Re: RFS: OpenCPN navigation (ITP #538067)

2012-01-19 Thread Hamish
th. passing my first try at that off to Anton as I'm heading off to sea in a few minutes.. Hamish wrote: >> aside: Anyone know the redistribution terms for >> vcredist_x86.exe ? >> MS's download site does not make it obvious and >> I guess you have to actually in

RFS: OpenCPN navigation (ITP #538067)

2012-01-15 Thread Hamish
orrect dir to use for 3rd party plugins is not obvious to the casual user. * to put "dfsg" in the version number or not? Hamish wrote: >> You'll notice our source tarball is labeled dfsg. This is because >> there were some included DLLs to help build the MS Windows

Re: request for pkg review (ITP #538067)

2011-12-10 Thread Hamish
o use for 3rd party plugins is not obvious to the casual user. * to put "dfsg" in the version number or not? Hamish wrote: >> You'll notice our source tarball is labeled dfsg. This is because >> there were some included DLLs to help build the MS Windows >> version o

request for pkg review (ITP #538067)

2011-08-16 Thread Hamish
gz version number having to match the final binary package number. Is there a work around? Does there have to be? (I mean do the debian buildbots care if the source.orig.tar.gz version exactly matches?) I am using debuild and don't experience the problem myself.. thanks, Hamish -- To

Re: Bug#538067: RFS: opencpn

2011-07-09 Thread Hamish
pencpn_plugins is being > created. I will investigate and fix that today. (I thought I had already taken care of that, maybe I missed something or the new beta changes in a way I didn't expect) Also I need to double check the dispersion of the provided docs after the upstream path change th

Re: RFS: opencpn

2011-07-01 Thread Hamish
ler than 16 in libGARMINHOST.a(gpsapp.c.o) ? > > valgrind analysis: --volunteers welcome. > > Your Standards-Version is out of date, --todo. > > A lot of the source code contains CVS $Id lines --further cleaned out in the lastest push. thanks, Hamish -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: RFS: opencpn

2011-06-26 Thread Hamish
oad will run lintian, nor that lintian knows about the > specific embedded code copies you are using. Think of it as an > additional safety net. This possibility is not something which would keep me awake at night, but no harm in it, so will do. Hamish: > > ok, sid's lintian now rep

Re: RFS: opencpn

2011-06-26 Thread Hamish
Hamish: > > I've no answer, but I notice that `apt-file search > > paypal` turns up a handful of other debian packages in the > > same boat, for good or bad. > > > > If it is deemed to be copyright/trademark problematic, > > there should be no trouble goi

Re: RFS: opencpn

2011-06-20 Thread Hamish
ightly suspect. I'd like to know its lineage, > > > copyright and license. Same for macutils.c > [+] > > > sercomm.cpp macsercomm.h macutils.h > > > sercomm.h > > Hamish replied: > > src/about.cpp lists seriallib as being GPL. > > We can reque

Re: RFS: opencpn

2011-06-19 Thread Hamish
package: source version 2.4.612-1 [...] --- ["origin: vendor"??] which one to keep and which one to drop? if dpkg-buildpackage's is to be dropped, how would one accomplish that in the rules file? thanks, Hamish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debia

Re: RFS: opencpn

2011-06-18 Thread Hamish
[several issues mentioned in yesterday's summary have now been fixed upstream, more on that soon] Paul wrote: > > What is the license for src/bitmaps/paypal_donate.xpm? Hamish: > -> TODO > I don't know, but we need to find out as a priority. I've no answer, but

Re: RFS: opencpn

2011-06-18 Thread Hamish
know its lineage, > > copyright and license. Same for macutils.c [+] > > sercomm.cpp macsercomm.h macutils.h > > sercomm.h Hamish replied: > src/about.cpp lists seriallib as being GPL. > We can request better header comments. requested, waiting. http://www.opencpn.org/f

Re: RFS: opencpn

2011-04-30 Thread Hamish
th the code. It is expected that more will come along (see the opencpn download page for some works in progress), and when that happens we will most likely split them out into their own binary package. But for now it's not worth the effort. As for src/mygdal and src/myiso8211, GDAL does supply nic

Re: [DebianGIS] RFS - mapcatcher

2010-07-20 Thread Hamish
package which allows backdrop tile servers from a number of (AFAIK) clean sources. regards, Hamish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/476378.33703...@web110001.mail.gq1.yahoo.com

Re: Bug#444514: marked as done (gpredict: FTBFS: error: 'GtkTooltips' undeclared)

2007-10-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
tained package. For example the Makefile.{am,in} COPYING change: this is purely cosmetic. I disagree that your solution is the best; maintaining patches to upstream sources is a nuisance, while fixing things up afterwards in debian/rules is easier. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROT

Re: namespace conflict != package Conflict?

