Re: Reforming 'orig.tar.gz' with included tar-ball.

2010-01-26 Thread Al Nikolov
Mats Erik Andersson wrote: > Is there some reverence that should prevent me from taking the step > of letting a new 'orig.tar.gz' be a byte-for-byte copy of the upstream > source archive? I will make the new package conform to "3.0 (quilt)". It's nothing wrong and even preferable to convert your

Re: RFS: ripit (updated package)

2010-01-25 Thread Al Nikolov
Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 3.8.2-1 > of my package "ripit". As far as i see it breaks DPM 2.2.1 by depending on non-free (and even not-existant in Debian) packages. Would you get rid of these dependencies and only Suggest them? Please, use DEP-3 pa

Re: What to do if the original tarball contains a debian subdirectory

2009-01-29 Thread Al Nikolov
Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > I have a similar question. Upstream has file ./debian/files in their > tarball. > > Lintian complained about that file so I've deleted it. But during build in > pbuilder it gets added back from the orig tarball. How to handle this? That's because such change cannot be r

Re: What to do if the original tarball contains a debian subdirectory

2009-01-28 Thread Al Nikolov
Luca Niccoli wrote: > The original tarball already contains a debian subdirectory (which > needs some corrections anyway), how should I deal with that? > If I dh_make straight after unpacking the tarball, dh_make won't > modify the debian subdirectory; but I wonder if removing it beforehand > will

Re: [Bulk] Re: Advice about first package building (from sources)

2008-09-18 Thread Al Nikolov
Laurent Guignard wrote: > I'll build a chroot environment with deboostrap with "unstable". > I'll have to build the new libnet1 package of David Paleino from all > files he upload on mentors.debian.net (with Debian unstable dependencies). > After, I'll can build my package from source. > > It see

Re: Advice about first package building (from sources)

2008-09-17 Thread Al Nikolov
Laurent Guignard wrote: > I have read the main documentation about pbuilder but i haven't seen if > it is possible to build a package from upstream sources. > In all examples, the command is like "pbuilder build ???.dsc" > > What is the correct method to build a package from upstream sources ? >

Re: deb/debian suffixes in packages

2008-09-16 Thread Al Nikolov
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Shouldn't devreference describe common used practices? It's not a > policy, after all. OTOH, devreference is not a collection of common used practices (what is may be sad), but a > overview of the recommended procedures and the available resources IMHO, whict is mor

Re: deb/debian suffixes in packages

2008-09-16 Thread Al Nikolov
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Thank you for answer. May be, it's reasonable to add this info (after > formatting) to devreference? I believe it's not a policy but a somewhat common used practice. You are free to use *any* revision suffixes in your packages because revisions itself have only one (p

Re: cdbs: how to move file after install target?

2008-09-16 Thread Al Nikolov
Jack Bates wrote: > install:: > mv -i $(DEB_DESTDIR)/usr/bin/scripts/phpcs-svn-pre-commit > $(DEB_DESTDIR)/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/phpcs > > - but it has no effect: The script is still installed at > /usr/bin/scrips/phpcs-svn-pre-commit It is unclear from your post, does your `mv' actu

Re: Bug#461513: cdbs: requires aclocal.m4 to be present in order to generate it

2008-09-16 Thread Al Nikolov
Hi there! > I admit that in my case it is a cornercase: it is an old package that > necessitates the autotools to be ran again with newer versions in order > to build. I do this with the DEB_AUTO_UPDATE* variables of CDBS. > > I placed a fake aclocal.m4 to force DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_ACLOCAL=1.10 to tak

Re: Query about Debian

2008-05-06 Thread Al Nikolov
ixing you own system with testing or unstable, please reconsider again: you should know what you doing. For the purpose of package buildings for Sid use another methods such as pbuilder. In any case, do it in _another_ environment: chroot, User Mode Linux etc. -- Regards, Al Nikolov jid: [EMAIL

Unused libraries copyrigths

2008-01-21 Thread Al Nikolov
right should be declared in the copyright file. or 2b. All copyrights should be declared though the third party code is not used in binary package (just because it is distributed in source package). -- Regards, Al Nikolov jid: [EMAIL PROTECTED] irc: clown uin: 312108671 pgp fingerprint:

inactive maintenance

2007-06-17 Thread Al Nikolov
d not to improve the packaging quality. Should exist some way to fix that. -- Regards, Al Nikolov jid: [EMAIL PROTECTED] irc: clown uin: 312108671 pgp fingerprint: 4B50 F1E3 080C 21A2 91F4 8BF0 CD60 3B5A 2ECF 984B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

dsc: Format

2007-05-29 Thread Al Nikolov
Hi, there! Any meaning of this? The value of 1.0 is hardcoded in dpkg-source (lenny/sid). The current Policy claims: "The most current format described in the Policy Manual is version 1.5". -- Regards, Al Nikolov jid: [EMAIL PROTECTED] irc: clown uin: 312108671 pgp fingerp

main or contrib?

