On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:03:44PM +0100, J?r?me Marant wrote:
> Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:52:32PM +0100, J=E9r=F4me Marant wrote:
> > > Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >=20
> > > > Don't mark the file as a conffile?
> >=20
> > > Ok, bu
On 02-Feb-2001 William Burrow wrote:
> I have decided to rescue one of the orphaned packages slated for removal
> from Debian. I wonder if anyone can lend me a hand getting started.
> The New Maintainers' doc and Debian Developers' docs have been helpful,
> but I have more questions. e.g. Does m
I have decided to rescue one of the orphaned packages slated for removal
from Debian. I wonder if anyone can lend me a hand getting started.
The New Maintainers' doc and Debian Developers' docs have been helpful,
but I have more questions. e.g. Does my gpg key need to be signed (I
live in the sti
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:03:44PM +0100, J?r?me Marant wrote:
> Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:52:32PM +0100, J=E9r=F4me Marant wrote:
> > > Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >=20
> > > > Don't mark the file as a conffile?
> >=20
> > > Ok, b
On 02-Feb-2001 William Burrow wrote:
> I have decided to rescue one of the orphaned packages slated for removal
> from Debian. I wonder if anyone can lend me a hand getting started.
> The New Maintainers' doc and Debian Developers' docs have been helpful,
> but I have more questions. e.g. Does
I have decided to rescue one of the orphaned packages slated for removal
from Debian. I wonder if anyone can lend me a hand getting started.
The New Maintainers' doc and Debian Developers' docs have been helpful,
but I have more questions. e.g. Does my gpg key need to be signed (I
live in the st
On 1 Feb 2001, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Marcus> On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:35:53PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>
> >> Have we accepted that mediocrity is really our lot? What
> >> happened to the quest for excellence? I joi
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:03:44PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> So, if I understood correctly, I could do something like this in the
> postinst :
> # Copying a default file if it does not exist
> if [ ! -f /etc/myconf.conf ]; then
> cp /usr/share/doc/mypackage/examples/myco
On 1 Feb 2001, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Marcus> On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:35:53PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>
> >> Have we accepted that mediocrity is really our lot? What
> >> happened to the quest for excellence? I jo
>
> So recipient has to use patch -p1 (or rename his archive) right?
> Do you tell them or just let'em figure it out?
>
> mv pkg pkg.orig
> diff -pruN pkg.orig pkg
>
> is too dangerous (for the recipient)?
>
patch is very smart. It can figure out what files to patch even if the dir
names have
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:03:44PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> So, if I understood correctly, I could do something like this in the
> postinst :
> # Copying a default file if it does not exist
> if [ ! -f /etc/myconf.conf ]; then
> cp /usr/share/doc/mypackage/examples/mycon
Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:52:32PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > Don't mark the file as a conffile?
>
> > Ok, but how can I keep the file unmodified across upgrades ?
>
> Don't include it in the p
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:52:32PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Don't mark the file as a conffile?
> Ok, but how can I keep the file unmodified across upgrades ?
Don't include it in the package at all and have your scripts update it as
needed.
Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Don't mark the file as a conffile?
Ok, but how can I keep the file unmodified across upgrades ?
--
Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
Debian Activity Page:
http://jerome.marant.free.fr/debian
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>
> So recipient has to use patch -p1 (or rename his archive) right?
> Do you tell them or just let'em figure it out?
>
> mv pkg pkg.orig
> diff -pruN pkg.orig pkg
>
> is too dangerous (for the recipient)?
>
patch is very smart. It can figure out what files to patch even if the dir
names hav
* (Jérôme Marant)
| I know I'm not doing The Right Thing since I'm modifying conffiles
| but I don't understand why this would not be elegant and disgusting.
Because you'll get questions from dpkg about a changed conffile.
| I would apreciate any suggestion for improving this.
Don't ma
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 03:14:13AM -1000, Brian Russo wrote:
> >
> > Would the stripping all be done automatically and properly if I just ran
> > dh_strip on its own?
>
> Assuming it's located correctly in the rules, ya,
>
OK, I'll give it a go. Thanks!
Drew
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On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:56:30PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 01:42:08PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note --strip-unneeded
> > debian/tmp/usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2
> >
>
>
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 01:42:08PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Drew Parsons wrote:
>
> >...
