Re: How granular should a package{,set} be?

2001-10-11 Thread Erich Schubert
Well, i think the basic principle is "split everything that people might want to install independantly or that can be upgraded independantly" So i think it's a good idea to enable people to install most parts of your suite, but leave the httpd away (if they want to use some other httpd etc.) I don

Re: overwriting files

2001-10-11 Thread mdanish
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 07:56:04PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > > > > > Unpacking cursorsmall (from cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb) ... > > dpkg: error processing cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb (--install): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz', w

How granular should a package{,set} be?

2001-10-11 Thread Matthew Kirkwood
Hi there, I'm starting to investigate making Debian packages of something I wrote -- a proxy firewall kit[0]. I have so far assembled a single package containing all of the binaries and some documentation[1]. dpkg-deb says Installed-Size: 352 so it's not worryingly large. However, it contain

Re: overwriting files

2001-10-11 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:53:00 +0200 Regnat Nikolaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > > Unpacking cursorsmall (from cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb (--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz', w

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 08:36:41PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > dpkg sucks; try apt-cache show g++ and check out the epoch in the > version field... Yes. "apt-cache show" reveals that g++ has epoch 2. This solved my problem, thanks to James and everybody else who replied. BTW, the upstream author

Re: overwriting files

2001-10-11 Thread mdanish
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 07:56:04PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > > > > > Unpacking cursorsmall (from cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb) ... > > dpkg: error processing cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb (--install): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz',

How granular should a package{,set} be?

2001-10-11 Thread Matthew Kirkwood
Hi there, I'm starting to investigate making Debian packages of something I wrote -- a proxy firewall kit[0]. I have so far assembled a single package containing all of the binaries and some documentation[1]. dpkg-deb says Installed-Size: 352 so it's not worryingly large. However, it contai

overwriting files

2001-10-11 Thread Regnat Nikolaus
Hi there! I'm trying to create a package which replaces the black cursor from XFree86 with a white one. Unfortunately it is not possible to install a packge which overwrites files already installed by another package. I get the following message if I try to install my package:

Re: overwriting files

2001-10-11 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:53:00 +0200 Regnat Nikolaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > > Unpacking cursorsmall (from cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb (--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz',

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 08:36:41PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > dpkg sucks; try apt-cache show g++ and check out the epoch in the > version field... Yes. "apt-cache show" reveals that g++ has epoch 2. This solved my problem, thanks to James and everybody else who replied. BTW, the upstream autho

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Ralf Treinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am I trying to do something stupid here? For hppa, maybe (I'm not sure) Build-Conflicts: g++-3.0 -- Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CV consultable à l'adresse : http://marant.org

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread James Troup
Ralf Treinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have the following build-depencies: > > Build-Depends: debhelper, autoconf, guile1.4, libguile-dev, g++ (>= 2.95.2), > g++ (<< 3.0), xlibs-dev > > This is because my package does not compile on gcc 3.0. That's the wrong solution; you need to fix yo

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Gergely Nagy
Thus spoke Ralf Treinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 2001-10-11 21:39:55: > I have the following build-depencies: > > Build-Depends: debhelper, autoconf, guile1.4, libguile-dev, g++ (>= 2.95.2), > g++ (<< 3.0), xlibs-dev > > This is because my package does not compile on gcc 3.0. [...] > Am I tryin

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Ralf Treinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am I trying to do something stupid here? g++ is 2.95.x and g++-3.0 is 3.0.x, so you just have to remove g++ (<< 3.0) I guess. -- Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CV consultable à l'adresse : http://marant.org

problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Ralf Treinen
I have the following build-depencies: Build-Depends: debhelper, autoconf, guile1.4, libguile-dev, g++ (>= 2.95.2), g++ (<< 3.0), xlibs-dev This is because my package does not compile on gcc 3.0. My installed version of g++ is 2.95-4: % dpkg -l g++ Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | St

overwriting files

2001-10-11 Thread Regnat Nikolaus
Hi there! I'm trying to create a package which replaces the black cursor from XFree86 with a white one. Unfortunately it is not possible to install a packge which overwrites files already installed by another package. I get the following message if I try to install my package: ---

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Ralf Treinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am I trying to do something stupid here? For hppa, maybe (I'm not sure) Build-Conflicts: g++-3.0 -- Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CV consultable à l'adresse : http://marant.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread James Troup
Ralf Treinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have the following build-depencies: > > Build-Depends: debhelper, autoconf, guile1.4, libguile-dev, g++ (>= 2.95.2), g++ (<< >3.0), xlibs-dev > > This is because my package does not compile on gcc 3.0. That's the wrong solution; you need to fix yo

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Gergely Nagy
Thus spoke Ralf Treinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 2001-10-11 21:39:55: > I have the following build-depencies: > > Build-Depends: debhelper, autoconf, guile1.4, libguile-dev, g++ (>= 2.95.2), g++ (<< >3.0), xlibs-dev > > This is because my package does not compile on gcc 3.0. [...] > Am I tryin

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Ralf Treinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am I trying to do something stupid here? g++ is 2.95.x and g++-3.0 is 3.0.x, so you just have to remove g++ (<< 3.0) I guess. -- Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CV consultable à l'adresse : http://marant.org

problem with build dependencies

2001-10-11 Thread Ralf Treinen
I have the following build-depencies: Build-Depends: debhelper, autoconf, guile1.4, libguile-dev, g++ (>= 2.95.2), g++ (<< 3.0), xlibs-dev This is because my package does not compile on gcc 3.0. My installed version of g++ is 2.95-4: % dpkg -l g++ Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | S

Fwd: Bug#115234: bison++: conflict with bison and tasksel

2001-10-11 Thread Magnus Ekdahl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have gotten complicated bug here and need some advice. From: laurent bonnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, when I use tasksel and choose the C/C++ development task, tasksel wants to replace bison++ with bison. The following packages will be REMOVED:

Debian packages for gphoto2 beta2

2001-10-11 Thread Ole Aamot
Hi. I have repackaged gphoto2 beta2 for Debian unstable. deb http://www.ping.uio.no/~oka/debian unstable main deb-src http://www.ping.uio.no/~oka/debian unstable main (www.ping.uio.no seems to be down at the moment, but it should be up in an hour or so.) Could someone check/sign and upload them

Fwd: Bug#115234: bison++: conflict with bison and tasksel

2001-10-11 Thread Magnus Ekdahl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have gotten complicated bug here and need some advice. From: laurent bonnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, when I use tasksel and choose the C/C++ development task, tasksel wants to replace bison++ with bison. The following packages will be REMOVED:

Debian packages for gphoto2 beta2

2001-10-11 Thread Ole Aamot
Hi. I have repackaged gphoto2 beta2 for Debian unstable. deb http://www.ping.uio.no/~oka/debian unstable main deb-src http://www.ping.uio.no/~oka/debian unstable main (www.ping.uio.no seems to be down at the moment, but it should be up in an hour or so.) Could someone check/sign and upload the