Re: Native packages

2001-09-07 Thread Peter S Galbraith
peter karlsson wrote: > Santiago Vila: > > > If you insist that the tarball must be created first, follow Julian's > > suggestion and make your package non-native by creating an .orig.tar.gz > > tarball (in this case the .diff.gz is typically the debian/* files). > > I don't want to make it non

Re: versioned shlibs file -- when and why

2001-09-07 Thread Christian Marillat
"DA" == Domenico Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> This is a file to edit and some maintainer forget that. >> > you don't have to edit it all the time, only when your ABI changes :) Yes, but see libgal or gtkhtml. >> A line like this in debian/rules is better IMHO. >> >> dh_m

Re: Native packages

2001-09-07 Thread peter karlsson
Santiago Vila: > If you insist that the tarball must be created first, follow Julian's > suggestion and make your package non-native by creating an .orig.tar.gz > tarball (in this case the .diff.gz is typically the debian/* files). I don't want to make it non-native, since that means I would have

Re: Native packages

2001-09-07 Thread Peter S Galbraith
peter karlsson wrote: > Santiago Vila: > > > If you insist that the tarball must be created first, follow Julian's > > suggestion and make your package non-native by creating an .orig.tar.gz > > tarball (in this case the .diff.gz is typically the debian/* files). > > I don't want to make it no

Re: Native packages

2001-09-07 Thread peter karlsson
Julian Gilbey: > For what reason was it rejected? Wrong syntax or wrong checksum. I couldn't manage to get the files 100% correct, so in the end I gave up... -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-07 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 04:26:02PM +0100, William wrote: > Hi, > > I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've > been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any > pointers would be really helpful. > > The first thing that I did was to use dp

Re: versioned shlibs file -- when and why

2001-09-07 Thread Christian Marillat
"DA" == Domenico Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> This is a file to edit and some maintainer forget that. >> > you don't have to edit it all the time, only when your ABI changes :) Yes, but see libgal or gtkhtml. >> A line like this in debian/rules is better IMHO. >> >> dh_

Re: Native packages

2001-09-07 Thread peter karlsson
Santiago Vila: > If you insist that the tarball must be created first, follow Julian's > suggestion and make your package non-native by creating an .orig.tar.gz > tarball (in this case the .diff.gz is typically the debian/* files). I don't want to make it non-native, since that means I would hav

Re: Native packages

2001-09-07 Thread peter karlsson
Julian Gilbey: > For what reason was it rejected? Wrong syntax or wrong checksum. I couldn't manage to get the files 100% correct, so in the end I gave up... -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolve

Re: Packaging problems

2001-09-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 02:30:53PM +0200, javi wrote: > I'm trying to be a debian developer and I have adopted a debian > package, newsclipper, but I have realized that is really buggy and > doesn't work in SID nor POTATO. This program is a perl script but in > the control file I think that lacks a

Re: Packaging problems

2001-09-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, javi wrote: > you run the program it claims that a perl module called Cache.pm it's > not present, OK I have installed manually getting from the CPAN, when > it's installed again claim for another perl module and so on, so this is > awfull,and more important, when a perl module

Packaging problems

2001-09-07 Thread javi
Helo! I'm trying to be a debian developer and I have adopted a debian package, newsclipper, but I have realized that is really buggy and doesn't work in SID nor POTATO. This program is a perl script but in the control file I think that lacks a lof of dependencies, anyway when you run the program i

Re: versioned shlibs file -- when and why

2001-09-07 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 12:09:39PM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote: > "DA" == Domenico Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > >> So is "dh_makeshlibs -V" (i.e. bump the version uncondtionally) simply > >> the lazy-man's way of doing this? > >> > > best solution INHO is to write

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-07 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 04:26:02PM +0100, William wrote: > Hi, > > I am relatively new at attempting to build source/binary packages. I've > been looking for information online and this is what I have to go on. Any > pointers would be really helpful. > > The first thing that I did was to use d

Re: versioned shlibs file -- when and why

2001-09-07 Thread Christian Marillat
"DA" == Domenico Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> So is "dh_makeshlibs -V" (i.e. bump the version uncondtionally) simply >> the lazy-man's way of doing this? >> > best solution INHO is to write .shlibs file by hand and update minimum > version required every time you understand

Re: versioned shlibs file -- when and why

2001-09-07 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 04:04:11PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:22:32PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > Version 2.1.1 of libfoo provides functions foo_open, foo_close. Version > > 2.1.2 > > of libfoo provides functions foo_open, foo_close, and foo_read. This >

Re: Becoming a developer / Key signing

2001-09-07 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Etienne Grossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010907 10:02]: > Amongst other things, for becoming a developer, it would be nice to > have my pgp key signed by a debian developer. Are there any developers > willing to sign my key in the Lisbon (Portugal) area? Or in Manchester > (

Becoming a developer / Key signing

2001-09-07 Thread Etienne Grossmann
Hello, I have packaged a little program ('bloksi') of which I'm the author, I have been sponsored, the package has been uploaded, I haven't gotten any bug reports (a sign that a lot of people are using it). Amongst other things, for becoming a developer, it would be nice to have my pgp key

Re: Packaging problems

2001-09-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, javi wrote: > you run the program it claims that a perl module called Cache.pm it's > not present, OK I have installed manually getting from the CPAN, when > it's installed again claim for another perl module and so on, so this is > awfull,and more important, when a perl modul

Packaging problems

2001-09-07 Thread javi
Helo! I'm trying to be a debian developer and I have adopted a debian package, newsclipper, but I have realized that is really buggy and doesn't work in SID nor POTATO. This program is a perl script but in the control file I think that lacks a lof of dependencies, anyway when you run the program

Re: versioned shlibs file -- when and why

2001-09-07 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 12:09:39PM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote: > "DA" == Domenico Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > >> So is "dh_makeshlibs -V" (i.e. bump the version uncondtionally) simply > >> the lazy-man's way of doing this? > >> > > best solution INHO is to write

Re: versioned shlibs file -- when and why

2001-09-07 Thread Christian Marillat
"DA" == Domenico Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> So is "dh_makeshlibs -V" (i.e. bump the version uncondtionally) simply >> the lazy-man's way of doing this? >> > best solution INHO is to write .shlibs file by hand and update minimum > version required every time you understan

Re: versioned shlibs file -- when and why

2001-09-07 Thread Domenico Andreoli
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 04:04:11PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:22:32PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > Version 2.1.1 of libfoo provides functions foo_open, foo_close. Version 2.1.2 > > of libfoo provides functions foo_open, foo_close, and foo_read. This doesn'

Re: Becoming a developer / Key signing

2001-09-07 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Etienne Grossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010907 10:02]: > Amongst other things, for becoming a developer, it would be nice to > have my pgp key signed by a debian developer. Are there any developers > willing to sign my key in the Lisbon (Portugal) area? Or in Manchester > (

php/ldap update

2001-09-07 Thread Christian BAYLE
Hi I'm trying to setup ldap/sasl/php to enable modification of an ldap record from a php web page Do you have a simple example able to do this and what i should do in all the config files I don't want to install kerberos I would like to use SASL authentication. How to create a user/credential tha

Becoming a developer / Key signing

2001-09-07 Thread Etienne Grossmann
Hello, I have packaged a little program ('bloksi') of which I'm the author, I have been sponsored, the package has been uploaded, I haven't gotten any bug reports (a sign that a lot of people are using it). Amongst other things, for becoming a developer, it would be nice to have my pgp ke