Re: gcc-3

2001-08-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 07:17:29PM +0530, Viral wrote: > If I am building a new package, which uses c++, is it a better idea to > use gcc 3 rather than the current one ? Check that it builds with gcc 3 by setting CC=gcc-3.0 and CXX=g++-3.0, but otherwise let the gcc-defaults package for each archi

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

2001-08-23 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 12:35:11AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > That's the only thing it could be. Your init.d script is failing and > > returning 1. It is bugged, fix it. Hint: --oknodo parameter to > > start-stop-daemon (look it up). > > OK, --oknodo did the trick. Thanks. > > I don't

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

2001-08-23 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:35:56AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > *) > > > echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2 > > > exit 0 > > > > This should probably be "exit 1". > > Well, my script is the exact copy of the skeleton found in > /usr/share/debhelper/

LibGGI & policy, static libs, Bug#102675

2001-08-23 Thread Martin Albert
(Crossposted d-devel intentionally. Replies to d-mentors only, please). GGI project released GGI 2.0. Debian is going woody. I would like to have a clean GGI in woody, but trouble with bugs and policy. Libgii and libggi, the DYNAMIC duo, lived, more or less happily, for a long time without any

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

2001-08-23 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 12:35:11AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > That's the only thing it could be. Your init.d script is failing and > > returning 1. It is bugged, fix it. Hint: --oknodo parameter to > > start-stop-daemon (look it up). > > OK, --oknodo did the trick. Thanks. > > I don't

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

2001-08-23 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 10:28:42PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:24:02PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > Sorry for cross-posting, I posted to the wrong list first. > > > > I can't purge a package : > > [...] > Clearly the thing that is returning 1 lies in the

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

2001-08-23 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:35:56AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > *) > > > echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2 > > > exit 0 > > > > This should probably be "exit 1". > > Well, my script is the exact copy of the skeleton found in > /usr/share/debhelper

LibGGI & policy, static libs, Bug#102675

2001-08-23 Thread Martin Albert
(Crossposted d-devel intentionally. Replies to d-mentors only, please). GGI project released GGI 2.0. Debian is going woody. I would like to have a clean GGI in woody, but trouble with bugs and policy. Libgii and libggi, the DYNAMIC duo, lived, more or less happily, for a long time without an

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

2001-08-23 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 10:28:42PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:24:02PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > Sorry for cross-posting, I posted to the wrong list first. > > > > I can't purge a package : > > [...] > Clearly the thing that is returning 1 lies in th

gcc-3

2001-08-23 Thread Viral
Hi, If I am building a new package, which uses c++, is it a better idea to use gcc 3 rather than the current one ? viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."

Re: making debconf configuring a package after installation

2001-08-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 07:48:35AM +0530, Viral wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 05:11:39AM +0400, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > > I have config (in perl) and templates files. Autogenerated postinst is > > a shell script. Lintian complains that postinst-does-not-load-confmodule > > and package is n

gcc-3

2001-08-23 Thread Viral
Hi, If I am building a new package, which uses c++, is it a better idea to use gcc 3 rather than the current one ? viral -- http://www.infofin.com/~gandalf "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

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Re: Policy for copyright notice

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 12:15:46PM +0200, Jens Peter Secher wrote: > Should the above be read as: "Quote the copyright exactly as stated by > the author, /except/ when the copyright is GPL (etc.); /when/ the > copyright is GPL, refer to /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL (etc.), > instead of quoting t

Policy for copyright notice

2001-08-23 Thread Jens Peter Secher
Debian Policy Manual 3.5.6 says (emphasis mine) 13.6 Copyright information Every package must be accompanied by a _verbatim_ copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package/copyright. [...] Packages distributed under the UCB BSD license, the Artistic license

NM wanna be, new package description

2001-08-23 Thread Javier Kohen
Hello, I'm looking for an Sponsor to become a NM for Debian. My package description from the users documentation follows: "GtkGamma is a simple program that allows the user of an XFree86 station to easily alter his/her monitor's gamma correction. If a monitor's gamma curves haven't been tuned

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

2001-08-23 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 12:05:01AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 07:44:29PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > I can't purge a package : > > > > curitiba_POTATO:/# dpkg --purge superviser-server > > (Reading database ... 9401 files and directories currently installed.) >

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2001-08-23 Thread Antonio Gonzalez
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Re: Policy for copyright notice

2001-08-23 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 12:15:46PM +0200, Jens Peter Secher wrote: > Should the above be read as: "Quote the copyright exactly as stated by > the author, /except/ when the copyright is GPL (etc.); /when/ the > copyright is GPL, refer to /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL (etc.), > instead of quoting

Policy for copyright notice

2001-08-23 Thread Jens Peter Secher
Debian Policy Manual 3.5.6 says (emphasis mine) 13.6 Copyright information Every package must be accompanied by a _verbatim_ copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package/copyright. [...] Packages distributed under the UCB BSD license, the Artistic licens

NM wanna be, new package description

2001-08-23 Thread Javier Kohen
Hello, I'm looking for an Sponsor to become a NM for Debian. My package description from the users documentation follows: "GtkGamma is a simple program that allows the user of an XFree86 station to easily alter his/her monitor's gamma correction. If a monitor's gamma curves haven't been tune

Re: dpkg can't purge init script

2001-08-23 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 12:05:01AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 07:44:29PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > I can't purge a package : > > > > curitiba_POTATO:/# dpkg --purge superviser-server > > (Reading database ... 9401 files and directories currently installed.)