binary-indep and binary-arch

1998-12-09 Thread Jens Ritter
As I constantly run into problem when my packages are build on non i386, I would like to ask if this is ok: I have got a multi binary package (kbackup) which splits into kbackup (Architecture: all --- a shell script) kbackup-multibuf (any --- a C program) kbackup-doc (all --- html documentation)

Re: debhelper and dh_installcron: why make them executables?

1998-12-09 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Wednesday 9 December 1998, at 6 h 49, the keyboard of Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All scripts in the /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly} directories are > supposed to be executable. These are supposed to be shell scripts, that ... > you put it into. If you your cron file is nothing m

Re: new maintainer: upload to frozen?

1998-12-09 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 01:15:01AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 01:04:26AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > > > I've taken over maintaining an already packaged program. Should I > > > upload to frozen so that I'll be the maintainer-of-record w

Re: debhelper and dh_installcron: why make them executables?

1998-12-09 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 10:19:01AM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > Whose fault is it? dh_installcron? (It just calls install without the -m > option.) Mine? All scripts in the /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly} directories are supposed to be executable. These are supposed to be shell scripts

Re: Multi-platform packages

1998-12-09 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 12:16:49AM -0500, Mike Goldman wrote: > > Assuming that I can manage to create a working Alpha executable, > nevertheless I am not sure how then to go about releasing a > multi-platform package? Does there have to be a separate Alpha > maintainer, Sparc maintainer, etc.?

debhelper and dh_installcron: why make them executables?

1998-12-09 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
For the first time, I have a cron file for a package. The file is in the debian directory: ezili:~/Debian/packages/bigbrother/bigbrother-1.08a> ls -alt debian/cron.daily -rw-r--r-- 1 bortzbortz 75 Dec 8 14:20 debian/cron.daily And the debian/rules contain: dh_i

Re: new maintainer: upload to frozen?

1998-12-09 Thread Chris Waters
Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 01:04:26AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > > I've taken over maintaining an already packaged program. Should I > > upload to frozen so that I'll be the maintainer-of-record when it > > becomes stable? Does the fact that I've found and fixed a ver

Re: Multi-platform packages

1998-12-09 Thread Tor Slettnes
> "Mike" == Mike Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mike> I have a package (oo2c, an optimizing Oberon-2 compiler) Mike> which is presently released for i386. A bug-report was Mike> filed against it, that it did not build on Alpha [...] Mike> Assuming that I can manage to cr

Multi-platform packages

1998-12-09 Thread Mike Goldman
Hello. I'm still a relatively new Debian maintainer, and learning the ropes. I have a package (oo2c, an optimizing Oberon-2 compiler) which is presently released for i386. A bug-report was filed against it, that it did not build on Alpha, and I therefore investigated the matter with the upstream

Linking Machines

1998-12-09 Thread Sean P. Mason
I was wondering. . . I have a bunch of old machines, and I was wondering if it was possible to link them all together to act as a single machine under Linux. I can't seem to find any information elsewhere thus far. I have six 386 Sx-16s with a meg of RAM and 40 megs of space each, and one machine