Re: Package names and perl

2001-12-06 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 07:37:33PM -0500, Duncan Findlay wrote: > As I understand the perl-policy, all packages that contain perl modules are > to be named in the form libfoo-bar-perl. I'm working on a program called > SpamAssassin. While it contains perl modules, its primary purpose is for > it

gallery setup && /var

2001-12-06 Thread Adam Lazur
I'm packaging gallery, a php photo album. I have a question about where in /var to put the setup directory. First, some background info: The php stuff runs out of /usr/share/gallery, and it stores user data, album data, and picture data in a user configurable place (defaults to /var/www/albums).

gallery setup && /var

2001-12-06 Thread Adam Lazur
I'm packaging gallery, a php photo album. I have a question about where in /var to put the setup directory. First, some background info: The php stuff runs out of /usr/share/gallery, and it stores user data, album data, and picture data in a user configurable place (defaults to /var/www/albums).

Package names and perl

2001-12-06 Thread Duncan Findlay
As I understand the perl-policy, all packages that contain perl modules are to be named in the form libfoo-bar-perl. I'm working on a program called SpamAssassin. While it contains perl modules, its primary purpose is for its scripts. Furthermore, it contains one binary written in C, so it can't

Package names and perl

2001-12-06 Thread Duncan Findlay
As I understand the perl-policy, all packages that contain perl modules are to be named in the form libfoo-bar-perl. I'm working on a program called SpamAssassin. While it contains perl modules, its primary purpose is for its scripts. Furthermore, it contains one binary written in C, so it can'

get some for the holidays

2001-12-06 Thread get some
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get some for the holidays

2001-12-06 Thread get some
 Check this out! A cool new internet experience! A great gift idea for the Holidays! Go to getfriction.org and get in the action!  

Re: How to get rid of mozilla-browser?

2001-12-06 Thread Jérôme Marant
Laurent Martelli wrote: > I've had similar problem with another package. I finally edited the > prerm scripts so that it did not call update-alternatives and I could > remove the package. Yes, I know, it is a little blunt :-) I was thinking about this but I don't know exactly what "an inconsisten

Re: How to get rid of mozilla-browser?

2001-12-06 Thread Laurent Martelli
> "Jérôme" == Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jérôme> Hi, A recent installation of mozilla-browser failed on my Jérôme> system. It seems that it squashed its own alternative file. Jérôme> As a consequence, I can: - neither purge the package: dpkg Jérôme> tells me that the

Re: How to get rid of mozilla-browser?

2001-12-06 Thread Jérôme Marant
Laurent Martelli wrote: > I've had similar problem with another package. I finally edited the > prerm scripts so that it did not call update-alternatives and I could > remove the package. Yes, I know, it is a little blunt :-) I was thinking about this but I don't know exactly what "an inconsiste

Re: How to get rid of mozilla-browser?

2001-12-06 Thread Laurent Martelli
> "Jérôme" == Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jérôme> Hi, A recent installation of mozilla-browser failed on my Jérôme> system. It seems that it squashed its own alternative file. Jérôme> As a consequence, I can: - neither purge the package: dpkg Jérôme> tells me that th

Re: why did the ocaml package not enter woody ?

2001-12-06 Thread Henning Niss
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So I'm reduced to guessing: there seem to be a number of packages that > depend on an exact version of ocaml (i.e. >= x.y, < x.y+1). This means > that the bulk of this packages have to enter testing all at once -- > otherwise, the not simultanously-up

How to get rid of mozilla-browser?

2001-12-06 Thread Jérôme Marant
Hi, A recent installation of mozilla-browser failed on my system. It seems that it squashed its own alternative file. As a consequence, I can: - neither purge the package: dpkg tells me that the package is in an unconsistent state, and recommends to reinstall the package. - neither re

Re: why did the ocaml package not enter woody ?

2001-12-06 Thread Henning Niss
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So I'm reduced to guessing: there seem to be a number of packages that > depend on an exact version of ocaml (i.e. >= x.y, < x.y+1). This means > that the bulk of this packages have to enter testing all at once -- > otherwise, the not simultanously-u

How to get rid of mozilla-browser?

2001-12-06 Thread Jérôme Marant
Hi, A recent installation of mozilla-browser failed on my system. It seems that it squashed its own alternative file. As a consequence, I can: - neither purge the package: dpkg tells me that the package is in an unconsistent state, and recommends to reinstall the package. - neither r