2005-06-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ng of your package description for cogito, the name GIT (the version control system) doesn't seem to mean anything in particular. So renaming it would not be a big loss. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Debian Mentors Project

2003-05-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
It might get us an initial package of some new software, but will it get us a package that is continually and well maintained? We already have hundreds (if not thousands) of poor quality packages; I don't think we need new technology to churn these out. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <

Re: Looking for a `light' library deb in order to serve as an example.

2002-12-30 Thread Hamish Moffatt
e > dependencies or other complications. I think libstroke is fairly straightforward. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Looking for a `light' library deb in order to serve as an example.

2002-12-30 Thread Hamish Moffatt
e > dependencies or other complications. I think libstroke is fairly straightforward. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: moving a config file

2002-10-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 04:41:01PM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 12:08:01AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > I want to move some conffiles from one directory to another in a package > > upgrade. Can I simply move it in the preinst? I suppose I will possi

Re: moving a config file

2002-10-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 04:41:01PM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 12:08:01AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > I want to move some conffiles from one directory to another in a package > > upgrade. Can I simply move it in the preinst? I suppose I will possi

moving a config file

2002-10-21 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Hi, I want to move some conffiles from one directory to another in a package upgrade. Can I simply move it in the preinst? I suppose I will possibly have to create the target directory too unless I pre-depend on the package which would own it (not desirable). Thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt

Re: request for sponsor: GtkSpell

2002-07-21 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ur package would be better described as a "spelling-checker add-on" rather than a "spell-checking addon", unless it really checks spells. Also, addon isn't a word. Regards Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To U

Re: sponsor and advocate wanted

2002-07-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
/usr/share/doc/tkxcd/examples. I think dh_compress will take care of compressing the man page, so you don't need to do that yourself. You should install the upstream HISTORY file as the changelog, using "dh_installchangelogs HISTORY". As Ben mentioned, the menu entry isn'

Re: sponsor and advocate wanted

2002-07-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
o in /usr/share/doc/tkxcd/examples. I think dh_compress will take care of compressing the man page, so you don't need to do that yourself. You should install the upstream HISTORY file as the changelog, using "dh_installchangelogs HISTORY". As Ben mentioned, the menu entry isn'

Re: shlibdeps

2002-04-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
em I used to build the package. > Is there a way to tell dh_shlibdeps to ignore a given lib (e.g. tcl and > tk) so that I could give the dependency manually ? You could remove ${shlib:Depends} from the control file? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: shlibdeps

2002-04-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
system I used to build the package. > Is there a way to tell dh_shlibdeps to ignore a given lib (e.g. tcl and > tk) so that I could give the dependency manually ? You could remove ${shlib:Depends} from the control file? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: ITA'ing a package if not yet a developer?

2002-03-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> right to ITA the package? (It's a very small, non-essential package.) > If not, what should I do? Could you find someone who is willing to sponsor you before officially adopting the package? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: ITA'ing a package if not yet a developer?

2002-03-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
all > right to ITA the package? (It's a very small, non-essential package.) > If not, what should I do? Could you find someone who is willing to sponsor you before officially adopting the package? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --

Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath

2002-02-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
of > paths for all binaries. (This filtering is not done on RPATH > currently. That feature won't be necessary until libc actually > changes major version.) OK, I see. As long as no binaries have hard-coded paths (RPATH) to libc, why would ldconfig need to change? Hamish --

Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath

2002-02-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ing of > paths for all binaries. (This filtering is not done on RPATH > currently. That feature won't be necessary until libc actually > changes major version.) OK, I see. As long as no binaries have hard-coded paths (RPATH) to libc, why would ldconfig need to change? Hamish --

Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath

2002-02-16 Thread Hamish Moffatt
the above excerpt correctly, ldconfig would need to be > extended to know about "libc7", but then it'd work. I don't see how ldconfig enters into it in this case. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath

