Re: debhelper

1998-08-18 Thread Joey Hess
Darren Benham wrote: > To date, I've been using the deb-make packages to handle my packages... After > following a recent conversation, I figured I'd give debhelper a try but I'm > having trouble finding a suitable "Starting place" to aquaint myself with it. > Anybody point me in the right directi

debhelper

1998-08-18 Thread Darren Benham
To date, I've been using the deb-make packages to handle my packages... After following a recent conversation, I figured I'd give debhelper a try but I'm having trouble finding a suitable "Starting place" to aquaint myself with it. Anybody point me in the right direction for learning debhelper? -

Re: New maintainer's packaging - bewildering variety of information

1998-08-18 Thread Charles Briscoe-Smith
Jules Bean wrote: >[about the various packaging helpers available] Maybe this is the right time to make my packaging helper available? (Yes, another packaging helper.) I've been a Debian developer for about a year now, and I've been using my "generic debian/rules" for all my packages. I think it

Re: Mount error

1998-08-18 Thread Matthew Wilcox
> I am trying to get at my /etc/fstab file, but am getting the error below > when I try the following: > > - mkdir /tmp/mnt > - mount /dev/hda1 /tmp/mnt > > Error: "mount: you must specify the file type" > > I'm still quite niave when it comes to Linux. What's the proper syntax > with

Re: New maintainer's packaging - bewildering variety of information

1998-08-18 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sun, Aug 16, 1998 at 12:17:45PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I am biased about this, so my rationale might not be the best > thing to look for. But the bottom line is that you should do what is > right for you, and the majority of people start out by using > debhelper or equivalent.

Mount error

1998-08-18 Thread kolds
All, I am trying to get at my /etc/fstab file, but am getting the error below when I try the following: - mkdir /tmp/mnt - mount /dev/hda1 /tmp/mnt Error: "mount: you must specify the file type" I'm still quite niave when it comes to Linux. What's the proper syntax with 'mount'? Th