dpkg-statoverride by the postinst?

2003-06-08 Thread Shaul Karl
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 09:01:07PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > >If the files need > certain ownership on the installed system, set the permissions in postinst > (allowing for the user to dpkg-statoverride them if they want). > Ass

Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:51:00PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > I am currently preparing packages for rrfw (see bug#186828). The > daemons that come with rrfw run as user rrfw, and the Makefiles of > that package insist on chowning some files to rrfw at build time. That > - of course - fails when th

Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Joey Hess
Marc Haber wrote: > I am currently preparing packages for rrfw (see bug#186828). The > daemons that come with rrfw run as user rrfw, and the Makefiles of > that package insist on chowning some files to rrfw at build time. That > - of course - fails when the rrfw account does not exist at build > ti

Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:51:00PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > I am currently preparing packages for rrfw (see bug#186828). The > daemons that come with rrfw run as user rrfw, and the Makefiles of > that package insist on chowning some files to rrfw at build time. That > - of course - fails when th

Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Joey Hess
Marc Haber wrote: > I am currently preparing packages for rrfw (see bug#186828). The > daemons that come with rrfw run as user rrfw, and the Makefiles of > that package insist on chowning some files to rrfw at build time. That > - of course - fails when the rrfw account does not exist at build > ti

Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 08 June 2003 11:51, Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently preparing packages for rrfw (see bug#186828). The > daemons that come with rrfw run as user rrfw, and the Makefiles of > that package insist on chowning some files to rrfw at build time. That > - of course - fails when the rrf

Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 08 June 2003 11:51, Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently preparing packages for rrfw (see bug#186828). The > daemons that come with rrfw run as user rrfw, and the Makefiles of > that package insist on chowning some files to rrfw at build time. That > - of course - fails when the rrf

Maintenance of phpgroupware

2003-06-08 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi Luca, debian-mentors. I'd like to ask for advice on the following: Luca has RFA'd phpgroupware quite a while ago. It also has a number of bug reports of "elevated severities" (above normal), for most of which there seem to be patches. I would like to either NMU or, better yet, find some more pe

Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Marc Haber wrote: > How am I supposed to handle this? Shall I change the build mechanisms > so that the account is not needed at build time, shall I pester > upstream to have that changed, or is there a workaround available? IMHO the best solution would be involving the upstream. (This is, of cours

What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, I am currently preparing packages for rrfw (see bug#186828). The daemons that come with rrfw run as user rrfw, and the Makefiles of that package insist on chowning some files to rrfw at build time. That - of course - fails when the rrfw account does not exist at build time. How am I supposed

Maintenance of phpgroupware

2003-06-08 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi Luca, debian-mentors. I'd like to ask for advice on the following: Luca has RFA'd phpgroupware quite a while ago. It also has a number of bug reports of "elevated severities" (above normal), for most of which there seem to be patches. I would like to either NMU or, better yet, find some more pe

Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Marc Haber wrote: > How am I supposed to handle this? Shall I change the build mechanisms > so that the account is not needed at build time, shall I pester > upstream to have that changed, or is there a workaround available? IMHO the best solution would be involving the upstream. (This is, of cours

What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_

2003-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, I am currently preparing packages for rrfw (see bug#186828). The daemons that come with rrfw run as user rrfw, and the Makefiles of that package insist on chowning some files to rrfw at build time. That - of course - fails when the rrfw account does not exist at build time. How am I supposed

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 10:22:51PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > > The normal procedure is to rename the binary package to > > > libgtop2-1 (it should probably have been libgtop2.0-1, but > > > people seem to have their own tastes about this.) > > > > Ok, thanks for the info, and what is t

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Junichi Uekawa
> > The normal procedure is to rename the binary package to > > libgtop2-1 (it should probably have been libgtop2.0-1, but > > people seem to have their own tastes about this.) > > Ok, thanks for the info, and what is the procedure concerning this and > NMUs ? Also, while this name change mean

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 10:22:51PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > > The normal procedure is to rename the binary package to > > > libgtop2-1 (it should probably have been libgtop2.0-1, but > > > people seem to have their own tastes about this.) > > > > Ok, thanks for the info, and what is t

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Junichi Uekawa
> > The normal procedure is to rename the binary package to > > libgtop2-1 (it should probably have been libgtop2.0-1, but > > people seem to have their own tastes about this.) > > Ok, thanks for the info, and what is the procedure concerning this and > NMUs ? Also, while this name change mean

