Re: xwatch package done

1998-11-19 Thread Dale E. Martin
Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's too bad we need root access just to build a package. Otherwise I > could build on master or something (I don't really what version it runs). > I've never looked at why we need root to make packages. Why is that > anyway? It's because you hav

Re: xwatch package done

1998-11-19 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Adam Di Carlo wrote: > "Peter" == Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd be pleased if someone could take a look at my xwatch package in > > ~psg/ on master. I'll upload it only after I get blessing, since > > it's my first package. > > > One glitch I'm aware of is that I'm sti

Re: Source in upload?

1998-11-19 Thread Mitch Blevins
Adam Di Carlo wrote: > "Mitch" == Mitch Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > James Troup wrote: > >> Yep. `-sa' to dpkg-buildpackage is your friend. See the fine > >> manual for more details. > > > =20 Very good, thanks. This will help me to avoid this problem in > > the future. For now, do

Re: Source in upload?

1998-11-19 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Mitch" == Mitch Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > James Troup wrote: >> Yep. `-sa' to dpkg-buildpackage is your friend. See the fine >> manual for more details. > =20 Very good, thanks. This will help me to avoid this problem in > the future. For now, do I just manually upload the *.orig.t

Re: xwatch package done

1998-11-19 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Peter" == Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wrote: >> I'd be pleased if someone could take a look at my xwatch package in >> ~psg/ on master. I'll upload it only after I get blessing, since >> it's my first package. > One glitch I'm aware of is that I'm still using hamm, so may

Re: correct location for (java) jar files

1998-11-19 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Allan" == Allan M Wind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the correct location for (java) jar files? /usr/lib/java > /usr/share/lib/java > Or something else? > It would (also?) be useful to have a $DIR with symlinks from other > locations, say: /usr/lib/jdk1.1/lib -> $DIR for buildin

Re: My vanity Web page on Debian

1998-11-19 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Raphael" == Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 11:34:06AM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer > écrivait: >> Is there a policy about developer's Web pages? I saw that I can put >> pages on master and they are available as >> http://master.debian.org/~bortz. But I would li

Re: Checking if directory is empty in postrm

1998-11-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
> However, a new question arises. Will this work in all cases: > > rmdir $LDIR 2>/dev/null && grep -v $LDIR $LDSOCONF >$tmpfile && mv $tmpfile > $LDSOCONF || true > rm $tempfile # just in case the mv failed, or grep failed partly > > Or is there any trap door I miss? What if you have a direct