Re: Build-Depends

2001-02-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 02:53:52PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > Does your package need package B, or does your package just need package A, > which needs package B? > > I would argue (others may disagree :) that if I'm packaging a program that > uses libfoo directly, and the program also uses li

Re: Fwd: xmorph_20000428-2_i386.changes REJECTED

2001-02-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 08:07:25PM +, Luis Arocha wrote: > I changed the name and directory of original file from xmorph-2000apr28 to > xmorph-2428. Don't; there's no need. You cannot upload a replacement .orig.tar.gz any more. I consider that to be a fix for a long-time bug. Hamish --

Packaging Xfonts

2001-02-17 Thread Muhammad Hussain Yusuf
Hi, I intend to package a small collection of Arabic fonts, currently availble as pcf, and would like to know if, for the Debs source package, they have to be in bdf and then compiled into pcf for the Debs font package itself. I have xtobdf, and was wondering if there are any other such utilities

Re: Caught in the act

2001-02-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 02:49:57PM +0100, Ingo Saitz wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 12:15:12AM +0100, Martin Albert wrote: > > -- Would that be 'legal' anyway? Modifiying installed files of one pkg > > by the scripts of another? (They're closely related however and chances > > are good that aft

Re: Build-Depends

2001-02-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 02:53:52PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > Does your package need package B, or does your package just need package A, > which needs package B? > > I would argue (others may disagree :) that if I'm packaging a program that > uses libfoo directly, and the program also uses l

Re: Fwd: xmorph_20000428-2_i386.changes REJECTED

2001-02-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 08:07:25PM +, Luis Arocha wrote: > I changed the name and directory of original file from xmorph-2000apr28 to > xmorph-2428. Don't; there's no need. You cannot upload a replacement .orig.tar.gz any more. I consider that to be a fix for a long-time bug. Hamish --

Packaging Xfonts

2001-02-17 Thread Muhammad Hussain Yusuf
Hi, I intend to package a small collection of Arabic fonts, currently availble as pcf, and would like to know if, for the Debs source package, they have to be in bdf and then compiled into pcf for the Debs font package itself. I have xtobdf, and was wondering if there are any other such utilitie

Re: Caught in the act

2001-02-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 02:49:57PM +0100, Ingo Saitz wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 12:15:12AM +0100, Martin Albert wrote: > > -- Would that be 'legal' anyway? Modifiying installed files of one pkg > > by the scripts of another? (They're closely related however and chances > > are good that af