2002-02-16 Thread Hamish Moffatt
the above excerpt correctly, ldconfig would need to be > extended to know about "libc7", but then it'd work. I don't see how ldconfig enters into it in this case. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: /usr/libexec

2002-02-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
to install into /usr/lib/ > > Is that right? Yes. Binaries which users/administrators won't run directly should go into /usr/lib/, anything that will be run directly should go in /usr/(s)bin. regards, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath

2002-02-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
.so.conf? If your binary contains a hard path to /lib/libc.so.6, and then we move that library to /usr/i386-glibc2-linux/lib instead because libc.so.7 is available, your binary will no longer work. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: /usr/libexec

2002-02-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
to install into /usr/lib/ > > Is that right? Yes. Binaries which users/administrators won't run directly should go into /usr/lib/, anything that will be run directly should go in /usr/(s)bin. regards, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath

2002-02-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
.so.conf? If your binary contains a hard path to /lib/libc.so.6, and then we move that library to /usr/i386-glibc2-linux/lib instead because libc.so.7 is available, your binary will no longer work. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --

Re: some questions about DBS

2002-01-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ackage closed it. Admittedly, the bug (in the xawtv package) was fixed, but the overall problem was not. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: some questions about DBS

2002-01-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ackage closed it. Admittedly, the bug (in the xawtv package) was fixed, but the overall problem was not. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: non-developer adopting an orphaned package

2002-01-16 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 07:15:13PM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > I want to adopt osh (#89433), but I am not a Debian developer. > Is it OK just to change the title of the wnpp bug and find a sponsor? > (I am in the NM queue.) Please find a sponsor first. Thanks. This is my opinion only

Re: non-developer adopting an orphaned package

2002-01-16 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 07:15:13PM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > I want to adopt osh (#89433), but I am not a Debian developer. > Is it OK just to change the title of the wnpp bug and find a sponsor? > (I am in the NM queue.) Please find a sponsor first. Thanks. This is my opinion only

Re: Lintian warnings on A+ package

2002-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
"/' mv libtool-2 libtool chmod 755 libtool make touch build-stamp I thought I heard that modern libtool didn't do this any more. Maybe you can run libtoolize on the sources and solve the problem that way. This patch also makes a shared librar

Re: Lintian warnings on A+ package

2002-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ibs"/' mv libtool-2 libtool chmod 755 libtool make touch build-stamp I thought I heard that modern libtool didn't do this any more. Maybe you can run libtoolize on the sources and solve the problem that way. This patch also makes a shared librar

Re: fixing permissions

2002-01-06 Thread Hamish Moffatt
/rules ie it will be not be executable after the patch is applied. It has to be changed by the build process (debuild does it and the autobuilders must too; dpkg-buildpackage bombs out instead). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: fixing permissions

2002-01-06 Thread Hamish Moffatt
/rules ie it will be not be executable after the patch is applied. It has to be changed by the build process (debuild does it and the autobuilders must too; dpkg-buildpackage bombs out instead). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSC

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 02:29:05PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I heard it was a bug in apt-get; it needs "A | B" as it can't > > select something itself to provide B. dpkg itself is fine. > > apt should

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 02:29:05PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I heard it was a bug in apt-get; it needs "A | B" as it can't > > select something itself to provide B. dpkg itself is fine. > > apt should

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> > I will read up on this, but i think it is a bug in dpkg behavior. I heard it was a bug in apt-get; it needs "A | B" as it can't select something itself to provide B. dpkg itself is fine. > and will this work when A is not installed, but another package providing B ? Yes, A | B is "A or B". Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: provides and dependencies

2001-12-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> > I will read up on this, but i think it is a bug in dpkg behavior. I heard it was a bug in apt-get; it needs "A | B" as it can't select something itself to provide B. dpkg itself is fine. > and will this work when A is not installed, but another package providing B ?

