Re: libc5 sources missing for sparc

1999-01-24 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 11:14:18PM +0100, Eric Delaunay wrote: > > Debian/SPARC is still providing libc 5.3.12 in binary form but no sources. > I don't think the libc 5.4.46 is working for sparc, therefore we need to put > the 5.3.12 sources in slink again. > As the maintainer of libc5 I can do a n

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-11 Thread Matt Bartley
> This version should be close to good enough. The major change since > the last one that was posted is the ability to upgrade from files in > the current dir instead of a local mirror requirement. > > This script still needs testing. > # upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm). > [...] > #

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-10 Thread Tim Sailer
Igor Grobman wrote: > > > This version should be close to good enough. The major change since the last > one that was posted is the ability to upgrade from files in the current dir > instead of a local mirror requirement. llug.sep.bnl.gov is a public nfs mount for debian. You can point the s

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-10 Thread Scott K. Ellis
On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > > Still one problem. /wg-15-locale/s//wg15-locale/ > > > damn. i thought i got that one this morning.

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > Still one problem. /wg-15-locale/s//wg15-locale/ > > damn. i thought i got that one this morning. > > i wont bother posting the script again. it's easy e

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > Still one problem. /wg-15-locale/s//wg15-locale/ > damn. i thought i got that one this morning. > i wont bother posting the script again. it's easy enough to fix. Could this script be uploaded to ftp.debian

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > Still one problem. /wg-15-locale/s//wg15-locale/ damn. i thought i got that one this morning. i wont bother posting the script again. it's easy enough to fix. craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsub

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Lindsay Allen
Still one problem. /wg-15-locale/s//wg15-locale/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 248632.0125S 115.8445Evk6lj Debian Unix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-08 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > dpkg -iB base/perl-base_*.deb interpreters/perl_*.deb > > Did you miss the change re perl? > > # perl-base must be configured before installing perl > dpkg -iB */perl-base_*.deb && dpkg -iB */perl_*.deb m

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-08 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Craig Sanders wrote: [snip] > dpkg -iB base/libgdbm1_*.deb devel/libgdbmg1_*.deb || exit 8 > # paranoia says "run ldconfig now". > ldconfig > dpkg -iB base/perl-base_*.deb interpreters/perl_*.deb Did you miss the change re perl? # perl-base must be configured before insta

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-08 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > I did a new licb5 install and ran your script. Here are some > suggested changes. There may be more, but I wanted to get this out > the door to save everyone from covering the same ground. > > I put a " || exit" after the bash upgrade and suggest that m

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-08 Thread Guy Maor
I still have a not-quite-finished upgrade of the experimental dpkg-ftp done. I fixed some bugs and added immediate configuration of pre-depended on targets and essential packages. I also improved the backend logic so that it will only use later backends if the version is newer. For example, you

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-08 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 09:52:00AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > # development because libc5 can't be upgraded to latest without removal > > # of libc5-dev which also necessitates removal of other -dev packages > > # like libdb1-dev and libdl1-dev if t

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-08 Thread Lindsay Allen
I did a new licb5 install and ran your script. Here are some suggested changes. There may be more, but I wanted to get this out the door to save everyone from covering the same ground. I put a " || exit" after the bash upgrade and suggest that more use be made of this to bring the script to a h

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 09:52:00AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > # development because libc5 can't be upgraded to latest without removal > # of libc5-dev which also necessitates removal of other -dev packages > # like libdb1-dev and libdl1-dev if they are installed. > > DEVPACKAGES=`dpkg --get-sel

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-07 Thread James Troup
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > cd /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386 Grr. cd /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-$(dpkg --print-installation-architecture) -- James - Hardcoded-i[345]86 detection alarm triggered -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsub

RE: libc5

1997-12-09 Thread Michael Meskes
t: Monday, December 08, 1997 4:48 PM > To: Michael Meskes > Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: libc5 > > On Sat, Dec 06, 1997 at 03:51:26PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: > > Good point David. That is all your point are good. But stopping > libc5 >

Re: libc5

1997-12-08 Thread David Engel
On Sat, Dec 06, 1997 at 03:51:26PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: > Good point David. That is all your point are good. But stopping libc5 > work means we have to convert all packages before the next release. IMO > this should even hold for non-free or contrib packages. I doubt we are > able to do tha

RE: libc5

1997-12-08 Thread Michael Meskes
> -- > From: David Engel[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Freitag, 5. Dezember 1997 20:53 > To: Michael Meskes > Subject: Re: libc5 > > On Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 07:01:01PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: > > I think David Engel is working on an interim libc6 releas

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 07:11:56PM +0100, Paul Seelig wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hamish Moffatt) writes: > > The only prolbem is that you cannot produce these packages > > on a purely bo system as some have promised/hoped. For example, > > Tim Sailer is offering access to a bo system for backporti

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread David Welton
On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 10:12:29AM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > Well, I guess then libc5 machines dedicated to backporting should have > dpkg-dev from hamm installed. And upload newer dpkg-dev to bo-unstable > for consistency. As well as patch from hamm, so that it is possible to unpack hamm

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> > > Although dpkg-dev from hamm works fine on bo since it is not libc > > > dependent, it's still not possible to backport on a completely-bo > > > given this factor, unless I am missing something .. > > > > As far as I understand, you just told that you can use dpkg-dev from hamm > > to produce

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 08:44:06AM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > > One problem with doing backports of libc5 packages is that > > dpkg-dev in bo doesn't seem to support pristine sources; > > it complained that the original wasn't in the .orig subdirectory. > > > > Although dpkg-dev from hamm work

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> One problem with doing backports of libc5 packages is that > dpkg-dev in bo doesn't seem to support pristine sources; > it complained that the original wasn't in the .orig subdirectory. > > Although dpkg-dev from hamm works fine on bo since it is not libc > dependent, it's still not possible to

Re: libc5

1997-12-06 Thread Brian Bassett
>> > I haven't heard anything from Helmut Geyer in months, except for a >> > message on Sep 24 saying he was back. (Apparently he wasn't). > >I think it's safe to assume that Helmut is gone (from Debian). IMO, >even if Helmut were to reappear today, he would have to re-establish >his presence for

Re: libc5

1997-12-05 Thread David Engel
AIL PROTECTED] > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Dezember 1997 16:49 > > An: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > > Betreff:Re: libc5 > > > > Michael Meskes wrote: > > > How come this packaged hasn't been updated for a while. Since H.J. > > Lu is > &g

Re: libc5

1997-12-04 Thread Richard Braakman
Michael Meskes wrote: > How come this packaged hasn't been updated for a while. Since H.J. Lu is > adding more and more libc6 compatibility changes I think it makes sense to > stay up-to-date with libc5, too. I haven't heard anything from Helmut Geyer in months, except for a message on Sep 24 sayi

Re: libc5 FAQ

1997-05-29 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hello, > I must second Andreas here. The ISDN stuff is an exception. Oh come on, there are millions of exceptions. The KErnel Development has never stoped and will never stop. There is a lot of redesign goiug on: new routing, new address families, new arp, new console, new device drivers, new me

Re: libc5 FAQ

1997-05-29 Thread Nils Rennebarth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 28 May 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > The bottom line is: if a program needs kernel header, the > chances are that the program, or the design of the program, is > broken. I must second Andreas here. The ISDN stuff is an exception. There is active devel

Re: libc5 FAQ

1997-05-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Mixing user domain and kernel domain stuff is a really bad Idea, but you don't have to take just my word for it. I already have posted the FAQ once today, and I don't want to do so again: Please read the libc FAQ (or email me and I will send you a copy). The bottom line is

Re: libc5 FAQ

1997-05-29 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hello, > My contention is: if we are talking about a program that needs > kernel headers, and can't be satisfied with the headers included in > the libc5-dev package (which corresponds to 2.0.29, or something), > that means we are talking about a program that needs some very > specific k

Re: libc5 FAQ

1997-05-28 Thread srivasta
Hi, My contention is: if we are talking about a program that needs kernel headers, and can't be satisfied with the headers included in the libc5-dev package (which corresponds to 2.0.29, or something), that means we are talking about a program that needs some very specific kernel data