Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-30 Thread Norbert Preining
severity 699206 serious thanks Hi Dominik, first of all, please stop including all the email and bottom-posting, this is a pain and against usual netiquette. Then ... On Mo, 30 Sep 2013, Dominik George wrote: > If you accuse everyone else in the community [...] I did not accuse anyone, I ask

Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-30 Thread Dominik George
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Norbert Preining schrieb: >Hi Dominik, > >> Simply put: Because you made no effort to fix it :). > >Thanks for the very useful comment. > >Yes, I care for RC bugs in my own packages ... and that are quite >a lot. So no time to fix RC bugs of other

Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-30 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Dominik, > Simply put: Because you made no effort to fix it :). Thanks for the very useful comment. Yes, I care for RC bugs in my own packages ... and that are quite a lot. So no time to fix RC bugs of other maintainers. Norbert --

Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-30 Thread Dominik George
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Norbert Preining schrieb: >On So, 29 Sep 2013, Stephen Kitt wrote: >> > Uninstall the libc6-amd64:i386 package. >> > See http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2013/03/msg00139.html. >> >> But watch out for http://bugs.debian.org/699206 - make sur

Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-30 Thread Norbert Preining
On So, 29 Sep 2013, Stephen Kitt wrote: > > Uninstall the libc6-amd64:i386 package. > > See http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2013/03/msg00139.html. > > But watch out for http://bugs.debian.org/699206 - make sure you have a root > sash running somewhere so you can relink /lib64/ld-linux-x86-6

Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-29 Thread Stephen Kitt
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 08:58:36 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-09-28 22:18 +0200, Norbert Preining wrote: > > since a short time when I build a binary package on my running system, > > I cannot install the created .deb anymore because it depends on > > libc-amd64 (>= some.version) which somehow

Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-29 Thread Paul Gevers
On 29-09-13 08:40, Norbert Preining wrote: > What is going wrong here? For whatever reason, the amd64 build is picking up i386 paths. I don't know how that happens, except that I expect it is some multi-arch twitch. I recommend you build your packages in a chroot to avoid this (an other) issues. I

Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-09-28 22:18 +0200, Norbert Preining wrote: > since a short time when I build a binary package on my running system, > I cannot install the created .deb anymore because it depends on > libc-amd64 (>= some.version) which somehow is not what I have although > I am running amd64 sid. Uninstal

Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-28 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi everyone, second try, with more data .. default package texinfo, I am importing a new upstream into my git, no changes to debian/rules or debian/control, rebuild. >From the debian/control: .. Package: info ... Architecture: any Multi-Arch: foreign ... After building the package looks like: i

Re: dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-28 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 12:18:03AM +0400, Norbert Preining wrote: > since a short time when I build a binary package on my running system, I > cannot install the created .deb anymore because it depends on >libc-amd64 (>= some.version) > which somehow is not what I have although I am running am

dpkg-buildpackage creating uninstallable packages?

2013-09-28 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi everyone, since a short time when I build a binary package on my running system, I cannot install the created .deb anymore because it depends on libc-amd64 (>= some.version) which somehow is not what I have although I am running amd64 sid. Any suggestions? Thanks Norbert ---

Re: Perl 5.12 transition in progress; uninstallable packages

2011-05-03 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 03/05/2011 12:02, Neil Williams wrote: > > With such a large number of packages involved and the transition page > being constructed from multiple dependency levels, is there a way of > linking the transitions data from DDPO or having some other output > which is organised on a per-developer /

Re: Perl 5.12 transition in progress; uninstallable packages

2011-05-03 Thread Neil Williams
On Tue, 3 May 2011 10:21:09 +0100 Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > Hi all, > > On Sunday, in collaboration with the release team, I uploaded > perl 5.12-6 to unstable. This necessarily causes around 400 packages > to be uninstallable with the new perl. The release team will be > scheduling binNMUs in

