Re: GIF files in package

2000-01-29 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
If you do that, your .diff.gz will try to have a binary file in it. You can cure that by converting the graphic into a base64 encoded text file, for the diff.gz, and then in debian/rules, when you go to install it in `build', you turn it back into a graphic and install that.

[boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-29 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> Thanks for your comments. I have changed the system as Adam> follows: Adam> [... code snip elided ...] Adam> Thus, 2.0 compat is retained by default. Adam> As you can see, the question is only answered if the v

Re: shlib dependencies

2000-01-29 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 04:43:06PM -0500, Ben Darnell wrote: > No, that's not the problem: > % cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/mesag3-glide2.shlibs > libGL 1 libgl1 > libGLU 1 libgl1 > > The package is correctly depending on libgl1 instead of mesag3-glide2. > The problem is that linking against the m

Re: dh_installinfo ?

2000-01-29 Thread Brian May
> "Sven" == Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> Nothing gets installed by installinfo. Sure you dont give dh_installinfo the -n parameter? ...it works for me (heimdal-docs)... the only problem I have ever had is when the upstream makefile installs the info page as well as dh_