Seeking a sponsor for librmagick-ruby (RMagick)

2003-06-08 Thread Mike Williams
RMagick is a Ruby API for ImageMagick (along the lines of PerlMagick). See http://home.nc.rr.com/rmagick/ for more details. I've ITP'ed RMagick (Bug#195080), and produced some *.debs, which are available at http://www.dogbiscuit.org/mdub/software/debian/unstable/ I'm seeking a Debian developer

Re: RFS: openag - open alternative to AudioGalaxy Satellite

2003-06-08 Thread Amaya
Amaya dijo: > I will (if no one else has offered to sponsor you by now). Done! -- I would rather starve than lose your acceptance .''`.My eyes will always show my empty soul : :' :- Boy Sets Fire `. `' Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux (Sid 2.4.2

Re: RFS: openag - open alternative to AudioGalaxy Satellite

2003-06-08 Thread Amaya
Juan Manuel García Molina dijo: > This upload will fix an RC bug. Al this moment, there is a patch > correcting this bug in DBTS, but i would prefer an upload of the > package. I will (if no one else has offered to sponsor you by now). -- I would rather starve than lose your acceptance

Seeking a sponsor for librmagick-ruby (RMagick)

2003-06-08 Thread Mike Williams
RMagick is a Ruby API for ImageMagick (along the lines of PerlMagick). See http://home.nc.rr.com/rmagick/ for more details. I've ITP'ed RMagick (Bug#195080), and produced some *.debs, which are available at http://www.dogbiscuit.org/mdub/software/debian/unstable/ I'm seeking a Debian developer

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 06:35:02PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > > > > Now, the problem was that the libgtop library moved from 0.so.0.0.1 to > > 0.so.1.0.1, and the

Re: RFS: openag - open alternative to AudioGalaxy Satellite

2003-06-08 Thread Amaya
Amaya dijo: > I will (if no one else has offered to sponsor you by now). Done! -- I would rather starve than lose your acceptance .''`.My eyes will always show my empty soul : :' :- Boy Sets Fire `. `' Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux (Sid 2.4.2

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Junichi Uekawa
> I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > > Now, the problem was that the libgtop library moved from 0.so.0.0.1 to > 0.so.1.0.1, and the install rules didn't catch this changes. The normal procedure is to rename

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Shaul Karl
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:53:47AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Hello, > Hello, > > (Currently reading the Policy document, but it doesn't say much about > this, is there another reference document speaking about shared lib > soname ?) > Quoting the developer-reference: Good prac

Re: RFS: openag - open alternative to AudioGalaxy Satellite

2003-06-08 Thread Amaya
Juan Manuel García Molina dijo: > This upload will fix an RC bug. Al this moment, there is a patch > correcting this bug in DBTS, but i would prefer an upload of the > package. I will (if no one else has offered to sponsor you by now). -- I would rather starve than lose your acceptance

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 10:10:33AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:53:47AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > > > Now, the problem was that the libgt

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:53:47AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > Now, the problem was that the libgtop library moved from 0.so.0.0.1 to > 0.so.1.0.1, and the install rules did

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 06:35:02PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > > > > Now, the problem was that the libgtop library moved from 0.so.0.0.1 to > > 0.so.1.0.1, and the

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Junichi Uekawa
> I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > > Now, the problem was that the libgtop library moved from 0.so.0.0.1 to > 0.so.1.0.1, and the install rules didn't catch this changes. The normal procedure is to rename

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Shaul Karl
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:53:47AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Hello, > Hello, > > (Currently reading the Policy document, but it doesn't say much about > this, is there another reference document speaking about shared lib > soname ?) > Quoting the developer-reference: Good prac

libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. Now, the problem was that the libgtop library moved from 0.so.0.0.1 to 0.so.1.0.1, and the install rules didn't catch this changes. Now, if i understood this change righ

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 10:10:33AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:53:47AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > > > Now, the problem was that the libgt

Re: libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:53:47AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > Now, the problem was that the libgtop library moved from 0.so.0.0.1 to > 0.so.1.0.1, and the install rules did

libgtop2 NMU and advice asked.

2003-06-08 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. Now, the problem was that the libgtop library moved from 0.so.0.0.1 to 0.so.1.0.1, and the install rules didn't catch this changes. Now, if i understood this change righ