Re: problem with debug libraries

2004-07-30 Thread Rene Engelhard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, martin f krafft wrote: [ snip ] > I am using dh_strip --keep-debug to keep these binaries purposely in > place. Thus, I should probably override the last two errors. > However, I am unsure about the first six lines. What do they mean? > What am I

Re: problem with debug libraries

2004-07-30 Thread Rene Engelhard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, martin f krafft wrote: [ snip ] > I am using dh_strip --keep-debug to keep these binaries purposely in > place. Thus, I should probably override the last two errors. > However, I am unsure about the first six lines. What do they mean? > What am I

Re: RFS: gbuffy (adopted)

2004-07-30 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Colin, * Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-30 17:41]: > > > I'm looking for a sponsor to upload a new gbuffy version for me. I've > > > decided to adopt the gbuffy package since it is in bad shape, I use it > > > every day and I wouldn't like it to be removed from Debian. The wnpp >

Re: RFS: gbuffy (adopted)

2004-07-30 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Colin, * Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-30 17:41]: > > > I'm looking for a sponsor to upload a new gbuffy version for me. I've > > > decided to adopt the gbuffy package since it is in bad shape, I use it > > > every day and I wouldn't like it to be removed from Debian. The wnpp >

problem with debug libraries

2004-07-30 Thread martin f krafft
I maintain libcwd. For the latest release 0.99.37-2, linda reports the following problems: E: libcwd0; Object /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libcwd.so.0.99.37 is not directly linked against libc. E: libcwd0; Object /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libcwd_r.so.0.99.37 is not directly linked against libc. E: libcwd

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-07-30 Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": > > > > A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a > > directory or vice versa; instead, the existing

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Frank Küster
Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": > > A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a > directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or > not) will be left alone and dpkg

problem with debug libraries

2004-07-30 Thread martin f krafft
I maintain libcwd. For the latest release 0.99.37-2, linda reports the following problems: E: libcwd0; Object /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libcwd.so.0.99.37 is not directly linked against libc. E: libcwd0; Object /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libcwd_r.so.0.99.37 is not directly linked against libc. E: libcwd

Re: security fix dependency

2004-07-30 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 11:41:37PM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: > I have a seemingly stupid question. Say I am not a DD yet, and has a > security bug in a package I help maintaining. Upstream fixed it, so the > package is ready, but upstream requires new library version from a > depende

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Justin Pryzby
I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or not) will be left alone and dpkg will follow the symlink if there is one

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-07-30 Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": > > > > A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a > > directory or vice versa; instead, the existing

dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Frank Küster
Hi, I think I have raised this somewhere before, but I can't remember or find it in the list archives. In the tetex-bin package, there is a symlink: /usr/share/texmf/web2c --> /var/lib/texmf/web2c Now I want to make /usr/share/texmf/web2c an ordinary directory with some static files in it, while

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Frank Küster
Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": > > A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a > directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or > not) will be left alone and dpkg

Re: security fix dependency

2004-07-30 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 11:41:37PM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: > I have a seemingly stupid question. Say I am not a DD yet, and has a > security bug in a package I help maintaining. Upstream fixed it, so the > package is ready, but upstream requires new library version from a > depende

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Justin Pryzby
I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or not) will be left alone and dpkg will follow the symlink if there is one

dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Frank Küster
Hi, I think I have raised this somewhere before, but I can't remember or find it in the list archives. In the tetex-bin package, there is a symlink: /usr/share/texmf/web2c --> /var/lib/texmf/web2c Now I want to make /usr/share/texmf/web2c an ordinary directory with some static files in it, while

Re: RFS: rhythmbox-applet

2004-07-30 Thread Dan Korostelev
On Чтв, 2004-07-29 at 23:48 +0400, Dan Korostelev wrote: > I made a package for rhythmbox-applet (look on mentors.debian.net) and > now looking for a sponsor. Please, check it out and upload to Debian if > you want. Any suggestions accepted :) And "oh yes" thing: * Package name: rhythmbox-app

Re: RFS: rhythmbox-applet

2004-07-30 Thread Dan Korostelev
On ÐÑÐ, 2004-07-29 at 23:48 +0400, Dan Korostelev wrote: > I made a package for rhythmbox-applet (look on mentors.debian.net) and > now looking for a sponsor. Please, check it out and upload to Debian if > you want. Any suggestions accepted :) And "oh yes" thing: * Package name: rhythmbox-app