Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
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Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
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Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
mediocrity without loosing the over-all quality. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de

Re: Maintainer qualification

2001-02-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
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Re: (long reply) Re: NM saga (all of it - Joey, this means you)

2001-01-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
contribute and add, and further our goal. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de

Re: (long reply) Re: NM saga (all of it - Joey, this means you)

2001-01-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
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Re: New-maintainer - STOP THAT SHIT

2001-01-14 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
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Re: New-maintainer - STOP THAT SHIT

2001-01-14 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
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Re: /usr/bin or /usr/bin/X11

1999-03-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
ich don't come with the X distribution to stay in /usr/bin. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for

Re: how to make a library?

1999-03-07 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
> > > libtool is not an option. need another solution. If you had cared to at least look into the libtool documentation, you would have seen that it explains how different systems build shared libraries, and you can see the command line switches to gcc needed. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is n

Re: Which targets are mandatory in debian/rules?

1999-02-08 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
ild process. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: Which targets are mandatory in debian/rules?

1999-02-08 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
s is the reason why you can have two builds at the same time without overwriting each other. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which targets are mandatory in debian/rules?

1999-02-07 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
s that "build" does the build, "install" the install. If you just provide an empty build and install target for sake of policy, this is probably annoying sometimes to some people who try to sepoerate the build process from the package installing and building process. T

Re: need to replace .orig.tar.gz

1999-01-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
t;-B" options. Then it will force a new source upload in conjunction with the binaries, even if the Debian release is not 1 or 0. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.

Re: rejoin to mail lists

1999-01-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
ual procedure, send a message witrh "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sim. for private) Your subscription to debian-private will be processed manually. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkman

Re: please help with shared libs

1998-12-20 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: Checking if directory is empty in postrm

1998-11-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
to: > > grep -v "^$LDIR\$" $LDSOCONF > > so that you match the entire line. This is a good idea, thanks Julian! (Although, in this special case, it is unlikely, because I speak about libc5-compat directories. However, it is always good to stay on the safe side). Marcus

Re: Checking if directory is empty in postrm

1998-11-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 10:15:43AM +0100, Richard Braakman wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > can someone give me a hint how I can efficient test if a certain directory > > is empty in the postrm (shell script)? > > If you only want to know if it's empty because you

Re: Advice packaging jazip (suid!!)

1998-11-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 04:30:02PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 10:38:02AM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > 3- suid: > > > > > >jazip is usually suid root such that users can u/mount disks.

Re: Checking if directory is empty in postrm

1998-11-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 12:28:17AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann writes: > > [ `ls -1 $dir` ] > > This does not work. If the dir contains no file, it is "[ ]", > > which returns 0, which is fine. If it contains more than one file, it is to

Re: Checking if directory is empty in postrm

1998-11-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
hich works w/o wc) is because you could trick the script choosing a filename like "= b" (the filename would contain spaces), so the wc solution is more robust. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger bri

Re: Checking if directory is empty in postrm

1998-11-15 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
t; Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > can someone give me a hint how I can efficient test if a certain directory > > is empty in the postrm (shell script)? Thanks, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Ma

Checking if directory is empty in postrm

1998-11-15 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, can someone give me a hint how I can efficient test if a certain directory is empty in the postrm (shell script)? Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.

Re: Advice packaging jazip

1998-11-13 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
lease explain what the supplied icons are for. Normally, yes, all in pixmaps, so they are available if needed. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09

Re: Why only one non-free section?

1998-09-14 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
kely is such behaviour. This is why RMS is advocating freedom over and over again. Spread the word and it won't happen. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.

Re: lintian warnings

1998-08-27 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
, it was written in the policy long before lintian existed. The reason is consistency, you can type and use tab completeion, run scripts over them, whatever. Maybe a symlink is okay. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux fing

Re: ./configure

1998-08-04 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
heard again from this project (is it still living?). Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key htt

Re: What to do with old bugs and package versions?

1998-07-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
0.9-4 0.9-5 1.0-1 <- New upstream release, we begin with -1. 1.0-2 ... Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: My bugs have gone AWOL

1998-07-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
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Re: REJECT

1998-07-22 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To

Re: File Location Advice

1998-07-15 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
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Re: How to tweak a rules file without `make distclean' ?

1998-07-09 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
es, etc). Again, remember to insert this tweaking in the rules file, or the package won't build cleanly. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: The continuing saga of TWIN

1998-06-27 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
ument list too long > > Anyone have a solution? I'm sooo close! As a quick hack, build the package as root or use sudo. It seems that you have found a bug in fakeroot, please report it. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd

Re: Uploading packages

1998-05-24 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sun, May 24, 1998 at 09:38:18PM +0200, Bart Warmerdam wrote: > ---Reply on mail from Marcus Brinkmann about Uploading packages > > > On Sat, May 23, 1998 at 02:27:26PM +0200, Bart Warmerdam wrote: > > > The reason I ask is becasue it is depreciated to use dictionary

Re: Uploading packages

1998-05-24 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sun, May 24, 1998 at 04:20:34PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 24 May 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > On Sat, May 23, 1998 at 02:27:26PM +0200, Bart Warmerdam wrote: > > > > > Its a direct-to-disk recorder and contains: > > > record (no cdro

Re: Uploading packages

1998-05-24 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
the executables? The reason I ask is becasue it is depreciated to use dictionary words, because of namespace wasting... well, especially "record" seems to be too general. Comments? Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Mar

Re: Getting started - Q about post int procedures etc.

1998-03-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 09:30:19PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sat, Mar 21, 1998 at 04:34:02AM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > You don not need to repack. Just rename the tar file to > > -.orig.tar.gz. dpkg can handle that, even if the > > dir name inside the tar fi

Re: Getting started - Q about post int procedures etc.

1998-03-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
ead > the Debian Developers Reference and the New Package Maintainer's Debian > Packaging HOWTO. The policy manual. The packaging manual. Manojs rules files. Come back to this list for any questions. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux

Re: make problem with targets that have paths in it.

1998-03-14 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Mar 14, 1998 at 01:54:33AM +0100, Stephan Kulow wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > Well. Make is just not made to support this. The usual solution for this > problem is: > > world: ../hello > echo "world!" > > ../hello: > (cd .. &

make problem with targets that have paths in it.

1998-03-14 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
ake target ../hello', needed by `World'. Stop. ??? Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for p

Re: 2nd call for help

1998-03-11 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Mar 11, 1998 at 08:56:14AM -0600, Zed Pobre wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > Sorry, I'm not sure you have the right impression of contrib here. Contrib > > packages have to qualify t

Re: 2nd call for help

1998-03-11 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
that they may depend on non-free stuff. But the package requirements, the dfsg-compliance and so on are the same. Bye, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.or

Re: how to provide pristine source package

1998-03-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 11:43:24PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Marcus> Hello! > > Marcus> I sometimes read something like "as we can now easily provide > Marcus> p

how to provide pristine source package

1998-03-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
nstead foo-version.orig). Thank you for your help! Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepag

Re: xscavenger_1.3.1-2_i386.changes REJECTED

1998-01-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
can't find it, so then it looks in > the > Incoming, and can't find it there either... You might want to ask Guy to > move the source to main, or reupload your package including the source. Ah, thanks you. I'll stick the source in Incoming. Have I to do s

Re: xscavenger_1.3.1-2_i386.changes REJECTED

1998-01-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
good files back to Incoming/. > Please remove any bad files from Incoming/REJECT/. I will wait until I know what I did wrong. Thank you for your help, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann