons, it should probably

Re: Hmm

2001-07-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 03:23:23PM -0400, Dan Papasian wrote: > On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 06:32:57PM +0200, Andreas Krennmair wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 02:03:33AM +1000, Ian Miller wrote: > > > Maybe making a NetBSD package that will mimic the debian way..would be > > > alot better. I know

Re: Debian GNU/OpenBSD slides

2001-07-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 09:41:52AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > PS: Has anybody been keeping tabs on which BSD? The current consensus is "whichever one(s) actually get implemented". -- - mdz

Re: Hmm

2001-07-07 Thread Andreas Krennmair
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 03:23:23PM -0400, Dan Papasian wrote: > How can you possibly define Debian besides behavior? > > We know it isn't Linux. Would it be GNU tools? dpkg/apt? IMO Debian is a GNU system + FHS compliance + dpkg/apt/dselect + menu system and all the other nifty stuff. This is wh

Re: Hmm

2001-07-07 Thread Dan Papasian
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 06:32:57PM +0200, Andreas Krennmair wrote: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 02:03:33AM +1000, Ian Miller wrote: > > Maybe making a NetBSD package that will mimic the debian way..would be alot > > better. I know this would be great for me, and alot less work. And then make > > it bs

Re: Hmm

2001-07-07 Thread Karl Ramm
"Ian Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok.. > > I think its time we actually looked at the benifits of having a DebianBSD... > Because quite frankly ... I can't see what we are going to do being much > benifit at all. Because at least some of the BSDs run on hardware that linux doesn't. Like,

Re: Hmm

2001-07-07 Thread Nathan Myers
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 02:03:33AM +1000, Ian Miller wrote: > Maybe making a NetBSD package that will mimic the debian way..would be alot > better. I know this would be great for me, and alot less work. And then make > it bsd generic. Go ahead. Let us know when you're done. Nathan Myers ncm at c

Re: Debian GNU/OpenBSD slides

2001-07-07 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 10:13:26AM +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > I have given talks about Debain Gnu/OpenBSD on DebCon 1 and > Linuxtag 2001. Beside getting many more signatures on my debian > key, I think I was also able to win some peoples sympathy for > this efford. > > please find the link

Re: Hmm

2001-07-07 Thread Andreas Krennmair
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 02:03:33AM +1000, Ian Miller wrote: > Maybe making a NetBSD package that will mimic the debian way..would be alot > better. I know this would be great for me, and alot less work. And then make > it bsd generic. Do you always go the "way of least resistance"? If we did someth

Hmm

2001-07-07 Thread Ian Miller
Ok.. I think its time we actually looked at the benifits of having a DebianBSD... Because quite frankly ... I can't see what we are going to do being much benifit at all. Maybe making a NetBSD package that will mimic the debian way..would be alot better. I know this would be great for me, and alo

Debian GNU/OpenBSD slides

2001-07-07 Thread Andreas Schuldei
I have given talks about Debain Gnu/OpenBSD on DebCon 1 and Linuxtag 2001. Beside getting many more signatures on my debian key, I think I was also able to win some peoples sympathy for this efford. please find the link to the slides and questions and answers here: (look for openbsd) http://www.n