Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-14 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 14 June 2005 at 12:25, Santiago Vila wrote: | On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Chris Lawrence wrote: | | > On 6/13/05, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > So I will back this out as far as the Depends goes, but keep the | > > Build-Depends. | > > | > > I also reassign this back from r-base

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-14 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Chris Lawrence wrote: > On 6/13/05, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I will back this out as far as the Depends goes, but keep the > > Build-Depends. > > > > I also reassign this back from r-base-dev. > > > > Chris: You should adjust the offending package

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-13 Thread Chris Lawrence
On 6/13/05, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > reassign 307683 r-cran-maps, r-cran-mapdata > thanks > > On 13 June 2005 at 18:41, Steve Langasek wrote: > | On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 08:36:47PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > | > Oh well so my inkling was right. Whatever. [ And the '

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-13 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
reassign 307683 r-cran-maps, r-cran-mapdata thanks On 13 June 2005 at 18:41, Steve Langasek wrote: | On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 08:36:47PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > Oh well so my inkling was right. Whatever. [ And the 'virtually essential' | > was not 'practically good enough', I suppose,

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 08:36:47PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > Oh well so my inkling was right. Whatever. [ And the 'virtually essential' > was not 'practically good enough', I suppose, as it did break on amd64 ... ] No, it broke because *awk* is virtually essential -- *NOT* mawk, or any spe

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-13 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 13 June 2005 at 18:23, Steve Langasek wrote: | On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 08:04:37PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | | > On 13 June 2005 at 18:43, Santiago Vila wrote: | > | On Mon, 30 May 2005, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | | > | > On 30 May 2005 at 14:20, Steve Langasek wrote: | > | > | It woul

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 08:04:37PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > On 13 June 2005 at 18:43, Santiago Vila wrote: > | On Mon, 30 May 2005, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > | > On 30 May 2005 at 14:20, Steve Langasek wrote: > | > | It would probably be better if r-base-dev simply specified "awk", > |

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-13 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 13 June 2005 at 18:43, Santiago Vila wrote: | On Mon, 30 May 2005, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | | > On 30 May 2005 at 14:20, Steve Langasek wrote: | > | It would probably be better if r-base-dev simply specified "awk", | > | which IIRC is "virtually-essential" by virtue of being a | > | dependen

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-13 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 13 June 2005 at 11:59, Chris Lawrence wrote: | reassign 307683 r-cran-maps, r-cran-mapdata, r-base-dev | thanks | | On 6/13/05, Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | (Proposed solution elided; looks good to me, given Santiago's changes | to debian/control.) | > mawk -f convert.awk < world

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-13 Thread Chris Lawrence
reassign 307683 r-cran-maps, r-cran-mapdata, r-base-dev thanks On 6/13/05, Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (Proposed solution elided; looks good to me, given Santiago's changes to debian/control.) > mawk -f convert.awk < world.line > world2.line > /bin/sh: mawk: command not found > > I w

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-06-13 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, 30 May 2005, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > On 30 May 2005 at 14:20, Steve Langasek wrote: > | It would probably be better if r-base-dev simply specified "awk", > | which IIRC is "virtually-essential" by virtue of being a > | dependency of an essential package. > > I like that much better. So

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 30 May 2005 at 14:20, Steve Langasek wrote: | > Don't think so. Mawk is priority required. It can be assumed to be present. | | No, it cannot. You are only ever allowed to assume that packages that are | Essential: yes (or in the case of build-dependencies, part of | build-essential) are pre

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 04:10:11PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: > On 5/30/05, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > tags 307683 -sid > > thanks > > > > Yes I was able to reproduce this bug with the package in sarge and yes, > > I explicitely mentioned this in my email to the BTS. > > > > Is

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 04:01:33PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > On 30 May 2005 at 15:02, Chris Lawrence wrote: > | On 5/30/05, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > reopen 307683 > | > tags 307683 -sarge > | > severity 307683 serious > | > thanks > | > > | > On i386, both the package

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 30 May 2005 at 22:45, Adrian Bunk wrote: | Why do you call a system without mawk installed seriously broken? | | That's a perfectly legal setup (and it works fine on my computer since | more than 5 years). No it's not as mawk is Priority: required. So if you remove it, your problem, and you

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 30 May 2005 at 15:02, Chris Lawrence wrote: | On 5/30/05, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > reopen 307683 | > tags 307683 -sarge | > severity 307683 serious | > thanks | > | > On i386, both the package in unstable and the package in unstable fail | > if mawk is not installed. | > | >

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Chris Lawrence
On 5/30/05, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > tags 307683 -sid > thanks > > Yes I was able to reproduce this bug with the package in sarge and yes, > I explicitely mentioned this in my email to the BTS. > > Is there any way to stop Steve from blindly adding wrong "sid" tags to > bugs only

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 04:03:16PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > On 30 May 2005 at 22:45, Adrian Bunk wrote: > | Why do you call a system without mawk installed seriously broken? > | > | That's a perfectly legal setup (and it works fine on my computer since > | more than 5 years). > > No

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 04:01:33PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > On 30 May 2005 at 15:02, Chris Lawrence wrote: > | On 5/30/05, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > reopen 307683 > | > tags 307683 -sarge > | > severity 307683 serious > | > thanks > | > > | > On i386, both the packag

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Adrian Bunk
tags 307683 -sid thanks Yes I was able to reproduce this bug with the package in sarge and yes, I explicitely mentioned this in my email to the BTS. Is there any way to stop Steve from blindly adding wrong "sid" tags to bugs only for letting his RC bugs metric look better? On Mon, May 30, 200

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Chris Lawrence
On 5/30/05, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > reopen 307683 > tags 307683 -sarge > severity 307683 serious > thanks > > On i386, both the package in unstable and the package in unstable fail > if mawk is not installed. > > If you use mawk, you have to add a build dependency. It seems to m

Bug#307683: needs to be properly fixed, FTBFS is RC

2005-05-30 Thread Adrian Bunk
reopen 307683 tags 307683 -sarge severity 307683 serious thanks On i386, both the package in unstable and the package in unstable fail if mawk is not installed. If you use mawk, you have to add a build dependency. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly ou