Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En ce doux début de matinée du mardi 15 juillet 2008, vers 08:18, Thomas Goirand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > Anyway, thanks for all the good remarks, I think the last one from Don > is the best answer (eg: check for the database format itself, and see if > it needs upgrade). Another sol

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Thomas Goirand
Don Armstrong wrote: > The right way to do this is to test the SQL database itself if it > needs to be updated. [Indeed, ideally the module itself would handle > upgrading itself if it was running an earlier version.] > > > Don Armstrong Yes, mod_log_sql should be able to upgrade itself, we know

Re: Building Iceweasel on Etch

2008-07-14 Thread Chris Vail
The FAQ was what I needed; thanks!I will be back when I can be useful. :-) --- On Mon, 7/14/08, Mauro Lizaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Mauro Lizaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Building Iceweasel on Etch To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, July 14, 20

Re: Building Iceweasel on Etch

2008-07-14 Thread Mauro Lizaur
Chris Vail wrote: > I think I need to clarify what I want to do.I work for Websense, which > supplies internet filtering software to corporate customers. My job is to > respond to customer issues with that software. Over the years, I have come > across cases where the problem appears to be bet

Re: Building Iceweasel on Etch

2008-07-14 Thread Chris Vail
I think I need to clarify what I want to do.I work for Websense, which supplies internet filtering software to corporate customers.  My job is to respond to customer issues with that software.  Over the years, I have come across cases where the problem appears to be between the browser and some

Re: Building Iceweasel on Etch

2008-07-14 Thread Mauro Lizaur
Chris Vail wrote: > Who should I talk to about building Iceweasel on Etch? I have a Thinkpad R51 > running Etch, and I would like to use that as my build box. > Hi Chris, This is not the mailing list to talk about that, try [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. -- JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lusers.co

Building Iceweasel on Etch

2008-07-14 Thread Chris Vail
Who should I talk to about building Iceweasel on Etch?  I have a Thinkpad R51 running Etch, and I would like to use that as my build box.

Fwd: #372268 - ITP: valkyrie - sponsor wanted

2008-07-14 Thread Hai Zaar
Good day! I'm looking for a sponsor to upload valkyrie package (ITP #372268). I've sent mail a week ago, and since no one has replied, I'm kindly asking again. Please see forwarded mail below for details. Thank you. -- Zaar -- Forwarded message -- From: Hai Zaar <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Thomas Goirand wrote: > I want to make an update to libapache-mod-log-sql that needs some > maintenances in it's SQL databases if we need to upgrade. Namely, it > needs some table structure upgrades. The right way to do this is to test the SQL database itself if it needs to be

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 03:26:53AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > > Additional (might be more to his interest, because he talked about his > > postinst) it says: > > > > " > > postinst configure most-recently-configured-version > > " > > > > If a package is upgraded th

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Goirand wrote: > Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: >> IANADD. >> >> Policy 6.6.3 says >> >> "If the package is being upgraded, call: >> >> new-preinst upgrade old-version >> " >> Is it what you are seeking? > > That wont give me the version

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Thomas Goirand
Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > Additional (might be more to his interest, because he talked about his > postinst) it says: > > " > postinst configure most-recently-configured-version > " > > If a package is upgraded the most-recently-configured-version is usually > identical to old-version. It isn't

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Thomas Goirand
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > IANADD. > > Policy 6.6.3 says > > "If the package is being upgraded, call: > > new-preinst upgrade old-version > " > Is it what you are seeking? That wont give me the version number from which I'm upgrading from, will it? Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

RFS: quick-lounge-applet (updated package)

2008-07-14 Thread Diego Fernández Durán
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 2.12.5-2 of my package "quick-lounge-applet". It builds these binary packages: quick-lounge-applet - GNOME panel applet to organise preferred applications The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.de

Re: RFS: libdgtnix

2008-07-14 Thread W. van den Akker
On Monday 14 July 2008, Ben Finney wrote: > "W. van den Akker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > libdgtnix-1-9 - Libraries for using DGT chess board > > libdgtnix-dev - Development libraries dgtnix POSIX driver DGT chess board > > The package synopsis should be treated as a clause within a sentence,

Re: RFS: dgtdrv

2008-07-14 Thread W. van den Akker
On Monday 14 July 2008, Ben Finney wrote: > "W. van den Akker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > dgtdrv - Posix driver for the DGT chess board > > POSIX is usually treated as an initialism, so should be spelled in > all-capitals. A better synopsis would be: > > POSIX driver for the DGT chess

