Norbert Preining writes:
> While packaging texlive I use as Maintainer field a mailing list at
> alioth, but in the ChangeLog there actually is my Name/email in the
> relevant line. So I get source-nmu-has-incorrect-version-number warnings
> from lintian. Is this normal or is there a way to avoid
Paul TBBle Hampson writes:
> And this means that if upstream changes, the dpatch breaks and I
> _notice_ that it's happened.
I think this is a clear argument for going with dpatch. It is also much
easier for someone else (say you go on vacation and an NMU is necessary,
or a user wants to help by
Sebastian Henschel writes:
> my sponsor and i agree on "gtk2-engines-magicchicken", despite its
> length. what do the others think about it?
The suggestion in the developer's reference is just a suggestion. Go for
it.
Considering the package-name-displaying limitations of dpkg -l (14
chars, by d
Sebastian Henschel writes:
> my sponsor and i agree on "gtk2-engines-magicchicken", despite its
> length. what do the others think about it?
The suggestion in the developer's reference is just a suggestion. Go for
it.
Considering the package-name-displaying limitations of dpkg -l (14
chars, by d
Could someone with a little more packaging experience look over my
changes to netcat here, and/or make comments? I keep thinking there may
be a problem I haven't considered.
http://www.red-bean.com/~decklin/debian/
>From the .changes:
* Broke apart all the various patches that have accumulate
Could someone with a little more packaging experience look over my
changes to netcat here, and/or make comments? I keep thinking there may
be a problem I haven't considered.
http://www.red-bean.com/~decklin/debian/
>From the .changes:
* Broke apart all the various patches that have accumulat
Hugo van der Merwe writes:
> (I made another new version, and only uploaded then. So this was never
> the "topmost paragraph". Might that be the problem?)
Yes, dpkg-genchanges will only look at the most recent version when
generating the Closes: field. Try using the -vversion, option, where
'ver
Hugo van der Merwe writes:
> (I made another new version, and only uploaded then. So this was never
> the "topmost paragraph". Might that be the problem?)
Yes, dpkg-genchanges will only look at the most recent version when
generating the Closes: field. Try using the -vversion, option, where
've
Javier Viñuales Gutiérrez writes:
> install: cannot stat '': No existe el fichero o el directorio
You probably have fileutils 4.1-1 installed. Upgrade to 4.1-2.
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Javier Viñuales Gutiérrez writes:
> install: cannot stat '': No existe el fichero o el directorio
You probably have fileutils 4.1-1 installed. Upgrade to 4.1-2.
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Gavin Hamill writes:
> I'm using debhelper, and there's dh_installman listed in debian/rules, but
> not dh_installmanpages...
'man dh_installman' is your friend[1]. you need to create a file
debian/.manpages and list the manpages to
be installed in there. For example:
; pwd
/home/decklin/debian/
Gavin Hamill writes:
> I'm using debhelper, and there's dh_installman listed in debian/rules, but
> not dh_installmanpages...
'man dh_installman' is your friend[1]. you need to create a file
debian/.manpages and list the manpages to
be installed in there. For example:
; pwd
/home/decklin/debian
Lintian has recently started giving me warnings like this:
W: yafc: install-info-not-called-with-section-option
N:
N: It is a good idea to specify a section for the location of your
N: program; this is done with the --section switch. To determine which
N: section to use, you should look at /
Lintian has recently started giving me warnings like this:
W: yafc: install-info-not-called-with-section-option
N:
N: It is a good idea to specify a section for the location of your
N: program; this is done with the --section switch. To determine which
N: section to use, you should look at
Wouter de Vries writes:
> so now I put the X11 app in /usr/bin (shame on me!)..
see policy 12.8:
_Packages using the X Window System should abide by the FHS standard
whenever possible_; they should install binaries, libraries, manual
pages, and other files in FHS-mandated location
Wouter de Vries writes:
> so now I put the X11 app in /usr/bin (shame on me!)..
see policy 12.8:
_Packages using the X Window System should abide by the FHS standard
whenever possible_; they should install binaries, libraries, manual
pages, and other files in FHS-mandated locatio
Chris Danis writes:
> I'm in the NM queue, currently packaging tclbabel, a piece of software
> I have written myself. Because I am both upstream and possibly Debian
> maintainer, should this be such a native package?
I don't like making for such packages native. I have one package that
I'm also u
Chris Danis writes:
> I'm in the NM queue, currently packaging tclbabel, a piece of software
> I have written myself. Because I am both upstream and possibly Debian
> maintainer, should this be such a native package?
I don't like making for such packages native. I have one package that
I'm also
Adam C Powell IV writes:
> Do the -b/-B options to dpkg-buildpackage answer your question?
That's it. thanks.
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Today I updated a package of mine (rc) that was failing to build on
PPC. after I built a copy on my own machine, I used voltaire to check
that the fix did in fact work. Since I had .debs for two
architectures, I figured I would upload both of them.
