Re: newbie packaging question

2003-08-11 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 04:16:31PM -0700, Eric Winger wrote: > thx to all for the responses. I'm slowly making progress here. Could > someone distinguish the configuration section and how that applies to > debian packages for me (the eternal newbie). There are several "configuration sections" yo

RFS: Albatross

2003-08-11 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor for the python-albatross package (ITP #193574). I've been looking for a sponsor since May, and the package has now progressed to the new upstream version that was released in July. My wish is that prospective sponsors be prepared to do some minor mentoring to help me

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2003-08-11 Thread rdlima

Re: newbie packaging question

2003-08-11 Thread Eric Winger
should have added that I also tried the fakeroot /debian/rules binary to build the .deb, but it just told me that it didn't find a file on a line that didn't exist in my /rules file. eric Winger, Eric wrote: thx to all for the responses. I'm slowly making progress here. Could someone distin

Re: copyright file

2003-08-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 07:58:30PM -0400, Neil Roeth wrote: > I have a question about how I am supposed to handle upstream's files related > to copyrights and distribution. They provide a README file that has the > actual copyright notice, i.e., "Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 James Clark, > 1999

Re: newbie packaging question

2003-08-11 Thread Eric Winger
thx to all for the responses. I'm slowly making progress here. Could someone distinguish the configuration section and how that applies to debian packages for me (the eternal newbie). I was under the impression that the configuration rules were what the package would run after it was loaded. H

Re: GNAT 3.15p

2003-08-11 Thread Ludovic Brenta
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ludovic Brenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> The users will receive annoying warnings from ldconfig, so this is not > >> an option. > > > > I tried it on the binary distribution of GNAT 3.15p. I did not get > > any warnings: > > Hmm, I can't rep

RFS: arp-sk : A swiss-knife tool for ARP

2003-08-11 Thread Clément Stenac
Hello, I am seeking for a sponsor for arp-sk: Package: arp-sk Version: 0.0.15-1 Section: net Priority: optional Architecture: i386 License: GPL Upstream Author: Frédéric Raynal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Upstream web: http://www.arp-sk.org Description: A swiss knife tool for ARP Arp-sk is a tool that a

Re: GNAT 3.15p

2003-08-11 Thread Florian Weimer
Ludovic Brenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The users will receive annoying warnings from ldconfig, so this is not >> an option. > > I tried it on the binary distribution of GNAT 3.15p. I did not get > any warnings: Hmm, I can't reproduce it right now. But it looks to me like a policy violati

Re: GNAT 3.15p

2003-08-11 Thread Ludovic Brenta
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ludovic Brenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The real problem is the soname. I'm willing to change the soname to > > "libgnat-3.15p.so" (removing the .1) to become more compatible with > > ACT's GNAT, but does that violate the Debian Policy? > >

Re: GNAT 3.15p

2003-08-11 Thread Florian Weimer
Ludovic Brenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The real problem is the soname. I'm willing to change the soname to > "libgnat-3.15p.so" (removing the .1) to become more compatible with > ACT's GNAT, but does that violate the Debian Policy? The users will receive annoying warnings from ldconfig, so

Re: GNAT 3.15p

2003-08-11 Thread Ludovic Brenta
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ludovic Brenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The real problem is the soname. I'm willing to change the soname to > > "libgnat-3.15p.so" (removing the .1) to become more compatible with > > ACT's GNAT, but does that violate the Debian Policy? > >

pyduali needs sponsor

2003-08-11 Thread Mohammed Elzubeir
Hello, We have a debian package for pyduali (Arabic Spellchecker) and we are looking for someone to sponsor it. I have been told to ask here first, so here I am ;) Here is the debian bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=no&bug=202940 Regards, Mohamemd Elzubeir

Re: GNAT 3.15p

2003-08-11 Thread Florian Weimer
Ludovic Brenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The users will receive annoying warnings from ldconfig, so this is not >> an option. > > I tried it on the binary distribution of GNAT 3.15p. I did not get > any warnings: Hmm, I can't reproduce it right now. But it looks to me like a policy violati

Re: GNAT 3.15p

2003-08-11 Thread Ludovic Brenta
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ludovic Brenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Your shared library support is probably incompatible with ACT's. Do > >> you really want to enable it by default? > > > > Well, yes, I would like to, especially since gnat 3.14p did, too. > > Ah, let

Re: debix-imager searches sponsor

2003-08-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Duck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > P.S. : i don't c the point of creating/finalizing, could u add a full exemple > with explanations in ur pkg ? Yep. I'm thinking about some more docs than the manpage. The short version follows. "create" creates a subdir with the loopback file, the mountpoint