Re: Simple questions about making a package

Le Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 11:50:36AM +0200, Sami Dalouche écrivait: > I'm learning how to create a package but I don't understand why the dirs > file exists. All the directories are created when we type a make install, > aren't they ? Usually yes. But you may need additional (empty or not) directori

Simple questions about making a package

Hi ! I'm learning how to create a package but I don't understand why the dirs file exists. All the directories are created when we type a make install, aren't they ? Does anyone know if there exists a way to specify some dependencies informations in the rules file ? When a software uses auto{con

Re: NMU's

On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 11:50:09AM -0500, chris mckillop wrote: > Here is my first question... > > If I have built a package for a platform port (wdm on > Sparc/UltraSparc in this case) from a source package already in > unstable, do I replace the Maintainer's info with mine in > debian/cont

NMU's

Here is my first question... If I have built a package for a platform port (wdm on Sparc/UltraSparc in this case) from a source package already in unstable, do I replace the Maintainer's info with mine in debian/control file for pgp signing or do I do it with a command line option to dpkg-

RE: score files for games

Christian T. Steigies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On: Thursday, July 08, 1999 12:04 PM > [...] > The source contains a gif image, do I have to remove that or > ask the author > to convert it to something "better"? The image itself is not > needed, its just ... there. GIF format is not restricted, nor re

Re: exec ./configure ${1+"$@"}

On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 03:48:49PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: > I've seen this line in the dh_configure file of the mutt package and I'm > asking some questions about this : > > 1 ) Is the exec necessary ? What does it stand for ? It executes the configure script, as opposed to mearly ca

Re: score files for games

I suggest /var/games/; it's the FHS place. -Jim --- Jim Lynch Finger for pgp key as Laney College CIS admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.laney.edu/~jim/ as Debian developer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/~jwl/ > > Date:Thu, 08 Jul 1999 11:03:45 +0200 > To:

achieving secure web services for the masses

Hello everyone! I would greatly like to hear as much feedback as possible about a project that I am proposing will be licensed under the GPL. It is a project that will bring about web mail that handles encryption and decryption. The web based email will live on an https server. This is the core o

Re: small c problem

Jeff Licquia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 08:30:51PM -0700, Darren O. Benham wrote: > > > > No, well, yes.. well.. for starters, you need a buffer, not a pointer. > > rad_cmd has no space to hold "number:444". Change it to > > char rad_cmd[x] where x is some number that

score files for games

Hi, stupid little question of somebody who is too lazy to read through all the docs again: Where should the score files of a game be stored? Automake/conf has proposed /usr/com/ but I guess Ill be badly hurt if I use that... bsdgames is using /var/lib/games/ should that be used also? The configure

Re: exec ./configure ${1+"$@"}

Sami Dalouche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've seen this line in the dh_configure file of the mutt package and I'm > asking some questions about this : > > 1 ) Is the exec necessary ? What does it stand for ? it terminates the current shell and executes the command instead. If the command is t

Re: small c problem

On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 08:30:51PM -0700, Darren O. Benham wrote: > > No, well, yes.. well.. for starters, you need a buffer, not a pointer. > rad_cmd has no space to hold "number:444". Change it to > char rad_cmd[x] where x is some number that will hold the maximum size of > the string + 1. >

Re: question about version number

>> "Stephan" == Stephan A Suerken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stephan> I hope the original poster is aware of our in-depth analysis Stephan> of the problem? We might consider packaging this thread Stephan> itself, to make it available for the whole debian community Stephan> in a convenient way.