Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.4.0
s/not// in programmer's manual 3.1.4:
Usually, neither of these fields should not be used unless removing a
package really will completely hose the system, making it impossible to
recover by (re)installing packages with dpkg.
Guy
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Michael Meskes wrote:
> Heiko Schlittermann writes:
> > Features:
> > * sending mail to debian-changes after
>
> debian-changes? Shouldn't this be debian-devel?
No, see policy manual 6.4.
Guy
On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Guy Maor writes ("Re: Bug#4454: `Distribution: unstable' but it goes into
> project/experimental"):
> > This problem will recur whenever a package moves from one section or
> > distribution to another. dinstall cannot handle this case because it
> > does
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.4.0
The `-u' option in the dpkg-genchanges script has not yet been
implemented.
>From the man page:
-uuploadfilesdir
Look for the files to be uploaded in uploadfilesdir
rather than .. (dpkg-genchanges needs to find
Package: fileutils
Version: 3.12-4
Under a recent kernel, dd seems to produce spurious extra output *only* if
stdout isn't redirected ...
$ echo 'This is a test.' | dd of=/tmp/testing bs=10k conv=sync
0+1 records in
1+0 records out
$ wc /tmp/testing
1 5 10240 /tmp/testing
$ dd if=/t
Guy Maor writes ("Re: Bug#4454: `Distribution: unstable' but it goes into
project/experimental"):
...
> The override files instructed dinstall to put debiandoc-sgml into
> experimental, overriding what was in the .changes file.
Ergh.
> This problem will recur whenever a package moves from one se
Ian Jackson wrote:
> Thanks, Guy, for clarifying that issue. I've added the following to
> the programmers' manual:
> > When selecting which level of dependency to use you should consider
> > how important the depended-on package is to the functionality of the
> > one declaring the dependency.
Da
Package: dpkg-ftp
Version: 1.4.3
After upgrading from 1.4.2, it wouldn't work without the user doing a
setup again:
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:32:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Debian User List
Subject: Re: dpkg-ftp 1.4.3
On Thu, 12
Could somebody please point me to the "changelog" file format? I'm trying
to build the new 'dftp' package but it keeps dieing on the changelog file.
Please respond by email since I _still_ have not been able to subscribe to
this list.
Package: pine
Version: 3.94-3
When trying to do a (S)etup (N)ewpassword from the main menu of pine I get a
message that
/bin/passwd cannot be found. Debians passwd is in /usr/bin and not in /bin.
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Format: 1.5
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:44:04 +0200
Source: dupload
Binary: dupload
Architecture: source all
Version: 1.2
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
dupload- Utility to upload de
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Thanks, Guy, for clarifying that issue. I've added the following to
> the programmers' manual:
> > When selecting which level of dependency to use you should consider
> > how important the depended-on package is to the functionality of the
> > one declari
Peter Tobias writes:
>
> Package: netdiag
> Version: 0.2-3
>
> The postinst script copies the tcpdump binary from the tcpdump
> package and the traceroute binary from the netstd package to /usr/bin
> and makes them setuid root.adm. This allows all users in the existing
> adm group to use tcpdump
Heiko Schlittermann writes:
> for you in Europe, using chiark as relay to master.debian.org ... since
> the procedure of uploading to Incoming and moving to ../queue is
> somewhat error prone, I've written a little perl script (using
> ftp.pl and lchat.pl from the mirror package) to do this
> for m
: I've been working on converting the gmp package to the new source format
: and adding shared libraries to the package at the same time. Since version
: tagging no longer takes place in debian/rules I have had to hard code the
: so version numbers into both the rules and the Makefile. I have looke
Who is doing the libc6 package? It would be interesting to see how
much of our stuff builds and runs off of this, and how much trouble
it has with shadow password, etc.
It also changes the format of some configuration files, I fear. I noticed
a different format for the resolver configuration file.
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> Is there a method of picking up this information [package version]
> from a central source in the package?
You can just do what dpkg does - parse the changelog:
/usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian < debian/changelog | \
sed -n '/Version: /s///p'
If you
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Nikhil Nair wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > I've been running pine with the `open' command to put it in a fresh VC; I
>
> Is there some compelling reason for doing it this way? Do you use any
> options with the open command? Do you use the o
This is the version in dpkg 1.4.0 (in dpkg-dev).
debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
* Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
and can't easily be made to work reliably).
* Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
* Do not need to
It's coming up to my thesis deadline (well, my funding is starting to
look thin), so I'll be spending somewhat less time on Debian over the
next few weeks/months.
I'm about to release dpkg 1.4.0, which will probably be the last one
for several weeks. I'm going to be away for a week or so soon, an
Package: emacs
Version: 19.31-2
-chiark:~> grep mailname /var/lib/dpkg/info/emacs.*
-chiark:~> cat /etc/mailname
chiark.greenend.org.uk
-chiark:~> hostname -f
chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk
-chiark:~>
But, after C-h C-v mail-host-address RET:
-Emacs: *scratch* 12:40am 0.34 Mail (Lisp Interacti
Package: xpdf
Version: 0.5-0
More of a misfeature than a bug.
There is an error message that pops up when xpdf tries to open an
encrypted PDF file. It complains that Adobe has not released decryption
specs to developers, and implores the user to e-mail Adobe to complain.
The latest information
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Nikhil Nair wrote:
> Package: pine
> Version: 3.94-2
>
> Pine, ever since I upgraded to this version, has crashed on me frequently.
> It seems to happen if I fail to hit a key for a while, as if it's some
> sort of timeout, but that's not the only time it does it. No coredum
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Format: 1.5
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 23:33:40 -0400
Source: diff
Binary: diff
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.7-11
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
diff - File comparison utilities
Changes:
Prompted by the recent problem with ADA and /usr/bin/gcc, I've added
the new rule below to the policy manual in dpkg 1.4.0.
Ian.
Use of
Do not use
In order for
Thanks, Guy, for clarifying that issue. I've added the following to
the programmers' manual:
> When selecting which level of dependency to use you should consider
> how important the depended-on package is to the functionality of the
> one declaring the dependency. Some packages are composed of
>
I know. My 1.1.1 package is ready and I will upload it this week, I think.
Yves.
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