RFS: libdgtnix: libraries for using DGT chess board

2008-07-14 Thread W. van den Akker
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libdgtnix". * Package name    : libdgtnix   Version         : 1-9-1   Upstream Author : Pierre Boulenguez * URL             : http://dgtnix.sourceforge.net * License         : GPL v2   Section         : libs It builds these binary packages

RFS: dgtdrv: POSIX driver for the DGT chess board

2008-07-14 Thread W. van den Akker
I am looking for a sponsor for my package "dgtdrv". * Package name    : dgtdrv   Version         : 1.18-1   Upstream Author : Alexander Wagner * URL             : http://dgtdrv.sourceforge.net * License         : GPL v2   Section         : games It builds these binary packages: dgtdrv - POSIX

Re: font policy changes

2008-07-14 Thread Russ Allbery
Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe HOME was still set to the user's home dir? If XAUTHORITY isn't > set Xlib looks in $HOME/.Xauthority, so that may work depending how you > get root. Ah, XAUTHORITY was set. Thank you. I didn't know about that. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECT

Re: font policy changes

2008-07-14 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 08:50:57 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It will always fail, because the user running the script (root) won't > > normally have access to the X server. > > See, I thought that too, and then I tried it and it seemed to work fine.

Re: font policy changes

2008-07-14 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Lors de la soirée naissante du lundi 14 juillet 2008, vers 17:50, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : >> It will always fail, because the user running the script (root) won't >> normally have access to the X server. > See, I thought that too, and then I tried it and it seemed to work

Re: font policy changes

2008-07-14 Thread Russ Allbery
Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 22:13:27 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> 3) Even if "mkfontdir" were invoked directly or if it's okay to give >>> "update-fonts-dir" an absolute path (in which case its man page needs to >>> be updated

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
Hi, On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 04:05:05PM +0300, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > > I know many "hacks" to know that I'm upgrading (like doing dpkg -l, > > etc.), but what is the correct/policy way to know from what version my > > package is upgrading, so my postinst can run smoothly? > Policy 6.6.3 says

RE: font policy changes

2008-07-14 Thread unifoundry
> Original Message > Subject: Re: font policy changes > From: Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, July 14, 2008 2:26 am > To: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian-mentors@lists.debian.org, Anthony > Fok <[EMAIL PROTECTE

RFS: txtreader: text viewer, mainly used for reading text originally novels (new package)

2008-07-14 Thread LI Daobing (李道兵)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "txtreader". * Package name: txtreader Version : 0.4.4-1 Upstream Author : lsyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.minisrc.com/?q=node/6 * License : GPL-any Section : text It's a general t

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Goirand wrote: > Hi, > > I want to make an update to libapache-mod-log-sql that needs some > maintenances in it's SQL databases if we need to upgrade. Namely, it > needs some table structure upgrades. > > I know many "hacks" to know that I'm u

How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-14 Thread Thomas Goirand
Hi, I want to make an update to libapache-mod-log-sql that needs some maintenances in it's SQL databases if we need to upgrade. Namely, it needs some table structure upgrades. I know many "hacks" to know that I'm upgrading (like doing dpkg -l, etc.), but what is the correct/policy way to know fro

RFS: aumix (updated package)

2008-07-14 Thread Stefan Ott
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 2.8-21 of my package "aumix". It builds these binary packages: aumix - Simple text-based mixer control program aumix-gtk - Simple mixer control program with GUI and text interfaces The package appears to be lintian clean. The up

Re: why my program segmentation fault?

2008-07-14 Thread George Danchev
Quoting Star Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I wrote a program to copy the memory content of - to a file, but it says "Segmentation fault", (i use AMD64 lenny, so the address is long), how could i fix it? thanks! you should only fclose() if Memory != NULL, so your function would be

Re: font policy changes

2008-07-14 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 22:13:27 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > 3) Even if "mkfontdir" were invoked directly or if it's okay to give > > "update-fonts-dir" an absolute path (in which case its man page needs to > > be updated and the warning removed), isn't it also ad

why my program segmentation fault?

2008-07-14 Thread Star Liu
I wrote a program to copy the memory content of - to a file, but it says "Segmentation fault", (i use AMD64 lenny, so the address is long), how could i fix it? thanks! #include #include void CopyMemoryToFile(char* FilePath, long StartAddress, long OffSet) { FILE* Memory

Re: RFS: winff

2008-07-14 Thread Paul Gevers
Dear mentors, I found several issues myself (copyright of language files and winff icon) and a wrong link to the icon in the desktop file, so those are fixed. I would appreciate comments on/upload of the package. Again available at mentors: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/w/winff/