However, I
Adam C Powell IV writes:
> Do the -b/-B options to dpkg-buildpackage answer your question?
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Today I updated a package of mine (rc) that was failing to build on
PPC. after I built a copy on my own machine, I used voltaire to check
that the fix did in fact work. Since I had .debs for two
architectures, I figured I would upload both of them.
However, I
Christian Marillat writes:
> A maintainer need to point apt to testing or unstable ?
Since you will be uploading to unstable, you will probably want to
build your packages against what's in that distribution. However,
if you want to run testing for non-Debian-related stuff, you can set
up an unst
Christian Marillat writes:
> A maintainer need to point apt to testing or unstable ?
Since you will be uploading to unstable, you will probably want to
build your packages against what's in that distribution. However,
if you want to run testing for non-Debian-related stuff, you can set
up an uns
Aaron Brashears writes:
> I checked the file system, and found that dpkg-buildpackage created
> a debian/bsf (the project name) directory which contains all the
> file that end up in the final .deb file.
>
> What's going on? The maint guide indicates that debian/tmp is
> supposed to be the install
Aaron Brashears writes:
> I checked the file system, and found that dpkg-buildpackage created
> a debian/bsf (the project name) directory which contains all the
> file that end up in the final .deb file.
>
> What's going on? The maint guide indicates that debian/tmp is
> supposed to be the instal
H. S. Teoh writes:
> Could not chdir to home directory /debian/home/hsteoh: No such file or
> directory
I believe you need to log in to auric normally at least once so that
your home directory is created. Try uploading again after you do that.
> It appears twice, one before the files were upped,
Tomohiro KUBOTA writes:
> Yes, this is me. (Though it doesn't have [EMAIL PROTECTED])
I checked out my key and it seems to be suffering the same (non-fatal)
problem. I ran --send-keys to update my key once I saw it added to the
keyring server, but the same version is there. What am I and Tomohir
H. S. Teoh writes:
> Could not chdir to home directory /debian/home/hsteoh: No such file or
> directory
I believe you need to log in to auric normally at least once so that
your home directory is created. Try uploading again after you do that.
> It appears twice, one before the files were upped
Tomohiro KUBOTA writes:
> Yes, this is me. (Though it doesn't have [EMAIL PROTECTED])
I checked out my key and it seems to be suffering the same (non-fatal)
problem. I ran --send-keys to update my key once I saw it added to the
keyring server, but the same version is there. What am I and Tomohi
Christian Marillat writes:
> # restart sawfish
> if [ `pidof sawfish` ]; then
>sawfish-client -display :0.0 -f restart
> fi
Well, if you still want do do this (I really don't like the idea, but
it's your package...[2]), it seems highly unlikely that this is the right
way. What you
Christian Marillat writes:
> # restart sawfish
> if [ `pidof sawfish` ]; then
>sawfish-client -display :0.0 -f restart
> fi
Well, if you still want do do this (I really don't like the idea, but
it's your package...[2]), it seems highly unlikely that this is the right
way. What yo
Christian Marillat writes:
> I need to restart sawfish.
Where does policy say that?
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Ola Lundqvist writes:
> --- snip from lintain output
> W: webmin: perl-script-needs-dependency
> "perl5|perl5-thread|perl-5.004|perl-5.005|perl-5.005-thread"
> ./usr/share/webmin/web-lib.pl use Sys::Hostname
This did not mean ``copy that line in blindly'', it meant ``you need
one of those.
Christian Marillat writes:
> I need to restart sawfish.
Where does policy say that?
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Ola Lundqvist writes:
> --- snip from lintain output
> W: webmin: perl-script-needs-dependency
>"perl5|perl5-thread|perl-5.004|perl-5.005|perl-5.005-thread"
>./usr/share/webmin/web-lib.pl use Sys::Hostname
This did not mean ``copy that line in blindly'', it meant ``you need
one of those.'
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Michel Verdier writes:
> I am trying to build a debian package and stuck on this message :
>
> dpkg-gencontrol: error: control file must have at least one binary package
> part
>
> My debian/control contains entries Package, Version, Section, Priority,
> Architectu
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Michel Verdier writes:
> I am trying to build a debian package and stuck on this message :
>
> dpkg-gencontrol: error: control file must have at least one binary package part
>
> My debian/control contains entries Package, Version, Section, Priority,
> Architecture
somewhat inconvenient, but how about including MD5 sums
> of the attachments in the body of the message, which is then signed?
> (i.e. md5sums *.jpg + cutnpaste)
I made a sig separately and attached that. 'man gpg'...
; gpg --detach-sign --armor decklin-foster-id.jpg
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somewhat inconvenient, but how about including MD5 sums
> of the attachments in the body of the message, which is then signed?
> (i.e. md5sums *.jpg + cutnpaste)
I made a sig separately and attached that. 'man gpg'...
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I'm going to use logrotate for a package, as suggested in policy 4.8.
Would it be more appropriate to use a Suggests:, Reccommends:, or
Depends: relationship on this package?
Existing packages don't seem to have any consensus:
; grep '^Suggests:.*logrotate' available | wc -l
4
; grep '^Reco
I'm going to use logrotate for a package, as suggested in policy 4.8.
Would it be more appropriate to use a Suggests:, Reccommends:, or
Depends: relationship on this package?
Existing packages don't seem to have any consensus:
; grep '^Suggests:.*logrotate' available | wc -l
4
; grep '^Rec
Scott E Graves writes:
> What libraries do I need to look at in order to allow
> client authentication against /etc/passwd?
Probably PAM. Install libpam-doc and have a look.
That said, why not remove the authentication from your protocol and
tunnel your connections through SSH? Making your own m
Scott E Graves writes:
> What libraries do I need to look at in order to allow
> client authentication against /etc/passwd?
Probably PAM. Install libpam-doc and have a look.
That said, why not remove the authentication from your protocol and
tunnel your connections through SSH? Making your own
> Jim Westveer wrote:
> >
> > We started processing applicants, and are now working furiously
> > to go through the mail archives to get each and every application
> > into the nm.debian.org database.
> >
> > We have and will be processing the oldest applications first, and we
> > are currently
> Jim Westveer wrote:
> >
> > We started processing applicants, and are now working furiously
> > to go through the mail archives to get each and every application
> > into the nm.debian.org database.
> >
> > We have and will be processing the oldest applications first, and we
> > are currently w
Tom Cato Amundsen writes:
> Should postrm look for these files and remove them on purge?
> I got a feeling it should not, but since I mention the possibility
> to create the files in the documentation, I ask this question.
I would probably install them empty and mark them as conffiles, thus
remov
Tom Cato Amundsen writes:
> Should postrm look for these files and remove them on purge?
> I got a feeling it should not, but since I mention the possibility
> to create the files in the documentation, I ask this question.
I would probably install them empty and mark them as conffiles, thus
remo
Anand Kumria writes:
> No, I mean deleteing a key which I have imported into my personal
> public keyring which also exists in a public copy. That doesn't work.
Ah. Could you file a bug report?
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Timshel Knoll writes:
> put:
> keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg
>
> and also this is you've enabled rsa and idea:
> keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.pgp
>
> in your ~/.gnupg/options
R, and I *just* re-imported all those keys. Is there a simple way
to delete them all
Michael Wiedmann writes:
> I found your solution in the 'Debian Maintainers Guide' (v0.96) too.
> But it would be much more convenient to have a 'virtual package name'
> for this, since I really *don't* know any possible values for X11
> terminal emulations.
$ apt-cache show rxvt | grep '^Provide
I'm building a package with debhelper, and my package's configuration
files go into /etc/muddleftpd. When purging the package that I build,
I get this from dpkg:
dpkg - warning: while removing muddleftpd, directory `/etc/muddleftpd'
not empty so not removed.
I get the feeling i'm overlooking som
Christopher C Chimelis writes:
> I was wondering something, though, before I upload it. On the Alpha, it
> seems that the URL entry area reverses the input on the keyboard (for
> example, if I type "http" it prints "ptth" in the box). Is this behaviour
> duplicated in the i386 version? If not,
Raphael Hertzog writes:
> Of course, as long you're not a registered Debian developers you cannot
> upload your packages. The soluton is that the sponsor will upload the
> package you'll do. The official maintainer will be
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] After all when you correct bugs on orphaned
> packages,
Christopher C Chimelis writes:
> I packaged it and will upload it in the morning. In the meantime, have
> you tested this version pretty thoroughly?
I've been running the actual binary for several weeks with no problems
(well, other than buggy layout, but that's another issue :-), and it
went t
Mark Brown writes:
> -1 is fine for the first package of a new upstream version.
Wait, I meant -0.1, not -0. See:
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/developers-reference/ch-nmu.html#s-nmu-version
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Hi all,
I filed a bug a long time ago against chimera about there being a new
upstream version (a new patchlevel, really.) It's 79 days old and I
haven't heard anything. I wish I could NMU it, but I am not a
developer and do not have a verified PGP key. Can someone take the
stuff at http://members
Hamish Moffatt writes:
> However I suspect you should not be doing "make prefix=...";
> you should make without overriding prefix, and just override it
> during "make install".
This is what I'm doing, actually; after running 'make' normally to
build the package, I run (from debian/rules, i haven'
I am attempting to package a program that includes some icons. in
Makefile.in, it has the following:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]@
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@/share/icons
and these variables are referred to elsewhere. My problem is that when
the Makefile is ge
I am packaging a program (an FTP client) which can be compiled with
support for Kerberos 4, 5, or none at all. What would be the best way
to deal with this, and what do I need to understand about the
kerberos4kth* packages on non-US? Thanks in advance for any help.
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