RFS: videogen 0.32-1

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
I have decided to adopt the orphaned "videogen" package (bug #122708). As I am waiting for DAM, I need a sponsor. The package is lintian and linda clean. Download: http://smurf.noris.de/code/debian/unstable/source/videogen* APT: deb-src http://smurf.noris.de/code/debian/ unstable smurf videogen (

Re: SML/NJ Packaging Difficulties

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Aaron Matthew Read wrote: > 3. For each platform, create a source package, for example: smlnj-x86 >which would contain the appropriate boot image. These packages >would provide smlnj as a virtual package. Seems the best solution. 4. Package the upstream image files as a (somewhat-)deb

SML/NJ Packaging Difficulties

2003-07-15 Thread Aaron Matthew Read
The smlnj package (the compiler) is implemented in sml and needs a working implementation to build. Upstream, a set of pre-compiled binary files (~4 MB each) are supplied for each platform. When I initially supplied the smlnj package, I shortsightedly only included the binary images required to bu

RFS: videogen 0.32-1

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
I have decided to adopt the orphaned "videogen" package (bug #122708). As I am waiting for DAM, I need a sponsor. The package is lintian and linda clean. Download: http://smurf.noris.de/code/debian/unstable/source/videogen* APT: deb-src http://smurf.noris.de/code/debian/ unstable smurf videogen (

Re: SML/NJ Packaging Difficulties

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Aaron Matthew Read wrote: > 3. For each platform, create a source package, for example: smlnj-x86 >which would contain the appropriate boot image. These packages >would provide smlnj as a virtual package. Seems the best solution. 4. Package the upstream image files as a (somewhat-)deb

SML/NJ Packaging Difficulties

2003-07-15 Thread Aaron Matthew Read
The smlnj package (the compiler) is implemented in sml and needs a working implementation to build. Upstream, a set of pre-compiled binary files (~4 MB each) are supplied for each platform. When I initially supplied the smlnj package, I shortsightedly only included the binary images required to bu

Looking for a sponsor: par2

2003-07-15 Thread Steve Lamb
Hello. I've put together a package for par2cmdline and would like to get it into Debian. I am not a maintainer and, obviously, would need a sponsor for this package. par2cmdline is a unix client for parchive's second specification. It's a fairly small package. Took me about 3 hours t

Looking for a sponsor: par2

2003-07-15 Thread Steve Lamb
Hello. I've put together a package for par2cmdline and would like to get it into Debian. I am not a maintainer and, obviously, would need a sponsor for this package. par2cmdline is a unix client for parchive's second specification. It's a fairly small package. Took me about 3 hours t

Re: postgresql non-interactive install

2003-07-15 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 05:07:00PM +0200, GCS wrote: > I would like to install postgres into a chroot environment, where the > postinst script can't ask for the path where to create the database > directory etc. How can I preset these data (like db_fset), so the > postinst script can get the data

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
OK, this is not a C language help list, nor a libreadline man^winfo page. However..: Barry Pollock wrote: > line_read = readline (""); > /* If the line has any text in it, save it on the history. > The control -D must be intercepted here */ So what is your problem? > if (line_read && *lin

Re: postgresql non-interactive install

2003-07-15 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 05:07:00PM +0200, GCS wrote: > I would like to install postgres into a chroot environment, where the > postinst script can't ask for the path where to create the database > directory etc. How can I preset these data (like db_fset), so the > postinst script can get the data

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
OK, this is not a C language help list, nor a libreadline man^winfo page. However..: Barry Pollock wrote: > line_read = readline (""); > /* If the line has any text in it, save it on the history. > The control -D must be intercepted here */ So what is your problem? > if (line_read && *lin

Re: howto package description on multiple lines

2003-07-15 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:49:16PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > Hi > > How does one make a package description where the line breaks at an > intended way? > > See bug 180727. RTFM: http://www.de.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Description especially: The lines in the extend

