Re: Packaging problems

2001-09-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, javi wrote: > you run the program it claims that a perl module called Cache.pm it's > not present, OK I have installed manually getting from the CPAN, when > it's installed again claim for another perl module and so on, so this is > awfull,and more important, when a perl module

Re: Packaging problems

2001-09-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, javi wrote: > you run the program it claims that a perl module called Cache.pm it's > not present, OK I have installed manually getting from the CPAN, when > it's installed again claim for another perl module and so on, so this is > awfull,and more important, when a perl modul

Re: Native packages

2001-09-05 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, peter karlsson wrote: > How do I get dpkg-buildpackage not to re-build the source tarball when > building a native package? No matter what I do, it rebuilds it, which > prevents me from keeping the tarball I created from my CVS tree, which > also is what I distribute elsewhere.

Re: Native packages

2001-09-05 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, peter karlsson wrote: > How do I get dpkg-buildpackage not to re-build the source tarball when > building a native package? No matter what I do, it rebuilds it, which > prevents me from keeping the tarball I created from my CVS tree, which > also is what I distribute elsewhere

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-04 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
do: # apt-get install hello # apt-get install hello-debhelper # apt-get source hello # apt-get source hello-debhelper and have a look at those packages. *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux

Re: Help building packages.

2001-09-04 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
do: # apt-get install hello # apt-get install hello-debhelper # apt-get source hello # apt-get source hello-debhelper and have a look at those packages. *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux

Re: Finding a sponsor...

2001-06-28 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Ilia Lobsanov wrote: > Is there an advocate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that can sign my key? http://www.google.com/search?q=toronto%20debian ? *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole

Re: Finding a sponsor...

2001-06-28 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Ilia Lobsanov wrote: > Is there an advocate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that can sign my key? http://www.google.com/search?q=toronto%20debian ? *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePol

Re: Change of package name or command name.

2001-06-27 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Yooseong Yang wrote: > I have something wrong in my package(poedit) related to package name. > Among thousands of debian packages, potool has the same command name - poedit > - as my package command name. The source is absoultely different! > In this case, should be the pack

Re: Change of package name or command name.

2001-06-27 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Yooseong Yang wrote: > I have something wrong in my package(poedit) related to package name. > Among thousands of debian packages, potool has the same command name - poedit - as >my package command name. The source is absoultely different! > In this case, should be the pack

Re: Adding a script to make menu item work

2001-06-26 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > I maintain a package wich is console based and receives an url > to download as argument (at least). > > I did not make an item for it on Debian menu because it's no > good to add a default URL ;) > > I was wondering about creating a script that

Re: Adding a script to make menu item work

2001-06-26 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > I maintain a package wich is console based and receives an url > to download as argument (at least). > > I did not make an item for it on Debian menu because it's no > good to add a default URL ;) > > I was wondering about creating a script that

Re: closing old bugs

2001-06-25 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
Tag the bug with "moreinfo" and/or "unreproducible", ask the people if they can still reproduce the bugs, give them some time and then close them. Check "Developers' information regarding the bug processing system" at bugs.debian.org (the info in doc-debian is out of sync, a bugreport is filled). *

Re: closing old bugs

2001-06-25 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
Tag the bug with "moreinfo" and/or "unreproducible", ask the people if they can still reproduce the bugs, give them some time and then close them. Check "Developers' information regarding the bug processing system" at bugs.debian.org (the info in doc-debian is out of sync, a bugreport is filled).

Re: Clarification: ports, archs, autobuilders

2001-06-18 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
If you got some useful answers on this I would be interested as well to hear them, since a package of mine is stuck in unstable because the autobuilders are not catching up *t Tomas Pospisek Sour

Re: Clarification: ports, archs, autobuilders

2001-06-18 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
If you got some useful answers on this I would be interested as well to hear them, since a package of mine is stuck in unstable because the autobuilders are not catching up *t Tomas Pospisek Sou

Re: creating a pakage with 2 binaries

2001-06-08 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
Have a look at the afbackup package which does exactly this. *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://sourcepole.ch Elestastrasse 18, 7310

Re: creating a pakage with 2 binaries

2001-06-08 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
Have a look at the afbackup package which does exactly this. *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://sourcepole.ch Elestastrasse 18, 7310

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Some weeks ago I received Bug#96254 on one of my package: ocaml-xstr, > the problem is a build failure on a m68k machine. The reason is that a > package needed in ocaml-xstr compilation named ocaml-findlib, does not > work well on a m68k architecture

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:04:33PM +0200, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > > The quick and ugly way is of course to build a new debian package > > that excludes m68k from the supported architectures. > > That's not very n

Re: Have X11/app-defaults moved in unstable?

