Help with packaging libraries

2000-11-15 Thread catlee
Hi there, I'm attempting to packing the OpenIL library (openil.sourceforge.net), and I'm running into some problems. I used dh_make to set up the debian directory for me, I edited the project's makefile so that it installed relative to $(DESTDIR), I edited debian/control. When I do dpkg-buildpac

Help with packaging libraries

2000-11-15 Thread catlee
Hi there, I'm attempting to packing the OpenIL library (openil.sourceforge.net), and I'm running into some problems. I used dh_make to set up the debian directory for me, I edited the project's makefile so that it installed relative to $(DESTDIR), I edited debian/control. When I do dpkg-buildpa

Re: new maintainer needing some fast help

2000-11-15 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 01:04:21AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome to the project! BTW, please wrap your lines at 72 characters, it makes life a lot easier for a lot of people. > The first thing I'd like to ask is that what is the difference > between an orphaned and an adoptable package

Re: new maintainer needing some fast help

2000-11-15 Thread Britton
> Hi! > > I'm a new maintainer, and I have some probably trivial questions. If you can > say where can I find the information, that would be very nice. > > The first thing I'd like to ask is that what is the difference between an > orphaned and an adoptable package ? > (I'd like to adopt tama

new maintainer needing some fast help

2000-11-15 Thread paradise
Hi! I'm a new maintainer, and I have some probably trivial questions. If you can say where can I find the information, that would be very nice. The first thing I'd like to ask is that what is the difference between an orphaned and an adoptable package ? (I'd like to adopt tama if possible). And

Re: new maintainer needing some fast help

2000-11-15 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 01:04:21AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome to the project! BTW, please wrap your lines at 72 characters, it makes life a lot easier for a lot of people. > The first thing I'd like to ask is that what is the difference > between an orphaned and an adoptable packag

Re: new maintainer needing some fast help

2000-11-15 Thread Britton
> Hi! > > I'm a new maintainer, and I have some probably trivial questions. If you can say >where can I find the information, that would be very nice. > > The first thing I'd like to ask is that what is the difference between an orphaned >and an adoptable package ? > (I'd like to adopt tama i

new maintainer needing some fast help

2000-11-15 Thread paradise
Hi! I'm a new maintainer, and I have some probably trivial questions. If you can say where can I find the information, that would be very nice. The first thing I'd like to ask is that what is the difference between an orphaned and an adoptable package ? (I'd like to adopt tama if possible). An

Re: Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On 20001115T123053-0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > Is there any way I can do this? > > Use substvars (see dpkg-genchanges(1)). My package "build-essential" > does this. Cool. Thanks much! -Adam P. Welcome to the best software in the world today

Re: Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 07:46:42PM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On 20001115T123053-0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > Is there any way I can do this? > > Use substvars (see dpkg-genchanges(1)). My package "build-essential" > does this. This is also a good idea, and might be simpler. --

Re: Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:30:53PM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Hello, > > I have a package which depends on atlas-dev for non-PPC, and lapack-dev > for PPC, (atlas doesn't build on PPC because of a compiler bug). > > I noticed that freeamp has arches in Build-Depends, e.g. nasm [i386], > but

Re: Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20001115T123053-0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Is there any way I can do this? Use substvars (see dpkg-genchanges(1)). My package "build-essential" does this. -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%%

Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Hello, I have a package which depends on atlas-dev for non-PPC, and lapack-dev for PPC, (atlas doesn't build on PPC because of a compiler bug). I noticed that freeamp has arches in Build-Depends, e.g. nasm [i386], but putting this in Depends: for a binary package results in an error. Is there an

Re: Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On 20001115T123053-0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > Is there any way I can do this? > > Use substvars (see dpkg-genchanges(1)). My package "build-essential" > does this. Cool. Thanks much! -Adam P. Welcome to the best software in the world today

Re: Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 07:46:42PM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On 20001115T123053-0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > Is there any way I can do this? > > Use substvars (see dpkg-genchanges(1)). My package "build-essential" > does this. This is also a good idea, and might be simpler. -

Re: Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:30:53PM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Hello, > > I have a package which depends on atlas-dev for non-PPC, and lapack-dev > for PPC, (atlas doesn't build on PPC because of a compiler bug). > > I noticed that freeamp has arches in Build-Depends, e.g. nasm [i386], > bu

Re: Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20001115T123053-0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Is there any way I can do this? Use substvars (see dpkg-genchanges(1)). My package "build-essential" does this. -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Arch-dependent Depends:

2000-11-15 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Hello, I have a package which depends on atlas-dev for non-PPC, and lapack-dev for PPC, (atlas doesn't build on PPC because of a compiler bug). I noticed that freeamp has arches in Build-Depends, e.g. nasm [i386], but putting this in Depends: for a binary package results in an error. Is there a