RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 19-Jun-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >> And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by >> accident? What constitutes empty? > > Maybe have a lintian warning about an empty package, but no error > m

RE: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 19-Jun-2001 Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >> And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by >> accident? What constitutes empty? > > Maybe have a lintian warning about an empty package, but no error >

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still > complain? Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move it back should the install fail), and dpkg will not complain. -- "One disk to rule them al

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 07:28:27PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: > > Hi, > > I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to > > conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. > > > > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/fileru

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:54:25 +0100 Muhammad Hussain Yusuf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is > /etc/filerunner > and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is > installed, dpkg gives an error message, and

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: > Hi, > I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to > conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. > > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is > /etc/filerunner > and the problem is that when i

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > What if you MOVED the file, rather than copying it: would dpkg still > complain? Do it in preinst (and don't forget to add the proper error recovery to move it back should the install fail), and dpkg will not complain. -- "One disk to rule them a

removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Muhammad Hussain Yusuf
Hi, I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is installed, dpkg gives an error message,

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 07:28:27PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: > > Hi, > > I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to > > conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. > > > > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filer

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:54:25 +0100 Muhammad Hussain Yusuf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner > and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is > installed, dpkg gives an error message, and th

Re: removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:54:25PM +0100, Muhammad Hussain Yusuf wrote: > Hi, > I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to > conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. > > The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner > and the problem is that when ins

Re: control file question

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 01:39:58PM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > Hi Julian! > > > > The problem I have is that I have a library with same host architecture > > > but > > > different cross compilation targets, so I have things like: > > > > Build-Depends supports an arch specification, like: >

removing old conffiles on upgrade

2001-06-19 Thread Muhammad Hussain Yusuf
Hi, I've just changed the directories of the conffile, binaries etc. to conform with Policy 3.5.5.0. The old conffile dir was /etc/X11/filerunner and the new one is /etc/filerunner and the problem is that when installing new package, and an older version is installed, dpkg gives an error message,

Re: control file question

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 01:39:58PM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > Hi Julian! > > > > The problem I have is that I have a library with same host architecture but > > > different cross compilation targets, so I have things like: > > > > Build-Depends supports an arch specification, like: > > >

Re: control file question

2001-06-19 Thread Abraham vd Merwe
Hi Julian! > > The problem I have is that I have a library with same host architecture but > > different cross compilation targets, so I have things like: > > Build-Depends supports an arch specification, like: > > Build-Depends: libc-arm-version (>=2.1) [arm] > > See policy section 7.1 for det

Re: control file question

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 11:50:52AM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > Hi! > > Can I put a different Build-Depends for each binary package in a control > file or can there only be a Build-Depends for the source package? You can only have one Build-Depends in the control file for the source package.

control file question

2001-06-19 Thread Abraham vd Merwe
Hi! Can I put a different Build-Depends for each binary package in a control file or can there only be a Build-Depends for the source package? The problem I have is that I have a library with same host architecture but different cross compilation targets, so I have things like: dietlibc-dev (sam

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by > accident? What constitutes empty? Maybe have a lintian warning about an empty package, but no error messages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: control file question

2001-06-19 Thread Abraham vd Merwe
Hi Julian! > > The problem I have is that I have a library with same host architecture but > > different cross compilation targets, so I have things like: > > Build-Depends supports an arch specification, like: > > Build-Depends: libc-arm-version (>=2.1) [arm] > > See policy section 7.1 for de

Re: Depricating a library

2001-06-19 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > If you want to provide further hints, upload a final version containing > "you can remove me without ill effects" in the description. I think I would just remove the package, since the package has only entered unstable, and not on testing

Re: control file question

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 11:50:52AM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > Hi! > > Can I put a different Build-Depends for each binary package in a control > file or can there only be a Build-Depends for the source package? You can only have one Build-Depends in the control file for the source package.

control file question

2001-06-19 Thread Abraham vd Merwe
Hi! Can I put a different Build-Depends for each binary package in a control file or can there only be a Build-Depends for the source package? The problem I have is that I have a library with same host architecture but different cross compilation targets, so I have things like: dietlibc-dev (sa

Re: Bug#101325: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't n

2001-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > And how am I to tell a package that is empty on purpose from one created by > accident? What constitutes empty? Maybe have a lintian warning about an empty package, but no error messages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: Depricating a library

2001-06-19 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit > If you want to provide further hints, upload a final version containing > "you can remove me without ill effects" in the description. I think I would just remove the package, since the package has only entered unstable, and not on testin