2001-06-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Christoph Baumann wrote: > [..] have [..] /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults [..] moved to > /etc/X11/app-defaults? yes. *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutio

Re: Have X11/app-defaults moved in unstable?

2001-06-07 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Christoph Baumann wrote: > [..] have [..] /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults [..] moved to > /etc/X11/app-defaults? yes. *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Soluti

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-06 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:04:33PM +0200, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > > The quick and ugly way is of course to build a new debian package > > that excludes m68k from the supported architectures. > > That's not very n

Re: porting problem and how to request help

2001-06-06 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Some weeks ago I received Bug#96254 on one of my package: ocaml-xstr, > the problem is a build failure on a m68k machine. The reason is that a > package needed in ocaml-xstr compilation named ocaml-findlib, does not > work well on a m68k architectur

Re: Call for help with mp3kult's postinst

2001-05-19 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Carlos Laviola wrote: > I'm packaging mp3kult (see #94999), and having a bit of trouble to make > a perfect debconfized postinst for it. I already have a few nice tests > that ensure a more or less smooth installation, but some other tests > I plan to include would require MyS

Re: Call for help with mp3kult's postinst

2001-05-19 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Carlos Laviola wrote: > I'm packaging mp3kult (see #94999), and having a bit of trouble to make > a perfect debconfized postinst for it. I already have a few nice tests > that ensure a more or less smooth installation, but some other tests > I plan to include would require My

Re: source NMU

2001-05-16 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > So, before submitting a bug, check if it hasn't been reported yet. As a note: Use reportbug which will automatically show you the bugs that were allready reported against the package you are fillig against. *t ---

Re: source NMU

2001-05-16 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > So, before submitting a bug, check if it hasn't been reported yet. As a note: Use reportbug which will automatically show you the bugs that were allready reported against the package you are fillig against. *t --

Re: problems with testing distribution

2001-05-08 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Torsten Werner wrote: > On Tuesday, 2001-05-08 at 11:21:30 AM (+0200), T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > > AFAIK there's no netcdfg neither in the current testing release nor in > >^ > > unstable. That is there's no net

Re: problems with testing distribution

2001-05-08 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Torsten Werner wrote: > On Tuesday, 2001-05-08 at 11:21:30 AM (+0200), T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > > AFAIK there's no netcdfg neither in the current testing release nor in > >^ > > unstable. That is there's

Re: problems with testing distribution

2001-05-08 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Torsten Werner wrote: > some time ago I have uploaded a new xmgr package (4.1.2-6). The > update-excuses file on ftp-master tells me, that this version will be > installed if it does not depend on other buggy packages. As far as I can > see, xmgr-4.1.2-6 does not depend on any

Re: problems with testing distribution

2001-05-08 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Torsten Werner wrote: > some time ago I have uploaded a new xmgr package (4.1.2-6). The > update-excuses file on ftp-master tells me, that this version will be > installed if it does not depend on other buggy packages. As far as I can > see, xmgr-4.1.2-6 does not depend on any

unclear policy regarding library names

2001-04-13 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
A package of mine requires the libstlport library. This library installs as: $ ls -l /usr/lib/libstlport* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 16 Apr 3 12:54 /usr/lib/libstlport.a -> libstlport_gcc.a lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Apr 3 12:54 /usr/lib/libstlport.so -> libstlport

unclear policy regarding library names

2001-04-13 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
A package of mine requires the libstlport library. This library installs as: $ ls -l /usr/lib/libstlport* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 16 Apr 3 12:54 /usr/lib/libstlport.a -> libstlport_gcc.a lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Apr 3 12:54 /usr/lib/libstlport.so -> libstlpor

Re: Do I need 'unstable' for development?

2001-03-29 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
Nazdar, On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Karel Gardas wrote: > I have one question regarding creating debian package. Do I need > unstable debian for this task? I'm asking because I run potato now and (if > possible) wouldn't like to switch to unstable. No, you definitively don't need to run unstable. It's

Re: Do I need 'unstable' for development?

2001-03-29 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
Nazdar, On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Karel Gardas wrote: > I have one question regarding creating debian package. Do I need > unstable debian for this task? I'm asking because I run potato now and (if > possible) wouldn't like to switch to unstable. No, you definitively don't need to run unstable. It's

debian infrastructure out of sync? where's the reference debian package archive?

2001-01-22 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
A user reported to me that he can't find libstl for unstable. I checked and it was available on my mirror and I told him so thinking maybe it was a problem with pools and the package being somewhere in the middle of a transfer. Upon which he later reported that it even wasn't available on the main

debian infrastructure out of sync? where's the reference debianpackage archive?

2001-01-22 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
A user reported to me that he can't find libstl for unstable. I checked and it was available on my mirror and I told him so thinking maybe it was a problem with pools and the package being somewhere in the middle of a transfer. Upon which he later reported that it even wasn't available on the main

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > And to repeat what many people said, you can help debian without having an > account, you can fix bugs, send in patches (not bugreports, but fixes...), > trace down problems, even get sponsored uploads. What more do you need to > help improve deb

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Eray Ozkural wrote: > Does this mean I can never become a maintainer? Just wait here *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://sou

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > And to repeat what many people said, you can help debian without having an > account, you can fix bugs, send in patches (not bugreports, but fixes...), > trace down problems, even get sponsored uploads. What more do you need to > help improve de

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM process. You have read Kafka, haven't you? I don't remember whether the guards were saying something about Debian being behind those closed doors? Just another DAMned waiting at th

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Eray Ozkural wrote: > Does this mean I can never become a maintainer? Just wait here *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://so

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM process. You have read Kafka, haven't you? I don't remember whether the guards were saying something about Debian being behind those closed doors? Just another DAMned waiting at t

Re: Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > I will sponsor you, if no one else has volenteered yet. Ueiii! Yes, I accept gladly. Thanks! *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source So

Re: Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > I will sponsor you, if no one else has volenteered yet. Ueiii! Yes, I accept gladly. Thanks! *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source S

Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
I'm in the new-maintainer-queue, this is my applicant's admission test ;-). You can find it at: http://sourcepole.ch/sources/software/xxdiff I'd be grateful to find a sponsor so that it get's uploaded and I can start recieving bugreports (arghhh.). :-) *t

Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
I'm in the new-maintainer-queue, this is my applicant's admission test ;-). You can find it at: http://sourcepole.ch/sources/software/xxdiff I'd be grateful to find a sponsor so that it get's uploaded and I can start recieving bugreports (arghhh.). :-) *t ---

Re: how does autoconf find g++?

2000-09-14 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Michael Weber wrote: > How about > > AC_PROG_CXX > AM_CONDITIONAL(IS_COMPILER_GCC, test x$GXX = xyes) > > (Cf. autoconf manual) Wow! Muchas gracias, *t Tomas Pospisek

Re: how does autoconf find g++?

2000-09-14 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Michael Weber wrote: > How about > > AC_PROG_CXX > AM_CONDITIONAL(IS_COMPILER_GCC, test x$GXX = xyes) > > (Cf. autoconf manual) Wow! Muchas gracias, *t Tomas Pospisek

how does autoconf find g++?

2000-09-14 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
xxdiff, uses autoconf, which is looking for the C++ compiler. It finds c++ (which is a link into alternatives) and decides it's not g++. The line in configure.in is: AM_CONDITIONAL(IS_COMPILER_GCC, test x$CXX = xg++) Does anybody else, that has packaged a autoconfigured c++ package have a simp

how does autoconf find g++?

2000-09-14 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
xxdiff, uses autoconf, which is looking for the C++ compiler. It finds c++ (which is a link into alternatives) and decides it's not g++. The line in configure.in is: AM_CONDITIONAL(IS_COMPILER_GCC, test x$CXX = xg++) Does anybody else, that has packaged a autoconfigured c++ package have a sim

Re: lynx in ip-up: no terminal

2000-05-24 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
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 for that reason "might" be better adapted for the task. *t -

Re: lynx in ip-up: no terminal

2000-05-24 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
Isn't it possible to use wget or wwwoffle instead? I'm using wwwoffle like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/4wwwoffle #!/bin/sh -e echo "wwwoffle: start" >> /var/log/mylog # -gi also fetch images # -gf also fetch frames /usr/bin/wwwoffle -gi -gf /etc/wwwoffle.html # put wwwoffle