Re: Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread Jon Eisenstein
> > I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer > > than the version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but > > have not received a response. > > Well, a response _was_ sent. > > | So; go ahead and include the non-shared gdbm1.8. Terribly sorry about that... It ap

Re: Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread James Troup
Jon Eisenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer > than the version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but > have not received a response. Well, a response _was_ sent. -- James | From nobody Sun Jan 21 16:52:16 2001 | Send

Re: Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread sharkey
> I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer than the > version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but have not received > a response. Sorry, I looked quickly and didn't realize just how out of date this package really was. Bug #38026 contains the 1.8.0 availabili

Re: Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread sharkey
> I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer than the > version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but have not received > a response. How long did you wait? James is a very busy guy with a lot of responsibilities. He'll get to you eventually. You should file a

Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread Jon Eisenstein
I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer than the version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but have not received a response. The source package, presumably because it's an uncommonly used version of gdbm, contains the source to 1.8.0 which can be used during the

liblockdev1 shared library symlink missing?

2001-03-07 Thread David Coe
Package: liblockdev1-dev Version: 1.0.0 Severity: normal (Debian-mentors: this turns out to be a bug in liblockdev1-dev, it seems.) It doesn't create the symlink that other shared-library -dev packages create; if I do the following, my problem (described in the quoted message below) goes away:

Re: Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread Jon Eisenstein
> > I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer > > than the version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but > > have not received a response. > > Well, a response _was_ sent. > > | So; go ahead and include the non-shared gdbm1.8. Terribly sorry about that... It a

Re: Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread James Troup
Jon Eisenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer > than the version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but > have not received a response. Well, a response _was_ sent. -- James | From nobody Sun Jan 21 16:52:16 2001 | Sen

Re: Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread sharkey
> I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer than the > version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but have not received > a response. Sorry, I looked quickly and didn't realize just how out of date this package really was. Bug #38026 contains the 1.8.0 availabil

Re: BSD license issues

2001-03-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 07:44:55PM -0500, Rene Weber wrote: > - License is BSD, except that it diffs with the license in > /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD: > > C U T H E R E > > diff bsd /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD > 0a1 > > Copyr

Re: Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread sharkey
> I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer than the > version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but have not received > a response. How long did you wait? James is a very busy guy with a lot of responsibilities. He'll get to you eventually. You should file a

Dependance on an unavailable library

2001-03-07 Thread Jon Eisenstein
I'm building a package that depends on gdbm 1.8.0, which is newer than the version Debian uses. I notified the gdbm maintainer, but have not received a response. The source package, presumably because it's an uncommonly used version of gdbm, contains the source to 1.8.0 which can be used during th

liblockdev1 shared library symlink missing?

2001-03-07 Thread David Coe
Package: liblockdev1-dev Version: 1.0.0 Severity: normal (Debian-mentors: this turns out to be a bug in liblockdev1-dev, it seems.) It doesn't create the symlink that other shared-library -dev packages create; if I do the following, my problem (described in the quoted message below) goes away:

BSD license issues

2001-03-07 Thread Rene Weber
Hello, I recently posted an ITP to debian-devel (Bug #88567) for scanssh that included the following questions. I did not receive any reply which sounds ok to me for the first question about the -E option, but I am not sure what to do about the BSD license that is not identical to the one

Re: BSD license issues

2001-03-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 07:44:55PM -0500, Rene Weber wrote: > - License is BSD, except that it diffs with the license in > /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD: > > C U T H E R E > > diff bsd /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD > 0a1 > > Copy

RE: looking for sponsors for 3 packages

2001-03-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Mar-2001 Wouter de Vries wrote: > Hi, > > I have packages 2 programs and I am looking for sponsors. Currently I am > still > in the new maintainer queue (for months already) and waiting for DAM > approval. > shouldn't the ability to count be a requirement for admittance into Debian (-:

looking for sponsors for 3 packages

2001-03-07 Thread Wouter de Vries
Hi, I have packages 2 programs and I am looking for sponsors. Currently I am still in the new maintainer queue (for months already) and waiting for DAM approval. The packages for which I seek sponsors are: kascade - Client for Kascade, a distributed Open directory search-engine ditty - Allows you

BSD license issues

2001-03-07 Thread Rene Weber
Hello, I recently posted an ITP to debian-devel (Bug #88567) for scanssh that included the following questions. I did not receive any reply which sounds ok to me for the first question about the -E option, but I am not sure what to do about the BSD license that is not identical to the on

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 17:01:39 -0500, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 08:39:47PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:26:35 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >Then have three scripts. Put the common common code into a third script >> >which is not cal

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 08:39:47PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:26:35 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Then have three scripts. Put the common common code into a third script > >which is not called directly by init, but have the two init scripts call the > >third script. T

RE: looking for sponsors for 3 packages

2001-03-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Mar-2001 Wouter de Vries wrote: > Hi, > > I have packages 2 programs and I am looking for sponsors. Currently I am > still > in the new maintainer queue (for months already) and waiting for DAM > approval. > shouldn't the ability to count be a requirement for admittance into Debian (-:

looking for sponsors for 3 packages

2001-03-07 Thread Wouter de Vries
Hi, I have packages 2 programs and I am looking for sponsors. Currently I am still in the new maintainer queue (for months already) and waiting for DAM approval. The packages for which I seek sponsors are: kascade - Client for Kascade, a distributed Open directory search-engine ditty - Allows yo

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 17:01:39 -0500, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 08:39:47PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:26:35 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >Then have three scripts. Put the common common code into a third script >> >which is not ca

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 08:39:47PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:26:35 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Then have three scripts. Put the common common code into a third script > >which is not called directly by init, but have the two init scripts call the > >third script.