Perl 5.12 transition in progress; uninstallable packages

2011-05-03 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
Hi all, On Sunday, in collaboration with the release team, I uploaded perl 5.12-6 to unstable. This necessarily causes around 400 packages to be uninstallable with the new perl. The release team will be scheduling binNMUs in due course; in the meantime, if you find such a package, there is no need

Re: Uninstallable packages testing/sarge

2003-11-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:31:59AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > If a package is uninstallable on testing, is it appropriate > to file a bug report against it, even though it might be OK > on unstable? > > If a bug report is filled, then people can become aware of the > problem, preferably before sarg

Uninstallable packages testing/sarge

2003-11-13 Thread Brian May
Hello, If a package is uninstallable on testing, is it appropriate to file a bug report against it, even though it might be OK on unstable? If a bug report is filled, then people can become aware of the problem, preferably before sarge is released.. On the other hand, it could irritate the maint

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-21 Thread Steve Greenland
On 20-Sep-01, 20:30 (CDT), Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I made it a *.deb package, because that allows you to use apt-get to > automatically upgrade the package on a *nfs root* partition to the > latest version. (Brian, thanks for the explanation. That was a lot more useful than "you wa

Re: Bug#112723: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-20 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > In practise, it might be perfectly safe to install on a normal > partition. Just that there is no point. I think it replaces /sbin/init, so it's not harmless.. Thinking about the merits of having diskless nodes being able to upgrade, is an im

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-20 Thread Brian May
> "Norbert" == Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Norbert> From the description of diskless-image-simple: WARNING: Norbert> This package can and will break your computer. Do not Norbert> install manually. It should only be installed via the Norbert> diskless-newimage, pa

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-20 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:58:16AM -0400, Norbert Veber wrote: > > If its not to be installed, it should not be in the archive. This is like > going to a restaurant and being told not to eat a certain dish under any > circumstances because you'll get food poisoning.. :) > > Clearly these pacakge

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-20 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Norbert Veber wrote on Thu Sep 20, 2001 um 09:58:16AM: > If its not to be installed, it should not be in the archive. This is like > going to a restaurant and being told not to eat a certain dish under any > circumstances because you'll get food poisoning.. :) What is the problem? The

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-20 Thread Steve Greenland
On 19-Sep-01, 18:16 (CDT), Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > read the description for xfsprogs-bf and e2fsprogs-bf, your NOT > SUPPOSED to install them. we need them for boot-floppies. Fine. Why are they in the main archive? If it's so that the bf can access them over the net, then the

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-20 Thread Norbert Veber
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 03:16:13PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:01:24AM -0400, Norbert Veber wrote: > > packages such as diskless-image-secure, diskless-image-simple, xfsprogs-bf, > > e2fsprogs-bf should automatically qualify for grave or even critical bugs > > for breaki

Re: Debian testing - uninstallable packages

2001-09-20 Thread Martin Schulze
Andrew M. Bishop wrote: > [ I sent this to debian-testing a month ago, but the mailing list ] > [ doesn't exist anymore - it is not archived at http://list.debian.org/ ] > [ If there is a more appropriate list for this discussion let me know. ] The list does exist. For some reason it wasn'

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-20 Thread Junichi Uekawa
severity 112723 critical thanks David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 02:20:31PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > This is, IMO a bogus bug. > > Go and fix a real bug. There are enough already. > > A package that will do grave damage to your system if inst

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-20 Thread David Starner
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 02:20:31PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > This is, IMO a bogus bug. > Go and fix a real bug. There are enough already. A package that will do grave damage to your system if installed is not a real bug? -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pointless website: http://dvdeug

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-20 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit A note. > Good. Send me a patch. > I will apply it. ... after woody, probably. It has been there since potato, and I don't think I will make a last minute change to a package. This is, IMO a bogus bug. Go and fix a real bug. There are enou

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:01:24 -0400 Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > It looks like more and more of these are popping up. It seems to me that by the way, I think we're losing lots of the benefits our release/test cycle is suppose to give us... I see many people making last-hour change

