Re: How to add dependencies that exist in another repository

On Tue, 09 Nov 2010, PJ Weisberg wrote: > - It *is* possible to add repositories when you install your package. I'm pretty sure we probably wouldn't want any package in Debian do that tho. -- | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux *

Re: best way to announce important changes

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Christoph Wegscheider wrote: > Thanks for all answers > > Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it a conffile or just a configuration file? > It is a configuration file (/etc/rsnapshot.conf) holding all options > and backup points. And users may very well (and do) u

Re: RFS: loop-aes (#111167)

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Max Vozeler wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 08:56:58PM -0800, Joshua Kwan wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 05:54:39AM +0100, Max Vozeler wrote: > > > Additional ciphers (Blowfish, Twofish and Serpent) can be used if the > > > loop-aes-ciphers-source package is installed a

Re: RFS: loop-aes (#111167)

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Max Vozeler wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 08:56:58PM -0800, Joshua Kwan wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 05:54:39AM +0100, Max Vozeler wrote: > > > Additional ciphers (Blowfish, Twofish and Serpent) can be used if the > > > loop-aes-ciphers-source package is installed a

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

On Sun, 08 Sep 2002, Marco Presi wrote: > I am packaging a multiple binary from a single sources. The two > binaries provides the same server functionality and differs just for > compilation options, let's say: > > "server" and "server-enhanced". > > My problem is this: for the two pac

Re: Multiple Binary and man pages

On Sun, 08 Sep 2002, Marco Presi wrote: > I am packaging a multiple binary from a single sources. The two > binaries provides the same server functionality and differs just for > compilation options, let's say: > > "server" and "server-enhanced". > > My problem is this: for the two pa

Re: chained dependencies handling in debian/control

On Mon, 02 Sep 2002, Alexandre wrote: > Hello, > > Let package A depend on package B and C. > Let package B depend on package C. > I maintain A, someone else maintains B and C. > > Should I explicitely let A depend on B and C in debian/control, or is it > OK -- or better -- to let it depend o

Re: chained dependencies handling in debian/control

On Mon, 02 Sep 2002, Alexandre wrote: > Hello, > > Let package A depend on package B and C. > Let package B depend on package C. > I maintain A, someone else maintains B and C. > > Should I explicitely let A depend on B and C in debian/control, or is it > OK -- or better -- to let it depend

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Sun, 01 Sep 2002, Kristis Makris wrote: > On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 04:15, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > > > Currently I see no way at all to find out whose requests for sponsorship > > > have gone unnoticed in a practical way, which I think is important. > > > Usi

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Sun, 01 Sep 2002, Kristis Makris wrote: > On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 04:15, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > > > Currently I see no way at all to find out whose requests for sponsorship > > > have gone unnoticed in a practical way, which I think is important. > > > Usi

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > benefits are real and obvious does not really convince me. OTOH you > > don't need to convince me, I have no special priviliges anyway. > > But aj is using people like you to tell me "you have no consensus, I > won't create what you want" ... sorry

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 07:21:35AM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > Also, if you realize a bit, mailing the BTS means mailing debian-mentors > > > as a side effect since debia

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

> > This just means that you never installed a BTS yourself ... :-) > > Surely, this is probably my major fault in this discussion ... I was > supposing that start up a new BTS is an easy task, if this is not the > case, never mind. It is not that hard but it is not needed. Virtual packages are e

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Le Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 07:21:35AM +0200, Peter Palfrader écrivait: > > On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > > > Also, if you realize a bit, mailing the BTS means mailing debian-mentors > > > as a side e

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > benefits are real and obvious does not really convince me. OTOH you > > don't need to convince me, I have no special priviliges anyway. > > But aj is using people like you to tell me "you have no consensus, I > won't create what you want" ... sorr

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 07:21:35AM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > Also, if you realize a bit, mailing the BTS means mailing debian-mentors > > > as a side effect since debia

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

> > This just means that you never installed a BTS yourself ... :-) > > Surely, this is probably my major fault in this discussion ... I was > supposing that start up a new BTS is an easy task, if this is not the > case, never mind. It is not that hard but it is not needed. Virtual packages are

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Le Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 07:21:35AM +0200, Peter Palfrader écrivait: > > On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > > > Also, if you realize a bit, mailing the BTS means mailing debian-mentors > > > as a side e

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Also, if you realize a bit, mailing the BTS means mailing debian-mentors > as a side effect since debian-mentors is the maintainer of the > sponsorship entry. We have the best of both world. We have the overhead of the BTS with no gain (imho) at all.

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Also, if you realize a bit, mailing the BTS means mailing debian-mentors > as a side effect since debian-mentors is the maintainer of the > sponsorship entry. We have the best of both world. We have the overhead of the BTS with no gain (imho) at all.

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Filip Van Raemdonck wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 04:40:51PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > > If you agree with me, please send a mail to the bug log so that > > aj can be convinced (just use reply all to this mail). If you don't > > agree, feel free to voice you opin

Re: Use of the BTS for managing sponsorship

On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Filip Van Raemdonck wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 04:40:51PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > > If you agree with me, please send a mail to the bug log so that > > aj can be convinced (just use reply all to this mail). If you don't > > agree, feel free to voice you opi

Re: Sponsor request for memtester

On Wed, 07 Aug 2002, Oliver Kurth wrote: > On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 11:00:21AM -0400, Adam Lazur wrote: > > Oliver Kurth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > > I have packaged memtester 2.93.1. > > > > memtest 2.93.1 is already available in Debian as a part of the sysutils > > package. > > I know. See m

Re: Sponsor for GNU-Smalltalk

On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Brett Cundal wrote: > Hi all, > > The current maintainer of gnu-smalltalk has been busy lately, and as > of last week he was "officially" determined to be MIA. I had been > working on new gnu-smalltalk packages with his knowledge, and now I've > filed an ITA on the package. >

Re: Sponsor for GNU-Smalltalk

On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Brett Cundal wrote: > Hi all, > > The current maintainer of gnu-smalltalk has been busy lately, and as > of last week he was "officially" determined to be MIA. I had been > working on new gnu-smalltalk packages with his knowledge, and now I've > filed an ITA on the package.

Re: How often is "finger" output updated?

Hi Warren! On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Warren A. Layton wrote: > I have uploaded an updated version of my public key to > keyring.debian.org (I just attended the key signing party at OLS). > Unfortunately, the output of finger for my e-mail address at debian.org > still displays my old key. > > The Dev

Re: How often is "finger" output updated?

Hi Warren! On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Warren A. Layton wrote: > I have uploaded an updated version of my public key to > keyring.debian.org (I just attended the key signing party at OLS). > Unfortunately, the output of finger for my e-mail address at debian.org > still displays my old key. > > The De

Re: forwarding bugs

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I have forwarded a bug to an upstream maintainer doing the following: > > mail to the upstream maintainter > cc to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc to the bug reporter > > I have also received a mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that told me that > the bug

Re: forwarding bugs

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I have forwarded a bug to an upstream maintainer doing the following: > > mail to the upstream maintainter > cc to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc to the bug reporter > > I have also received a mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that told me that > the bug

Re: Keyring Updates

Hi Sam! On Tue, 15 May 2001, Sam Johnston wrote: > Is there a trick to getting ones key updated on the debian keyring? Yes, patience :) yours, peter -- PGP signed and encrypted | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux **

Re: Keyring Updates

Hi Sam! On Tue, 15 May 2001, Sam Johnston wrote: > Is there a trick to getting ones key updated on the debian keyring? Yes, patience :) yours, peter -- PGP signed and encrypted | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux **

Re: Bug#90809: failed autobuild of tclx8.2_8.2.0-5 (m68k): missing groff build-depends

Hi Massimo! On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > The nroff command is executed by a tcl script invoked by the makefile > to process some tcl man pages. Finding all such dependencies would mean > examining every source file. > > Is there any tool or trick to find automatically all buil

Re: Bug#90809: failed autobuild of tclx8.2_8.2.0-5 (m68k): missing groff build-depends

Hi Massimo! On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > The nroff command is executed by a tcl script invoked by the makefile > to process some tcl man pages. Finding all such dependencies would mean > examining every source file. > > Is there any tool or trick to find automatically all bui

Re: closing wnpp bug

Hi Chanop! On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > I just adopt and uploaded a new "screem" to the archive. In the changelog > file, I put (closes: bug#85522) which is an orphaning bug against wnpp. You didn't: | From: Chanop Silpa-Anan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Subject: Installed screem 0

Re: Signing a package.

Hi! On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Justin Penney wrote: > Forgive me if i missed this somewhere else, but what is the best way to simply > sign and upload a package? > > I'm referring to pppoe. The maintainer is having prolems with his gpg key and > can't upload. If you already have the binary package,

Re: Signing a package.

Hi! On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Justin Penney wrote: > Forgive me if i missed this somewhere else, but what is the best way to simply > sign and upload a package? > > I'm referring to pppoe. The maintainer is having prolems with his gpg key and > can't upload. If you already have the binary package,

Re: closing wnpp bug

Hi Chanop! On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > I just adopt and uploaded a new "screem" to the archive. In the changelog > file, I put (closes: bug#85522) which is an orphaning bug against wnpp. You didn't: | From: Chanop Silpa-Anan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Subject: Installed screem

Re: How popular is the sponsor page?

Hi Bastian! On Thu, 04 Jan 2001, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > How popular is this web page? It is linked from > http://www.debian.de/devel/join/ > but I think that very few potential sponsors are reading this. I think that is the case, not many developers read it.

Re: How popular is the sponsor page?

Hi Bastian! On Thu, 04 Jan 2001, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > How popular is this web page? It is linked from > http://www.debian.de/devel/join/ > but I think that very few potential sponsors are reading this. I think that is the case, not many developers read it.

Re: renaming packages (was: Bug#80573: should replace grafix)

Hi idalton! On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I used a Provides: statement to solve a similar problem cropping up in > dselect on my system. What if you add > Provides: grafix > to your package, and see if that works. > I'm not sure about having a new package providing an older, obs

Re: renaming packages (was: Bug#80573: should replace grafix)

Hi idalton! On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I used a Provides: statement to solve a similar problem cropping up in > dselect on my system. What if you add > Provides: grafix > to your package, and see if that works. > I'm not sure about having a new package providing an older, ob

renaming packages (was: Bug#80573: should replace grafix)

Hi! On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Christian Kurz wrote: > Are you sure that grafix1 and grafix-dev do not have any files in > common? If yes, your suggestion would be alright. yes, fine :) > > Will "apt-get upgrade" work if the new package only has > > | Replaces: foo > > | Conflicts: foo > > ioe, will

renaming packages (was: Bug#80573: should replace grafix)

Hi! On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Christian Kurz wrote: > Are you sure that grafix1 and grafix-dev do not have any files in > common? If yes, your suggestion would be alright. yes, fine :) > > Will "apt-get upgrade" work if the new package only has > > | Replaces: foo > > | Conflicts: foo > > ioe, will

Re: How to update packages?

On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > Hi Olaf! > > You wrote: > > > I have made a couple of packages for potato and would like > > to update them to the latest upstream-version? What is the > > easiest way to update the source-package? > > Use uupdate. This is descriped in the new-maint

Re: How to update packages?

On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > Hi Olaf! > > You wrote: > > > I have made a couple of packages for potato and would like > > to update them to the latest upstream-version? What is the > > easiest way to update the source-package? > > Use uupdate. This is descriped in the new-main

Re: Getting New GPG key signed

Hi, On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Tor Slettnes wrote: > I have also tried to upload it automatically: >$ gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --send-keys 0BEE6CFC Won't work. Only the keyring maintainer (James) can add new keys AFAIK. Others may just update them (i.e. adding new signatures). > Di

Re: Getting New GPG key signed

Hi, On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Tor Slettnes wrote: > I have also tried to upload it automatically: >$ gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --send-keys 0BEE6CFC Won't work. Only the keyring maintainer (James) can add new keys AFAIK. Others may just update them (i.e. adding new signatures). > D

Re: howto check version numbers? TIA

Hi zhaoway! On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, zhaoway wrote: > hi, > how could i check a version number is newer than another? i'm doing > a little toy-auto-builder. > thanks! dpkg --compare-versions ver1 op ver2 see man dpkg(8) for more info HTH yours,

Re: howto check version numbers? TIA

Hi zhaoway! On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, zhaoway wrote: > hi, > how could i check a version number is newer than another? i'm doing > a little toy-auto-builder. > thanks! dpkg --compare-versions ver1 op ver2 see man dpkg(8) for more info HTH yours,

Re: Closing WNPP ITP

Hi Antti-Juhani! On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On 2924T183823+0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > I can see one problem with omiting #3. If someone else posts the ITP (or > > RFP or whatever) and you close the bug without reassigning it to your > >

Re: Closing WNPP ITP

Hi Itai! On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Itai Zukerman wrote: > I remember some time ago the proposed system was: > > 1. File an ITP bug against wnpp. > 2. Upload the new package. > 3. Reassign the bug to the new package. > 4. Close the bug. > > However, the instructions (and recent new uploads) seem

Re: Closing WNPP ITP

Hi Antti-Juhani! On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On 2924T183823+0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > I can see one problem with omiting #3. If someone else posts the ITP (or > > RFP or whatever) and you close the bug without reassigning it to your > >

Re: Closing WNPP ITP

Hi Itai! On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Itai Zukerman wrote: > I remember some time ago the proposed system was: > > 1. File an ITP bug against wnpp. > 2. Upload the new package. > 3. Reassign the bug to the new package. > 4. Close the bug. > > However, the instructions (and recent new uploads) seem

Re: Sponsor's responsibilities

Hi Rick! On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Rick Younie wrote: > I think a point could be made for including a bogus bug in a > guy's first package so he can learn the changelog procedure for > closing it while he's still in close contact with his sponsor. Since ITPs are now reported as bugs against wnpp you

Re: Sponsor's responsibilities

Hi Rick! On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Rick Younie wrote: > I think a point could be made for including a bogus bug in a > guy's first package so he can learn the changelog procedure for > closing it while he's still in close contact with his sponsor. Since ITPs are now reported as bugs against wnpp you

Re: How to sponsor someone and upload a sponsored package?

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Re: How to sponsor someone and upload a sponsored package?

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Re: How to sponsor someone and upload a sponsored package?

Hi! On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Franklin Belew wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 08:37:55PM +, W. Borgert wrote: > > 8> Optionally tell your sponsoree when it is installed If she's the Maintainer: she'll get notified (just a wild guess, might be the changelog entry too). At least /I/ got a few xzy

Re: How to sponsor someone and upload a sponsored package?

Hi! On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Franklin Belew wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 08:37:55PM +, W. Borgert wrote: > > 8> Optionally tell your sponsoree when it is installed If she's the Maintainer: she'll get notified (just a wild guess, might be the changelog entry too). At least /I/ got a few xz

Re: newbe I do mean newbe

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Re: newbe I do mean newbe

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Re: route delete

Hi elouafi! On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, elouafi bessem wrote: > > hello > > > I have a problem, I have a default route whene I delete it,the > operation succeeded and the route disappears, but every time that > I reboot the Pc it appears againe. how I can resolve this problem. On slink aka Debian 2

Re: route delete

Hi elouafi! On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, elouafi bessem wrote: > > hello > > > I have a problem, I have a default route whene I delete it,the > operation succeeded and the route disappears, but every time that > I reboot the Pc it appears againe. how I can resolve this problem. On slink aka Debian

Re: handling new upstream versions

Hi Stefan! On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, Stefan Alfredsson wrote: > Is there a preferred way of handling new upstream versions? You might want to manage your packages in CVS. It works really great, I could not imagine a life without it. Joey and Manoj even wrote a HOWTO[1]. so long

Re: handling new upstream versions

Hi Stefan! On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, Stefan Alfredsson wrote: > Is there a preferred way of handling new upstream versions? You might want to manage your packages in CVS. It works really great, I could not imagine a life without it. Joey and Manoj even wrote a HOWTO[1]. so long

Re: lynx in ip-up: no terminal

Hi Justin! On Wed, 24 May 2000, Justin Penney wrote: > Ironically i just ran into this problem after nearly ignoring this thread. I > am getting the same errors but it appears that the command goes through. Could you please define 'the command goes through'. Does that mean, while lynx also whine

Re: lynx in ip-up: no terminal

Hi! T.Pospisek's MailLists schrieb am Mittwoch, dem 24. Mai 2000: > On Wed, 24 May 2000, Justin Penney wrote: > > > lynx is nearly always installed and used by default in many scripts. (e.g. > > dhs.org update scripts etc.) > > It's just that lynx is a viewer. wget is a page fetch-program and f

lynx in ip-up: no terminal

Hi! I need to use lynx in an ip-up.d script to update certain files everytime a user goes online (daily at most): For downloading the file I use lynx with: lynx -dump -width=10 $URL > $dest unfortunatly this does not work since lynx really wants a terminal (for no reason imho): lyn

packaged code2html

Hi there! I've packaged code2html Since this is my first .deb I'ld really apprechiate if someone could tell me whether I've made any mistakes. The packages can be found at http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~ppalfrad/code2html/debian/ (I'm sorry, the webse