Re: bug? : g++: `ios::ios(const ios &)' is private

2001-12-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 04:20:52PM +0100, A Mennucc1 wrote: > may someone give a look? > > #include You should be #including instead of ; try that. Please use your real name when posting to debian lists. It is common courtesy. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: bug? : g++: `ios::ios(const ios &)' is private

2001-12-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 04:20:52PM +0100, A Mennucc1 wrote: > may someone give a look? > > #include You should be #including instead of ; try that. Please use your real name when posting to debian lists. It is common courtesy. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Package review

2001-11-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 12:30:15AM +0100, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > OTOH, please fix your mail client, I received your message 3 (!) times. Suggest you fix yours.. I only saw one copy here, and twice today I've seen you tell people you received multiple copies of their message. cheer

Re: New key procedure

2001-10-25 Thread Hamish Moffatt
g is pretty standard. Anybody can upload anybody's public key. For Debian, you can email [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think, but uploading is the preferred option. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: New key procedure

2001-10-25 Thread Hamish Moffatt
uploading is pretty standard. Anybody can upload anybody's public key. For Debian, you can email [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think, but uploading is the preferred option. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: looking for a mentor

2001-10-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
version to close the ITP bug though, as you can just mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and say why it's being closed. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
this I will be most glad to accept any help. I tried to build your package to check this out, but make (or is it gendep?) segfaults! But only when using gcc/g++ 3.0. Very strange. Maybe the bug is in gendep instead. make[1]: Entering directory `/local/home/hamish/tmp/texmacs-0.3.4.6/gencc

Re: overwriting files

2001-10-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 05:19:11PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote on Fri Oct 12, 2001 um 10:34:06PM: > > Diversions (dpkg-divert) would be appropriate in this case. > > OTOH only one package can apply diversion on a file, this would not work > with multi

Re: looking for a mentor

2001-10-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
version to close the ITP bug though, as you can just mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and say why it's being closed. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problem with build dependencies

2001-10-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
this I will be most glad to accept any help. I tried to build your package to check this out, but make (or is it gendep?) segfaults! But only when using gcc/g++ 3.0. Very strange. Maybe the bug is in gendep instead. make[1]: Entering directory `/local/home/hamish/tmp/texmacs-0.3.4.6/gencc

Re: overwriting files

2001-10-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 05:19:11PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote on Fri Oct 12, 2001 um 10:34:06PM: > > Diversions (dpkg-divert) would be appropriate in this case. > > OTOH only one package can apply diversion on a file, this would not work > with multi

Re: overwriting files

2001-10-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ivert another's files. However, all packages must agree to use alternatives to manage a particular file. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: overwriting files

2001-10-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ivert another's files. However, all packages must agree to use alternatives to manage a particular file. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by > repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg developers (Wichert, Adam etc) intended with the new fiel

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by > repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg developers (Wichert, Adam etc) intended with the new fiel

building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffa

building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffa

Re: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

2001-10-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ng later? It has an extra level of subdirectory than is usual eg rocketworkbench-1.0.20010807.orig/rocketworkbench/... /usr/share/doc/rocketworkbench/README.txt only contains build instructions; are they useful to the end user of the package? I haven't sponsored anyone before but I can i

Re: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

2001-10-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
aring later? It has an extra level of subdirectory than is usual eg rocketworkbench-1.0.20010807.orig/rocketworkbench/... /usr/share/doc/rocketworkbench/README.txt only contains build instructions; are they useful to the end user of the package? I haven't sponsored anyone before but I can i

Re: Processed: glimpse package is no longer in the Debian archive

2001-08-31 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ple "this is a dead > package, we won't help you, go find something else". > > If this abuse continues, I might just exercise my ability to disable the > close command in the control bot one day... Do it. There's not much reason to use the close command, when you c

Re: Alpha question

2001-08-31 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ried this last week, and katie told me some md5sums were wrong in the changes file. I don't know which one; I uploaded both builds separately instead. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Processed: glimpse package is no longer in the Debian archive

2001-08-31 Thread Hamish Moffatt
u tell people "this is a dead > package, we won't help you, go find something else". > > If this abuse continues, I might just exercise my ability to disable the > close command in the control bot one day... Do it. There's not much reason to use the close command, when you c

Re: Alpha question

2001-08-31 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ried this last week, and katie told me some md5sums were wrong in the changes file. I don't know which one; I uploaded both builds separately instead. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: dangling symlinks in upstream archive

2001-08-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 03:14:57PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:22:38PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > Why do you need to remove them? As long as they are not installed > > into the binary package it is not a problem. > > right! but thes

