Re: Lib packaging question

1998-04-18 Thread James Troup
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam P. Harris) writes: > (Hint: You should call ldconfig in postinst if and only if $1 = > configure). http://www.nl.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-policy-9803/msg00338.html> Hint: I already know what I'm talking about. You were wrong, give up and admit it. (You said "Nop

Re: Lib packaging question

1998-04-18 Thread Adam P. Harris
James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam P. Harris) writes: > > > > postinst: > > > ldconfig > > > > Nope. > > Bzzt, wrong answer, you lose, humans die. > > RTFM (the latest versions, still in Incoming). The packaging manual > got this wrong for a long time, and th

Re: Config file format [may] change

1998-04-18 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 17 Apr 1998 07:55:24 +0200, Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > said: > > Turbo> How to I 'force' a user to install the new one, when they > Turbo> upgrade? I'm thinking about dpkg's 'Okay to install new > Turbo> version (N is u

Re: Lib packaging question

1998-04-18 Thread James Troup
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: > Q: What's `FUD' mean? :FUD: /fuhd/ /n./ Defined by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM to found his own company: "FUD is the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people instill in the minds of potential customers who might be considering

Re: Lib packaging question

1998-04-18 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "James" == James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: James> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam P. Harris) writes: >> > postinst: > ldconfig >> >> Nope. James> Bzzt, wrong answer, you lose, humans die. James> RTFM (the latest versions, still in Incoming). The James> packagi

Re: Bug#21315: wmaker: Fails to configure before xbase

1998-04-18 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On 17 Apr 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > Setting up wmaker (0.14.1-2) ... > Update-menus: waiting for dpkg to finish (forking to background) > Update-menus: (checking /var/lib/dpkg/lock) > grep: /etc/X11/window-managers: No such file or directory > Do you want to make WindowMaker the default window mana