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:26:35 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> (1) >> Have one init script and have this init script be invoked in two >> places. > >Yuck. ack ;) >> (2) >> Have two completely different init scripts. I rejected this because >> both scripts aren't that much different and there wou

Re: debconf and lintian "unknown-control-file"

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 17:20:50 +, Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:00:01PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> I am making my first tries with debconf at the moment. As suggested by >> the debconf tutorial, my package now includes a templates and a config >> file that a

[no subject]

2001-03-07 Thread Todd J. Troxell
Hello mentors I've created my first package (wmxres) and would like to verify that it is correct before I begin another. I would eventually like to be sponsored. It is available at http://www.xtat.f2s.com/debian/. It is a dockable app that allows switching of X modes. It does pass lintian (wood

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread sharkey
> (1) > Have one init script and have this init script be invoked in two > places. Yuck. > (2) > Have two completely different init scripts. I rejected this because > both scripts aren't that much different and there would be much > redundancy. Then have three scripts. Put the common common cod

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:26:35 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> (1) >> Have one init script and have this init script be invoked in two >> places. > >Yuck. ack ;) >> (2) >> Have two completely different init scripts. I rejected this because >> both scripts aren't that much different and there wo

Re: debconf and lintian "unknown-control-file"

2001-03-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:00:01PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > I am making my first tries with debconf at the moment. As suggested by > the debconf tutorial, my package now includes a templates and a config > file that are installed into debian/tmp/DEBIAN by debian/rules. This > seem to work technic

Re: debconf and lintian "unknown-control-file"

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 17:20:50 +, Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:00:01PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> I am making my first tries with debconf at the moment. As suggested by >> the debconf tutorial, my package now includes a templates and a config >> file that

RE: debconf and lintian "unknown-control-file"

2001-03-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Mar-2001 Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > I am making my first tries with debconf at the moment. As suggested by > the debconf tutorial, my package now includes a templates and a config > file that are installed into debian/tmp/DEBIAN by debian/rules. This > seem to work technically, but lintian

debconf and lintian "unknown-control-file"

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, I am making my first tries with debconf at the moment. As suggested by the debconf tutorial, my package now includes a templates and a config file that are installed into debian/tmp/DEBIAN by debian/rules. This seem to work technically, but lintian (potato's version) complains about the two "u

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 03 Mar 2001 06:56:44 +0100, Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My question is: How do I do this in a policy compliant way? Is there >something more elegant than having two init.d scripts in my package? I have been evaluating the following alternatives: (1) Have one init script and hav

No Subject

2001-03-07 Thread Todd J. Troxell
Hello mentors I've created my first package (wmxres) and would like to verify that it is correct before I begin another. I would eventually like to be sponsored. It is available at http://www.xtat.f2s.com/debian/. It is a dockable app that allows switching of X modes. It does pass lintian (woo

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread sharkey
> (1) > Have one init script and have this init script be invoked in two > places. Yuck. > (2) > Have two completely different init scripts. I rejected this because > both scripts aren't that much different and there would be much > redundancy. Then have three scripts. Put the common common co

Re: debconf and lintian "unknown-control-file"

2001-03-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:00:01PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > I am making my first tries with debconf at the moment. As suggested by > the debconf tutorial, my package now includes a templates and a config > file that are installed into debian/tmp/DEBIAN by debian/rules. This > seem to work techni

RE: debconf and lintian "unknown-control-file"

2001-03-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Mar-2001 Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > I am making my first tries with debconf at the moment. As suggested by > the debconf tutorial, my package now includes a templates and a config > file that are installed into debian/tmp/DEBIAN by debian/rules. This > seem to work technically, but lintia

debconf and lintian "unknown-control-file"

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, I am making my first tries with debconf at the moment. As suggested by the debconf tutorial, my package now includes a templates and a config file that are installed into debian/tmp/DEBIAN by debian/rules. This seem to work technically, but lintian (potato's version) complains about the two "

Re: Two-part initialization?

2001-03-07 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 03 Mar 2001 06:56:44 +0100, Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My question is: How do I do this in a policy compliant way? Is there >something more elegant than having two init.d scripts in my package? I have been evaluating the following alternatives: (1) Have one init script and ha

"stale NFS file handle"

2001-03-07 Thread Valentijn Sessink
... when trying to build my 1st Debian package, I run into the following if building on an NFS file system: bash-2.03$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot dpkg-buildpackage: source package is xreboot dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 1.0-1 dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Valentijn Sessink <[E