Re: [buildd-tools-devel] Bug#714733: Inside a schroot environment renaming directories inside /tmp fails in GNU/Hurd

2013-07-03 Thread Roger Leigh
On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 01:32:07PM +0200, Mattias Ellert wrote: > tis 2013-07-02 klockan 11:43 +0100 skrev Roger Leigh: > > > What's different about /tmp inside the chroot? Is it bind mounted > > (or the hurd equivalent) inside the chroot? What is the configuration >

Re: Bug#669647: ITP: hurd-cvsfs -- CVS virtual filesystem for the GNU Hurd

2013-05-05 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, May 05, 2013 at 09:39:35PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Roger Leigh, le Mon 10 Dec 2012 22:38:12 +, a écrit : > > Just to touch back on this topic. I would definitely like to remove > > the initscripts support for mtab generation for jessie. >

Bug#701516: hurd: Please support /proc/mounts or equivalent for dynamic /etc/mtab

2013-02-23 Thread Roger Leigh
Package: hurd Version: 20130105-1 Severity: important This has been mentioned several times on the hurd mailing list and on IRC. Just filing a bug so this isn't forgotten. Hurd is the only remaining Debian platform not supporting a dynamic /etc/mtab. Linux and kFreeBSD both link /etc/mtab to /p

Re: Bug#669647: ITP: hurd-cvsfs -- CVS virtual filesystem for the GNU Hurd

2012-12-10 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:38:12PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > Just to touch back on this topic. I would definitely like to remove > the initscripts support for mtab generation for jessie. An initial patch to do this is queued on the jessie-pending branch here: http://anonscm.debi

Re: Bug#669647: ITP: hurd-cvsfs -- CVS virtual filesystem for the GNU Hurd

2012-12-10 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 03:47:18PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 11:20 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Roger Leigh, le Mon 23 Apr 2012 09:44:32 +0100, a écrit : > > > Yet we are carrying > > > around large amounts of code and extra initscripts to

Re: Sysvinit error on apt-get update

2011-12-19 Thread Roger Leigh
ld be good if a Hurd porter could perhaps see why--I can't see anything obviously wrong.. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.n

Re: DSO linking changes for wheezy

2010-11-16 Thread Roger Leigh
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 07:04:53PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > On 16.11.2010 10:42, Roger Leigh wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 01:14:09AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: >>> On 14.11.2010 13:19, Julien Cristau wrote: >>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 15:43:

Re: DSO linking changes for wheezy

2010-11-16 Thread Roger Leigh
linker. See the already filed bug reports. This change is one I can agree with on technical grounds, though it will cause a great deal of pain in the short term. Have we got any estimates on exactly how much breakage will result before the change gets made? Regards, Roger -- .'&#

Re: DSO linking changes for wheezy

2010-11-15 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:02:57PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > On 14.11.2010 16:06, Roger Leigh wrote: >>>> While I understand the rationale for --no-copy-dt-needed-entries for >>>> preventing encapsulation violations via indirect linking, I don't agree >>

Re: DSO linking changes for wheezy

2010-11-14 Thread Roger Leigh
library changes how it works but without changing its public interface, I could be screwed again in six months time. This is partly the fault of Boost for exposing its internals in its headers, but disallowing indirect linking make it worse. Overall, it could be for the best, but it will be painf

Re: DSO linking changes for wheezy

2010-11-14 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 01:51:49PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 04:19:10PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 03:43:57PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > > For wheezy I'm planning to change the linking behaviour for DSOs (turning &

Re: DSO linking changes for wheezy

2010-11-07 Thread Roger Leigh
*should not be second-guessing the user*. This can break perfectly legitimate code making use of ELF constructors and other features which won't be picked out just by looking at symbol usage. Thanks, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://p

Porter help needed to build latest upstream PAM

2007-08-05 Thread Roger Leigh
y all the patches, unapply and boostrap the autotools, respectively. The same considerations may also apply to the FreeBSD ports. It might just build, but it might need some tweaking. Thanks, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://peopl

Re: buildd-tools sbuild post-etch

2007-04-10 Thread Roger Leigh
Barry deFreese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Roger Leigh wrote: >> Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> I'm curious: What will happen on the hurd-i386 architecture? Last time >>> I checked fakeroot did not work well enough to be

Re: buildd-tools sbuild post-etch

2007-04-09 Thread Roger Leigh
Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Roger Leigh wrote: > >> > 2. Security (and Extensibility) >> > --- >> > >> [remove sudo support for security, and use schroot to manage chroots] >> [

Re: buildd-tools sbuild post-etch

2007-04-09 Thread Roger Leigh
Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Roger Leigh wrote: > >> > 2. Security (and Extensibility) >> > --- >> > >> [remove sudo support for security, and use schroot to manage chroots] >> [

Re: patch for wanna-build (sysinfo/getloadavg)

2003-08-09 Thread Roger Leigh
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:14:57AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: >> Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Some days ago I posted this small patch for building wanna-build on >> > GNU, and as

Re: patch for wanna-build (sysinfo/getloadavg)

2003-08-03 Thread Roger Leigh
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 06:38:19PM +, Robert Millan wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:14:57AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: >> > [...] >> > >> > This seems rather complex! Why not just do something l

Re: patch for wanna-build (sysinfo/getloadavg)

2003-07-25 Thread Roger Leigh
ot just do something like: waittime = (long) (loadavg[0] / 16384) * 6 + 20; If you don't need SI_LOAD_SHIFT (Linux-specific??), it can probably be even simpler. > DPRINTF( "dir was not empty, sleeping\nload*4=%d waittime=%d\n", >

Re: Again, seeking advocate

2003-04-07 Thread Roger Leigh
ning the Debian packages upstream for over a year prior to my applying, so the NM process wasn't exactly a challenge. My only complaint is while awaiting DAM approval, there is absolutely no feedback about the status of your application, reasons for delay etc. A single mail c

Re: libexec in glibc

2002-10-11 Thread Roger Leigh
ly useful on Linux too (I would very much like to see libexec on GNU/Linux if and when the FHS adopts it). -- Roger Leigh "Liberty and Livelihood" - Support the Countryside Alliance Need Epson Stylus Utilities? http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 available on public keyservers

Re: J2, needed packages

2002-10-04 Thread Roger Leigh
Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 10:07:30PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/ijs/ > > > > Please note my i386 sid install is quite out of date since I'm on a > > very slow dialup link, so they

Re: J2, needed packages

2002-10-03 Thread Roger Leigh
Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The (signed) source is available from: > > http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/ijs/ > http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/gimp-print/ http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/gimp-print/stable/ -- Roger Leigh "Liberty an

Re: J2, needed packages

2002-10-03 Thread Roger Leigh
d) source is available from: http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/ijs/ http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/gimp-print/ Please note my i386 sid install is quite out of date since I'm on a very slow dialup link, so they will require rebuilding before upload. Regards, Roger - -- Roger Leigh &q

Re: where do NEW packages go?

2002-05-19 Thread Roger Leigh
if it is used at all, or why it would be used. The FHS does specify some specific files as well as the directory hierarchy, but they seem to be mostly generic. Unless anyone else has already/is going to submit a question to the FHS list about libexec, then I am willing to do so. I'll make