Re: dangling symlinks in upstream archive

2001-08-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 03:14:57PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:22:38PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > Why do you need to remove them? As long as they are not installed > > into the binary package it is not a problem. > > right! but thes

Re: dangling symlinks in upstream archive

2001-08-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
as they are not installed into the binary package it is not a problem. regards, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: dangling symlinks in upstream archive

2001-08-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
as they are not installed into the binary package it is not a problem. regards, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Python upgrade: need help regarding package renaming

2001-08-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
packages. But I don't see how you can make this conditional on idle being installed previously. The above will force idle-python1.5 to be installed. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Creation of tmp directory with buildpackage

2001-07-29 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:18:41PM +0100, Will Newton wrote: > On Saturday 28 July 2001 5:24 am, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > It doesn't look right. Your two packages (otcl1 and otcl-dev) can't > > share the same tmpdir. > > Erm, why not? Surely the job of dh_mov

Re: Creation of tmp directory with buildpackage

2001-07-29 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:18:41PM +0100, Will Newton wrote: > On Saturday 28 July 2001 5:24 am, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > It doesn't look right. Your two packages (otcl1 and otcl-dev) can't > > share the same tmpdir. > > Erm, why not? Surely the job of dh

Re: Creation of tmp directory with buildpackage

2001-07-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
l -d debian/tmp > $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=`pwd`/debian/tmp > > Is this right or just lucky? It doesn't look right. Your two packages (otcl1 and otcl-dev) can't share the same tmpdir. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Creation of tmp directory with buildpackage

2001-07-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
l -d debian/tmp > $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=`pwd`/debian/tmp > > Is this right or just lucky? It doesn't look right. Your two packages (otcl1 and otcl-dev) can't share the same tmpdir. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
some sort of protective environment which means it can't do much damage. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
some sort of protective environment which means it can't do much damage. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
cros that the macros may be viruses. Outlook could look for attachments which have executable extensions and do the same thing. Or maybe MS could get out of the habit of hiding file extensions. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
cros that the macros may be viruses. Outlook could look for attachments which have executable extensions and do the same thing. Or maybe MS could get out of the habit of hiding file extensions. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Hamish Moffatt
oc.com. Would you think MS would release an Outlook update that would address this in some way? It's not exactly a new trick. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Hamish Moffatt
oc.com. Would you think MS would release an Outlook update that would address this in some way? It's not exactly a new trick. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
hey're coming from two different people. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
hey're coming from two different people. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How do I control ownership of installed package files?

2001-07-21 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ion. However, no changes are made on disk. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: How do I control ownership of installed package files?

2001-07-21 Thread Hamish Moffatt
ion. However, no changes are made on disk. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
However since I have no idea what any of these tools do I didn't get very far. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-06 Thread Hamish Moffatt
f. However since I have no idea what any of these tools do I didn't get very far. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

2001-06-04 Thread Hamish Moffatt
d and section: base. Is it necessary for packages to declare an explicit dependency in that case? Admittedly, it's not essential: yes. Nor is libc6. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Adding device file to /dev.

2001-06-04 Thread Hamish Moffatt
d and section: base. Is it necessary for packages to declare an explicit dependency in that case? Admittedly, it's not essential: yes. Nor is libc6. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-05-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 10:50:16PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > Now it's just an annoyance. Only the binary target needs root access. > > Not quite. The clean target still should run as root unless you're building > with fakeroot. For a variety

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-05-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 10:50:16PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > Now it's just an annoyance. Only the binary target needs root access. > > Not quite. The clean target still should run as root unless you're building > with fakeroot. For a variety

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-05-02 Thread Hamish Moffatt
was standard practise before we had fakeroot. I suppose when you were building as root (non-fake), you would end up with directories owned by root, so it made sense that you would need root access to clean up as well. Now it's just an annoyance. Only the binary target needs root access. Hamish -

Re: dh_testroot ?

2001-05-02 Thread Hamish Moffatt
was standard practise before we had fakeroot. I suppose when you were building as root (non-fake), you would end up with directories owned by root, so it made sense that you would need root access to clean up as well. Now it's just an annoyance. Only the binary target needs root access. Hamish -

Re: Mistake in maintainer field

2001-04-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 01:03:09PM +0300, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > No, just go ahead and change it. An upload is considered an NMU > > if the name in the changelog entry does not match the Maintainer > > field in the control file. As long as you ch

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