> > W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2 .note
> > W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2
> > .comment
> >
> >
> > I got
Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:52:32PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > Don't mark the file as a conffile?
>
> > Ok, but how can I keep the file unmodified across upgrades ?
>
> Don't include it in the pa
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 01:21:28PM +0100, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:17:23PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > Getting back to the meschach libraries, which I was asking about a little
> > while ago, when I run lintian on the built packages, I get the following
> > error rep
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Drew Parsons wrote:
>...
> W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2 .note
> W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2 .comment
>
>
> I got no idea whatsoever what the second two messages mean. I'm compiling
> the library
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:17:23PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> Getting back to the meschach libraries, which I was asking about a little
> while ago, when I run lintian on the built packages, I get the following
> error report:
>
> W: meschach-dev: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig
> W: mesc
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:52:32PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Don't mark the file as a conffile?
> Ok, but how can I keep the file unmodified across upgrades ?
Don't include it in the package at all and have your scripts update it as
needed.
Getting back to the meschach libraries, which I was asking about a little
while ago, when I run lintian on the built packages, I get the following
error report:
W: meschach-dev: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig
W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2 .note
W: me
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 11:52:31AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Drew Parsons wrote:
> > Anyway, I tried also using dpkg-statoverride in postinst to set the mode for
> > /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic, not just /var/lib... and do get the same
> > problem:
> >
> > warning: --update given but /usr/lib/game
Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Don't mark the file as a conffile?
Ok, but how can I keep the file unmodified across upgrades ?
--
Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
Debian Activity Page:
http://jerome.marant.free.fr/debian
--
Hi,
I'm working on a set of packages that use debconf a lot.
Each package have its own configuration file and I decided to make
them conffiles as I want them to be kept during upgrades. However,
Policy does not allow conffiles to be modified by maintainers
scripts.
Up till now, I h
* (Jérôme Marant)
| I know I'm not doing The Right Thing since I'm modifying conffiles
| but I don't understand why this would not be elegant and disgusting.
Because you'll get questions from dpkg about a changed conffile.
| I would apreciate any suggestion for improving this.
Don't mar
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 03:14:13AM -1000, Brian Russo wrote:
> >
> > Would the stripping all be done automatically and properly if I just ran
> > dh_strip on its own?
>
> Assuming it's located correctly in the rules, ya,
>
OK, I'll give it a go. Thanks!
Drew
--
PGP public key
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:56:30PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 01:42:08PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note --strip-unneeded
>debian/tmp/usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2
> >
>
> Oh
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 01:42:08PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Drew Parsons wrote:
>
> >...
> > W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2 .note
> > W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2 .comment
> >
> >
> > I got no i
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 01:21:28PM +0100, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:17:23PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > Getting back to the meschach libraries, which I was asking about a little
> > while ago, when I run lintian on the built packages, I get the following
> > error re
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Drew Parsons wrote:
>...
> W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2 .note
> W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2 .comment
>
>
> I got no idea whatsoever what the second two messages mean. I'm compiling
> the librar
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:17:23PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> Getting back to the meschach libraries, which I was asking about a little
> while ago, when I run lintian on the built packages, I get the following
> error report:
>
> W: meschach-dev: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig
> W: mes
Getting back to the meschach libraries, which I was asking about a little
while ago, when I run lintian on the built packages, I get the following
error report:
W: meschach-dev: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig
W: meschach: binary-has-unneeded-section ./usr/lib/libmeschach.so.1.2 .note
W: m
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 11:52:31AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Drew Parsons wrote:
> > Anyway, I tried also using dpkg-statoverride in postinst to set the mode for
> > /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic, not just /var/lib... and do get the same problem:
> >
> > warning: --update given but /usr/lib/games/mi
Hi,
I'm working on a set of packages that use debconf a lot.
Each package have its own configuration file and I decided to make
them conffiles as I want them to be kept during upgrades. However,
Policy does not allow conffiles to be modified by maintainers
scripts.
Up till now, I
On Thursday 1 February 2001, at 17 h 8, the keyboard of Gordon Sadler
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This program is arbitrarily changing MAC addresses? Sounds odd.
DecNet v4 always worked that way. MAC addresses are constructed from level-3
addresses, so it needs no ARP.
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