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-19 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:01:24AM -0400, Norbert Veber wrote: > packages such as diskless-image-secure, diskless-image-simple, xfsprogs-bf, > e2fsprogs-bf should automatically qualify for grave or even critical bugs > for breaking your system if installed. read the description for xfsprogs-bf and

Re: Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-19 Thread Junichi Uekawa
In Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:01:24 -0400 Norbert cum veritate scripsit : > Why are such things allowed into the archive? Will these things ever > even > make it into testing given that they are uninstallable? diskless-image-secure | 0.3.6 |stable | all diskless-image-secure | 0.3.15 |

Purposely broken/uninstallable packages in archive

2001-09-19 Thread Norbert Veber
Hi, It looks like more and more of these are popping up. It seems to me that packages such as diskless-image-secure, diskless-image-simple, xfsprogs-bf, e2fsprogs-bf should automatically qualify for grave or even critical bugs for breaking your system if installed. From the description of diskle

Re: Debian testing - uninstallable packages

2001-09-16 Thread Anthony Towns
em - currently unanswered. Right. There're a few packages that aren't installable in woody. There're also a number that're out of sync, or that have RC bugs, or whatever. It's not perfect, and it shouldn't really be expected to be. FWIW, there're accurate lists of unins

Debian testing - uninstallable packages

2001-09-15 Thread Andrew M. Bishop
[ I sent this to debian-testing a month ago, but the mailing list ] [ doesn't exist anymore - it is not archived at http://list.debian.org/ ] [ If there is a more appropriate list for this discussion let me know. ] The debian FAQ (/usr/share/debian/FAQ) says the following: : Packages are i

Re: Uninstallable packages & testing

2000-03-29 Thread Richard Braakman
On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 01:20:33PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > tkirc (not installable on any arch, depends on ircii, which isn't in > potato or woody) ircii is now in non-us. Richard Braakman

Re: Uninstallable packages & testing

2000-03-29 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 01:20:33PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > There's a list of uninstallable packages for both woody and potato > (sorted by source package) linked from there too. Stats for potato at > the moment are: (number of uninstallable binary packages by arch) >

Uninstallable packages & testing

2000-03-28 Thread Anthony Towns
Hello world, My `testing' distribution thing is back up on auric (rather than lully) now. http://auric.debian.org/~ajt/ . It's running daily or so. There's a list of uninstallable packages for both woody and potato (sorted by source package) linked from there too. Stats for potat

Re: Uninstallable Packages

1999-10-06 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Filip" == Filip Van Raemdonck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Filip> IMO there's yet another issue to consider (which brings another Filip> complication with it): there may be people who will want both Filip> mesa and glx, if they own a Riva or Matrox + Voodoo* add-on Filip> board. /me waves his h

Re: Uninstallable Packages

1999-10-06 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
Joseph Carter wrote: > On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 10:13:51PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > > Depends: libgl1 ; which doesn't exist > > This exists in CVS. libGL.so.1 is what is used by the latest versions of > GLX and Mesa. I think the problem was coming up with a sane way to make

Re: Uninstallable Packages

1999-10-05 Thread Joseph Carter
On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 10:13:51PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Packages with unknown dependencies: > > clanlib0-display-fbdev-dev > clanlib0-display-ggi-dev > clanlib0-display-glx > clanlib0-display-glx-dev > clanlib0-display-svgalib-dev > clanlib0-display-x11-dev >

Re: Uninstallable Packages

1999-10-05 Thread Petr Cech
On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 10:13:51PM +1000 , Anthony Towns wrote: > Hello world, > > I'm experimenting with a script to work out whether packages are > installable or not. I figured the world at large might be interested in > some of the results. > > The following packages are not installable (ie,

Uninstallable Packages

1999-10-05 Thread Anthony Towns
Hello world, I'm experimenting with a script to work out whether packages are installable or not. I figured the world at large might be interested in some of the results. The following packages are not installable (ie, their Depends:, Recommends:, and Conflicts: can't be concurrently satisfied) u