Re: debconf and program generated config

2005-04-04 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 02:57:32AM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hi, > > Am 2005-04-04 20:08:45, schrieb Justin Pryzby: > > > templates: defines the interactive prompts > > config: this is a shell script which asks the questions defined by > > templates. It handles things like "if you

Re: debconf and program generated config

2005-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hi, Am 2005-04-04 20:08:45, schrieb Justin Pryzby: > templates: defines the interactive prompts > config: this is a shell script which asks the questions defined by > templates. It handles things like "if you answer yes to X, then > ask Y, but not if you answer no". It exists such t

Re: How adopt an package ?

2005-04-04 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 09:20:26PM -0300, José Carlos do Nascimento wrote: > I would like to adopt zoo package, but how can I do this ? > Just send an email to WNPP ? > What I need to after this ? http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#howto-o (To be added to the FAQ once gluck recovers from it's cur

Re: debconf and program generated config

2005-04-04 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 01:29:50AM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello, > > This is the first experience using debconf to configure a bunch of > options in a program. > > The program I am packing generate a config at its first start. Then the > admin must config it and can use the program, els

How adopt an package ?

2005-04-04 Thread José Carlos do Nascimento
Hi , I would like to adopt zoo package, but how can I do this ? Just send an email to WNPP ? What I need to after this ? thanks Jose Carlos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: --purge and log/spool files

2005-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Matthew, Am 2005-04-05 09:56:10, schrieb Matthew Palmer: > Stupidity like that must not go unpunished. It's worse than leaving your > pr0n in /tmp and then wondering why it goes bye-bye on the next reboot -- :-) > leaving something in /var/log means you have to become *root* to store it

Re: --purge and log/spool files

2005-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Justin, Am 2005-04-04 19:17:22, schrieb Justin Pryzby: > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s10.8 OK > > Should I keep the /var/log/program or 'rm -rf /var/log/program'. > > Log files should be removed when the package is purged (but not when > it is only removed).

Re: --purge and log/spool files

2005-04-04 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 07:17:22PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Note that there was a relevant thread on -devel around about last > October. Someone complained that their thesis was in /var/log/apache/ Stupidity like that must not go unpunished. It's worse than leaving your pr0n in /tmp and the

Re: new debian package

2005-04-04 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 05:27:40PM -0400, Albert Huang wrote: > My research group has a project that we believe could be useful to a few > people, and thought about distributing it through the debian > repositories. It seems like it could be a fair amount of trouble for us > to do, though, so I'm

Re: --purge and log/spool files

2005-04-04 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 01:01:53AM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello, > > I am packing a program which create at its first start the neccessary > config file /etc/program and two directories /var/log/program/ and > /var/spool/program/. > How should the files and directories be handled if I P

debconf and program generated config

2005-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, This is the first experience using debconf to configure a bunch of options in a program. The program I am packing generate a config at its first start. Then the admin must config it and can use the program, else it will not start. Now I have created the "templates", "config", "postinst" a

--purge and log/spool files

2005-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, I am packing a program which create at its first start the neccessary config file /etc/program and two directories /var/log/program/ and /var/spool/program/. How should the files and directories be handled if I PURGE the Debian Package ? Should I keep the /var/log/program or 'rm -rf /var/

RFS: libtorrent & rtorrent

2005-04-04 Thread Qingning Huo
Hello, I am looking for a sponsor the the libtorrent and rtorrent packages. The package files are available from http://mayhq.org/deb/ . Any comments about the packaging are also welcome. * Package name: libtorrent (ITP: http://bugs.debian.org/298973) Version : 0.5.4 Upstream Aut

new debian package

2005-04-04 Thread Albert Huang
Hello Debian Mentors, My research group has a project that we believe could be useful to a few people, and thought about distributing it through the debian repositories. It seems like it could be a fair amount of trouble for us to do, though, so I'm in part writing to ask if we should just contin