Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Jérôme Marant
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jérôme Marant wrote: >> I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages >> use debconf. >> I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. >> In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones >> start

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Jérôme Marant
Ian Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jerome> A same kind of problem is likely to happen for the conffiles > Jerome> and other non-conffiles configuration files that I move from > Jerome> wwsympa to sympa and that are been removed in wwsympa postrm. > > Joey> I'm afraid you're on your own th

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Jerome> A same kind of problem is likely to happen for the conffiles Jerome> and other non-conffiles configuration files that I move from Jerome> wwsympa to sympa and that are been removed in wwsympa postrm. Joey> I'm afraid you're on your own there; dpkg does not deal with Joey> shared conffiles

How to upgrade a conflicting package

2002-08-02 Thread Mikael Hedin
Hi, I have a package 'liba52-0.7.4-dev' that provides/conflicts/replaces 'liba52-dev'. There is also a 'liba52-0.7.3' with the same provide etc. The problem is I cannot install the newer package: zodiac:/home/micce# LANG=C dpkg -i liba52-0.7.4-dev_0.7.4-1_i386.deb dpkg: regarding liba52-0.7.4-

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Joey Hess
Jérôme Marant wrote: > I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages > use debconf. > I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. > In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones > start with wwsympa/ > If I keep the same variable

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Jérôme Marant
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jérôme Marant wrote: >> I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages >> use debconf. >> I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. >> In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones >> start

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Jérôme Marant
Ian Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jerome> A same kind of problem is likely to happen for the conffiles > Jerome> and other non-conffiles configuration files that I move from > Jerome> wwsympa to sympa and that are been removed in wwsympa postrm. > > Joey> I'm afraid you're on your own t

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/re

2002-08-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > > Well, it seems we have to wait for new version of lintian in unstable. > there is a bug on lintian, the solution is known. I am finishing up a project right now and then intend to devote several weeks to getting lintian up to speed. lintian is a sanity checker but you are free to questi

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Jerome> A same kind of problem is likely to happen for the conffiles Jerome> and other non-conffiles configuration files that I move from Jerome> wwsympa to sympa and that are been removed in wwsympa postrm. Joey> I'm afraid you're on your own there; dpkg does not deal with Joey> shared conffile

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Ick, I didn't notice this thread earlier... On Fri, 02 Aug 2002, Andreas Metzler wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Leni Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone > > with more packaging experience than myself could take a

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 04:51:32PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Leni Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone > > with more packaging experience than myself could take a look at it, > > especially since

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Leni Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone > with more packaging experience than myself could take a look at it, > especially since the installation process patches /etc/init.d/rc. > The .deb is at:

How to upgrade a conflicting package

2002-08-02 Thread Mikael Hedin
Hi, I have a package 'liba52-0.7.4-dev' that provides/conflicts/replaces 'liba52-dev'. There is also a 'liba52-0.7.3' with the same provide etc. The problem is I cannot install the newer package: zodiac:/home/micce# LANG=C dpkg -i liba52-0.7.4-dev_0.7.4-1_i386.deb dpkg: regarding liba52-0.7.4

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
[Resent because I accidentally sent this to Colin per Email, sorry.] Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 06:24:09PM +1000, Leni Mayo wrote: >> I am new to Debian and have packaged some software which lets the >> boot scripts (/etc/rc[12345].d) run in parallel. It also

Re: Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Joey Hess
Jérôme Marant wrote: > I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages > use debconf. > I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. > In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones > start with wwsympa/ > If I keep the same variable

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/re

2002-08-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > > Well, it seems we have to wait for new version of lintian in unstable. > there is a bug on lintian, the solution is known. I am finishing up a project right now and then intend to devote several weeks to getting lintian up to speed. lintian is a sanity checker but you are free to quest

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Ick, I didn't notice this thread earlier... On Fri, 02 Aug 2002, Andreas Metzler wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Leni Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone > > with more packaging experience than myself could take a

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 04:51:32PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Leni Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone > > with more packaging experience than myself could take a look at it, > > especially since

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Leni Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > As this is the first release on debian, I'd be grateful if someone > with more packaging experience than myself could take a look at it, > especially since the installation process patches /etc/init.d/rc. > The .deb is at

Re: request for package review - serel

2002-08-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
[Resent because I accidentally sent this to Colin per Email, sorry.] Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 06:24:09PM +1000, Leni Mayo wrote: >> I am new to Debian and have packaged some software which lets the >> boot scripts (/etc/rc[12345].d) run in parallel. It als

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal ?

2002-08-02 Thread Ryszard Lach
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 04:50:39PM -0400, Ari Pollak wrote: > They are not being silently removed, but since none of the debhelper > scripts for your package need to do anything, and since dh_installdocs > no longer creates and removes symlinks, the debhelper section just stays > empty. > > deb

Re: Why debhelper doesn't add /usr/doc/package links creation/removal ?

2002-08-02 Thread Ryszard Lach
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 04:50:39PM -0400, Ari Pollak wrote: > They are not being silently removed, but since none of the debhelper > scripts for your package need to do anything, and since dh_installdocs > no longer creates and removes symlinks, the debhelper section just stays > empty. > > de

Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Jérôme Marant
Hi, I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages use debconf. I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones start with wwsympa/ If I keep the same variable name, I feel like I'm going

Debconf questions and purge

2002-08-02 Thread Jérôme Marant
Hi, I need to merge the wwsympa package into sympa. Both packages use debconf. I wonder how I should merge wwsympa debconf templates into sympa's. In sympa, debconf variables start with sympa/ and wwsympa ones start with wwsympa/ If I keep the same variable name, I feel like I'm going