Re: Bug#767999: base-files: fails to install with pre-jessie debootstrap

2014-11-07 Thread Michael Tautschnig
: > On Fri, 2014-11-07 at 08:30:39 +0000, Michael Tautschnig wrote: [...] > > I do agree with all the dpkg reasoning and in a way I'm grateful that dpkg > > made > > this bug surface. But really there shouldn't be any such dependency on the > > order >

Re: Bug#767999: base-files: fails to install with pre-jessie debootstrap

2014-11-07 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Guillem, KiBi, (It may be worthwhile taking a moment to read the bug logs of #766459 and #767999.) On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 8:34:49 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > Control: severity -1 serious > Control: retitle -1 dpkg: Correct fix breaks bogus assumptions in old > debootstrap > I'd say the bug

Re: Which version/change in dpkg made it fully honour file modes?

2014-08-08 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Hi Guillem, all, On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 14:01:33 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: [...] > > So it seems that wheezy's dpkg ignores this: > > > > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > > new file mode 12 > > > > while sid's dpkg fully interprets the this-is-a-symlink bit. > > Actually dpkg-source does not e

Re: Which version/change in dpkg made it fully honour file modes?

2014-06-14 Thread Michael Tautschnig
[...] > Actually dpkg-source does not even know about git-style patches, it's > just that the patch program has started recognizing them since version > 2.7. There's already 749070, and I had pending sending a mail to d-d, > precisely looking for possible build breakages. Anyway I'll try to whip >

Which version/change in dpkg made it fully honour file modes?

2014-06-14 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Dear dpkg devs, In my build setup I'm unpacking packages in a wheezy environment, and only then go to a sid chroot to build those packages. This has started to cause a bit of a headache with a handful of packages that introduce symlinks through quilt patches, resulting in errors like this: dpkg-s

c++ tag for dpkg-gensymbols is really cool!

2010-04-23 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Hi dpkg developers, I just wanted to say THANK YOU! for the cool new c++ tag in symbol files/dpkg-gensymbols. Now symbol files for C++ libraries have become truely manageable! Finally I can get away with a single symbols file for libdiagnostics0, just a few regex and optional tags, but no other ar

Re: Timeline for uploads to unstable?

2010-04-12 Thread Michael Tautschnig
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > Would you mind giving an update on the timeline for dpkg as far as uploads > > to > > unstable are concerned? In [1] it was announced that an upload to unstable > > would > > happen sometime before March 29t

Timeline for uploads to unstable?

2010-04-12 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Dear Masters of dpkg, Would you mind giving an update on the timeline for dpkg as far as uploads to unstable are concerned? In [1] it was announced that an upload to unstable would happen sometime before March 29th, if I parse "end of the weekend" correctly. That's two weeks ago, so could we get a