revamp of Net::GrpNetworks with unresponsive upstream?

2001-02-04 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, a few months ago, I tried packaging the perl module Net::GrpNetworks (http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/A/AR/ARVIEGAS/Net-GrpNetworks-1.08.tar.gz, released November 1999) as a Debian package and found that it is missing two features that I need. I contacted the package's author and got no reply

Re: what does maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token mean?

2001-02-04 Thread Joe Drew
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 10:54:00PM -0500, Jim Penny wrote: > Running lintian, I get warning > W: python-popy source: maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token debian/preinst > > What is a debhelper token? Where does one put it to fix the problem > being warned about? The debhelper token is #DEBHEL

Re: mentor request

2001-02-04 Thread Joshua Haberman
(I sent this to Brian privately, and then realized that I could also benefit from others on the list looking it over. Not to mention that it's a good program that you ought to try out anyway! :-) * Brian Russo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 06:42:11PM -0800, Joshua Haberman

what does maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token mean?

2001-02-04 Thread Jim Penny
Running lintian, I get warning W: python-popy source: maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token debian/preinst What is a debhelper token? Where does one put it to fix the problem being warned about? Thanks Jim Penny

Re: what does maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token mean?

2001-02-04 Thread Joe Drew
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 10:54:00PM -0500, Jim Penny wrote: > Running lintian, I get warning > W: python-popy source: maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token debian/preinst > > What is a debhelper token? Where does one put it to fix the problem > being warned about? The debhelper token is #DEBHE

what does maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token mean?

2001-02-04 Thread Jim Penny
Running lintian, I get warning W: python-popy source: maintainer-script-lacks-debhelper-token debian/preinst What is a debhelper token? Where does one put it to fix the problem being warned about? Thanks Jim Penny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: /usr/doc/tkman and the package maintainer duties.

2001-02-04 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 02:37:00AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > Although the build dir of my package (tkman) does not contain a usr/doc dir, > I > do get that dir after installation. > Can I be assured that I have fulfilled all my duties about not installing > anything in /usr/doc? According to

/usr/doc/tkman and the package maintainer duties.

2001-02-04 Thread Shaul Karl
Although the build dir of my package (tkman) does not contain a usr/doc dir, I do get that dir after installation. Can I be assured that I have fulfilled all my duties about not installing anything in /usr/doc? According to lintian there are no problems with the package. -- Sha

Re: Installing symbolic links

2001-02-04 Thread Ben Burton
> Why can't you just have the link inside the .deb created correctly by > the make install? Or am I missing something? No, I guess I was running with the mentality that there was this fabulous tool for creating symbolic links according to the standard and thus I should use it. :) I think I wi

Re: /usr/doc/tkman and the package maintainer duties.

2001-02-04 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 02:37:00AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > Although the build dir of my package (tkman) does not contain a usr/doc dir, I > do get that dir after installation. > Can I be assured that I have fulfilled all my duties about not installing > anything in /usr/doc? According to li

Re: Installing symbolic links

2001-02-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 01:22:07PM -0600, Ben Burton wrote: > > Hi. I am packaging an application for which the original source installs > itself all into the same directory. In order to comply with the FHS, I have > split the application into pieces beneath /usr/lib, /usr/share and /usr/bin.

/usr/doc/tkman and the package maintainer duties.

2001-02-04 Thread Shaul Karl
Although the build dir of my package (tkman) does not contain a usr/doc dir, I do get that dir after installation. Can I be assured that I have fulfilled all my duties about not installing anything in /usr/doc? According to lintian there are no problems with the package. -- Sh

Re: Installing symbolic links

2001-02-04 Thread Ben Burton
> Why can't you just have the link inside the .deb created correctly by > the make install? Or am I missing something? No, I guess I was running with the mentality that there was this fabulous tool for creating symbolic links according to the standard and thus I should use it. :) I think I w

Re: Installing symbolic links

2001-02-04 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 01:22:07PM -0600, Ben Burton wrote: > > Hi. I am packaging an application for which the original source installs > itself all into the same directory. In order to comply with the FHS, I have > split the application into pieces beneath /usr/lib, /usr/share and /usr/bin.