Re: howto package description on multiple lines

2003-07-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:49:16PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > How does one make a package description where the line breaks at an > intended way? > > See bug 180727. Indent the preformatted portions of the description by one extra space. In this example, the description should read: Description:

howto package description on multiple lines

2003-07-15 Thread Luk Claes
Hi How does one make a package description where the line breaks at an intended way? See bug 180727. All remarks are welcome. Kind regards Luk --- GPG Fingerprint : C061 8F2E EA93 43DE 08D5 71EA 02DF 840B 1B57 0E7C

Re: howto package description on multiple lines

2003-07-15 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:49:16PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > Hi > > How does one make a package description where the line breaks at an > intended way? > > See bug 180727. RTFM: http://www.de.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Description especially: The lines in the extende

Re: howto package description on multiple lines

2003-07-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:49:16PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > How does one make a package description where the line breaks at an > intended way? > > See bug 180727. Indent the preformatted portions of the description by one extra space. In this example, the description should read: Description:

howto package description on multiple lines

2003-07-15 Thread Luk Claes
Hi How does one make a package description where the line breaks at an intended way? See bug 180727. All remarks are welcome. Kind regards Luk --- GPG Fingerprint : C061 8F2E EA93 43DE 08D5 71EA 02DF 840B 1B57 0E7C -- To UNSU

postgresql non-interactive install

2003-07-15 Thread GCS
Dear Mentors, I would like to install postgres into a chroot environment, where the postinst script can't ask for the path where to create the database directory etc. How can I preset these data (like db_fset), so the postinst script can get the data via db_get? Or should I tamper with the postin

postgresql non-interactive install

2003-07-15 Thread GCS
Dear Mentors, I would like to install postgres into a chroot environment, where the postinst script can't ask for the path where to create the database directory etc. How can I preset these data (like db_fset), so the postinst script can get the data via db_get? Or should I tamper with the postin

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Barry Pollock
The control -D character must b prevented from reaching the history The program must be able to receive a `\n' by itself in order to function properly. You can see it at http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~barryp/ed Here is the code in question! char * rl_gets () { register int i = 0; /* If the buffer

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Barry Pollock
The control -D character must b prevented from reaching the history The program must be able to receive a `\n' by itself in order to function properly. You can see it at http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~barryp/ed Here is the code in question! char * rl_gets () { register int i = 0; /* If the buffer

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Pete Ryland wrote: > Ctrl-D is not a 'signal' as such, but simply will cause any reads from > stdin to report EOF. ... if you're reading "cooked" standard input. Readline doesn't; for readline, ^D is just another character, and what happens when the user pressed ^D is a matter of (for the use

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Pete Ryland
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 05:18:06AM -0400, Barry Pollock wrote: > I need to trap the Control-D signal long enough for my program to run its > quit program when using readline. I get an error in the strcpy function > when using readline.so. If i disable readline first and allow the memory > to be fre

signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Barry Pollock
I need to trap the Control-D signal long enough for my program to run its quit program when using readline. I get an error in the strcpy function when using readline.so. If i disable readline first and allow the memory to be freed properly, the Control -D exit is proper. Barry

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Pete Ryland wrote: > Ctrl-D is not a 'signal' as such, but simply will cause any reads from > stdin to report EOF. ... if you're reading "cooked" standard input. Readline doesn't; for readline, ^D is just another character, and what happens when the user pressed ^D is a matter of (for the use

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Pete Ryland
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 05:18:06AM -0400, Barry Pollock wrote: > I need to trap the Control-D signal long enough for my program to run its > quit program when using readline. I get an error in the strcpy function > when using readline.so. If i disable readline first and allow the memory > to be fre

signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Barry Pollock
I need to trap the Control-D signal long enough for my program to run its quit program when using readline. I get an error in the strcpy function when using readline.so. If i disable readline first and allow the memory to be freed properly, the Control -D exit is proper. Barry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE