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2003-11-06 Thread Wesley Hollingsworth
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Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:37:25AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 09:41, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:42:59PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > > Should I email this to the debhelper script maintainer? > > > > > > Only if you

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 09:41, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:42:59PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > Should I email this to the debhelper script maintainer? > > > > Only if you want me to bounce it to the maintainer of the package that > > actually put t

Boost Your Car's Gas Mileage 27%+.....iolani

2003-11-06 Thread Wesley Hollingsworth
FUEL SAVER PRO This revolutionary device Boosts Gas Mileage 27%+ by helping fuel burn better using three patented processes from General Motors. Take a test drive Today - http://www.zppi.org/?axel=49 PROVEN TECHNOLOGY A certified U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) laboratory recently co

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:37:25AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 09:41, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:42:59PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > > Should I email this to the debhelper script maintainer? > > > > > > Only if you

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 09:41, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:42:59PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > Should I email this to the debhelper script maintainer? > > > > Only if you want me to bounce it to the maintainer of the package that > > actually put t

Re: fastdep_0.16-2_i386.deb

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 02:03, Joshua Kwan wrote: > Geez, slow down! :P Today fastdep, tomorrow... the world? :) Absolutely. Gotta change the world yesterday, in fact. Although such a POV has been known to cause anxiety and frustration ...

Re: Looking for apt-get internals guide

2003-11-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
(this is debian-devel material; please followup there) On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 04:46:39PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > To do so, I ned to know a little more about apt's guts than I do > currently, I'm afraid, and I was hoping someone could point me to a good > reference guide about how apt calls

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:42:59PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > Should I email this to the debhelper script maintainer? > > Only if you want me to bounce it to the maintainer of the package that > actually put those lines there. Be careful - he may think that's a valid way

Re: fastdep_0.16-2_i386.deb

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 02:03, Joshua Kwan wrote: > Geez, slow down! :P Today fastdep, tomorrow... the world? :) Absolutely. Gotta change the world yesterday, in fact. Although such a POV has been known to cause anxiety and frustration ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: Looking for apt-get internals guide

2003-11-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
(this is debian-devel material; please followup there) On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 04:46:39PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > To do so, I ned to know a little more about apt's guts than I do > currently, I'm afraid, and I was hoping someone could point me to a good > reference guide about how apt calls

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:42:59PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > Should I email this to the debhelper script maintainer? > > Only if you want me to bounce it to the maintainer of the package that > actually put those lines there. Be careful - he may think that's a valid way

Looking for apt-get internals guide

2003-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
Hello all, This is not precisely on-topic for this list, as I am not looking to package this stuff for debian (yet), but other lists seemed even less appropriate. Sorry about that. The reason I am writing is that a company I work for (all debian shop - yay!) uses a package to ease administration

Re: [debian-mentors] config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:43:46PM +, Magosányi Árpád wrote: [...] > + find . -name config.{log,status,cache} |xargs rm -f [...] Two things: Does -name config.{log,status,cache} actually work for you? It doesn't do for me: -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/test> touch config.log

Looking for apt-get internals guide

2003-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
Hello all, This is not precisely on-topic for this list, as I am not looking to package this stuff for debian (yet), but other lists seemed even less appropriate. Sorry about that. The reason I am writing is that a company I work for (all debian shop - yay!) uses a package to ease administration

Re: [debian-mentors] config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:43:46PM +, Magosányi Árpád wrote: [...] > + find . -name config.{log,status,cache} |xargs rm -f [...] Two things: Does -name config.{log,status,cache} actually work for you? It doesn't do for me: -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/test> touch config.log

Re: [debian-mentors] config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Magosányi Árpád
A levelezőm azt hiszi, hogy Zenaan Harkness a következőeket írta: > Three questions: > - why are these two files copied in? Because they are needed for autoconf et al, and in some cases the upstream version of them is not suitable to build the package on your system. I had stumbled upon this right

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Joey Hess
Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: No it didn't. > Should I email this to the debhelper script maintainer? Only if you want me to bounce it to the maintainer of the package that actually put those lines there. -- see shy jo signat

Re: [debian-mentors] config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Magosányi Árpád
A levelezőm azt hiszi, hogy Zenaan Harkness a következőeket írta: > Three questions: > - why are these two files copied in? Because they are needed for autoconf et al, and in some cases the upstream version of them is not suitable to build the package on your system. I had stumbled upon this right

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Joey Hess
Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: No it didn't. > Should I email this to the debhelper script maintainer? Only if you want me to bounce it to the maintainer of the package that actually put those lines there. -- see shy jo signat

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: dh_make > - why are these two files copied in? There is *no* good reason for it. That should help if there are newer version of the files available. If that happens its IMO better

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: dh_make > - why are these two files copied in? There is *no* good reason for it. That should help if there are newer version of the files available. If that happens its IMO better

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:48AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: dh_make != debhelper. > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" "" > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub > endif > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/sh

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:48AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: dh_make != debhelper. > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" "" > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub > endif > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/sh

Re: fastdep_0.16-2_i386.deb

2003-11-06 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:11:15PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > This still has the "lintian can't cope with newest (newer even than last > time) policy" warning. But that's the opposite of the usual "shouldn't > you fix this" type of lintian warning ... of course, one could consider > patching l

Re: fastdep finally packaged

2003-11-06 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:44:53PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: [...] > W: fastdep source: newer-standards-version 3.6.1.0 [...] > I sent an email to lintian-maint. So at this point, can I consider my > package lintian-clean? Imho yes. cu andreas

Re: fastdep_0.16-2_i386.deb

2003-11-06 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:11:15PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > This still has the "lintian can't cope with newest (newer even than last > time) policy" warning. But that's the opposite of the usual "shouldn't > you fix this" type of lintian warning ... of course, one could consider > patching l

Re: fastdep finally packaged

2003-11-06 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:44:53PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: [...] > W: fastdep source: newer-standards-version 3.6.1.0 [...] > I sent an email to lintian-maint. So at this point, can I consider my > package lintian-clean? Imho yes. cu andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: fastdep finally packaged

2003-11-06 Thread Frank Küster
Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > well "lintian is already the newest version", here's the full lintian > text again: > W: fastdep source: newer-standards-version 3.6.1.0 > N: > N: The source package refers to a `Standards-Version' which is newer > than > N: the highest one lintia

Re: fastdep finally packaged

2003-11-06 Thread Frank Küster
Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > well "lintian is already the newest version", here's the full lintian > text again: > W: fastdep source: newer-standards-version 3.6.1.0 > N: > N: The source package refers to a `Standards-Version' which is newer > than > N: the highest one lintia

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Ottavio Campana
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:09:01AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > A package.desktop file. > > > apt-get source conglomerate > cd conglomerate-0.7.6/data > cat conglomerate.desktop by the way... I've read something in order top create a new folder in the menu Application, so that I

Re: fastdep finally packaged

2003-11-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:44:53PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > I sent an email to lintian-maint. So at this point, can I consider my > package lintian-clean? Surely you don't add a lintian-override just > because lintian is not yet up to the current policy spec ?? Indeed. Relax, and ignore the

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:14:13PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > (Yes, I hadn't read that thread - thanks.) However, I'm still unsure > whether these (I assume _yes_ at this point) confusion came from the > fact that the upstream source does not have these files at all. In that case dh_make is

fastdep_0.16-2_i386.deb

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Here goes round 3 ... found in the usual place, with the usual links to the .deb, the directory containing all the build files, the parent directory, etc. http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~zenaan/zenaan/files/ This still has the "lintian can't cope with newest (newer even than last time) policy" warn

Re: fastdep finally packaged

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 13:01, Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:48:28PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > $ lintian -i *changes > > W: fastdep source: newer-standards-version 3.6.0 > > Note, 3.6.1.0 is the most current. Take a look at > /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist

Re: subscribing to a single bug

2003-11-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 01:42:12AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > I can subscribe to the BTS traffic of a whole package through the > PTS. Is it also possible to just monitor a single bug and be emailed > when something changes? Not yet. A patch has been posted and needs one of us to have time to

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:16:44AM +0100, Ottavio Campana wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:09:01AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Let me^Wus know if you find away to update the gnome menu without > > a reload of the desktop. > > I just now modified the first deb so that it includes a .deskt

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Ottavio Campana
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:09:01AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > A package.desktop file. > > > apt-get source conglomerate > cd conglomerate-0.7.6/data > cat conglomerate.desktop by the way... I've read something in order top create a new folder in the menu Application, so that I

Re: fastdep finally packaged

2003-11-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:44:53PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > I sent an email to lintian-maint. So at this point, can I consider my > package lintian-clean? Surely you don't add a lintian-override just > because lintian is not yet up to the current policy spec ?? Indeed. Relax, and ignore the

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:14:13PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > (Yes, I hadn't read that thread - thanks.) However, I'm still unsure > whether these (I assume _yes_ at this point) confusion came from the > fact that the upstream source does not have these files at all. In that case dh_make is

fastdep_0.16-2_i386.deb

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Here goes round 3 ... found in the usual place, with the usual links to the .deb, the directory containing all the build files, the parent directory, etc. http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~zenaan/zenaan/files/ This still has the "lintian can't cope with newest (newer even than last time) policy" warn

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Ottavio Campana
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:09:01AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > Let me^Wus know if you find away to update the gnome menu without > a reload of the desktop. I just now modified the first deb so that it includes a .desktop file. When I dpkg -i it the gnome's menu is updated, without reloadi

Re: fastdep finally packaged

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 13:01, Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:48:28PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > $ lintian -i *changes > > W: fastdep source: newer-standards-version 3.6.0 > > Note, 3.6.1.0 is the most current. Take a look at > /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist

Re: subscribing to a single bug

2003-11-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 01:42:12AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > I can subscribe to the BTS traffic of a whole package through the > PTS. Is it also possible to just monitor a single bug and be emailed > when something changes? Not yet. A patch has been posted and needs one of us to have time to

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:51:36AM +0100, Ottavio Campana wrote: > I'm developing some programs for my university. They're ready for being > packaged in debs and I have created an entry for them in the debian > menu. > > For we use gnome 2 I'd like to add the programs to the gnome menu

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:16:44AM +0100, Ottavio Campana wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:09:01AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Let me^Wus know if you find away to update the gnome menu without > > a reload of the desktop. > > I just now modified the first deb so that it includes a .deskt

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:51:36AM +0100, Ottavio Campana wrote: > I'm developing some programs for my university. They're ready for being > packaged in debs and I have created an entry for them in the debian > menu. > > For we use gnome 2 I'd like to add the programs to the gnome menu

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Ottavio Campana
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:09:01AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > Let me^Wus know if you find away to update the gnome menu without > a reload of the desktop. I just now modified the first deb so that it includes a .desktop file. When I dpkg -i it the gnome's menu is updated, without reloadi

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Koke
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:51:36 +0100 Ottavio Campana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm developing some programs for my university. They're ready for being > packaged in debs and I have created an entry for them in the debian > menu. > > For we use gnome 2 I'd like to add the programs to th

Re: Looking for a mentor

2003-11-06 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 07:06:12PM -0800, Jess Mahan wrote: > I would like to become a Debian maintainer, but I understand that I > need a mentor first. Right now you need to have a sponsor to look over your packages then upload them for you. After that this sponsor may well decide that ha

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:51:36AM +0100, Ottavio Campana wrote: > I'm developing some programs for my university. They're ready for being > packaged in debs and I have created an entry for them in the debian > menu. > > For we use gnome 2 I'd like to add the programs to the gnome menu

Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Ottavio Campana
I'm developing some programs for my university. They're ready for being packaged in debs and I have created an entry for them in the debian menu. For we use gnome 2 I'd like to add the programs to the gnome menu, without having to go through Debian menus -> Apps -> .. but I'd like to

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 18:36, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:48AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > - why are these two files copied in? > > Three days ago there was > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2003/debian-mentors-200311/msg00030.html > with these lines: > > |

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 18:36, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:48AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: > > > > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" "" > > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.su

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:51:36AM +0100, Ottavio Campana wrote: > I'm developing some programs for my university. They're ready for being > packaged in debs and I have created an entry for them in the debian > menu. > > For we use gnome 2 I'd like to add the programs to the gnome menu

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Koke
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:51:36 +0100 Ottavio Campana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm developing some programs for my university. They're ready for being > packaged in debs and I have created an entry for them in the debian > menu. > > For we use gnome 2 I'd like to add the programs to th

Re: subscribing to a single bug

2003-11-06 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 01:42:12AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > I can subscribe to the BTS traffic of a whole package through the > PTS. Is it also possible to just monitor a single bug and be emailed > when something changes? No, not yet. You could subscribe to the package and filterr on X-De

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 03:25:28PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 13:58, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: [...] >> Anyway, whatever you do, you are to keep these files up-to-date. > Even if the program I'm packaging doesn't use autotools [...] If your package does not use

Re: Looking for a mentor

2003-11-06 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 07:06:12PM -0800, Jess Mahan wrote: > I would like to become a Debian maintainer, but I understand that I > need a mentor first. Right now you need to have a sponsor to look over your packages then upload them for you. After that this sponsor may well decide that ha

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:48AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: > > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" "" > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub > endif > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.guess)

Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Ottavio Campana
I'm developing some programs for my university. They're ready for being packaged in debs and I have created an entry for them in the debian menu. For we use gnome 2 I'd like to add the programs to the gnome menu, without having to go through Debian menus -> Apps -> .. but I'd like to

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 18:36, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:48AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > - why are these two files copied in? > > Three days ago there was > http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2003/debian-mentors-200311/msg00030.html > with these lines: > > | Or

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 18:36, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:48AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: > > > > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" "" > > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.su

Re: subscribing to a single bug

2003-11-06 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 01:42:12AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > I can subscribe to the BTS traffic of a whole package through the > PTS. Is it also possible to just monitor a single bug and be emailed > when something changes? No, not yet. You could subscribe to the package and filterr on X-De

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 03:25:28PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 13:58, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: [...] >> Anyway, whatever you do, you are to keep these files up-to-date. > Even if the program I'm packaging doesn't use autotools [...] If your package does not use

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:53:48AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > debhelper puts the following into the "clean" rule in debian/rules: > > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" "" > cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub > endif > ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.guess)

Re: upstream README

2003-11-06 Thread Amit Shah
On Thursday 06 Nov 2003 05:12, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > If the upstream readme file has, in this case an out of date version > number, should I just leave that as is (it has a comprehensive and > updated changelog file)? I'm not a DD, but I believe maintaining a package for Debian also means that