Re: debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Carlos Laviola
On Sun, 20 May 2001 00:42:10 +0200, Abraham vd Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Colin! > > > >However, if I run debstd, I get the following: > > > > One good question is "why are you still using debstd?" :) > > Hiehie, yeah, I discovered that debstd is ancient (so is 3.1.1 standard, > we'

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Tomohiro KUBOTA
Hi, At Sat, 19 May 2001 12:17:09 +0200 (CEST), peter karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the thought about software which is only available in a > non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the > LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some suppor

Re: debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, 20 May 2001 at 00:42:10 +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > Hi Colin! > > One good question is "why are you still using debstd?" :) > > Hiehie, yeah, I discovered that debstd is ancient (so is 3.1.1 standard, > we're already at 3.5.2 :P) > > Anyway, I fixed it (just used dh_make, etc.) > >

Re: 2 packages sharing the same config file.

2001-05-19 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 04:22:41AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just adopted xabacus. > > It conflicts with xmabacus because both try to install > the same config file /etc/X11/app-defaults/Abacus. > maybe using an abacus-common package which owns that conffile... my question now is, is a

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Tomohiro KUBOTA
Hi, At Sat, 19 May 2001 12:17:09 +0200 (CEST), peter karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the thought about software which is only available in a > non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the > LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some suppo

Re: debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Abraham vd Merwe
Hi Colin! > >However, if I run debstd, I get the following: > > One good question is "why are you still using debstd?" :) Hiehie, yeah, I discovered that debstd is ancient (so is 3.1.1 standard, we're already at 3.5.2 :P) Anyway, I fixed it (just used dh_make, etc.) I really think we should d

Re: debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, 20 May 2001 at 00:42:10 +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > Hi Colin! > > One good question is "why are you still using debstd?" :) > > Hiehie, yeah, I discovered that debstd is ancient (so is 3.1.1 standard, > we're already at 3.5.2 :P) > > Anyway, I fixed it (just used dh_make, etc.) >

Re: debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote: >debmake/debstd's development was frozen some time ago, so I doubt it. >Most people [1] who use a helper package these days use debhelper. [1] http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/stats/ -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: 2 packages sharing the same config file.

2001-05-19 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 04:22:41AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just adopted xabacus. > > It conflicts with xmabacus because both try to install > the same config file /etc/X11/app-defaults/Abacus. > maybe using an abacus-common package which owns that conffile... my question now is, is

Re: debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Colin Watson
Abraham van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've just upgraded one of my package's control files from 3.0.1 to 3.1.1 and >now I can't get the damn thing to build correctly. > >The one problem I'm having is with the configuration file. I have the >following in conffiles: > >< snip

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Peter, On Sat, 19 May 2001, peter karlsson wrote: > What's the thought about software which is only available in a > non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the > LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support > for gettext, but no-one has both

Re: debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Abraham vd Merwe
Hi Colin! > >However, if I run debstd, I get the following: > > One good question is "why are you still using debstd?" :) Hiehie, yeah, I discovered that debstd is ancient (so is 3.1.1 standard, we're already at 3.5.2 :P) Anyway, I fixed it (just used dh_make, etc.) I really think we should

Re: debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote: >debmake/debstd's development was frozen some time ago, so I doubt it. >Most people [1] who use a helper package these days use debhelper. [1] http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/stats/ -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Colin Watson
Abraham van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've just upgraded one of my package's control files from 3.0.1 to 3.1.1 and >now I can't get the damn thing to build correctly. > >The one problem I'm having is with the configuration file. I have the >following in conffiles: > >< snip

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Peter, On Sat, 19 May 2001, peter karlsson wrote: > What's the thought about software which is only available in a > non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the > LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support > for gettext, but no-one has bot

debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Abraham van der Merwe
Hi! I've just upgraded one of my package's control files from 3.0.1 to 3.1.1 and now I can't get the damn thing to build correctly. The one problem I'm having is with the configuration file. I have the following in conffiles: < snip <--< snip <--< snip < [EMAIL PR

debstd woes

2001-05-19 Thread Abraham van der Merwe
Hi! I've just upgraded one of my package's control files from 3.0.1 to 3.1.1 and now I can't get the damn thing to build correctly. The one problem I'm having is with the configuration file. I have the following in conffiles: < snip <--< snip <--< snip < abz@oasi

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 12:17:09PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > Hi! > > What's the thought about software which is only available in a > non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the > LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support > for gettext, b

Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support for gettext, but no-one has bother translating the program into any other languages yet).

Re: Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 12:17:09PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > Hi! > > What's the thought about software which is only available in a > non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the > LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support > for gettext,

Non-English software

2001-05-19 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! What's the thought about software which is only available in a non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support for gettext, but no-one has bother translating the program into any other languages yet).

Re: Call for help with mp3kult's postinst

2001-05-19 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Carlos Laviola wrote: > I'm packaging mp3kult (see #94999), and having a bit of trouble to make > a perfect debconfized postinst for it. I already have a few nice tests > that ensure a more or less smooth installation, but some other tests > I plan to include would require MyS

Re: Call for help with mp3kult's postinst

2001-05-19 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Carlos Laviola wrote: > I'm packaging mp3kult (see #94999), and having a bit of trouble to make > a perfect debconfized postinst for it. I already have a few nice tests > that ensure a more or less smooth installation, but some other tests > I plan to include would require My