Re: Installing symbolic links

2001-02-04 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 01:22:07PM -0600, Ben Burton wrote: > Hi. I am packaging an application for which the original source installs > itself all into the same directory. In order to comply with the FHS, I have > split the application into pieces beneath /usr/lib, /usr/share and /usr/bin. >

Installing symbolic links

2001-02-04 Thread Ben Burton
Hi. I am packaging an application for which the original source installs itself all into the same directory. In order to comply with the FHS, I have split the application into pieces beneath /usr/lib, /usr/share and /usr/bin. So the application can find data where it expects to, I am making

Re: Installing symbolic links

2001-02-04 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 01:22:07PM -0600, Ben Burton wrote: > Hi. I am packaging an application for which the original source installs > itself all into the same directory. In order to comply with the FHS, I have > split the application into pieces beneath /usr/lib, /usr/share and /usr/bin.

Installing symbolic links

2001-02-04 Thread Ben Burton
Hi. I am packaging an application for which the original source installs itself all into the same directory. In order to comply with the FHS, I have split the application into pieces beneath /usr/lib, /usr/share and /usr/bin. So the application can find data where it expects to, I am making

Re: question about libraries in packages.

2001-02-04 Thread Colin Watson
Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >1) I'm currently packing snoopy, it's an execve logger, it overrides >the default execve behaviour in libc, with an LD_PRELOAD, and logs all >executed commands. Anyhow, the upstream version installs into /lib, >since it's for libc.. however, does it go there i

Re: Package question

2001-02-04 Thread JP Sugarbroad
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 03:54:13AM -0600, taral wrote: > Right, I just updated tkrat again... where should I send the > announcements? I'm sure the people on the devel list don't want it. I just realized that that's really ambiguous. I updated it, but I'm not a maintainer yet, so I can't upload it

Package question

2001-02-04 Thread JP Sugarbroad
Right, I just updated tkrat again... where should I send the announcements? I'm sure the people on the devel list don't want it. -- Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please use PGP/GPG to send me mail. "Never ascribe to malice what can as easily be put down to stupidity." pgpfnWVhgQctu.pgp Description:

Re: question about libraries in packages.

2001-02-04 Thread Colin Watson
Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >1) I'm currently packing snoopy, it's an execve logger, it overrides >the default execve behaviour in libc, with an LD_PRELOAD, and logs all >executed commands. Anyhow, the upstream version installs into /lib, >since it's for libc.. however, does it go there

Re: pgp verification in gnus

2001-02-04 Thread Andreas Fuchs
Today, Alexander Kotelnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want someone's advice how to check detached pgp signatures in gnus, > like ones mutt create. Mailcrypt info tells it is not able to handle > them. Check out Oort gnus from CVS (It's usually quite stable, and bugs are usually fixed in a mat

Re: Package question

2001-02-04 Thread JP Sugarbroad
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 03:54:13AM -0600, taral wrote: > Right, I just updated tkrat again... where should I send the > announcements? I'm sure the people on the devel list don't want it. I just realized that that's really ambiguous. I updated it, but I'm not a maintainer yet, so I can't upload i

Package question

2001-02-04 Thread JP Sugarbroad
Right, I just updated tkrat again... where should I send the announcements? I'm sure the people on the devel list don't want it. -- Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please use PGP/GPG to send me mail. "Never ascribe to malice what can as easily be put down to stupidity." PGP signature

Re: question about libraries in packages.

2001-02-04 Thread sharkey
> 1) I'm currently packing snoopy, it's an execve logger, it overrides > the default execve behaviour in libc, with an LD_PRELOAD, and logs all > executed commands. Anyhow, the upstream version installs into /lib, > since it's for libc.. however, does it go there in a deb or into > /usr/lib? It's n

question about libraries in packages.

2001-02-04 Thread Aubin Paul
Hi, Actually, I lied, one of my two questions is about libraries, but I have two questions. 1) I'm currently packing snoopy, it's an execve logger, it overrides the default execve behaviour in libc, with an LD_PRELOAD, and logs all executed commands. Anyhow, the upstream version installs into /li

Re: pgp verification in gnus

2001-02-04 Thread Andreas Fuchs
Today, Alexander Kotelnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want someone's advice how to check detached pgp signatures in gnus, > like ones mutt create. Mailcrypt info tells it is not able to handle > them. Check out Oort gnus from CVS (It's usually quite stable, and bugs are usually fixed in a ma

(forw) ITP: gozer -- a text renderer

2001-02-04 Thread Eric Dorland
Hi, Just forwarding my ITP to see if anyone would be willing to sponsor me. The package is all done, and can be downloaded from http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~edorla/debian/ . Thanks. - Forwarded message from Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 17:07:06 -0500 From: Eric Do