Re: Excluding files from source diff

1998-12-29 Thread Samuel Tardieu
> "Joey" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Can't you do an export before running dpkg-buildpackage similar Joey> to CVS? Sure, I could, but I would also like to be able to work "in place" to be able to test changes. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Package replacement

1998-12-29 Thread Joseph Carter
On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 04:12:36AM -0500, Zephaniah E, Hull wrote: > > BTW, A better place to ask might be the debian-mentors mailing list.. > > *blushes* > Errrm, ignore that line please, remind me to look at what group I'm > reading next time? /me bops Mercury -- NO ONE expects the Spanish In

Re: Determining if package installed

1998-12-29 Thread Martin Schulze
LaMont Jones wrote: > I have a package (Postfix) that wants to behave differently if NIS is > installed (more to the point, if there is an NIS alias map). Since I've > managed to remain almost completely clueless on NIS, I was hoping someone > could tell me the best way to see if NIS is installed,

Re: Gnu Privacy Guard

1998-12-29 Thread Martin Schulze
Anthony W. Juckel wrote: > I was just wondering what the status was of gpg and its relation to the > debian project. Can new developers user gpg keys instead of pgp keys (it GnuPg is becoming more stable. > debian project. Can new developers user gpg keys instead of pgp keys (it Currently you

Re: Excluding files from source diff

1998-12-29 Thread Martin Schulze
Samuel Tardieu wrote: > I maintain several packages using PRCS[1] and I'd like not to have the > package.prj and .prcs_aux files (located in the top directory) showing > up in the diff, since they don't belong to the sources. > > Is there anyway to tell dpkg-buildpackage to exclude some files fr

Re: Packaging beyond one's means

1998-12-29 Thread Martin Schulze
Jason Henry Parker wrote: > When I struggled to compile mozilla in 16M of ram, I got ENOMEM at > total of three times, I nearly had to shut the box down completely to > get it compiled. > > If I'd run out more often, I wouldn't consider this; but mozilla *is* > going to be a good browser, espescia

Re: packaging on master/va

1998-12-29 Thread Martin Schulze
[You should tell your mail program/editor to split up lines after about 70 characters. ] Andrew Feinberg wrote: > I'm a new maintainer, and I'd like to be able to keep the > package I'll be doing on master or va. The problem is, I don't know > how I would go about repackaging without breaking the

Re: Diversions example?

1998-12-29 Thread Martin Schulze
Mitch Blevins wrote: > Will someone please point me to a package that has a good example > of diversions. I am assuming that this is what I need to package > gnumaniac, which replaces the outdated man pages in the *-utils > gnu packages. Jein. I understand that dpkg-divert is only a workaround.

Re: Package replacement

1998-12-29 Thread Carey Evans
Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 29-Dec-98 Shane Wegner wrote: > > I am trying to install a new and more user friendly version > > of the write(1) utility. The trick is that it replaces /usr/bin/write and > > /usr/bin/mesg. > What you want is to use the /etc/alternatives directory and >

Re: Package replacement

1998-12-29 Thread Zephaniah E, Hull
On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 04:10:09AM -0500, Zephaniah E, Hull wrote: > BTW, A better place to ask might be the debian-mentors mailing list.. *blushes* Errrm, ignore that line please, remind me to look at what group I'm reading next time? Zephaniah E, Hull. > > Zephaniah E, Hull. -- PGP EA5198D

Re: Package replacement

1998-12-29 Thread Zephaniah E, Hull
On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 01:27:07AM -0500, Shaleh wrote: > What you want is to use the /etc/alternatives directory and > update-alternatives. Negative, alternatives only works if all packages which provide the file use it... I think dpkg-divert might do what you need though, however I have never u

Re: No upstream version, et al

1998-12-29 Thread Tyson Dowd
On 29-Dec-1998, Anthony Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Debian developers, > > I'm still very new in creating Debian packages, so here are two of > my silly questions :) > > Q1: What should be the version of a package if the upstream source does > not have a version number? Should I use

RE: Package replacement

1998-12-29 Thread Shaleh
What you want is to use the /etc/alternatives directory and update-alternatives. On 29-Dec-98 Shane Wegner wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hi, > > I am rather new to Debian and am wondering if someone here would be able > to point me in the right direction. So far, when I instal

Package replacement

1998-12-29 Thread Shane Wegner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, I am rather new to Debian and am wondering if someone here would be able to point me in the right direction. So far, when I install a source package, I Debianize it first. This way I can pull it out again and install it on other systems. I've come across

No upstream version, et al

1998-12-29 Thread Anthony Wong
Hi Debian developers, I'm still very new in creating Debian packages, so here are two of my silly questions :) Q1: What should be the version of a package if the upstream source does not have a version number? Should I use yymmdd or mmdd as the version? Q2: Currently I'm packaging a