Re: [PROPOSAL] update-binfmts - manages the binfmt_misc kernel module

2000-04-03 Thread Peter Makholm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >But then again this may be overloading the package system since there >are quite a few kernel modules... But it would be nice with some standard way to specify a "depend" on a kernel-option and a "provide" of options for kernel patches. I don't know any way to c

[PROPOSAL] update-binfmts - manages the binfmt_misc kernel module

2000-04-03 Thread Kristoffer . Rose
Dear Colin, I have some comments on your `update-binfmts' proposal. 1. I like it :) 2. It should be a separate package because we don't want any way that the standard dpkg package depends on a kernel option that may be compiled out of a custom kernel. It could be named binfmt-support a

Re: [PROPOSAL] update-binfmts - manages the binfmt_misc kernel module

2000-04-02 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 04:36:00PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: >> 3) Where should this go? The obvious place is dpkg, but am I being too >>arrogant there? It feels too small for its own package, though. > >I like the idea, but I think it should go in its own package, li

Re: [PROPOSAL] update-binfmts - manages the binfmt_misc kernel module

2000-04-02 Thread David Starner
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 04:36:00PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > 3) Where should this go? The obvious place is dpkg, but am I being too >arrogant there? It feels too small for its own package, though. I like the idea, but I think it should go in its own package, like menu. For one thing, a lot

[PROPOSAL] update-binfmts - manages the binfmt_misc kernel module

2000-04-02 Thread Colin Watson
Hi all, I've been working on javawrapper, a utility which uses the binfmt_misc kernel module to let you execute Java classes like any other program - './MyProgram.class' instead of 'java MyProgram.class'. For those of you unfamiliar with binfmt_misc, the documentation is in Documentation/binfmt_mi