2006-10-21 Thread Al Nikolov
device driver. To me, this package should be moved from main to contrib. -- Regards, Al Nikolov jid: [EMAIL PROTECTED] irc: clown uin: 312108671 pgp fingerprint: 4B50 F1E3 080C 21A2 91F4 8BF0 CD60 3B5A 2ECF 984B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: proxycheck -- link

2006-01-30 Thread Al Nikolov
article about it? > - I assume you have sent your patches upstream already. I did. -- Regards, Al Nikolov JID [EMAIL PROTECTED]IRC clown UIN 312108671 PGP 4B50 F1E3 080C 21A2 91F4 8BF0 CD60 3B5A 2ECF 984B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: proxycheck -- link

2006-01-27 Thread Al Nikolov
Al Nikolov wrote: Excuse me, forgot link to http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/proxycheck/ -- Regards, Al Nikolov JID [EMAIL PROTECTED]IRC clown UIN 312108671 PGP 4B50 F1E3 080C 21A2 91F4 8BF0 CD60 3B5A 2ECF 984B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

RFS: proxycheck

2006-01-27 Thread Al Nikolov
ay be used to quickly check whenever a given host or set of hosts has open proxy server running -- Regards, Al Nikolov JID [EMAIL PROTECTED]IRC clown UIN 312108671 PGP 4B50 F1E3 080C 21A2 91F4 8BF0 CD60 3B5A 2ECF 984B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: RFS: dsbltesters

2006-01-27 Thread Al Nikolov
ot-marked-as-conffile /etc/dsbl.conf W: dsbltesters: old-fsf-address-in-copyright-file To me, it's a kind of magic, because i use up-to-date etch system and certanly same linda/lintian versions as for pbuilder environment. How come the difference? Anyway, now, pbuilder environment was upgraded

Re: RFS: dsbltesters

2006-01-26 Thread Al Nikolov
e is not lintian clean. Three issues there. Do you mean issues above or something other? I saw only one: $ lintian dsbltesters_0.9.5-1.dsc W: dsbltesters source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.6.1 Could you be so kind to check dsbltesters_0.9.5-2? -- Regards, Al Nikolov JID [EMAIL PROTECTED]IRC cl

RFS: dsbltesters

2006-01-25 Thread Al Nikolov
services. It enables you to send tests to servers based on spam that you receive. If those tests succeed, the results will reach the DSBL host in question, and the relay will be listed. It can be downloaded from: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/dsbltesters/ -- Regards, Al Nikolov JID

RFS: dsbltesters - open proxy/relay testing utilities

2005-12-12 Thread Al Nikolov
-compliant services. It enables you to send tests to servers based on spam that you receive. If those tests succeed, the results will reach the DSBL host in question, and the relay will be listed. -- Regards, Al Nikolov JID [EMAIL PROTECTED]IRC clown UIN 312108671 PGP 4B50 F1E3 080C 21A2

Bad input checking - a bug?

2005-04-13 Thread Al Nikolov
Hello, all Please consult me. A bad checking of "unexpected" command-line arguments causing segmentation fault - is that behaviour must be counted as a grave/normal/minor bug? -- Regards, Al Nikolov -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

backporting

2004-04-02 Thread Al Nikolov
Hi, all Point me to sources describing the Debian way of backporting pls -- Regards, Al Nikolov

backporting

2004-04-02 Thread Al Nikolov
Hi, all Point me to sources describing the Debian way of backporting pls -- Regards, Al Nikolov -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFS: proxycheck

2004-01-08 Thread Al Nikolov
l as allows by your system's resources, or up to specified limit. So it is possible to scan the whole networks using this tool. But be warned that doing so may be not what owners of those networks likes. -- Regards, Al Nikolov Informational and Analytics Centre of Saint-Petersburg

RFS: proxycheck

2004-01-08 Thread Al Nikolov
s allows by your system's resources, or up to specified limit. So it is possible to scan the whole networks using this tool. But be warned that doing so may be not what owners of those networks likes. -- Regards, Al Nikolov Informational and Analytics Centre of Saint-Petersburg -- To UNSU

Seeking sponsor for proxycheck

2003-12-25 Thread Al Nikolov
Hi, all Just packaged the proxycheck - a simple tool to quickly recon a running open proxy server - and need sponsorship to become Dedian contributor. Please promote. The package is available at: <http://bilbo.gorod-spb.ru/~al/debian/> -- Regards, Al Nikolov Informational and Ana

Seeking sponsor for proxycheck

2003-12-25 Thread Al Nikolov
Hi, all Just packaged the proxycheck - a simple tool to quickly recon a running open proxy server - and need sponsorship to become Dedian contributor. Please promote. The package is available at: <http://bilbo.gorod-spb.ru/~al/debian/> -- Regards, Al Nikolov Informational and Ana